Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1903-04-07

IMPORTANT DISCOVERY IN
EASTERN NEVADA
tests Prove it to be Ct G
Very High Grade.

Mr.. l. 3. Sheldon returned from 7 6
isade last night, where he went q
examine a coal prospect in that vicin
ity in which he is Interested
From him we learn that the find l..
of considerable importance and thai
surface indications point to the tn
covering Of a large body of coal Of
excellent quality.
The site Of the location is on gov
eminent land, on Smith creek, aDo',t
eighteen miles from Palisade and al
cut four miles from tn. line Of the
Eureka & Palisade railroad and in the
event OF a coed body of coal being un
covered it would seem that the matter
/ of transportation CT the rroduct
which is a great factor in the devel-
| oDment of an enteroric> Il this kind
| is east" solved. The vein is party IL
! Elko county and partly in Eurell2
| county.
/ The vein is four feet thick and froI4
analyses received from San Francisco
assayers and the Experiment Station
at the Nevada State University tie
coal is Of the very best quality CT the
bituminouS variety.
The San Francisco assayers, in a
letter accompanying their report
state that the coal is CT better quail
ty than any now on the San Francis
I, market while the Experin ent ST.
II n people state it is a most inpOr
tant discovery and ask for mere sam
Dles and other information when &
. greater depth is attained. The sam
DleS which Wore analyZed were rake
from the surface groupings. The Goa,
is Of a rich black color, and contains
; little. if any foreign matter. The as
: lays show , per cent ash and II pei
ent carbon. When burned it throw
off & great heat and nothing remains
nut a fine white ash. It is known a
: peacock coal. from the fact that Va
: riegated cClCrs run through - an
, this is always considered to be Cf tie
best.
: The vein. which is four feet wide
!: is at the base Ct quite a high noun
+ tain and extends from the outcro ::
:. pings into the mountain. widening al
depth is attained. and the indications
/ are that this vein leads to a large
, body Of coal All who have seen The
i, prospect are most enthusiastic !.
their statements regarding it
The circumstances attending tt,
s discovery Of the vein are quite intcv
0 esting and point cut very strongl.
I how sometimes small and apparent.
very unimpor-ant and trivial matter
may be fcrerunrers Of perhaps grea
e events. 1t seems that 4. Patton.
Ii rancher who lives in the neighbol
hood Of Palisade. and the original dis
. ceverer. was driving a bunch Of cal
tie along one day about two week
ago when his attention was attracte
IT by a gopher burroing into the groun
" and the circumstance that the cart
the little animal was throwing OF
Of the ground was of rich blac
color This seemed peculiar to M
~, Patton as the ground at this partl
uIar point had the general appearance
Of land in the locality. However, b
dismounted and examined the grOun
1t that the gopher had piled up, and q
D.; ter locating the place in his min
I'd continued On with the cattle to the
destination He then secured pic
and shovel and returned to the plat
for the purpose Of simply satisfy II
his curiosity, if nothing more. Aft
digging away two feet of surfa'
earth. he encountered a coal vein, al
w. the mystery Of the black earth W;
explained. Mr.. Patton informed null
Der of his friends and day or so a;
the land was located by A. Patton. \
- &c. Owens, W. F. Linebarger and
I'd Ennor. of Carlin, and l. B. Sheldon.
90 Elko. These gentlemen have employ
~ a man to go to work Immediately al
nc show up the property and are con
70 dent that they have a very good thin
60 We hope that they will not be d
o11 appointed.
oA The finding of a deposit of coal
10 this section would be one Of the We
~ best things which could happen to
~ list in building up eastern Neva
~ and developing numerous low gra
~. mineral resources which now lie G.
- mant, owing to the high price
fuel
Mr.. Sheldon brought up uun,.
If samples Of the coal with him Will
can be seen at the Western UNI