Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-07-22
bULlFR0C' NEW
MINING DISTRICT.
Happy nooIIgau, Ten Miles From
RbyoIIle, Attracts
Attention
HAS AN IMMENSE ORE BODY
original Group Of Claims Sold Last
Week for $40, 600 -- 40 EN
pcrts Opinion

Special Correspondence
Rhyolllo cRulllroR Mining pisulcD,
Nrro July H. This lsa country Of min,
Ing extraordinary "Oold IN whore you
INA IT, II the origram N the prospec
tor but when II comes 10 u why red
fox un'arhug mymg gold minc,
tho limit scelns lo have been reached.
Yet this has really happened, and more
than one man has already been made
happy by Rc>nod'r discovery Sow.
crhl months aka, u man was prospect.
Ing over the hills 10 milce west Of here,
llis cantocn was nearly dry ana he
was IN bad need NJ water startled by
n fox dashing through the brush not
moro ihnn 20 yards away he followed
the animal 0s rapidly M he would, sur,
In his belief that whore the fox had
made his home, a spring could not be-
Tar away ne tracked the fox to his
burrow, and when he stopped to exam.
Inc the earth that had been thrown
out to mako the hole In the ground,
he was amazed 10 ma particles OF
stone that plainly showed grains OF
free gold on The surface. Far better
than anything tho proprietor had cX.
pcctod, the discovery took away ali
thought OF water for the moment ara
he staIghiWay SCI out about making
a thorough examination ~ all the sur.
face indications IN the ncRhborhood,
IN his search 40 not only found many
Indications ~ gold, but also came
across springs of clear water ~ which
the name Of Happy lloolgun has since
been given,
ONCE ANJNDlAN VILLAGE,
That was the beginning of the Happy
lioollPan Springs section Of the Bull.
iioR mining district ana now II bids
falr TO become fam0us, tor men Of capt.
tnl nave become Interested IN II Snd
TIE work Of developing the claims
sthkod ont by the original pruspector
VII be pushed forward as rapidly as
possible The springs are IN part OF
the country that must have interest
are many signs that IN the years long
agono, there Was u great settlement of
lod men here Everywhere one can
plof NJ indian relies fragments Of
pottery and cooking utensils and ar.
roWhcnd Hints The main part NJ the
Indian village must have been located
close 10 the springs FOR INST above the
tpot whore tho crystal water comes out
from the earth there n n great cave
IN the rocks that make the face of a
elm, and this cave must have been tho
headquarters Of the tribal leaders.
The opening into the cave H.
20 feet wide ana the followed
chamber extends back about 30 feet IA.
to the cliff Hero also arc found oyi-
dcnccs of the red men having been
there ana thcro are enough specimens
to make an othnologIs, happy
STRIKE CAUSES STAMPEDE,
The claims IN This section were etakcd
out last April and rs soon as the news
OF the strike got abroad there was al.
most a stampede from Rhyolilo for u
few days. All the land on the surround.
INK hills was located, The preliminary
work ON these claims, necessary 10 Is.
tabllsh the rights ~ location II now
grade milling value has been found
close to the surface, The Happy nooll'
gan group, ON which the ORIGINAL strike
WAS made IL due wost from RhyolIte,
about 10 miles dNt0nt and quite Close
to The California state line, The sale
Of The Happy lloQligun claims last
Wook iOr 100000 drew new attention 20
the section The purchasers were n,
W CORFU, a wen known mining eS-
pert from San Francisco, e, II, Gorril
mining engineer and curtis Mann of
Rhyolitc Thoy have already perfected
their plans Of development ANA a force
OF men VIII be- put 10 work lmmodi.
atoly In character the formation IN
precisely the same as That found IN
the gold producing Original llullfrog
mine which n halfway holWoen the
Happy llooignn section ana the town
of i}nllnog Thore Ns lime ana por',
phyry contact and IN the group arc
nyo claims that 10 along the line " Tits
contact. The shaft Ia down about 10
10 20 feet ana the bottom Nv an IN ore,
with n tWosfoot slronk above the lime
that shoWH some free gold, The whole
face of the SHAFT pnnH ana an average
nssay shows S3i60 per ton IN "A locna
tlon cut. 100 fnel from he incline SHAFT,
good paintings were obtained and IN nn-
other prospcc, hole 1900 feet away ON
the same contact tho ore WAS AlRo
found 10 pan, An the surface indlcp.
tons point to a etrHightaWoy ledge,
and with 5000 feet of continuous lOcp-
ton ON this contact tho now owners
believe they VIII surely develop high.
class property IN the incline shaft
considerable broken NJ 'bull quartz
shows IN the face, ana associated with
this quartz are the higher values
MlLLSlrE INCLUDED
McNsors Morru and Mann Included
n millNlto IN their purchNHo, covering
the Happy lloollg0n springs ana the
Indian cave, TIM roof of which N now
molir, nlackonod from ~ prehistoric
occupants The wNlcr from tho springs
~ sull "a hp Che puresl ana tho coldosI
TO be- found IN this section NJ southern
Nevada The cave Itself makes
nm ideal spot foI camping, M II
opens out an the north Side of the
elm ana the hllslpring rays NJ the sun
never penetrate the intoiur The IDEAL.
lly Of The place Would appeal especially
TO u sportsman \ tcN days ago Mr.
Mann invited a party of friends to IN.
spcrl thc property When the time ap.
pror5hod Tor dinner he Stationed him.
Fet m the mouth NJ the cave with n
ghotgun and IN less than a quarter ~
Az nour shot enough wild doves IN
mako camp moss Ton all tho vlNltors.
llo did not have To move from the
cave 10 ret All of the birds hc needed,
Despite the FACT that II " much less
than u year ago whom The nrst lmpor.
tant discoveries Of gold were made IN
the Rullfrog district, ~ fnme has
gnYIuI "A MI tbn gpgaI TitlPa az IN.
farNWay east Scarcely a day passes
ports capltallsts and business men,
travelling thousands " miles. como hero
ana inspect the mnos aud prospects
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