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The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-06-23

The formation on the low hills next to
the basin or desert shows a few small
streaks Of copper. or rather copper
stained streaks. But these copper
streaks are nothing but surface stains,
as the country here is truly eruptive
without a se~dementary rock of any kind,
with the exception OF a little gypsum
occasionally. The formation in general
hardly shows a trace of lime, porphyry
and trachyte being the formation with
some silicined rhyolite dykes.
Some OF the formation In a few places
shows t~urquois in ribbon seams, which
is taken by the unaccustomed prospec-
tors to be copper stains. The ore show
ing free gold runs in gold values much
higher than is indicated by the pam
nings. The s~ulphides which come to the
surface or near II all show gold values,
and contain little or no silver. being
practically of the same character of
gold and gold ore as Goldheld now
shows.
ore is susceptible to the cyanide treat
ment and with the natural facilities
possessed by this camp can be treated
at the very minimum cost. The West
Walker river lies not to exceed IL miles
south of Buckskin. 1t passes through 9
canon which gives 1t between 800 and
400 feet fall. The plain from the Walk
err river to the town of Buckskin is per-
fectly level. thus power could be gen.
Grated at Walker river to generate pow
er. for all purposes. An electric line
could be run from camp to the river
a~ffording cheap transportation for ores,
If mills were built at that point, or mills
at Buckskin could easily get their power
from the Walker river and there is
plenty of fuel. The Pine Nut range is
well timbered and the timber is of a
size for all mining purposes and is
whiting 4 or s miles of the town of
Buckskin.
The bodies of ore as exposed are very
large and the values on the surface far
in excess of the surface values of Gold
field. These enormous dykes from 10 to
100 feet in width. run at the surface
from $40 to SO. 50 being the least as
say taken from the entire camp accord
ing to Assayer Ray, the well known
Goldield assayer. Surface assays on
prospects of 800 are of common occur
renee. There are several properties that
show veins from IS to 20 feet wide and
average as high as SIS. These values
are phenomenal considering Goldfeld's
exceptionally low values for over a year.
The showing of Buckskin, according to
Assayer Ray excells anything that has
been opened in the state at the same
age. There has been no mining man
that has examined this camp but what
has spoken favorably of the outlook
and without an exception they all say
the formation is IDEAL.
Upon investigation, I found that
many prominent Goldfeld mining men
were in camp themselves, or had repre-
sentatives there looking for ground. R.
L. Ray, the we'll known assayer of Gold
field has opened an office in Buckskin
and says that country is good enough
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-06-23
'UCKSKIN BEGINS TO PUSH TO THE FRONT

The quartz lodges resemble Goldaeld
only they are larger and are traceable
Tor longer distances. The ~porphyry lays
tight against these quartz veins and the
veins even at the surface are u~nbroken
At the side of the quartz lodges are
streaks of honey-combed quartz. oxi-
died but still showing some sulphides
These almost invariably show gold with
the pan. The high mountains in places
are capped with a trachyte deposit sim
liar to the malapai ~cappings of the
Goldfeld district. Some of these veins
disappear when going through the
mountains, reappearing on the other
side. This formation resembles vir-
ginia City in every respect and the veins
have a trend which can be traced by the
naked eye to within a short distance of
that historic town. Virginia City can
be seen very easily from the tops of the
high mountains and is not over Is or
20 miles north of Buckskin. This dis
trict used to be the prospecting ground
of many of the Comstock miners during
their vacation.
The Ludwig property which lies
across the fiat east of the town of Buck
skin, is one of the big producing prop
critics of Lyons county. The Douglas
lies about a half mile south of the Lud-
wig. From Buckskin 10 Ludwig the
hills form a horseshoe, circling north
east and then south resembling the
horseshoe formed in Goldfeld and Dia-
mondfield. More than this, the horseshoe
is of greater extent. The Ludwig and
tho no,1O1aSC a Dorf ne +bi. Ia,.1 49,
known and worked for years.
About a half mile north of the Ludwig
is the group of properties owned by the
Jack Bell Mining company which shows
exceptional rich surface values. There
are eleven veins from which values are
freely PANIED. This is the ground from
which Bell got the sensational assays
that caused the stampede to this section
and the laying out of a TOWNSHIP called
Camp Bell by Oakland parties. Devel-
opment has exposed a strong vein
Of milling ore with stringers of
high value. 1t is the making of a
great property. Then further north is
the Hobson's Choice group showing
good values. Adjoining the Jack Bell
to the north and east is the property of
Hoolihan & Smith. which show rich at
the surface. To the easterly comes the
Kennedy property, which has a body of
ore from Is to 20 feet wide, of shipping
value. as demonstrated by shaft and
tunnel. On the surface Of this property,
for over 40 feet wide and 1000 feet long,
the entire surface shows colors in the
PAM. Here seventeen ~lessees are at
work and every one had ore from almost
the beginning. Howard Russell, deputy
sheriff and his brother, James Russell.
constable, Goldfeld, started their lease
on the Sth, and I'VE now ,pened a vein
over 10 feet wide which pans gold the
entire width. They expect to be ship
ping ore before they are 20 feet deep.
O'Donnell of Goldfeld started on his
lease on the 18th and uncovere pan
ming ore. The Frontier Exploration COM
pany of Nevada is also making a big
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-06-23

