Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-06-06
Valuable Property in Southern
Nevada Camp Has Been
Sold 10 Fasteners.
DENvERITES BUY CLAIMS,
Railroad VIII be Completed by Octo-
Der New Companies
Formed.
Special Correspondence.

49, W. ." ~ 49, 49,
searchllght, New, June 3-The larg-
est transaction this week was the sale
OF the Contact mine to Frank A. Do
herty by Morgan & Clements. The
property borders on the townsits and
besides being valuable as surface
round, contains an extension for about
1000 feet Of theledge on the New
Years Gift belonging to John Brock.
man.
II. Is Adslt and associates Of Den.
yer, Colo, have purchased the Anniver.
sary. Baby Phil, New Year and Grey
Ghost mining claims. situated about
1900 feet west OF the Searchlight Min.
ing g. Milling company's holdings,
There are three large lodges trayersing
the property running east and west,
Mr. Adist intends to develop the prop
critics extensively and has let con-
tracts 10 sink Two shafts to the water
level located as they are, west Of the
Searchlight, south OF the Pompeii ana
in the valley north Of the Santa Fe and
Southern Nevada. they posses one of
the greatest possibilities IN the camp.
The Quartette yesterday shipped It's
semi-monthly gold brick. 1t weighed
something over 100 pounds.
Ebert ". Few has purchased the In
terest % Albert Wilson IN the Turner
group located al Camp Sunrise. A vein
averaging Sl2 has been opened up on
the SunhoWer Hill claim on the prop
erty.
a phenomnally rich strike was
made this week In the shaft OF the
Searuhight Treasure Gold company.
A sample was taken from a streak OF
ore and the assay returns showed re-
turn OF sl421 The shaft now shows
average values Of $500. A strike Of
rich ore is unusual in SeaTchlIghi
and this find on the Treasure-Gold is
looked az with great interest by local
mining men.
The Brockmau mines. formerly
owned by the Duplex Mining Co.. re.
Gently acquired by John Brockman
and Count James Portals are being
developed 10 considerable extent
This is the original Searohllght mine
the one from which the camp took its
name. Three working shafts are now
being sunk and holsts installed on all
Of them. The mill is not working. but
it Is the intention Of the management
TO thoroughly exploit the property and
block out sufficient ore TO run the mill
for years before starting the mill.
The Cyrus Noble Extension is still
continuing the sinking OF the shaft
started on the vein discovered by the
trenching operations that determined
that the lead on the Nonpariel was
Identical with that on the Cyrus Noble.
The hoist ordered will soon arrive and
the shaft house has been erected in
preparation.
From recent developments It is evil
dent that the entire town Of Search.
light rests on gold mines The latest
discovery was made on the Grand Cen.
trail addition 20 the townsite. The
mineral rights on this claim are owned
by the Nevada Searchlight Mining
company and IN the shaft az depth OF
so feet. ore has been struck on "A well
defined ledge Sinking viii continue
to the water level
Three new companies have been In
corporated this week The Search
light Broncho Colorado. Searchlight
end FL Dorado Bonanza. The Broncho
company has several claims I'm the
Sunrise district withsa strong ledge
crossing their properly and the ore
VIII assay an average of about S.. The
colorado-Searchlight possesses the
Dillon group located two miles west
u town, and adjoining the Wyoming
mine owned by CARLSON and Kendall
~ Cheyenne The VI Dorado-Bnnanza
IS q company composed Of local cap.
italisis
The Santa r.. IS operating on the
water level The shaft Is 215 feet
deep. where the water was encounter.
cd. Drifting and prosecuting is nov
On progress and the minc being an.
uatcred Supt Macready Is in Los
Angeles for the purpose Of purchasing
mill
The Annette has one Of the best
showiugs in the northern part u the
camp. \ ledge ~ blue quartz con.
tanning silicatc Of copper and nu1rite
six feet wide is what the company is
working on.
ON the Se1rrhlight- Diamond the
ledge is widening as depth is alta ned.
which IS Characteristic 81 every other
vein On the camp.
The railroad from Msnycl 10 Search
light will be completed about oct 1
Two hundred men are AZ work ON the
grade and about 80 teams The ter.
minus viii be in tho neighhorhood Of
the Cyrus ohle Mining COMPANY
ground