The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-11-10
$4,000 FOR BILLY THE KID

The official announcement of the big
deal on the Higgins property. negotia-
lions for which have been pending for
several weeks, will interest the hundreds
OF Goldheld, Tonopah, Salt Lake and
Reno mining men who are interested in
this camp. While there is nothing spec
tacular about the operations OF c. c.
Higgins in Wonder, his success has been
such as to link his name with this mar
velous camp indellibly. Beginning with
the Wonder rush in the latter part of
May of the present year, he has con-
Quoted a series of mining coups that
nave brought him financial reward in
pect work that Mr.. Higgins demon
strated his effective perseverance. Hav-
ing secured his locations he set out to
study the district, which he did sys-
tematically; it was largely due to his
efforts that the west side" came into
prominence quickly, although it was al
first a neglected part of the district. AS
a result of Mr.. Higgins work the hills
were soon swarming with prospectors
and such properties as the Golden
Dawn" Colorado Spider" and
Wasp" "Rich Gulch" came into public
view, and many experts have lately de-
clared that with the exception of the
Wonder mine, the west side" offers the
choicest properties of the district. rival
ing the earlier sensational strikes close
in on the Wonder property.
After weeks of painstaking prospect
ing Higgins made his big strike, and
gave to the district the famous Billy
the Kid group and the Marie" group
which are situated about three miles
west of the town of Wonder and about
o~ne-fourth mile from the new town Of
Redtop; they are also about one mile
southeast of the Spider" and Wasp
the bonanza properly of BILLY Douglas
of the Tonopah Midway. A quarts
ledge was prominent, though not bold
groupings, traverses these two groups
covered with overflow of andesite at in
t~ervals, and it Is difficult to understand
how the original ~locators overlooked thu
proposition; nevertheless they did, ant
it remained for Mr.. Higgins to obsery'
this, and also to find the ore shoot at thu
surface. Rock, rich with horn silver
was found as fioat and also in place. OF
the BILLY the Kid" June Rose No. L
and June Rose No. g." while the ledg'
is easily traceable through both groups
varying in width from six feet to a max
imum of IL feet at an intersection witt
a second ledge on the June Rose No. g.
near line of the Marie No. l." A series
of assays, numbering 80. gave returns
varying from S55 to y1,1S5 to the ton
Then followed the startling discover,
that the location of Billy tn
Kid was built of rock that assayed $34'
per ton. To further demonstrate hi
ignorance of the real value of his prop
erty the locator of the group sold tn
eight claims to Mr.. Higgins for the in
| significant sum of $3.50. By this tim
the news of the strike had leaked out
| and it required quick work on the part o
Mr.. Higgins to acquire a three-fourth
interest in the Marie group for $1,000
! which was also a snap at that price, Il
the light of subsequent developments.
In the meantime Mr.. Higgins starte'
a shaft. which developed a strong bod.
/ OF rich ore at the 40-foot level. assayini
s27S per ton; at this point the vein i
about seven feet wide, and the pa,
streak is IL inches wide. from top t
| bottom of drift.
' Finally a combination sufficient!