The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-04-09
Stampede 0ccasioned by a
Strike Draws Scores From
Surrounding Camps.
DISCOVERER HAS ONLY
STAKED TWO CLAIMS
Supplies Limited, So NewcOm-
ers Should Prepare Their
Outfits Before Entering.

The White Pine News gives the follow
Ing account OF the new discoveries at the
old camp of Osceola, in the southeastern
corner OF White Pine county. near the
Utah line:
"Osceola is the name heard on every
tongue Late advices from the new dis
trict substnntiate tho glowing reports re-
ceived, The district. 30 far as has been
determined Is very rich one, as far as
surface Indications go but 1t will take
some little time and considerable work to
determine Its permanenCy. A big ledge,
hundreds Of feet In wholesome cnthusi-
astic ones claim mile wlde-is the source
OF the gold and is supposed to be the
enriched the placer claims below 1t has
come Long sought for Ii seems to have
been found at last.
Watkins Gets Friends In.
The strike was made by Thomas Wat
kins over month since, but voc not
divulged until last week Only the few
surrounding residents were let In on tho
secret. ana after they bad located all
the claims they wanted the md was
made public. For many years Mr., Wat
kins. who Is proSpector of twenty-five
years experience, has been searching for
The source of the placer gold That
ebounds In that district He has traced
the ledge across the country until II dis
appeared under Mount Moriah. but until
about u month ago had never been able
to find values In II. Al that time, in test
Ing new formation, principally a quar,z-
itc, We understand he found values
amounting To about So u ton, although
no colors showed by panninga
Precious Metal in Plenty.
This assay put him in touch with the
general character or rock to look for, and
values were easy TO ind from then on,
Following up this formation, he soon
Of ma lode tor
''lousy' with free gold, and newcomers
claim the precious metal Is SO plentiful
that II can be detected in scores OF places
along the ledge when rock Is broken of,
70 show the extent of mineralizcd terri
tory, piece OF cropping was knocked or
the ledge over mile and a half from
turn or slGo per ton was secured.
Discoverer Was Modest,
The original discoverer was very mod
est In his locations, taking up but TWO
claims himself. but the trend OF the ledge
was pretty well covered with locations
for three or four miles by others before
the general public was allowed to hear
about IL, The stampeders from Ely,
Oasis. NewhoUse and surrounding dis
tricts have pretty well covered the coun-
try with locations, in the vicinity OF the
strike late comers will have TO go far
out TO get ground. 1t Is reasonable to
suppose. however, that more discoveries
Will follow this, as the character OF the
cause more attention TO be paid 10 the
different formations in which the country
uboundS.
Location Of District.
The district is about nifty or ffty-fve
miles from Ely, and about 100 miles from
Newhouse, situated about eight miles
northeast OF Osceola which town must be
passed through en- route to the mines,
The majority OF the Stampcders are ly-
ing at Osceola. but accommodations are
very limited there. A townsite hus been
laid out at the scene of discovery, in fact.
the main ledge runs directly through II
There Is an abundance OF wood. but no
water nearer than three miles, but 1t is
supposed that water will be encountered
in abundance when wells are sunk The
district is known as Black Horse. and the
town has been christened the same name.
The townsite is owned by Messrs Wat
klns. Millick and others, and the sale OF
lots is already going on.
Great Stampede On.
Hundreds are pouring in as fast as
conyeyances can be secured, and a big
crowd from the outside is said 10 be walt
ing at Newhouse for transportation.
There are neither tents nor houses enough
In the district to shelter those already on
the ground, but the weather conditions
said to be not severe. Supplies are
also limited so newcomers should govern
themselves accordingly.
All LeaseIs Are Refused.
original discoveries have brought out the
fact that the holders decline to make any
terms except for cash. the minimum price
per claim so far asked being $4,000. All
oyertuTeS for leasing have been rejected
but parties are still persevering In their
efforts An offer has been made in one
instance OF payment OF 10 per cent In
cash on the purchase price of a claim. the
balance of $4,000 10 be paid when the pur-
chaser had demonstrated permanent val
ues but this was also refused Almost
ground and the pcrmanency OF the ledge
and extent Of ore not at all demonstrated
In fact the location work has not been
done on all the original claims. IL would
seem though the owners OF rich ground
would be glad to lease to men who would
demonstrate the pcrInancncy and rich
ness OF their properties. without expense
TO themselves The best claims are now
held by poor men who will be unable TO
they should be Until work has demon
strated that the rich surface ores 60
down, outsiders Will be shy of purchasing
properties at the prevailing prices.
Trip Is a Hard One.
The general direction of the discovery
ledge is northeast and southwest and an
other ledge parallels IL. but has not as
yet disclosed any such values a are en-
countered on the strike. 1t shows values
In gold silver and lead, however. while
the discovery ledge seems to be almost
entirely gold proposition. paintings
showing values reaching into the thou
sands, It Is said When the roads dry
up the conditions for travelling Will be
excellent, but just at present the trip
Is "A hard one no matter from what point