The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1905-03-17
WONDERED
STRIKE AT CAMP MCGIBBON
Butte e-Goldfield Company Has Bonanza Twelve
Miles Southwest of Thorpe's Mill.


Another new camp, which gives
promise of rivalling the greatest OF the
bonanzas, has been found by Sherwood
McGibbon at point IL miles southwest
of Thorpes Mill. Mr.. McGibbon is a
thorough miner and prospector, form
erly of Montana and Idaho, and for
some time past has been associated with
w. w. Wishon and w. A. Stevens, OF
of the utte-Goldfield Mining and Re-
duction company, who are the principal
owners of the new find.
Mr.. McGibbon located the Gila Mon
ster group of 16 claims and townsite,
and since he gave out the news OF the
find stampede to the new district has
taken place and the surrounding country
thoroughly staked out. On the Gila
Monster the ledge is 80 feet wide and
the rich shoot has been prospected and
big values shown for a length of 100
feet.
The groupings Of the ledge have been
carefully sampled in different sections
and Messrs. Wishon and Stevens OBJ
tanned the following results from the
assays:
Average across feet ....... 1921
Average across IS inches. " S5a9. .lS 10
" II . 1916
I" feet. 49,. 2S.5|
These average assays are phenome-
naIly high for groupings and as the ore
is free milling there is little doubt that
the whole width will pay handsomely.
Messrs. Wishon and Stevens have at
various times been in charge of some OF
the biggest mines in the country, and
are probably as experienced and conser-
vative as any mining men who have
ever been in this section, but so conf
dent are they of the value and perma-
nency OF the new find that they have
taken bond for 60 days, calling for
100000 on Mr.. McGibbon's one-third
interest. They have already sent in
loads OF tools and supplies and under
Mr.. McGibbon's direction the claims
will be carefully prospected during the
next so days. 1t is the intention of the
gentlemen, if the ground proves as val
liable as they feel sure it will, to shortly
erect mill and treat the lower grade
ores on the ground, while the high grade
will be sacked and shipped.
The ledge runs east and west and ten
of the Gila Monster group are located
on this main ledge.
The Butte Goldfeld company has val
liable holdings in this district, but this
group will make it one of the strongest
companies in Nevada.
The new find has been named Camp
McGibbon and it is probable that a dis
trict will be organized at once and called
the Gold Mountain district. Already
some 800 people have gone in to the new
district and there was wild scramble
to get promising locations.
If the bond on his interest is taken up
in go days, as is almost sure, it is Mr..
McGibbon's intention to 60 to Missonla,
Mont, where he has property interests,
or to some resort for much needed
rest.
LATER-Since the above was put in
tvpe Mr.. Stevens has returned from
Tonopah and that usually calm and
collected gentleman can scarcely contain
himself over his own and the Butte
Goldfeld company's good fortune. He
offers'as excuse, that it is the first time in
20 wears that he has been excited over
a mining find. He has had two more
assays made from different 2-foot sec
tions of the ledge and one shows an
average value of $1130.12 per ton, across
the 2 feet and the other $685.. 9.92 across 2
feet.
Len Koen Also Strikes 1t.
Len Koen, who accompanied Sher-
wood McGibbon when he made the
above strike, also made some very prom
ising locations. He has bonded the
Randolph group of four claims, adjoin-
ing the Gila Monster, to James Meig-
han and has received substantial cash
payment. On the Randolph the ledge
prospects across so feet in width and
Mr.. Meighan is confident that he has
gotten hold of good proposition as, in
addition to the values found on the
ground he has bonded, he knows it to
be the extension of the same ledge on
which McGibbon found the rich ore
shoot. Mr.. Koen looks like boy of 20
but he left Spokane in 1884 and was
then 9 years of age. He is figuring on
going home for trip when he lands his
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