The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-07-18
RICH ORE FOUND
In ABANDONED
NINE SHAFT

Tales of lost mines are always in
teresting, even to the seasoned miner
and especially Is this true in this dis
trfct, where there are supposed to be
several bOnanzas abandoned year.
ago. and of which nothing save le
gend has been heard.
1t would be sacrilege to consider
lost mine anything but bonanza
for 1t appears that nature or fate, OF
whatever you might call it, never in.
tended that a prospector should die
leaving an unknown quantity behind
him in the shape of questionable
hole in the ground.
But it remained for Joe Danenbere
to stumble onto lost mine this
week, and in this instance 1t is q bo-
nanza. The old working was dis
covered about two miles northeast
from st. Louis mountain, on the river
side of the range. and assays from
the ore exposed show values of $3.50
Mr.. Danenberg has been prospect
ing in that vicinity for some weeks,
and while following an old trail came
upon fifty-foOt shaft around which
was piled several tons of cookbook
ing quartz The workings show that
they have not been operated for some
years, yet the shaft was in good con-
dition. Lying near by was an old
pick and some other rusty tools,
showing that the original owners
left some of their paraphernalia be-
hind.
The outcrOp is traceable several
hundred feet, and the ledge is five
feet wide, showing streak of pay
averaging about eight inches.
The only clue to the identity of
the old working comes through DR..
George ID. Keller, who, it will be re-
membered, came to Searchlight some
weeks ago with the intention of EN-
barking in the newspaper business
But that was not all of DR.. Keeler's
mission, for 1t is known that he spent
several days in the vicinity of St.
Louis mountain looking for a lost
mine. Just before giving up the
search DIR. Keller confided to a News
representative that he had plans and
directions for finding the mine, and
that he would return some day and
continue his search. In speaking of
the incident at that time he gave out
the following narrative:
Some months ago | was treating a
miner who said he came from Search
light. He was in a bad way physical
ly and his death was but question
of days. AS the end drew near he
called me to him and told me that he
had wonderfully rich prospect near
Searchlight, and, that knowing he
was going to die, he wanted me to
benefit by finding the mine. He de-
st. Louis in range of hills, and said
he had performed considerable work,
having taken out shipment which
he packed to transportation on bur-
rOs. When he left the property he
had some tools and a quantity Of
grub which he had cached near by.
He gave me map of the ground and
| promised to search for it. At first
| did not pay much attention to the
but later began to think that
may be there was something in 1t; SO
when | came to Searchlight lent
out and made search. Not being a
! did not search as care
fully as ! might have, and failed to
find it."
AT the time the News paid little at
tention to even DR.. Keeler's story, be-
lieving he had been taken in like
many others who have spent money
looking for these lost bonanzas.
But the discovery of Joe Danen-
berg confirms the statements of tho
and as no one can shed
any light on any previous operations
in that vicinity, 1t will have to be
taken for granted that this is at
least one of the lost mines and the
ore mentioned by DR.. Keller
News.