around Yerington to the
..,b and east. has been kno"n m ,S'
SOUTH = aproducer of copper ana with.
year. nast year or so many mines Q,
In the - hearing ore have developed
rich .o attracted h attention OF the
U.S. mining world.
S :, has only been within the past
r0onths that this country no"
rev az Buckskin, has laid any claims
kno~ Wa and whereas. before there was
70 IN the high hills for opper only
der ne foothills are full of prospectors
ssarching for gold
, new camp of Buckskin Is in the
ln - a mineralized zone, south and
CEN. warrington and some IL miles
W. This aourishing valley town. The
nO" e. not widely known as yet, COM
caAs, the tail end of a procession OF
ins,o,s strikes, II seems to have
mevor,ooked somewhat by the soon
Oee s :, the new mining districts. The
"' those Endorsement of a camp
me- a. famous at once, whatever It's
ms ,as have been wanting in Buckskin,
'a,. ~ little camp will ave to dig it's
- N fame and fortune, which 1t Will
10 doubt, irrespective of the present
ling Indifference of the prolific pro-
-. whose business lies always in
~. uote of the boom" camps But 1t
:" .,e belief of good conservative min
r,sr who have visited Buckskin that
I'll, nv fall time. be n of the most
.,rad of camps in the whole Nevada.
o. Visited Buckskin last week to see
Cor myself what might be expected OF
.,s country, and I came away satisfied
moi there was to be a camp there. n
.so, n would be a long time producer
~ high grade milling ores in very large
identifies, and 1t is these high grade
r,l,ing ores that mining men are look
,,e for throughout the country. If
.hore Is any ore at Buckskin at all,
there is an enormous quantity of it, for
,he country is big and seems to be uni
form in structure and character for
Miles. and that there is ore there is be-
vond gainsaying, for it is being taken
ant of the ground, and at least good
mine has been made within the short
two months of the camps history and 9
half dozen others are coming in.
From the economic standpoint, Buck
skin is well situated. 1t is only a COM
naratively short distance from the rail-
road; there is water to be developed
with very little work, and wood at a con-
yenient distance. The climate is good;
valleys of alfalfa and all food products
are hut a short distance, and altogether,
the surroundings and conditions are
very advantageous.
The Buckskin district is a shoot off of
the Pine Nut range and lays about three
miles to the east Of it. The belt is
three miles wide and five miles long,
running north and south. The forma-
ton is true eruptive. consisting of min
eral porphyry ~traversed by
quartz veins. whose general course is
with the general range. But a large
number of veins ross these north and
south veins at right angles or nearly so.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-06-23
s. n. OPINION
,itor Colddeld News,

