The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-04-02
ROUND MOUNTAIN RICHES.
Salt Lake Names in List of Bonanza
Chasers at New Camp.

Once more the restless prospector is on
the move, and is now trekk1ng across the
sand wastes from all portions OF Nevada
to the Round mountain country, scene OF
the latest successful quest for gold. toi-
lowing closely on his trail is rapidly
increasing cOhOrt of fortune hunters ana
adyenturerS of nOndeScript character. al
bent upon picking up something SOod
in the new Eel Dorado: each taxing him
self to the very limit of human endur-
ance in the effort to be among the tlrst
on the ground. says the GOldfield Review.
The stampede started as the result OF
the finding of a ledge of free milling. gold
ore which assays as high as $6J,VvO per
ton, it's point of location being about
twelve miles from Manhattan ana three
miles from the scene of the recent VaIud-
BILE discoveries in Jefferson canyon. Ihe
strike was made by a prOSpectOr named
Scott, and is often the case in mining
camps he will profit little by the us
cOvery.
Scott is in the employ Of Louis Gordon,
and was engaged in doing assessment
work on the Sunnyside crops of claims
one morning while going from ms caoIn
to the property he picked up piece OF
float that fairly sparkled with gold Al
ter some trouble he succeeded in locating
the ledge from which the specimen came
and traced it for a distance OF several
hundred feet across the claims of his en-
ployer. A shaft was started down on the
vein and within few feet from the sur
face it proved to be phenOmenally rich.
Free gold abounds in the quartz and
nuggets as large as peas have been
panned from puiVeriZed samples OF the
ore. Two and three dollar paintings are
common. and IT is not unusual to obtain
SIS worth of colors from small hand
full of the rock. A bottle filled with
nuggets from the lead was taken to
Manhattan, and the rush was on.
Under the influence of the glamour
which always attaches to a new mining
excitement the golden posi- bihteS or the
Manhattan district paled into insign1f1-
canoe, and the first band of 'soOners
hastily packed up its Scanty belongings
and Jared forth for Round mountain.
Others followed quickly in the wake and
Gin hon hn nil lima 70
'diggin'S" has grown in proportions daily.
Miners, prOSpectors, business men. cap
dence along the snow clogged trail lead
ing to the latest of Nevada's golcondas
and each day adds to the motley thronS
which, bedraggled and ShiVering. makes
camp along the bleak hillside adjacent to
the point of first discovery.
Through that mysterious agency Wmch
| has never vet been successfully check
mated in the transmission of either good
/ or bad news. rumOrS of the magnitude OF
nOpah at the same time that stories of
/ its vast proportions were setting the two
months pioneers Of Manhattan afire. AS
/ q result a score or more GOldfleldltes
| were among the first on the ground and
! were successful in securing holdings in
proximity to the primal location.
w. 2. Hughey, r. l. COlburn, Quincy
| Gordon and n. L. Taylor of the Red Tor
| Mining company of GOldfield, together
r : Robinson Of this city, have pur-
chased a group Of three claims adjoining
the SGnnYSide group on the southeast
paying therefor $4,000 cash. The claims
/ are called the Antelope, Blue Jay and
/ Ethel. They have also taken an option
/ in the amount of So. 900 OF the First Elk
tension. Extension No 1. Red Top and
Hot Stuff claims and have the money
/ in hand with which to close the bargain
Adjoining the Sunnvside on the north
west is the Black Hawk claim which is
J likewise under option to the before men
| toned gentlemen in the amount of $50
/ COO
! J. r. Davis (Sandstorm Davis and part
/ nerS have the SunnySide under option in
| the amount of 10000. and have made 3
/ very substantial first payment There
| are six claims in the group. Davis was
/ in Manhattan when news Of the discover
| came in and with characteristic energy
! got busy at once and gOt bIed the choic
est plum before most of the other feI
| lows pulled on their wooden socks anC
| started for the scene of the strike. Asso
ciated with Mr. Davis i'm the enterpris,
are ]. S. Cook. the GOldfield banker: I.
II. Rogers. c. II. Mcintosh and others
w. II. Clark and J. H ShOckley of thi
city have also secured d group of claims
near the Sunnyside.