The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-02-02
DILUTE

The new camp of Duluth, located
about forty-nine miles from Nina. and
in the Paradise range of mountains. is
proving to be one of the greatest excite
ments of late months and from the
amount of work done and ore exposed
1t is without a peer in any of the new
mining camps. While TIE ten leasers
are sacking rich ore, and applications
by the score have been filed for leasing
ground.
Immense pieces of quartz weighing
as much as 600 pounds have been
brought in from the new strike, which
were fairly glittering with gold. plainly
visible to the naked eye. All those
who have visited the district pronounce
the camp one of the greatest in Nevada.
ore was first discovered on July 3
by w. III. Bills and David Fife. two
Arizona prospectors who were staked
by C. +. Nichols of Goldheld. Nine
claims were taken up by the Arizona
boys and active work was begun. A
ledge four inches in width was opened
up on the July claim and a shaft sunk
to a depth of fifty feet, where the ledge
widened out to over three feet in width
and the ore averaged clear across the
vein ssss.1o.
The population of the camp at the
present time varies between three and
four hundred, a post office has been
applied for and endorsed by United
States Senator George 5. Nixon of this
city. A daily stage line runs between
Nina and Duluth and a large number
of people are going into the new camp
securing good ground and leases on
the rich property where gold has been
found in so many different places.
The district is four miles wide and
about eight miles long.
Captain J. b. Menardi, of Red Top
fame, and Henry Anderson. capitalist.
together with other prominent Reno
men. were among the first in the dis
trict and took over the Red Dog, Reno
con which the first gold was ~discovered),
and Reno Fraction claims and organized
the Duluth Mining company, the first
company incorporated in the new camp.
Active development work has COM
menced on this property with a view
of making it one of the big producers
of the state of Nevada.
There are twenty-four leases on the
July. January and Climax claims, which
are in the immediate vicinity of the
Duluth Mining company's property, and
ore is being taken out of every one of
the leases. The Bed Dog claim adjoins
the Silent Friend claim on the south,
on which there are six leasers at work,
and side-lines the Denver; in fact, the
Red Dog claim is only about 40 feet
from where they are taking ore out of
the July, January and Climax claims.
The officers of the Duluth Mining
company are Henry Anderson of Reno,
president; j.. B. Menardi, vice-president:
j. P. O'Brien, cashier of the Reno Stock
Brokerage company, secretary; A. ID.
Myers. president of the Combination
Fraction mine of Goldfeld, L. E. King,
mining engineer, and j. T. Boyd, state
senator, directors.
An eight-foot body of ore averaging
$50 to the ton has been encountered
on the Curly Jim and Red Bird claims.
The discovery of the first genuine
phonolite found in Nevada was made
on the ground owned by Fife and Bills,
the original discoveries of the camp.
Colorado experts have pronounced it
identical to that found in Cripple Creek.
The district is being handicapped by
the scarcity of good men to work the
properties, s. per day being the scale
in the camp.
Judge L. o. Ray of Bullfrog, has
returned to Tonopah after a visit to
his lease and examining his Duluth hold
ings. He reports having assays from
his lease on block seven of the July,
which gave s1,215.17 in gold and sill
yer; the vein is eight inches wide and
found at twelve feet depth.