Editor Goldheld News.
Dear sir-You have heard and written
about Buckskin gold mining camp in
Douglas county, Nevada, IS miles south
west of wabuska. the nearest railroad
point, and about the same distance from
Yerington in Mason valley. Lyon county.
Nevada. and / propose briefly to give
your readers a truthful representation
OF the camps possibilities. the unvarn-
isbed facts as they may be observed. I
rave no locations in the camp, there
fore no axe to grind; no property or min
ing stock to boom: hence, no motive to
exaggerate or prevaricate as is too often
the case In q new field.
/ have been in this amp about three
weeks AMI rave carefully examined the
camp and with 40 years experience fat
ter myself that 1 am able to give the
public a fair estimate of the probabili-
ties of the new camp. A mining camp
with merit needs no special booming. 1t
soon floats Its own boom.
1t is now about two months since w.
D. Kennedy, a prospector. founded the
camp by locating what is now known as
the Red Top and the extensions. COM
prising a contiguous group of IA claims.
This Red Top vein is the original dis
covery of the camp. Although there are
hundreds of locations In the camp as
yet but little or no work has been done
on the veins. prospectors and claimants
employing the time in stalking and sur
veying to secure their locations. But on
the Red Top under the management or
Mr.. Kennedy work has steadily pro-
crossed with three eight-hour shifts;
the shaft is now down about SO feet. A
tunnel from lower down the hill is un-
der cover some As feet, all in ore and
designed to tap the shaft at a depth or
so feet. At the present time ~ Is I'M
n-.i...oa ON Paoa LIZ
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-06-23

for him." and he will conhne his per-
sonal mining interests to that camp.
George James, one of the best-knonw
Colorado mining engineers has given up
work for the government on the
Truckee irrigation project. and has gone
into Buckskin. where he says the coun-
try suits him better than any other in
Nevada.
II. w. Knickerbocker, one of the
pioneers of Goldheld, after whom Knick-
erbocker mountain was named, has ac-
quired a large amount of ground in the
camp, and will stay with 1t with the
firm belief that the camp will shortly
experience a good healthy boom, and
that investments there will be profit
able.
Burke and Mclaughlin of Goldneld
are as heavily interested in Buckskin
as any men there. and they say that
Buckskin will make their fortune Nc
Laughlin is one of the most enthusiastic
men in Buckskin. He says HI has all
he will ever want in life in his Buckskin
claims.
I asked II. w. Knickerbocker to give
me his opinion of Buckskin. and he gave
me the following signed statement:
xNrCKERBocxER on BucxsxrN
Buckskin makes its fresh impression
upon the visitor by its similarity to
Goldfeld. The mineral belt is about 6
miles long north and south by an aver
age width of 2h miles east and west.
The same ~porphyry scanned and cut by
the same rhyolite dykes appears as In
Goldfeld. SO far as my own expert
ence goes the groupings assay better
than in Goldfeld. At this writing the
shaft on the Kennedy property is down
Sc feet and prosecuting has begun. An
average sample of the shaft at the 40
foot point gave returns of sos in gold.
The tunnel on the same ledge is in
about so feet and all In ore. Howard
Russell, whose lease is about 400 feet
east of the tunnel, has ore that pans
freely on the surface. Several other
leasers have rock that pans. One thou
sand feet north of the Kennedy property
is the Mineral Farm group where pam
nings of coarse gold are found in a 25-
foot ledge. On the Pierce group 1900
feet north. the Happy Thought group
$500 feet north, the Center Lode group
~ miles north, the North Lode group
2h miles north, the Gold Hill group
1000 feet south, the Ajax GROUP 1900
feet south, paintings are obtained on the
surface. These properties AVE come
under my own observation and though
I i've heard of a number of other pros
poets I do not mention them because /
have not investigated them. All that
Buckskin needs is development.
But without depreciating Buckskin. 1t
.is only a small norton of this mineral
region of which Y%erington is the center
Seven miles west of Yerington is the
Smith Valley range in which are located
some of the best copper mines and pros
poets in the west. The Douglas was
sold about six weeks g to Salt Lake
parties for $4,000. The Ludwig prop
erty near it is now shipping (and has
been for months) so tons a week that
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-06-23
In ninety days Buckskin will be one of the Biggest Camps
in Nevada with the Jack Bell property it's leading mine

treasurer; Percival Shea, a successful mine operator, is
secretary. The personnel of the board is an absolute
guarantee of business like and successful administration
of the company's affairs and energetic development of the
property.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-06-23
PROPERTY

