Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-08-22
FREE MILLING ORE
ON THE SAN PEDRO
Two PrOspectOrs Find a Gold Bon.
ANA in the Hills South
OF MOapa,
GOSSIP AT THE ONTARIO MINE.
Items of Interest Concerning Park City
culed from the Record--The
Mining Exchange.

Along the proposed route OF the san
Pedro road IN Nevada some rich fnds
have recently been made, and a prom
Using new field for the prospeclor Is
being opened up. with the completion
of the new road, hitherto inaccessible
portion of a rich mining country VIII
De laid open. and already several bust
ling camps have sprung up along the
way. This section is comparatively
new and the discoveries so far made
have been ON the sensational ORDER
A few days ago W. M, Blake and
John Blunt passed through Caliente
enrOute east. They have been pros
pectng for several months along the
Virgin river, I'm the mountains south
Of Moapa Finding some extremely rich
pieces of hoat lhey searched for the
ledge and succeeded IN finding the
vein corresponding with the surface
samples. The ore is a decomposed
quartz, In which large pieces OF free
gold are easily observable, The pros
pectOrs took cut several hundred
pounds OF this ore and brought II to
Calenie, where the gold was pounded
out Among the LOT were some Of the
finest samples ever seen from that Sec
ton The vein is said TO be IA inches
at the grass-roots, and constantly Wild
enlng as depth is attained. If the vein
IL as rich, throughout as the samples,
then indeed II VIII be a bonanza. From
assays taken from the samples the ore
runs over $4,000 in gold 10 the ton.
MIR Blunt and Mr., Blake will return
in the early fall fully equipped to take
"a oil IIeratfaVaI
Regarding the recent strikes the
News" correspondent writing from
Cailente under date of Saturday, says:
Callente, New, Aug. 20.-Geo. French
brought IN several sacks of high grade
free gold ore from the Black Diamond
group south OF MOapa, and will have
same assayed In salt Lake
Brown and Wilson, who own the Old
Glory group OF gold copper claims near
Goode Springs, passed through camp
this week with two sacks OF native
copper and grey copper ore taken from
n four-foot ledge on one Of their claims
They state that they have had assays
Of $50 per ton IN copper and silver and
IS gold. and q per cent copper from
another. Their group is bonded 70
Flick & Watson Of Denver for $4,000.
They have " claims in the group.
Matt Turner and Ole Rosembaum
came through camp yesterday with two
sacks OF free gold ore taken from their
claims on the Virgin river, where they
have three foot ledge which pan5
coarse gold freely. They state there
ate now over so pros9ectors located
along the river, all seemingly doing
well, and one Frank Fister, having
erected an arasta where he is grinding
out gold at the rate Of about 5000 n
week This Is the coming gold camp
of southern Nevada, and will be open
ed Up this summer when the San Pc
dro line Is completed
The tunnel OF the Caliente Gold Min
ing company is now In 205 feet. and
they have cross cut the hanging wall
Of the ledge, and expect to open II up on
tonight's shift. The ledge Is 20 feet
wide at grass roots and shows free gold
which assays s32 to Sl9S per ton. II
will start up mining interest IN Calente
when cross cut as never before. About
90 claims are now located and recorded
within three miles OF Caliente,