The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-16
DISCOVERIES AT WONDER.
Southern End of Camp Is Giving
Good Account of Itself.

Wonder. New, Sept. 1.-THE new dis
coveries being made at the southern end
of the camp has attracted great deal of
attention TO the work OF the Black Rock
company. which may be called the pio-
neer of the territory. With the exception
Of the Jack Pot and the Ruby Wonder,
no more persistent application of energy
can be found in the camp than on the
Block Rock Gordon Campbell has kept
as many men employed at all times as
could be conveniently handled and he has
been rewarded within the last week with
the discovery of ore that ranks in val
ues with anything in the district There
has been little said about the new find,
as il was determined by Mr.. Campbell TO
test the staying qualities of the pay
streak before announcing the find TO the
public. Even now there is some heSltancy
shown despite the fact that the streak
has Widened in the last two days and has
held the values that attracted attention
to it at first. These values run as high
as $3.50 in gold and silver; the average
is placed at $50 to the ton, with trifle
less than half of the total gold
In addition to the Black Rock, Mr..
Campbell is operating the Spider-W Wasp
Extension, where a tunnel go feet is in,
and prospects for the cutting of the ledge
within the next week or two are very
bright. The ground Of the Spider-Wasp
Extension is highly mineralized, several
veins carrying values ranging from s. to
$50 being in the tunnel When the main
ledge is reached there will be about 800
feet of back.
Four men are employed on the Lansing
lease of the Ross group, which is located
less than 2OOO feet from the Black Rock.
This lease and the COyle d Lane lease
on the same property (known as the Bad
gers has set every owner of adjoining
property to the task of uncOverlng hid
den lodges. There is more trenching be
ing done in the southern end of the camp
than in all of Wonder together. This
comes from the fact that it is now known
that Messrs Coyle and Lane were aware
that a ledge giving phenomenal values
existed on the estate owned by Judge
Ross six months before they were able to
secure a lease. They tried to buy the
property outright and had $4,000 IN
stallment of the $4,000 asked up, and but
for one of Judge Ross partners refusing
to sign the deed would have been in pos
session of this property at what Is con-
coded by everyone capable of judging,
about a tenth of its value The values
found by Messrs. Coyle and Lane persist
with development. There is considerable
copper showing, which indicates to the
partners the permanency of the ledge.
1t may be of interest to know that these
are the men who started active opera
tions the now famous Carpenter strike
at Dixie They tied up that property and
were about to close a deal that would
have netted them a snug fortune each,
when the little blind god aimed at Colonel
Coyles cardiac organ, and a honeymoon
interfered with the further pursuit of the
metallic certificates of modern genius
The owner of the Lansing lease IS in a
way as picturesque a character as his two
neighbors. He is a contractor. having
erected most of the permanent buildings
I'm Wonder. He made his first venture in
to the mining field by organizing a COM
pany on fourteen claims he owns three
miles from town on the road to Fairview.
He was backed by Minneapolis capital
lists, who have since visited the ground
and expressed themselves well pleased
with the judgment displayed by Mr.. Lans-
ing. They are backing him i'm his latest
venture. and look for him to bring home
the goods, which he assures every one he
will do, unless every assayeT to whom ne
has submitted samples of the ore taken
from his lease deliberately falsified his
returns
There is a deal on by the Bassford com
pany of Oakland to purchase the Ross
Extension. owned by J. Kearns, of Tono-
pah. There are three claims in this group
and the trenching that has been done con-
vinces the owner that he has the Ross
ledge.
Work will begin Sept. 10 on the Yankee
DoOdles. adjoining the Ross group on the
east. The manager of this company is
also confident that he has the continual
ton of the ledge that made Judge Ross
famous.