Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-12-30
GOLD BUTTE IS
NEVADA'S LATEST.
New Gold Camp Discovered in
The St. Thomas Mining Dis.
triot, Lincoln County.
ORES CARRY HIGH VALUES.
A Salt Lake Syndicate to Operate
Thcrc-Arlzonn and Los Angeles
Capital Comes In.

Gold Butte IL the name that has been
given to Nevada's newest mining camp.
The location is In the extreme south
eastern part Of the state. In Lincoln
county. 80 miles from Moapa 90 miles
southeast OF st. Thomas and about the
same distance from the Grand Canyon
OF the Colorado. Gold Butte Is in the
st. Thomas mining district, and In the
section commonly known as Granite
mountain.
Some months ago. brief article
printed In the mining pages of the
Deseret News told OF the discovery Of
this new camp. Its location then. ex-
cept 10 the several members OF a SYM
dlcate or salt Lakers who had put up
their cash IN grubstake. was un.
known. But samples of ore sent I'm
from the front told ouch golden story
that members OF the syndicate deemed
1t Advisable 10 keep quiet until such
time that more exhaustive examina-
ton OF the new district could be made
There were Mt least two objects in this.
The first one was; To give the syndi.
cate time In which TO determine to a
reasonable degree OF certainty, the size.
character and Derm3nency OF the camp
The second object was In the nature OF
selfish yet iustlhable one. A boom
mad been on IN Nevada and II was sell
dom the case that reports Of new
strikes or the discovery Of new dis
tricts were not followed by rush of
some kind. This was the very thing
that the syndicate desired to avoid. il
1t could, until the man In the field"
had had time to make and perfect his
locations. The latter had cautioned his
associates about this and counseled
absolute silence until he could COM
plete his work; stating at the time
that II the outside world should know
OF the real poss, I lities OF the camp
the chances were favorable for a rush
second only to those experienced by
the more prominent camps over to-
wards the California side OF the state
The secret was kept. the field work
completed and. recently, the articles of
incorporation OF the Nevada Gold Butte
Mines company, limited were filed in
Arizona and Nevada. at which time the
names OF the incorporators and OFF,
GERS OF the new organization were dis
closed for the first time. or the lat
ter, l.. a. Copeland is president; Will
e. Higgins, vice president; w. Il.
Jones treasurer. who. with A. b. Gree
son. j. l.. Moore, Y. Il. Graham and c.
A. Verify comprise the board OF direc-
tors. while Judge Il. v. Higgins was
named as secretary.
HEADED PROSPECTING PARTY.
The gentleman sent out at the head
OF me prospecting party and who was
tne nrst to recognize the Importance
OF the Granite mountain region, was
d. T.. GlDbs, the veteran prospector and
geologist of Marysyale.
Mr.. Gibbs has located group of 10
iull lode mining claims, also two plac.
ers. besides a never failing spring. tho
only one of any Importance I'm the dis
trict. The lode claims cover six parallel
Lodges, all OF good size, carrying free
gold visible to the naked eye and some
OF them containing values at the grass
roots bordering on the sensational.
ARIzoNAITEs COME IN.
About the time Mr.. Gibbs went into
the country. w. 4. Sharpe, a merchant
OF Tuscon. Ariz., came into the dis
trict and, after looking over the coun-
try thoroughly. located about 20 claims
adjoining the properties of the Nevada
Gold Butte company. Mr.. Sharpe Is
Is about to form company TO be
known as the Grantee Nevada Gold
Mines company. with several Tuscon
and Los Angeles capitalists associated
with him. IL Is the intention to operate
the Sharpe property extensively during
1906.
The Gold Butte company has a force
of four men at work and at a meeting
of the directors held in this city yester-
day afternoon 1t was decided 10 put on
larger force ut once and to commence
the driving OF n permanent working
tunnel, which will cut all the lodges
crossing the property at depths of from
500 to 700 feet, within a distance Of
LOCO feet.
II Is also proposed to do some open
cut work on the surface, as the miners
OF Goldheld have done, and In this way
some early shipments of ore will be
made to the Salt Lake smeters II is
expected that about three or four
months time will be consumed in driv-
ing the tunnel into mountain to tap
the first ledge on which stopping Of
ore can be done.
VIII c. Higgins of the Mining Re-
view. J. b. Graham and other members
OF the Gold Butte Syndicate, recently
visited the new camp. and they express
the utmost confidence that 1t is going
TO develop into one OF considerable
prominence in the mining world.
INDICATIONS OF PERMANENCY.
The assures are In granite and bear
every indication OF permanency. The
presence of fluorine stains in the gold
| quartz Is one Of the signs which gives
assurance that the lodges penetrate the
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