The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-14
DOLLY WARDEN IS
THE LATEST TOWN
HustIing Community Born in
Nevada That Looks Like
Sure Slayer.
MINES NEAR ARE
SHOWING UP FINELY
Many Minerals in Generous
Values Are Being Exposed
to Daylight.
70 Tho Tribune.

| Special 70 The Tribune.
DOLLY WARDEN. New, june 13,-
1t has oeen some time since the col
umns of The Tribune have received
news from this part of Nevada, Since
then a townsite has been surveyed
staked and plated and many. of the
town lots have passed from the posses
sion of the town company into the hands
| of private purchasers. This site is To-
| Gated and owned by Joseph A. W. Nc
Anley and Richard Frank 1t is named
Dolly Warden and is situated in the cen
ter of the mining area owned by the
parties named: the Victoria Company,
the Mangunson Company and many
others. The little valley east of tho
| highest part Of the range makes it a
very advantageous point for all mining
interests within its radius. Here, as
the many mines are opened mp in that
particular neighborhood, live business
town will soon spring into existance
The famous Victoria group, made so by
its sulphide and native copper ores; the
Moore & McAnley group, lying Just be
low it with its similar ores; the Man
gunson group joining to and within the
same zone; the dozens of other mine
owners, are all vieing with each other
for superiority. and as result much
work is being done. while plans are be-
ing laid for Increased effort day after
day.
While visiting the townsitc and its
owners a few days ago, your correspon-
, dent was shown samples of ore taken
from hundred and twenty.foot depth.
which for beauty and richness surpass
any copper ore samples vet unearthcd
in that part of the district The sam
Piles exhibited represent value of 90
per cent copper. The Alpha group owned
by Moore, McAnley and Madelaney was
sold a short time ago for considcra-
tion Of $4,000, the first payment of
$4,000 was made on the 10Th inst. Since
that time William Watson has sold his
Blue Bird group for $4,000, John Man
gunson being the purchaser. The Wat
son Brothers, William and Joseph are
owners Of many claims in Dolly Var
den district; they are pushing the in.
! tercsts of the district by the faith that
always wins, that is. by the free use
of their money in developing their nu
mcrous properties. Three miles TO the
east of Dolly Warden City. commences
the large group of claims owned and
incorporated by the Dolly Warden Cop
per Company with George NJ. Nix as
president, A. B. Witcher cashier of the
First National bank of Ely as treasurer.
Tex Richard and New York capitalists
(names not learned), as directors. The
original purchase made by this com.
pany was fourteen claims then owned
by f. g. Austin and d. Cable, the con.
sideratIon being 10000 $4,000 of which
waS paid down as an carnestness of
good faith and the balance due during
the present month. Other properties
have slnce fallen into the possession
of this company both by purchase and
original location
The newly established camp of this
company should be known as Nix City.
1t consists Of eight large tents. four
Of ,vrhI hI.1, l..
over very substantial frames, all floored
with the best Of dressed white pine,
and In all other respects representing
the neatest camp it has been the pleas
ure OF your correspondent TO have ever
visited The ores from this property
arc divided between copper. silver and
lead all with fair gold values. From
a part OF this group, some years ago,
shipment Of the lead-silver ore was made
when the wagon haul was ninety miles
TO the. nearest railroad and notwith-
standing the then heavy transportation
expenses far profit was made Presi.
dent George NJ Nix is native of Du-
buque, Iowa. With his experience in
the great Galana zones near his birth
placcl and In later years in the inter
mountain ranges he is certainly the
Hatch. w. r. Burdett and Frank Pha-
lin are owners of four claims, near this
group, all of promising character Mr.
Il. Sartore is the possessor Of four and
half claims of twin-like appearance.
with surface cropping identical with
the Victoria property.
TO the cast and TO within less than
The length Of claim from the Dolly
Warden Company groups is one Of the
best mineral groups IN this part of Ne.
vada. The claims composing this group
are respectively named the Badger Nos
] and 2. the Vern, the Copper Key, the
Copper Key Extension. the Copper Key
Companion, the May Flower, the Lucky
Strike, the Canary Bird and the Canary
Bird Fraction. also the Duke. in all
eleven claims, covering a contact COM
posed of dolimlte and blue lime. paral-
leled with porphyry dykes, quartzite and
granite. All the ore bearing veins
coursing through each of these claims
are extra large and where the work has
been done upon seven of the claims the
shafts, cuts and inclncs are all in ore
from the grass roots down. This group
is simply wonder, so much so that the
owners, c. f. Johnson, W. Avery ct al
have no Sdea of the exact widt of their
veins a test upon the Badger group !
has been made by sinking prospect holes /
here. there and everywhere, ire spectivc I
of the many iron and quartz lcdgcs, for !
a distance of fully 1000 feet. from sid l., (
J.
ure TO find ore within from one TO three /
feet from the surface The. orc con
sists of copper. gold and silver, show
ing assay values of from TO 20 per |
cent copper. from ss to SID gold and |
from Sll 10 $40 in silver
The quartz of peculiar character
having upon first sight the appearance
of a fine dolinlitc lime. but when OK /
amined under a glass the Investigator
al once dIscards the lime idea and say,
to himself, "What is it2' In places
1t strcaks like lime but not as freely
as the common rock, To the writer,
who has devoted seventeen wears to the
continual study Of the Deep Creek ores
and rocks, nothing exactly similar has
ever been observed. The contact in
which this group lays appears in the
eastern foothills of the range, facing
Antelope Valley, and is first encountered
threefourths of mile west of Dolly
Warden Springs. To the. southeast not
over mile distant, volcanic uphcavels