Las Vegas times. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1906, 1906-05-26
The Reports From There Bear UNI
form Testimony as to the Great
Opportunities to Attain
Fortune.
is PLENTY OF FREE GOLD
The 6rieklayers Who Laid Down
Trowel for Pick Are Developing .
Rich Mine Fast.
ORE RETURNS s422.so VALUES

The Railroad Pass section of the
Vincent district Is located about twen-
ty-five miles east of Las Vegas. II is
Mike Mahoney's end of the district.
1t was he who first located there and
pinned his faith to that section ever
since. This was more than a year ago.
In all this time he has been securing
claims, doing assessment work and de-
velopment on some. confident that the
day would come when people would
realize its great merit as gold pro-
ducer. This confidence is being re
allied on, for 1t is only a week or so
ago that he bonded one group for $780,
600, with a cash payment on same.
Mike has had experience all over the
coast as a mountaineer and prospector,
and his prophecy year ago that Rail-
road Pass would be in 1t with the best
of them is fast demonstrating itself.
Up to the present the Times has to
learn of one prospector who has failed
in securing some evidence as To the
golden promise of this location after
putting in some time and work there.
AS a rule these have secured good To-
cations that with work prove them
carrying gold. silver and copper.
Among the first to follow Mahoney's
sign board were the brick masons. Nc.
Caughey, Lowe and their partner. In
experienced as these were. they had
no trouble in locating a lead. Almost
as soon as they got off their wagon.
that with the first panning showed free
gold: 1t is needless to say that they
laid down their trowels for good and
pitched in and became miners. Since
then they sank a 3e-foet shaft which
shows a well defined vein--true assure
at the bottom six feet wide between
well defined walls of gray granite on
one side and porphyry on the other
The entire vein carries gold values OF
the shipping order. Twenty-eight
inches of this find give an assay re-
turn of $422.9O per ton. AT surface
the vein was only 16 inches. From
start 1t has widened. until at 80 feet
il is six feet in width
Following these lucky brick masons
was s. A. West, who located six
claims to the northwest of Brick /. 2,
0 .~A n, tho x.,aot oro.,x, fu N vain
plainly traceable for 1000 feet. The
groupings assay good values in copper,
gold and silver. Besides this particu-
lar lead he has other leads from which
he secured ore that pans free gold at
several places. Running through two
OF his. claims is a strong vein of quartz
some six feet wide, with granite and
porphyry for hanging and foot walls.
Another vein on this group, the filling
of which is heavy spar impregnated
with gold, silver and lead. 1t is the
purpose of Mr.. West to commence de-
velopment work at once with the con-
fident hope that he will have shipping
ore In a short time.
Adjoining these claims are the hold
ings of Duncan & Querreau. They do
not say very much. but keep on work
ing. Their dump speaks for them, for
it contains some beautiful samples OF
quartz richly sprinkled with free gold.
In the same neighborhood Mr.. Hall
has good locations from which he has
taken some way up samples OF lead
copper with gold and silver by-product
values that makes this holding a de
sirable one.
On account of limited time when on
these properties we were to make a
careful examination OF other holdings
located ON both sides of the Pass. but
the same story greets one from all the
prospectors in the hills near the Pass.
II Is. We have a good looking pros
pect; we are getting some free gold,
and we have good copper ledge"
Another of the fortunate ones is
Captain James Ladd. than whom none
is better known in all this country.
Jim is an old-timer and We are all
glad that he has good looking ground