The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-03-02
ONE MORE GOLD CAMP
BORN AND CHRlSTENED

| Jessup, the new mining district thirty
| five miles southwest of Lovelock, cOntin-
ues to be the center of attraction for the
| prOspector and investment seeker, and
! during the past week the influx of people
| has been much larger than any time since
/ the big rush was started. That the new
/ district will make good and will sooner or
| later occupy a prominent position in the
/ ranks of Nevada's great gold producing
camps, is evident from the good reports
that are coming in and from the numerous
big strikes that have lately been recorded,
| says the Lovelock Tribune.
The citizens OF the new section are keep
| ing abreast of the times, characteristic Of
| Nevada's busting camps, and have or
| gained a new mining district The or
SANITATION was effected last Saturday at
| Practically every miner and prOspectOr in
! the district attended the meeting. 1t was
unanimously decided to christen the new
district Jessup, in honor of Frank Jessup,
one of the original locators. E. II. Francis
was elected district recorder, Charles
Murray was elected chairman and Mark
Bradshaw was named as secretary.
White Canyon, the only town in the
| district, is growing rapidly and is early
| assuming metropolitan airs. The new
town now beasts of two restaurants, d
bakery, lodging house, three saloons, a
general merchandise store and corral
| and feed yard. The first lots were placed
on sale the fore part of this week. They
are selling at $40 each and it is reported
that quit a number have been sold.
Preparations are being made TO erect sew
eral substantial buildings and in short
4 time the tent, which marks the incipiency
of a new town, will be relegated to make
room for modern structures.
Among some of the newest strikes that
have been made in the district are those
/ on the Coming Heir, the Portland and the
Opperman-Van Valkenburg properties.
On the Coming Heir, which is owned by
Frank Bird of Vernon. a 30-foot ledge out
crops quite prominently. From a sample
| taken at the surface, the assay returns
showed gold values to the tune of SIS. The
Coming Heir was located last Saturday
and so encouraged was Mr.. Bird over the
resules OF his assays that ne has decided
to commence development work at once
He left this morning for his property and
expects to start work on a shaft next
Monday.
Tom Frazier. who owns the Portland
group, located about mile north of the
original strike also has an extraordinary
showing. On the Portland No. a three
and a half-foot ledge has been traced for
a distance of LOCO feet Two hundred
feet of this ledge has been sampled by the
panning process and the results are very
encouraging.
Work was recently started on the Hop
kins property and at a depth of a very
sunk on the footwall side of the big ledge
an eight-inch pay streak was disclosed.
The character of the rock is Identical with
that found on the Jessup- Murray property
and the gold values are said to run better
than $50 to the ton.
F. II. Van Valkenburg, William Opper-
man ana +. Cruise who own a group of
claims a short distance west of the Jes-
sup Murray strike, left this morning with
a full supply of tools and provisions
These gentlemen will do considerable
trenching and when desirable place is
located a deep shaft Will be sunk.