The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1907-03-04
LOVELOCK
MINES Are
BOOMING
FIFTEEN THOUSAND IN
TWO MONTHS WORK
Brown and Bell Sell Claims Near
Lovelock-Many Tents Being Plac-
ed and Work Started on Develop
ment of Promising Claims

From the Lovelock Tribune.
As an illustration of the fortunes,
of more or less magnitude, which are
daily being picked up in Nevada, we
ment on this week the sale of the
Brown-Bell claims eight miles west
of town, at $4,000.
About two months ago these young
! men went to this new camp and locat
ed the claims they are now selling
Young Brown, upon whose claim the
strike was made, never had any pre-
vious experience in mining The first
showing of gold in this camp was
found by Mr.. Waldo, while Digging
| postholes for the CVernon telephone
line Mr.. Waldo after time went
back and located claims where he ha6
found the gold and Brown and Bel
located adjoining ground.
Upon starting to do assessment
work on his claim, imagine the sur
prise and excitement of the youps
prospector at seeing chunks of FIRE,
gold as large as grains of wheat j.
the quartz. Some of the quartz was
hung together with wires of gold
When news of the strike was brough'
to town there was quite rush to tn
| scene of the strike and many locatef
ella ms. Now there are eight tents il
camp and the hills are rapidly be
| coming dotted with prospect holes.
| trenches and open cuts, in many o.
which good values are being uncov
| cred.
| This camp is eight miles west OF
| Tovelock, on the main road to Vernon
at the foot Of the hills skirting tn
west side of the valley. It's position
so close totown and so easy of access
makes it desirable property. A low
grade proposition, if ores were in
Quantity, would be good there, but the
values so far obtained are above what
would be called low grade.
The surface appears to be a grant"
+; formation, the values running in
quartz stringers through the granite,
but closer inspection shows this to be
an altered granite, and as depth is at
tanned the values seem to be in a rot
ten porphyry.
tracted to the camp in the past ten
, days was Charles Tillery, successful
mine operator and leaser of Cripple
(, Creek, Colo On Monday the deal wa
/ closed, whereby Mr.. Tillery secured
/ from Mr.. Brown and his sister and
Mr.. and Mrs. Bell four claims at a
total of $4,000. A substantial pay
ment was made down and the balance
is to follow in comparatively short
time. This price is given on what
may be properly termed mere pros
pcct There is not hole over three
claims. but surface assays have rur
as high as s12.000, and average sam
pies across ledge over two feet
wide run from $3.50 to 5000. Mr.. Til.
lery considers the surface showing jus
| tifies paying the price and now he has
men at work thoroughly prospecting
the ledges and sinking where the
strike was made.
Mr.. Waldo has an excellent showing
on his claims, average surface ASSAYS
running from $3.50 to $500. Tom Saf
fer, of the Nevada barber shop, has
secured valuable fraction adjoining
the strike. Joe Hill and sons, the
r ddle brothers, Messrs Hunter, Tor
rey and others are among the Love
lockers who have promising claims in
| the district AL st. Clair. the indus
. trious kid of the camp, is securing
some valuable claims for himself and
hackers. His energy in prospecting
deserves rich reward, for he is seen
out over the hills with pick and show
ell early and late.