PROPERTY
The Company owns six claims, absolutely free and
clear with perfect title), the Lizard, Tarantula and Scor-
pion, the original discovery at Camp Bell, and the Cent?
pede, Canon City and Rattlesnake, three of the first loca-
tons at Buckskin. The group at Camp Bell presents one
of the most magnificent surface showings of anything ever
discovered in Nevada, being a complete network of veins,
eleven distinct lodges traversing the ground, all of which
carry values, average assays running from Sc to $40 at
surface. Picked specimens from small stringers give re-
turns in the thousands, an infallible indication that there
is a body of high grade ore at depth. The main ledge IS
20 feet wide at surface, traverses the full length of the
group and will develop tremendous bodies of ore when the
pay shoot is reached. The company is working six men
sinking a shaft to cut the ore and values are increasing
steadily as depth is gained.
The three claims at Buckskin show values on surface
equal to the Kennedy group, the original discovery IN
that camp, and were purchased from Bell for the company
after a thorough examination by a mining engineer, whose
opinion was that they would develop the same ore bodies
as the Kennedy.
The officers of the company are all well known and
successful mining and business men of Nevada. Thos. b.
Hickey, millionaire mine owner and president of the State
Bank & Trust company, is president; Jack Bell, former
assistant to John Hays Hammond, the noted mining en-
gineer, is vice president and general manager; Jas. L.
Lindsay, cashier of the State Bank e. Trust company, is
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-06-23

skin will tell you about it)-but investigate quick, as any
day may develop a shoot of rich ore and it will then be
too late.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-06-23
25, 900 SHARES AT is CENTS

Before the organization of the company was fully COM
pleted a preliminary offering of $4,000 shares at Is cents
per share was made to start immediate development, with
the expectation that no more would be sold at that price,
but after buying the three additional claims at Buckskin
the directors decided to increase the offering to $4,000
shares in order to push work on both groups and open up
two mines instead Of one.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-06-23

Buckskin is now in the same stage of development
that Manhattan was last December, and the JACK BELL
COMPANY occupies the same relative position that the
Manhattan Consolidated did at that time, when its man
agement had difficulty in placing its first offering OF treas
ury stock at II IL cents. Two months later when the
fame of Manhattan had reached the outside world and
mining men focked in and saw the immense showing IN
this great property, there was no trouble IN dlsposlng OF
the stock at a dollar a share, and as development pro-
ceeded and exposed its riches the price OF the stock kept
even pace selling as high as $500 per share, and promises
to even more than double that eventually. Exactly the
same conditions exist today with the JACK BELL COM
PANY. It has an equally good surface showing, the
values increase as depth is gained, the Lodges become
larger and stronger and the chances OF finding a good
shoot of high grade shipping ore are increasing with every
shot. AS Buckskin becomes better known to the mining
word-a question of a few months, or perhaps only
weeks-theh history of Manhattan will be repeated ana tne
JACK BELL COMPANY will then have no trouble IN DIS
posing of treasury stock at a high figure, If 1T needs TO sell
any. But we don't want to wait even that short time
we have the makings of a big mine, and we want TO make
it as fast as good, intelligent and economical mining can
do it. We are putting our own money into II, every HILL
ing man who examines it is taking some OF the stocK' ahc
we offer you the same chance to obtain IL at 10" prize LIN
reap the profit that is sure to follow.
We have absolute confidence in our property-"e nave
had a number of experts examine 1T whose Reports nave
increased this confidence and invite an investigation OF IL
merits (any business or mining man IN 1erlhg'oh u u'A
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-06-23

Continued on Page 49,
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-06-23
OPPORTUNITY FOR QUICK PROFIT

The JACK BELL COMPANY offers one of the best
opportunities for quick profit of anything in Nevada.
Jack Bell, who has charge of the development, in a letter
to the president says: 81 think it a mistake to offer any
stock under 80 cents. If we had this property in Colorado,
or any of the older camps of Nevada, we could sell enough
stock in one day at so cents a share to develop both mines,
and I am in favor Of waiting till fall when we could easily
get the higher price,
The Kennedy company, at Buckskin, sold its first stock
at Is cents, less than two months ago, and it has now
reached so cents from the showing made by six weeks
development. The Jack Bell property has an equally
good, if not better surface showing, and under Manager
Bells energetic management, development will soon force
the stock to several times its present price. There is only
a limited amount of the stock for sale at this price and
subscription should be forwarded at once to
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1906-01-24
COLD WAVE ON HEELS
Of WARM WEATHER
Esins Attended By Summer
Like Thunder Storms.
COLD WAVE WARNINGS ISSUED
huntsville. Ala. Flooded BY cloudburst
and Houses ndate j-Railwsy
Traffic stopped-Storm Moving
Eastward.
warm

