Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-11-29
This Question Now Being Asked
Concerning GOId6eld aud
1onopah.
PHENOMENALLY RICH STRIKE S
Those ia the Sandstone And ST. Ives
Groups, The Latest to Add Fame
TO The District

VIII wonders never cease? Only a
short time ago Goldheld and Tonopah
were comparatively unknown Today
they are the admiration Of the mining
world. Nor have they become 80
through talk alone Discoveries which
have made men wealthy In twinklIng
have been opened up there and they
are daily continuing TO the bewilder-
Ing astonishment Of the most sanguine.
The latest strikes in the district are re.
ported in the sandsiorm and Ives
groups, which show ore valued at from
$500 to 1000 a ton, with some running
as high as $4,000 Here is the story, as
told by the Miner Of Tonopah
Two Of the greatest strikes ever made
IN the Godhed district were reported
this week one In the LOTUS & Davis
lease on the Sandstone and the other
In the Wilson lease on the ST. Ives.
In SOME OF its features, aside from
the wonderful values encountered the
strike on the Sandstone Is the most
sensational Of all the remarkable dis
cOverles that have occurred In Cold
field. About two weeks ago j. F. Lof-
tus and j r. Davis visited the Sand
storm, and in examining the material
on the dump Of lease No. g. which oas
abandoned six or eight months ago
Mr.. Davis discovered that what was
supposed TO be waste carried very high
values LOTUS and Davis al once took
steps to secure lease on the aban-
dOned ground. obtained II without
difficulty, and for the past 10 days have
been prospecting on the surface and
in the abandoned shaft, which is 50 feet
deep, with the most astonishing results
waste" by the former leasers. COM
talns about 200 tons OF rock which
when screened, will run from $500 10
$500 a ton. All Of the surface dirt
within an area Of so feet from the shaft
carries gold and II Is being screened
preparatory to sackng. Three we'll
defined lodges have been found within
the limits Of the lease, all of which yield
phenomenal values. One OF the lodges
has been uncovered and shows
width OF from 70 Z feet, a careful
sampling OF this ledge gave an average
OF S3.i06lS0 a ton, Four samples taken
from various points gave assays OF
sSO24O, S5256iiO, sl9,s5f and Sl5.Si6.SO.
Numerous paintings made at ,he points
from which the samples were taken
corroborate these figures. The original
leasers put their shaft down thlu
a large vein, In ignorance OF lis value,
and the present leasers are developing
a big body OF ore running from $500 to
$500 a ton. The news Of this strike has
created great excitement IN Goldneld.
and Is pronounced by the best.informed
mining men to be the most important
discovery ever made In the district.
The strike on the ST. Ives was made
last Sunday, In the old Wilson Lease.
now owned by o, b. Glover and ]. B.
Harrington. In the 50-foot drift about
40 feet from the shaft, a rich body of
ore was encountered which has since
been proven to be feet wide. between
strong well-deined walls. The values
run from $500 to 81 900 and are found IN
the rock as well as In the seams. II Is
most important strike. in its bearing
on adjoining properties, particularly the
Algae which has the st. Ives ledge.