The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-01-06
GOLD CIRCLE
MAKING GOOD
Mineral Zone Is Extensive and
Much High Grade Ore Is
Being Found.

It has been found by surface prospect
ing that the Gold Circle gold belt lis eight
miles long by four miles wide, says the
Humboldt Star. over this large area of
territory prospectors have found lodges
that show values in gold. AS far sur
face indications are concerned. Gold Cir
Gle has the promise of making a great
camp with enough bonanza ore to assure
that II Will be placed on the list Of good
ones, There has been no camp found in
the state that had such fabulously rich
ore on the surface as that found at Gold
Circle, and this ore is not confined TO one
place. but has been uncovered in a num-
Der of places in the district
Eighteen Inches of High-Grade.
The Esmerslds group, owned by Nc
Mahon X McCauley, is another property
that has every indication of making a
rich mine The ledge is large and pans
well in gold. In sinking on the ledge
they have opened an eighteen-inch streak
that assays from Sl00 TO $500 to the ton.
The Water Witch Group.
McClelland d Slaven have four claims
called the Water Witch group that prom
Use to be among the great properties IN
the district. In doing development work
five-foot ledge has been uncovered that
assays high in gold. The ore is a porphyry
quartz
Free Gold, Big outcrop.
Sanderson & Helms have claims that
joint the Golden Fissure on the south.
Tbis propertv has one of the best show
lngs in the camp and II IS no trouble
TO knock off pieces Of rock from the big
outerop that shows free gold One sample
taken from this property assayed SS,SUC
10 the ton i'm the yellow metal.
The Golden Fissure.
On the Golden F'issure. which is the
south extension of the famous Midas,
there have been opened number of silici-
fled pOrphyry lodges and where a shaft
has been started the owners have uncOV
ledge that carries milling values clear
across the shaft
Old Mine Is Found.
In looking for lodges about eight miles
north of the Bamberger strike at Gold
Circle an old shaft was discovered few
days ago So far the shaft has not been
prospected, as il is filled with dirt and
brush. 1t is hard to tell whether there
is a ledge there or not, but indications
point to the fact that the shaft is at
least fifty feet deep.
The find was made accidentally. as the
opening was covered with a growth OF
sagebrush and could not be distinguished
from other parts of the hillside If ore
was taken out of the shaft it has been
all hauled away, there Is no indication
of metal bearing rock near the shaft. 1t
Is believed by many Of the prospectOrs
in camp that the find is an important
one, as thefe RTe stories III ClEculdllOn VI
lost mines in that section.
May Clear Up Mystery.
Some years ago a man died in the county
hospital at Winnemucca who had pros
pected in the Squaw valley section for
a number of years and whenever he Wis
tied town he showed fabulously rich gold
ore. Where he got the ore nobody knew
and when he died the secret was buried
with him. Many have looked for the place
whence the rich gold ore came. but with
out success. The shaft which was found
a few days ago may be the lost mine
from which he got his rich gold ore. 1t
will only be a few days when this fact
will be determined. as the shaft will be
cleared out and prOspected.