Las Vegas times. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1906, 1906-05-19
DID NOT KNOW ITS VALUE
Contracts let and With Full Pressure
Ahead is the Command Of the
New Owners.
AS GOOD PROPERTY NEAR BY
Hello. Wonders never cease.

The sensation maker in the life OF
Lincoln county was the Catlin discov-
cry. While the great richness of this
find was being heralded abroad and
attracting the attention of the mining
fraternity from ocean to ocean, and
bringing to our borders the men who
were in search of fortunes and oppor-
tune Investments, other properties of
merit, value and equal richness were
overlooked by virtue of the fact that
such anticipations of wealth had not
been conceived of by the average
prospector or owner of claims in that
now famed section from Crescent
clean across the Colorado river be-
yond Boulder canyon.
Like a new awakening the Catlin
surprise operated. The fellows with
claims in the zone mentioned came to
the conclusion that if the Catlins have
IT so rich in similar formation. why
not we? Examination, the mortar,
postal and pan and crucible were more
actively brought into play with the
astonishing results that as If by
magic the enticing and scintilating
gold was discovered in all directions.
At Bishops, at Patnodes, at Golden
Triangle, at Mahoneys. at the Brick
layers, at Kuhns, at Duncans, at
Querques, at Vests new strikes were
made, free gold panned, but most
notable of these brought into the lime
light to attract the attention of the
capitalists is the Bright and Siders
group at the other end of the McCul-
Tough range.
The Times told last week how
Gregg and Burns stumbled across the
million-dollar property and secured it
entire for $4,000 with approximate
/ ly $500, 600 of~~-ore in sight. That
story need not be duplicated. The
fact is that this rich Denver firm is in
possession and with fun pressure on
is forcing ahead to have property in
shape as a producer in the near fu-
ture.
Ii is interesting to hear the enthu.
siasm of that experienced miner and
mine manager. John Burns, go into
details of this purchase. Gregg and
Burns have sixteen full claims. SO
confident are they from their mill
tests Nand samples of their bonanza
that contracts have been let for
every necessary work to essentially
operate the property. such as sinking
the shaft. running cross cuts, driving
levels. additional development work
and the building of boarding and lodg
ing houses to accommodate the work
ers required 10 work the mine upon
large scale.
! This IS to be followed with the
building OF mill commensurate with
ore supply, for Mr.. Burns relates that
they have an immense body of free
milling ore in sight.
/ The real discoverer of this fortune
maker is T. l.. Bright. an intelligent
young man, clean cut, of good habits
and of that manly appearance that
adds interest to his and his partner s
success and good fortune. AS he re
lates it, the property was located on
Sept. %, 1905. I'VE left Vegas for the
Crescent country After three days
out. my partner became footsore and
had to rest up. for he could go no fur
ther He stopped at Lyons pump
station at recuperate. | started out
alone and worked leisurely my way
up the gulch few miles from Lyons,
and the first day out / struck the min
eral line of the claim. l made the To-
cation. As soon as my partner was
able to come to my aid he did SO. We
made lot of locations. for from the
first we had confidence. Since then
we have done location work and sunk
a 50-foot shaft, all in ore. We really
never knew what we had. for In an