Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-11-07
sEARCHLIaHT BOOMING.


Special Correspondence.
Searchlight, Nevada, Nov. 5.--Strlke
after striks. news OF new ore bodies
being discovered, have been the daily
tidlngs in Searchllght during the past
week. Seven strikes on seven differ
ept properties on the HAT west OF
Searchlight. all within a radius Of five
miles, have caused n score or more
of owners in that district to get busy
and start developing. Derricks and
hoists can be seen in numbers for males
on the "fiat," and dumps are springing
ND like molehills. During the week the
Superior Nevada struck ore on the Colo
RADIO group. In the main working shaft,
at depth OF 40 feet. The Challenge
city group, owned by Santa Barbara
capitalists, was In ore at 30 feet; the
Golden Rod SearchIght-Va Sunny
Jim, Searchlight-Wyo and Bonan-
"a group also sent In encouraging re-
ports, Properties In this district are
now In good demand. and extensions
and nearby ground OF the companies
now operating are being sought for.
Tho Wyoming Searchlight Is down $50
feet, and the values are gradually In
creasng, showing larger ore bodies, and
verifying the already proven theory,
that depth shows up valuable deposits
in this camp.
SHAFT ALL IN ORE.
The Superior-Nevada Gold Mining
company il sinking a shaft 5xS In the
clear on the Colorado group. situated
eight miles west OF Searchlight. At
depth OF 40 feet, the shaft IL all In ore
and the assays run from $500 as high as
$3.50 IN gold and silver. General Man.
ager @. w. Huntington states that the
company will put another force Of men
at work Immediately sinking another
shaft on the st. Paul Group south of
Crescent. on this Group large bodies OF
free milling ore have been exposed car
rying values from S2lS 10 s65, besides
a narrow streak which runs Into the
hundreds. A picked sample ran s405.sO
as per assay by Stone 4 Brown, Inc.
Several rich stringers have been en-
countered carrying high grade values
on the surface and a shipment has al
ready been made from the property
The management OF the Cyrus Noble
company has temporarily reduced the
working force In the mine pending some
important changes In the developments
OF the company. The pumps have been
raised 10 400 foot level and the hoist
Will be changer from the east TO the
west side OF the incline shaft.
SECURES RICH GROUND.
Speculation has been rife IN Search
light for the past few days as 20 the
mission OF Thos. T.. Gahagan. the min
ing engineer. who has been secretly en-
gagged In examining several properties
IN the fiat" west Of Searchlight II Is
however, learned from good authority
that Mr. Gahagan has secured the sun
ny Jim Group, lying about five miles
west OF the Quartette, upon which
marvellous strike Of exceedingly rich ore
was made recently. The property has
been found 30 be r. real bonanza and
the capitalists In whose employ this en-
gineer Is working have succeeded in
concentrating the purchase of the en-
tire group, and viii proceed AT once
with thorough acuce development Not
vithstanding the efforts to keep the
matter Il Ia definitely known through
reliable sources that the assays made
form the sampling by Mr.. Gahagan
show excellent values. and the lodges
are strong, wen defined assures. This
property viii be open up IN a thorough
manner. and the operation will mark
new era in the production OF the
Searchlight district
REAL ESTATE BOOMING.
Real estate IL booming IN esarchlight