Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-07-04
Nevada Letter From R. ?. Kelly.
Olinghouse, Nevada.
June %, 1907.
Mr.. f. c. stevens.
Red ,tiVer, N. NJ.


Red .kiver, N NJ.
Friend Steve: / guess you will
think I am never going to wrlte but
not 80. l have been intending to for
some tune but there are so many to, write
to don't know who to begin or but
have anely got around to you Wen,
we have Ssen in Nevada nOsrly two
months spF 50 Ear have not found any
thing yeEg6tartlingin in the way Of booms.
Our first stop IN Nevada was at Cobrs,
but Hstton failed to show up SO ! didn't
get to see the claims as they are twelve
miles out from Colbre, but nevertheless
got some information in regaad to them
,.... they were not tie locator at all
hut instead we're given an interest by
the original locator named, FOover from
Delta, Colorado, and butsince Ieav-
ing Cobre. have received word from
the parties who are negotiating FOR the
claims. They are Buffalo people having
arrived in, Cobre two days after we left
They visited the property ana thorough
ly sampled it and got an average of s17
across 3 feet in lead, silver, copper and
gold, this average was taken from the
Groupings. They are pretty we'll pleased
with 1t and think are going, to take it
up ia which case expect ] will be put
In charge of the work, 90 il | get the
position I will go back their before long.
Our next stop was at Hazen one of
the most desoIate spot on the map, it is
the starting point of the ColGdeld and
Tonspah railroad for Goldfeld We
were intending to 60 to GoldGeld but
go many were coming out with bad re-
ports we decided not to go, but car.s on
to WadwOrth WHARF we staid a Few days
and then visited this place We hac not
seen eno9gh so we went to Reno, and
fnely. cOnclpded 1t was the limit and It
surelv is. I didn't know the place where
ooHce there used to be lot Of shacks
nov is a street called commercial row.
IL iS one continuous line of gamlipg hells
and saloons, every place i1 wide open,
music Of all kind games of all descrip
tiOns and representatives of all nations
and milliOnairs rubbing elbows with
the hobos and scums of creation. The
streets were black with people DAY aud
night and automobiles by the score.
After inspecting this great Anerican
opsn air show we decided It was not for
US so, came back to Olinghouse aud
Jack went to Colddeld ] have been
here going on two months and am get
ting e. per day as hmberman. At pres
ent am timbeFipg new shaft.
This company is known as the Nevada
COnsolididatSd- They employ $50 men
at the mines. as they have two mines
and a number of open cuts or glory
holes" as they are called and sinking
two big shafts. They era Operating a
70 'temP mill aud a ,cVnI5e plant, own
their own railroad and electric light
plsRt which FURNISHES light for the
minsa and town and power for their
hOists pne of ths mines are terrible
'hOt, ,andlEestiRs hotter the deeper they
go. sEhe pre- isRrinclpalIy free milling,
and Ntrickly gold und no other mineral
exec 'N"''a trace Of copper.
Tn quartz. Spar and
rock mike the vein
ion is synlte, aOdi
NwhVt appears. TO
~ p9rslsly
rule the
s"' q parting
along these veins ,WslI y
generally this sac
broken state and 1.
appear Re il nsars th
The whole thing se, 4
placement Of tue csupt "a