The San Francisco call., 1906-08-15


tant strike made on the property
of the Fairview Round Mountain
Mining Company at Round Mountain.
the i've month old camp in Southwest
/ ern Nevada located fourteen miles
south or Manhattan The property pro-
/ duced rock of phenomenal value in tbe
/ early days of the camp. but this find
was made at depth and IS significant
on that account.
AT about the sixty-foot level in the
shaft a round of holes was fired and it
/ was found that three-ineh stringer
/ of the horeycomhed quartz had been
revealed filled with coarse gold.
! On the property of the Round Noun
! tain Central Mining Company a strike
i has been reported at a depth of eighty
feet in the shaft. The ore shows good
values in gold, but the company has
not made public the results of it's as
says,
From the Hannapah district the dis
| covery of ledge OF considerable width
/ is reported. the rock returning values
that have reached as high as $50 in
| gold. The new ledge was found only
/ short time ago by two prospectors who
have been working over the district
! They were not aware that they had
| unusual rock until they had ASSAYS
made in Manhattan.
Hannapah lies on the road from this
place TO Manhattan. about twenty miles
] out. One of the pecuiarities Of the
camp is its abundance OF water. 1t is
! stated by men who have prospected
/ the section that a good flow can be
! obtained at depth of ten or fifteen
feet throughout large section.
| LUCK OF DEAF MUTEs.
Among the many districts tributary
| to Tonopah and Goldheld one tha, mas
been brought 10 the attention of the
| public in the last several weeks is
! Golden Arrow, which lies east OF here
/ In the Kawich range, at a distance of
| some sixty miles. The district is not a
new ore. as il was located some six
! or eight months ago. but there are
| several features about the camp and
/ its pioneers that are unusual and
might easily afford material for the
Bret Harte of the Southwestern Ne
/ vada mining 'helds. who must arise
sooner or later.
The big lode in the Golden Arrow
district is the Page ledge, so called
after the men, two brothers. who
| opened the first prospect on this ex-
tensive ana valuable ore body. Claude
and Mari Page are the men who made
] the fnd, and the most striking fea-
! ture OF the story is that these two
youths were born deaf and dumb The
Page family has lived on a ranch in
the Hot Greek section for many years,
ana when mining activity in South
! western Nevada took on new life after
It's thirty year sleep by the discovery
| OF the rich lodges in Tonopah by Jim
Butler the boys, like many other ranch
ers turned prospectors and, after
roaming about the country, hit upon
the Golden Arrow district
| Although they were without expert
ence in mining, they succeeded in find
i ing the vast ledge which bears their
name. They began opening up the
| ground themselves, but it remained for
Dr. Arthur H. Elftman of Minnesota to
really bring about the awakening of
the section.
ATTRACTS EASTERN CAPITAL.
| DR.. Elftman had traversed many
miles in search of good properties OBJ
/ talnaole at reasonable figure in
winch to Interest the capital back of
him when he stumbled on to the Page
workings. After close examination
| of the ground he arranged for the pur-
| chase of the claims at a figure that
must have made the eyes of the deaf
mutes open wide. The deal went
through and the promising ground is
now the property of the Golden Arrow
Mining Company while the Page bows
are prospecting in sanother district and,
IL is said, again making good
The Page ledge has Il north and south
trend and has been traced for two miles
! In the Shdft of the Golden Arrow Conn
pany 1t shows clearly defined walls and
varies from TO Is feet in width. At
the bottom of the SHAFT, little over 100
feet, the ledge appears to be knitting
| more closely together, and this l., taken
as sign that it remains strong and
wide at depth. Ore has been shipped
from the ledge that returned $50. but
this was found too low value for
shipping purposes because of the long
| haul. The intention of the company. as
stated by Dr. Elftman, is to open up a
sufficient body of ore TO Justify the ex
| pense and then erect a reduction plant
en- the ground.
! RUSSIAN TRIES LUCK.
Another splendid prospect in the dis
! trict that is rapidly assuming the pro-
portions of n proved mine is the t,otter
property. The story Of the man who
located this big group is as interesting
as that of the Page boys.
Captain Cotter. as he Is known
| throughout this country. has every
right to the title he bears as at one
| time he was captain in the Russian
army and commanded a troop of Cos
sacks. He is a vigorous. energetic man
and has strong opinions on many sub
! jects. 1t was due to these opinions that
! he came to this country, as his~out-
! spoken dislike of the methods of the
Cars Government brought him into
disfavor with those in high places ane
he WAS baSlished from his native land by
order OF the Gar
Strong in heart, the captain started
fc. the new world to seek his fortune
| When he arrived in the land of the free
III. taste for the open country that his
| life with the wild riders had inspired
! led him to the mining ielGs