Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-10-23
Discoveries ofNPast Week De-
scribed by Correspondent
As Sensational.
NELSON TOWNSHIP PLANNED.
Development Work on All Outlying
Properties Being Pushed to the Linz
Il With Excellent Results.

SeafcnUBnt is pound TO get into tHe
llmellght, not only by reason OF her II
producing mines. but also by being the
most progressive Of all the Nevada
mining camps. Not content with hav-
ing complete electric light, water Ice
and telephone plants, wireless teleg-
raphy IS to be another feature In this
fast growing metropolis.
Representatives OF the Occidental &
Oriental Wireless company OF the Pa
cifc coast have stations at San Diego,
Los Angeles. San Jose and San Fran
cisco. They have been I'm Searchlight
for the past few days making arrange
ments preparatory to Installing a wire
less station. The company agrees 10 in
stall an office, erect receiving station,
and transmit messages to all OF the
principal cities on the Pacific coast at
a great reduction In the present cost.
This week there have been many sem
satlonal discoveries OF ore bodies In the
outlying districts, thereby enlarglng the
generally recognized mineral belt. Re-
ports from Newberry mountain are
very encouraging, and the first ship
ment of ore from Camp Thurman pass
ed through Searchllght yesterday for
the Salt Lake smelters
Ell DORADO BOOMING.
III Dorado canyon echoes the news OF
strikes, and in authentic sources 1t is
learned that ore was encountered on
the Eagle group, owned by w. ]. Ken
nedy. adjoining the Capitol mine, as,
saying 1900 ounces In silver per ton.
On "A 10 aGf n tcri
strikes were made on the Wyoming
Searchlight, In the shaft at a depth of
209' feet ON the Sunny Jim IN an open
cut, and on the Searchlight WANNA IN
a drift from the working shaft. At
the bottom Of the shaft on the Annette.
In the footwall, at depth OF $50 feet
specimen ore was struck. This snug
little acreage adjoining the Southern
Nevada, has ore that has assayed as
high as $500 per ton.
Two miles northwest OF Searchlight
In the immediate vicinity of the estate
OF the Searchlight Mining & Milling
company, lies the Sunny Jim group,
owned by the Sunny Jim Mining COM
pany. This group consists OF the Sun
ny Jim. Jr., Talco, Big Horn and Ola
Charter Lode Mining claims. At the
bottom Of a 30-foot shaft on the sunny
opened UP that gives an average as
say Of 81 IN gold. The values on this
property are very uniform, and have
been found IN every cut opened on the
four parallel veins. There are three
distinct lodges traversing the Sunny
Jim claim, and surface assays run as
high as $50, which speaks volumes for
prospect In this section OF the min
erapzone.
Fredericks & Co. have taken con-
tract 10 sink shaft SKI in the clear.
thoroughly timbered to water level.
VALUES INCREASE WITH DEPTH.
Development IS proceeding very
rapidly on the Duplex Extension ad-
Joining tho John Brockman mine.
Supt. Esscnhardt Is sinking the shaft
on the Euchre claim. and has almost
reached the 100-foot level. The vein
IS widening and the values increasing
az depth is attained. At present the
shaft Is down 96 feet. and the vein
Il five feet In width, dipping at IN an
gle OF 45 degrees. The formation OF
the vein Is a porphyritic quartz. heav-
lily oxidized with iron, with a tale seam
next to the hanging wall carrying gold
values Everything In the shaft gives
mornings.
A gasoline hoist will be Installed at
once, as depth has almost outwelghed
the carrying capacity Of the windlass
Bodies OF ore have been encountered
in the shafts on the Regal and Fast
Side claims, carrying values in gold.
aud ealena. Systematic development
work Is being prosecuted and the man.
agement will have three shifts deyel-
| oping after the hoist Is installed.
The Little FL Dorado Mining COM
| pany have resumed development work
| on the property Of the company I'm the
| canyon this week John Howe has
| taken a contract 10 sink shaft TO
water level. also 30 do an additional
| 500 feet OF underground work. The
| company owns the Little FL Dorado.
Thelma X. keystone. Western, Red
| Butte and Soldier Boy lode mining
claims, and 10 acres OF placer ground,
| together with mill site. Assays have
been received as high as s25 in gold
from the shaft on the Soldier Bow
claim. The vein IL true ASSURE and
at present the values are variable, run
ming from S2.25 up into the hundreds.
NEW TOWN PLANNED.
| A TOWNSHIP has been laid out. plat.
ted, surveyed and patents applied for.
| The new town Is known as Nelson
and already has postoffice, and tele,
phone station with telegraph connec-
tons to the outside world. The tele-
| phone office has wires to the Venus.
| Black Hawk. Ell Dorado-Nevada, Com
bination. Silver Sphinx and the Ken
nsdy camp, besides a long distance
lire to Searchllght, Nipton and Barn
well.
DEMAND roR LEASES GROWING.