Las Vegas times. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1906, 1906-06-09
Jake stoner and Sandy Harris Are In
With the Tide and on the High
Road to Fortune.
THEY HAVE RICH SILVER ORE
The Old Eldorado Produced It's $780,
100000 Of Gold by crudest Meth
DDS and Has Millions More.
SHIPMENT SPEAKS OCEANS

The Eldorado mining district has
been known as a rich producer of the
precious metals for these many years,
since the early sixties. The methods
in vogue to make the seams and min
eral-bearing zones of this section give
up their wealth have been the old.
worn out methods that used to try
the souls of our fathers. Yet with
the arrastra and by chlorid
ing the Eldorado produced more than
its 100000 in gold and silver II
such were the great results by the OBJ
sdlete process, what can be expected
from this rich belt with the applica-
ton of modern machinery and meth
DDS of mining that are beginning to
be introduced into the Canon coun-
try?a
The days of the Wall Street and
the Tachatecup were considered the
halcyon days of southern Nevada.
The next decade will make this dis
trict the glory of the mining man. for
the rich ores of the days gone by on
surface are having their demonstra-
tion at depth. only richer and larger
bodies; and, what is more. there are
ANY quantity of properties in the dis
trict that will do just as the Tachate-
cup is doing-they will go down and
from the lower levels the richest ore
will be brought forth
Capital here has a rich and pro-
ductive field. The opportunities for
the investment of surplus capital to
gain great returns on the investment
by the automatic process are un-
excelled A knowledge of this min
eral section and its possibilities
causes the Times pleasure to mention
the fact that two such well known
prospectors and claim owners as ia
cob Stoner and Sandy Harris were in
Las Vegas Friday securing supplies
for full summers campaign on their
rich claims in the Elderado belt
Jake Stoner, one of the best known
and most respected owners of claims
In the river belt, is peculiarly FORUM
ate in the ownership of valuable prop
erty. He owns the Bell group of four
claims. Three of these claims, the
Bell, the Climax. the Buckeye. side
line, while the Runover is an exten-
sion of THE Bell. This is rich prop
erty From an assay made by Smith
and Hecker it was found that sam
pie from an S-foot streak gave Sc
gold. or .$11.57, 923.5 ounces silver.
worth $61S74. or total ton value of
$630.31.
Twenty samples taken by John Nc
Gee. mining engineer from Butte.
for 300 feet along the lead. and repre-
senting an average of five feet. makes
such a showing as to assure the own
er more than prospector's riches.
Sandy Harris has equally good
property adjoining the Bell group. be
sides. he owns five claims a few miles
further north that are rich in gold.
He has 60-foot shaft on one of the
claims, all in ore. The writer saw
this property when the shaft was at
40 feet. A cross cut then revealed
about twelve feet of vein carrying
gold values clean across. with two.
foot streak going into the hundreds
and an eighteen-inch streak making a
response OF $50 per ton.
The Eldorado miners and prospect
ors are beginning to make Las Vegas
their base of supplies. Prices are
easy and good roads attract them.