The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-26
ANOTHER RICH STRIKE
REPORTED AT BUCKSKIN

Buckskin, New, Dec 25.-The sensation
of the district is the big strike by the
Jack Bell Gold Mining company. on the
Red Top ground-the original discovery OF
the camp. This lease has been in opera
ton for some time, and has had all KINGS
of handicaps. 1t has been almost an I'M
possibility to secure material TO 90 the
necessary work. The shaft was sunk TO
the sixty-three- foot mark, wherei sinking
had to be discontinued on account OF lack
of timbers- The lease was sunk on u
fifteen-foot vein of ore that gave sensa-
tional paintings on the surface-tne OF :
stood in the shaft for thirty-efght feet,
and PANIED and asSayed in the pictures
After prosecuting for a distance OF nfne-
teen feet the ore was discovereo-the rock
showed free gold when struck. and was
full of sulphides that gave shipping re-
turns--the cross-cut was continued to the
hanging wall and the ore now. measures
thirty-two feet in width. Four feet from
the hanging wall and lying against II was
found copper vein that was sacking ore
when struck-red oxides and rock awe
with native copper was found-sliver-cop-
per returns of 500 per ton PICKED sam
pies assay better than $4,000 in gold. The
greatest excitement prevails here ana men
are daily arriving and examining the
great strike and all say that it is the big
gest thing that has ever been seen IN me n3
northern part of the state since the old
Comstock days-the companys represen-
tatives here are besieSed with applications
| for shares.
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and drifting has begun on the copper vein;
| The latter work will lie continued until
| material can be had with which to SINK
| the shaft to the 900 mark. The posts FOR
| the Truckee electric power line are al
ready up in the camp and an electric
| hoist will be installed about Jan ].
The lease operated by the Frontier tx
ploration company of Nevada: which is
west of the Jack Bell Gold Mining COM
pany lease. has cut big body of quartz
| in their fifty-foot crOSs-cut south from
| the eighty-foot level. that bids falr TO DC
another sensation, the vein has Just beer
| encountered and gives paintings In coarse
| gold This is the lease that is being tout
ed in the camp to be one of the big Things
| here.
Colonel Benham has opened a three-fooi
vein in the Ajax group that shows fret
! gold and ASSAYS as high as SloOo nave
| been had. within has been installed ane
developments will be pushed with fui
! force
The Original Buckskn has also install
| led a whim and is making good progress
in sinking. Good paintings are had IRON
/ the bottom.
| In the cross-c,lt from the fifty-foot leve
! in the Thad Hoppin lease a six foot ledgt
| was cut that averages $21 to the ton III
gold. After cutting through three feet OF
| porphyry filling the ledge was again en-
| countered carrying the same values
| There have been many transfers of towr
| lots during the past week and seVera
new buildings are under construction anu
| lumber ordered for 4 NUMBER OF olneIs
| A lumber yard is being established u
| meet the demand.
| Over at Bellview boom IS ALREADY un
| der way in spite of bad weather and iact
of material to prosecute wohrk. COLORADO
| people. operating ground adjoining tn
! Jack Bell property have opened high
| grade copper ore in two shafts thirty-flv'
| feet deep and are saving for shipment
These strikes have given an impetus t
| other operations and all available grouns
has been purchased by Goldfield: Sal
Lake and Colorado CAPITALISTS and tn
/ next few months will witness great rusf
| into the district
| The Smith Valley Investment COMPANY
| recently organized nv c. NJ. Kidd. Colo
/ RADIO capitalist and H K. West Neyada
mine operator plated towDsite at Bell
| view and sold all the Main street lots OF
| fered in one day. An artesian well Is be-
| ing sunk a two-story hotel and numer-
| Gus smaller buildings for stores and rest
| is believed there will he a good-Slzed toWr
| os believed there viii he = good sized toWr
! at RellView as there viii be at least 9V
| men emuIoved in the immedi? 20 VICINITY
hv that time Everything for miles nrcuno
| hiss been located and a number OF iarS.
| sales have been consummated-
The Rowman-Smith company of Tono-
nah have bought the Gathers Sunset
group adjoining the Murphy ground ant
| intend to push work without delay