The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-26
COLO DISCOVERY IN
WYOMING DISTRICT
Black Rock Canyon Attracts At
tentiOn of Miners and
RancherS.

Special TO The Tribune.
CHEYENNE, Wyo., Nov. 25.-The most
important gold strike made In Wyomins
for many years is reported here by State
Senator Pat Sullivan, who is mentioned
4 prospective candidate for governor,
The discovery is remarkable one In
that II was made by a ranchman. whose
Wild horses broke the surface OF the
ground and disclosed very rich ore.
Tho discovery OF the large and we'll
defined vein Of gold bearing quartz orc
was made in the King Solomon mine.
owned by n. J. Sheehan of Rongis. Wyo.
The discovery has been anticipated for
some weeks. for some expert miners who
have examined this claim during the last
year have pronounced II one OF the rich
est prope rites they had ever seen. and
Ter would soon he struck. The King Solo =
mon is located In a new mining district.
In Black Rock canyon. about five miles
north Of d. J. Sheehan's ranch at Roneis.
midway between Rawlins and Lander.
This mine was opened up about two
years ago. and at the surface showed ore
of value The owners OF the prospect
said little about their find. but continued
10 develop the cla i'm. and from time to
time had ASSAYS Of the ore made,
Assays Run High.
When tho prospect hole was down
twenty-scVcn feet. quantity or theoore
was sent To Il. :. Shay, an assayer of
Omaha whose certificate showed that The
mineral ran S2@S in gold to the ton The
shaft was sunk deeper. and when down
10 depth OF ninety feet false bottom
was put in AT the seventy-foot level and
CrOsScut was run into tho main vein
This has brought out a free milling gold
bearing rock Of sylvanItc. very similar 10
that taken from the rich mines in Grip
pie Greek Samples Of this orc have been
brought TO Cheyenne by Mr. Sheehan and
being shown
state Senator Pat Sullivan OF Caspar
who has been interested I'm this mine for
over year. is much elstcd over the dis
covcry. and declares that it Is one OF the
biggest strikes ever made In the state.
He and Denic Shcehan have such faith
I'm the mine that they have for some time
carried on the development at their own
expense and have organized company.
which has been Incorporated at the state
capital under the name Of the Black Rock
Gold Mining and Milling company. They
now have force OF men at work and
arc pushing development as fast as the
weather will permit,
Old Gold Country.
The locality In which this mine is To-
cnted WAS known in the early sos as a
rich gold-bearing country, and consld-
erablc gold was washed out OF streams
and found In nuggets. The original min
those who later came Into the country
and attempted TO find the exact spot from
which the gold was washed. failed. d.
j. Shcchan. present owner of the King
Solomon mine. Is an old d-tme ranChman
who has gained practical knowledge
Of gold bearing ores from his travels
through the states OF Utah. Colorado and
Idaho. where he always took occasion to
examine ores, He located n ranch at
RonCis. about ten years ago. lie dis
covered the mine by accident one cold
and rainy day when he and one Of his
men were having trouble with two
bunchcs Of horses which were drifting
before the storm. Sheehan headed of his
bunch Of stations and steered them up
against a black mountain: In order TO
check their run and to protect them
from the wind While he held the herd
there, the horses stamped around, and
I'm their struggles tore up the grass roots
and small stones. Some OF these loose
stones caught the eye OF the ranchman
rock. he gathered up q few specimens,
surface samples were all found TO be
rich I'm gold and the ranchman located
the gold bearing vein where his horses
had broken the ground.
Miners Enthusiastic.
Earl Kendall an old time Cripple
Creek miner. was shown the ore samples
and he AT once declared them TO be rich
in values, being similar TO the ore taken
from Cripple Greek mines at great depths.
Angus Mcqueen of Portland who Is well
known as Marcus Daly's expert. also eN-
amncd the mine when Il was down nine
" feet. and he pronounced 1t to he
good looking prospect.