Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-09-14
IN GOLD GULCH.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION or THE
PROPERTY WHERE THE RE.
CENT STRIKE WAS MADE.

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PROPERTY WHERE THE RE-
CENT STRIKE WAS MADE.
Wonderfully Rich Gold v~aiues-ore
to Value OF Fifteen Thousand Dol
lars Taken Out.
The discoveries at Gold Gulch,
Grant county, have awakened wide
spread interest. The Optic takes the
following from a long article In the
Silver City Independent. written by
Joe Il. Sheridan, the best posted min
ing man In New Mexico:
About two months ago Messrs. San
ders and Cornell took d lease upon
q Gold Guich property and sunk a
shaft upon II, nearly IN line with the
workings opened BY Hamilton end
Sanders. but the shaft was started a
few feet south of the line Of those
workings and therein lay the fortunate
part OF the undertaking. This shaft
Is On the Pnctolus, owned BY Cornell
and Sanders. Tho shaft, after pass.
ing through the grayclly debris In the
gulch, reached bedrock Immediately
at the contact OF the igneons and sed-
iment rocks. The lucky p%rospectors
immediately began TO reap large prof.
It's. A body Of ore from I'M TO two
feet In width was found which runs
from ave TO ten unce Of gold per ton
in the eecond-class ore: the firstclass
ore being paid for at tho I'll Paso
Smelling works on q basis Ok twenty
two and one-tenth ounces OF gold per
ton. A sample taken by a disintcr
estcd party q week ago across a four
~tecn-inch streak In the face Of a drift
from the bottom Of the shaft. about
thirty feet In depth, gave assay re-
turns OF one hundred and 1--WE ounces
Of gold per ton. This ore Is being Ia
ken from a small fraction Of the vein
which crosses a cornc OF The Pactolus
location, this location being an older
location. and piercing the Owl loca'
ton with one corner 50 Ms 10 include
about ninety feet OF the contact rs
sure vein upon which the rich ore y
found.
Immediately after the riea discoy
cry became known the owens Broth
crs leased from Sanders, Hamilton 4
Jackson the north end Of the Owl lo
cation, about 10 feet Iii length aud al
joining Sanders and cornelfs rics
strike on the pactolus, At a deptl
ii less than iftecn feet the ore yeit
was encountered and has been con
tinuoua 10 the present depth OF ahou
thirfy.ave feet. and ID showing NJ wei
in tho cotton NJ al ans point above
Two shafts have been apnk On ~
the diagram. haze been sunl On n,
lease. The shafts ara about 50 Zee
apart, and the ore Is continuous hi
tween. The ora ~ from 70 inches I
2 feet III thickness. about one half
which is sacked for nrstsclaas ore, q
remainder being second class gre.
From frequent assays and gencr'
appearance Of The ore II Is cxpectc
that die ore from this tease viii ave
age a little better than the Sander
& Cornell shipments.
Large masses broken from the "
body while the writer was IN tie min
showed free gpld plenufully sprinkle
iii the zinc blende. some cryslailzs
gold being In threads %threefoafths
an inch IN length. From this shallo
development on his short extent
? the vein these gentlemen have TAKE
/ fully ten tons Of ff%st.claAs ore Will
o. now sacked anon The luinp ready 4
Nshlpment, besides several tons u 6
Mnd-cIsss ore. The two SHAFT SD A
Aasc are connected ~ \ dritt "
y coping has been commenced ihe j
% levsih between the shafts From 7
.%S$Sqers and cornell SHAFT apd n
y.ye0x&s Brothers shaft IN . q
&.$xd length q less than ipe &
SNsxdSdepth not exceeding thlrty.h
lSf>ef <sAere has been extracted ore
IS t.ysaue Of moro than fifteen the
s&asSfSSars. As the upper y Or
,sNS SsNese shafts wa through 81
y @x&ws, before the vein was reac
= &Nf0sisily seen what . SIM
" suSs1p 9tcterritory was mincd.
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