Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-11-08
WELL SATISFIED
WITH new CAMP
C. D. RookIidge Returns After a
Visit to Rosebud,
Nevada.
FIVE MILE AREA VERY RICH.
He and Associates Are Now Heavily
Interested IN What Promises to Be-
come Prominent Mine Center.

G. d. Rookidge returned Monday
from Humboldt county, Nevada, more
particularly the Rosebud district, the
scene of the latest mining sensation in
the way of strike. MI. Rooklidge
says its either buff or one OF the,
richest and biggest discoveries OF gold
and silver ever made In Nevada, and
he is inclined himself to believe the
latter. At any rate he and his associ-
ates have closed deal for the pur-
chase OF the Powhaton group of claims
for $4,000, have taken bond on
the Brown Palace group at s250,O00
and have secured the handling OF the
townsite OF Powhaton as well
In discussing the district and Its
possibilities yesterday Mr.. Rooklidge
said.
"one OF the Lodges has been pros
pected closely for distance OF BOO
feet and | feel perfectly safe In say
inc that we could begin blasting out
the ore and shipping 1t without an
hours preparation. and 50 certain do
| feel of its value that l would be
willing to wager that the rock would
bring anywhere from 5000 to $500
per ton. And there are several feet
OF that Kind If rock. In silver and
gold we can get assays running up TO
almost any figure. ! have never seen
anything like 1t in Nevada and / am
certain that the Goldheld and Tonopah
men who are now investigating the
camp viii have similar stories to tell
one OF these days We have not gone
into this district IN a haphazard way.
For two months past, or since the first
discovery was made, my brother and
/, through George Wilson, superin-
tendent of the Nevada Superior com
pany's mines eight miles this side of
the district, have kept In constant
touch with everything that was done.
when the strikes which amounted
To something were made and before
the richest discoveries were fully real
lied by the owners Of the ground, Mr..
Wilson sent out a man to size them
ny and use his judgment In making
other locations. He knew his bus-
ness and it did not take him any time
to decide that the chance OF his life
had come and he Immediately went
to making locations My brother j.
w, Rooklidge, went to camp and the
deals mentioned Were fixed up. He
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ties are that whatever arrangements
are made for the handling of the pro-
position will be concluded right there.
II is said that the great dykes and
lodges can be traced clear through the
20 miles that separate the Rosebud
district from seven troughs to the
southwest The lodges seem TO be
mostly siIver-gold and straight gold
bearing
Seven strikes have been made to
date, within radius Of five miles in
this new district. The new town COM
prises 10 or 20 tents and by Christmas
II Is expected there Will be 1000 peo-
pie on the ground, The route into
the district now lays yia Mill City,
which Is now the only place where
transportation may be secured With
In few days, however, it is expect
ed that a daily stage will be running
from Humboldt House which Is sew
eral miles closer to the camp.
Scott Crismon. p. NJ. McGregor, w.
Lawrence, Joseph Morris and r. Il.
L. Collier of Salt Lake are now in
tho district looking over the ground
with view to stalking out fortune.