MA~hiLs 'un. Jan The warm
S:,4ntu. VI under tGc .LuUvIC" Ot All
Area ol hl-u pressure ANA cold Wcala.
a. Tat l. moving eastward over The
Nit. .,sippi vale! according Ia re
ports to t., weather bureau. \ st.
und cause that l. contributing 10 the
decline Of the warm wave II the fac,
that htaI! aad E'n,rai rain has set
IN over the regions OF high tCmpcra.
Iure
In the East Gulf states the rain Is
attended by ,hundcrs'orms VI the usu.
al summer type The eastern front ~
the cold weather has reached western
indiana, western Tennessee and
northern Texas It's further progress
eastward Will he somewhat slow and
It's intensity will diminish as II reach.
es eastern districts. For tonight and
Tues lay rain Is indicated for the low.
or lake region and the middle and
south Atlantic states. and the upper
Ohio valley. u will BE- decidedly cold
ct tonight in the Ohio valley and
thcnc" southwark 10 the gulf states,
and much colder TUESDAY In Atlantic
coast districts Cold wave warnings
have been issued for the lower lake re-
c;On. the upper Ohio valley, the east
cuif states. including Georgia. western
North Carolina. Interior 81 South Car
olina. extreme western portion of Nir
ginia and northern Florida, on N"
\tianiiC coast from Key West To Nor.
folk, and on the Oregon and Wash
ingtOn coast
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1906-01-24
Army Starts Sessio or.

Atlanta. Jan. 25.-ArhouCh the
weather Wa, So far from what it Wa,
h"psd for b. the many Officers who
are attending the annual ConfcreuCc
OF the southern department of the Sal.
walton Army in Atlanta. Sunday sew.
eral services by the SalvatiOnists were
held and VIII attended and awakened
much enthusiasm In the good work
which II the mission Of the great or.
Ranization. Tomorrow night at :
q CLOCK there VIII be n hailelujah we'd
ding with all OF the main Interesting
religious and military observanCes Of
a marriage 10y the army regulations
This will be- held at the Wesley Me.
mortal church when Major J VI Der.
rimau and Captain Miss Jaspcrson III
Mobile. will BE- married by Colonel
HOlI
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1906-01-24
Hotel Guests Fled in PANIC.

Chica"o, Jan "a panic among
the guests of N" Windermerc hotel.
Fiity-siNth street and Cornell avenue.
followed the explosion 81 steam boil.
er in tho basement. which resulted in
the death " John Rapkock. engineer.
and The injury of Mrs Sccta May. a
guest The explosion partially wreck.
cd the hotel building and damaged
adjacent residences and apartment;
buildings The guests ~ the hotel
were lrfr In darkness by The dcstruc
tion 81 the lighting plant and many
were OBLIGED 10 await the arrival of
firemen. who battered down the door,
Of their apar, moutS AMI released them.
Fire followed the crash. bat WAS soon
nnGer control TIL" damage was Cs,!
mat, ! az $4,000.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1906-01-24

Saa Francisco. Jan. 23.-Skixuo
kondo. a japanese capitalist. has
arrived here from London on his way
To Japan The Chronicle says that
kOudo has secured s1.0JV,0V0 paid ny
capital In England. which Is TO be- tn
vested In mills and machinery under
the management III an AnSlo-Japanese
corporation AFTER cTcCting comb.
nation at steel and iron works Of ia
pan the manufacture ~ CellulOid and
other industries will be- taken up az the
capital of the international corpora
iion permits The intention Is to- do
the actual manufacturing In that
country, wh"r. II can be- done most
Cheaply. 80 ttat the rami'Cation Of the
Company's business L. likely To be
widespread
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1906-01-24
Says Love Was the Cause.

Charlotte. y G.. Jan 80 a note
Broad river, two miles from Ashe-
Vile reads. Love has driven IN"
Ia do this when my body II found
nn,iry MY father. = r Williams. 81
Fii;h avenue. New York Footprints
leading Ia 'hc river strengthen the be.
let that thc writer committed suicide.
The rN,r viii he dragged by Bun.
CDmbe county authorities.