Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-07-18
WEEPAH.
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WrEPAH. July IL, 1902.

Ed. BULLETIN Weepah camp lies
in low range of hills about seven
miles ia soatherly direction from
Lone Mountain proper and Barrel
springs. aud about 10 miles in u
northeasterly direction frem the camp
Of Silver Peak. Weepah is in ESme.
ralda county. The first mineral dis
coveries of any consequence were
made here last Mare by Dick Pat
terson, an Indi IN, who wis prospect
ing for James T. D-rrolgh, u Smoky
valley rancher Patterson found
some rich free gold > specimen
rock and three or four veins contain.
ing ores OF Il good milling grade, He
made a number Of locations. which
have become known as the D through
group, This group was acquired
about six weeks ago by Eastern par
ties, headed by II. NJ. Chance, min
ing engineer of Philadelphia. These
parties are now prosecuting develop
ment work On the group with force
of men, under the direction of Gen
eral Superintendent Frank NJ LII, a
Colorado man, and Howard L. Run
mel, Occur d Alene tI')aho) miner
The veins are found in limestone
and sehi,t fol IN /, Is. and y RIB b
u, assures and contacts, The ores
vary in character from a b lrd. waite
quartz TO brown, sugary quartz,
somewhat oxidzed nearly all OF
which horns we'll ia free gold.
IL addition to the Dlrrough group
there are numerous other locations
surrounding which are as Yet nnde-
veloped.
The town of Weepa1 consists Of
some forty old tents and one frame
structure In the business line ",
nave three saloons, three restaurants,
one feed yard and one assay Off e
owned and constructed by james r.
Clark. late of Salt L Ike City. There
is at present in this camp aud dis
trict a population of about 100 peo-
! pie
The Weepah TOWNSHIP WIS recently
laid out aad surveyed in connection
with the D trough group by cngi-
neer Bralfo d of Toaopah and his
corps of assistants.
John Wilson and Adolph Dupont,
citiz rs OF Weepah, have gone to
Stateline. Utah, on IA short visit.
Charles Worthley, I'm aged miner
and prospector, after being on a
protracted spree, disappeared sud
denly from his camp at the Lavelle.
or Butte springs, at Lone Mountain
about ten days ago. 1t is thought
he wandered off while suffering from
deiirium tremens and persisted on The
desert. Searching parties out lasl
week could find no trace of him.
Henry r. Knox, Il mining engi
neer Of New York City. has been
here during the past week sanpling
and examining the claims embraced
in the Darrough group.
The principal water supply Of ths
camp comes from two wells situated
six aud seven miles respectivel,
northwest from here. Water ha.
been reduced from SO 80 to 81 80 PEI
barrel, or cents gallon, Sornt
water is also hauled from Batt'
spring for drinking purposes anC
sells readily for I cents gallon.
Coed reports continue to CONT
from the new Montgomery district
near Barrel spring, on the Silver
Peak and Ida valley wagon road
where the montgomery brothers (E
A. and Frank and Louie Chia,orit's
are developing some veins carrying
high values in silver ana IN, gold
S me Tonopah parties are also int
G I'd in the distrjet aud are cntE
5 lstic ovtr the showing and assays
! The prevailing formation is said I
b porp' yretic lime.
STANFORD
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