The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1906-03-01
BULLION MINING
DISTRICT.
Much Prospecting and Work In Prog
ress With Splendid Prospects.

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little doubt that some very valuable
mines are soon to be developed there.
In fact there is a number of claims in
the district now for which large sums
have been offered. A great deal of
prospecting is being done and for
miles around the prospector is in evil
dence.
The district contains a number of
mines which were worked to hand
some profit years ago but for the past
fifteen years or more the curtain has
been down and the entire district was
l~ifeless.
Interest was first re-awakened last
Fall, when Alexander Egenes brought
to Beowawe and afterward to Elko a
sack of ore fabulously rich in gold
1t caused a stampede, and Egenes was
followed back to the district by a
horde of excited gold seekers. Their
chase was fruitless, however, as the
Swede, for reasons better known to
himself, refused to divulge the loca-
ton of bis fabulously rich ledge. Near
ly all who followed him returned, and
since that time Egenes has been held
in Jail on a charge of obtaining money
under false pretense, by parties from
whom he secured money and proyi-
sions and for which he agreed to give
a half interest in his claims. Many
believed that the mine was a myth
and paid lao heed to it. BIT the fact
remained that Egenes brought out a
sack OF ore worth between 500 aid
5000 and the question as to where he
obtained it if not there, remains un-
answered. He had not been any place
where he could have secured it and
for months had been nothing but a
poor p%rospector.
A few of the more determined mes
set out to find the ledge, and while it
is all as much of a mystery o as
ever, the result has been new discover
les, not SO rich, but promising to de-
velop into big mines. On several
claims ore bodies have been struck of
a character very much like the Egenes
ore, which encourages the belief that
the ore came out of that district.
Among those who have been pros
pecling IN the district are Steninger
Bros, Lang d Snyder. They have
been working for II number Of weeks
ON a number of claims in the Bullion
district situated seven miles southeast
of the much talked Montgomery strike
from which ore is now being shipped.
The claims are probably among the
most valuable in the district. The
last average assay taken from the
ledge on which they are working went
over $500 and they expect to make an
early shipment. We have been in
formed by an interested party that the
boys refused an offer Of $4,000 for all
their claims, numbering eleven.
Notf far from these is the Dutch Oven
in the Campbell district discovered
last Fall by Patsy Heating. Assays
from his property went $4,000. This
however, was from a rich pocket. He
has an ore body of comparatively low
grade ore.
Theodore Plyme has a promising
looking property. He recently refus-
ed an option for $4,000. He was to
receive a small cash payment, 500
per month and 25per cent royalty.
George Meyers has a two foot vein
of good ore and expects to soon make
a shipment.
On the Little Gem owned by Salt
Lake people, the owners are making
a shaft. They are down over 100 feet
and are in shipping ore.
Not far from the Steninger group
James Masen, has several claims
which he is work. ing.
John Green has been working on q
, fraction since last summer and recent
r ly struck high grade ore. That OF the
/ same character of Meyers, Heating
and Montgomery ore.
|, On the top Of the mountains on
which the Steninger claims are 10
Gated is the Gray Eagle owned by
Denver parties. They are preparing
= to put twenty-five men to work OF
this mine.
4 Among others who have locations
. in that vicinity are NJ. Pixley, Thoma'
! Hunter, Robt. Hunter, DIR. Mcdowell