Las Vegas times. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1906, 1906-02-24
Declares That the Mineral showings
5 81 This Belt Comparatively Speak
sno are Better Than That Of
any Other Nevada Points.
The Merits Of These Mineral Features
Have Been as Stated hid too Much
Under a 6ushei--More Publi-
city Wanted
With Strong Capital Going In and Do
ing Substantial Mining instead OF
cophering.

Few men are better known in the
mining world today than is T. E, Ed
ards who grub-staked Bob Mont
gomery for the prospecting explora-
, ton that discovered the largest and
richest gold mine OF Nevada, the sho-
shone of the BuIIfrog district, ana
which was lately sold to Charles M
Schwab for $5,000,00O.
Mr.. Edwards was the guest at We
gas OF his brother-in-law Hon. Frank
Clark He had just returned from a
trip to Eel Dorado canyon and Search
light mining district, He, as practi.
cal mining man. made thorough ex-
animation of these districtv and is en-
thuslastic over their great mineral
possibilities.
When the question was put to him
'How does the Ell Dorado district COM
pare with other camps in Neyada?"
he answered with positiveness and
without hesitation. so far as surface
showings and such developed work as
/ / have seen end examined ] have no
hesitancy to state most positively
that the showings are better than any
of BulIfrog Tonopah or Goldfieid or
any that have seen in any portion
of Nevada. and / been have in all
of them" He further asserted that
In his view that El Dorado would con.
tribute more wealth and greater mines
than any so far opened in Nevada.
He examined most of the district.
but paid particular attention to such
well known prospects and properties
as the Black Hawk Mining company's
claims; of Hunsicker & Kellys opera
tions he was particularly impressed
with the rich strike on the veins only
made within past few days This
high-grade property is about IL
miles west of the famous old Wall
Street mine, II has gold values OF $l56
per ton. The pay streak Is % inches
wide and shows free gold galore II
is true assure and dips at 90 per
cent. The property belongs to Gresh
& Co.
The Ell Dorado Nevada Co. Of which
Il. J. Roberts Is managing director has
a shaft sunk 100 feet in shipping ore.
The contract has been let to sink the
shaft to ESQ feet and then cross cut
The evidence Of wealth already in
sight makes it safe predictions that
this will in the near future be one
Of the greatest gold producers In the
state.
The stock OF this company q listed
on San Francisco stock exchange The
old Blaine property operated under
management OF Ed. Roberts, also. will
be sunk to 200 feet. This property IN
days gone BY produced BY the crudest
methods OF mining great fortunes. All
the money taken from It heretofore
was by the gophering process AZ min
ing parlanee term the rich streak
mining The property mas many thou.
sands Of second grade ore IN sight and
in time win be subject to the double
process treatment, min and cyaniding
Mr.. Edwards. who is<a man Of solid
parts. good Judgment and Of keen IN
sight as to mining values unhesitat
Iingly pronounces the Eldorado show.
Iinss the best In Neyada and says that
Ithe trouble up to the present time
Twas the result that It was the gopher
process and not real down right min
ling or the development SORT that had
kept the district hack, but nov thai
lcapital fs going II and commencing u
|denonslfate the country In miner
like way he prophesies i efeafer min
|lns boom for tbs Colorado Ri4er BELT
IthAn ans other section o. the west.
Another feature thnf Has r1Eaxsea
|the country i the lack 81 publlcilY -
] 5to ~ merits In concise manner ~.
Ka~afds suggested tIat th8 oNnefs
|o{ mines "a de district could rsx1
Imach aktraet capliel and ninins men
~ lnakinE kapNn the hnds ara he