The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-02-13
.LOVELOCk HAS
GOLD STAMPEDE
Exhibition of Rich Rock From
Desert District PreCipitateS
an Exodus.

According to the LoyeIock, Nevada,
Tribune, a stampede has been precipi-
tated from that place through the dis
covery of rich gold ores in the Desert
district, near there. Several big finds
have been reported and in some in
stances the ore is claimed to be worth
- per pound. The lodges are big and
strong and milling rock in quantity,
worth $50 ton, is common. The pa
per says:
Never before in the history of
Lovelock was. there such a stampede
Tor conVeyances of all kinds as there
was last Wednesday night All sorts
Of automobiles, buggies, wagons
and even burros were pressed into
service.
The big rush was caused by the ar
rival IN town of Frank Jessup and r.
NJ. Hopkins from the new strike in
the Desert district. southeast of Love-
lock These gentlemen brought with
them samples of rock from the new.
discovery and as soon as. they were
exhibited the news spread like wild
ire and the big rush was on, and it
Is estimated that at least thirty out
hts went out from LOVeloek
Mr.. JessUp, who with L. II. Murray
IS credited with making the rich find
said that the showing was remarka-
bic for the amount of development
work done, There are two parallel
Iedges on their prOperty-one on the
Mabel b and one on the King Colo
mon On the Mabel B the ledge shows
width of fifteen feet and Outcrops
very prominently for a distance Of
1000 feet. Paintings have -heen taken
from different parts of the vein anC
IN no instance were the owners I'M
successful in getting good results A
twelve foot hole has been sunk on this
Vsln and in the bottom several feer of
ore averaging better than $50 in gold
to the ton has been opend up.
ION the King Solomon much richer
ore is found, and Mr.. Jessup had
specimens with him that were literal
~ alive with the yellow metal The
ledge of the King Solomon is about
twelve feet wide and Outcrops for fully
800 feet. A shaft has been sunk to {
depth of thirty-tWO feet on the hang
ing wall side of the ledge and at this
point, Veritable jewelers. shop has
/ been opened M. There are two fee
OF ore, Mr.. Jessup says, that will easily
average 81 per pound. and as WOrF
progresses indications become better
In sinking the shaft about SEQ pounds
Of picked ore has been sacked and
stored away. This ore is fully worth
81 per pound. There are several tons
of lower grade piled on the dumps and
the owners are confident they could
make high-graGe shipment with very
little work
r n Hopkins, Sam Hopkins anG
Charles StOker have located the west
extension of the Mabel r and King
solomon veins, and while but very lit
tie work has been done the showinee
are equally as good as on the Jecsur
property, the paintings showing value
al the way from $40 to SIS. These
gentlemen have nine claims in the
very heart of the district
In giving a description of the lde
cation of the new strike. Nj JessuT
said it was situated about twelve miles
west Of White Plains a station on the
main line of the Southern Pacific. The
ind was made in White canyon, IT.
Desert Mining district. The value. arc
found in sugar quartz, which shows q
great deal of hematite. The country
formation is pOTphyry and the dyke
are very prominent. and Nj Jessup
says that conditions generally are
ideal for the opening of big mines"