Mohave County miner., 1909-03-20
Gold Strike Excites Town.

Hall came to town yesterday from /
Salome with his cargo of gold and |
formed the head of a big procession |
from the depot uptown, he and the
gold exhibits being the center of at
traction all the rest of the afternoon I
and evening, until he finally hid out
and it was hard for anybody to dis
cover what his plans are.
Dick Hall had wired Sunday night
to The Republican that he would ar
rive Monday afternoon on the 1 O'Clock
train and display his gold samples at
the Ford hotel. Its the sOil.' ex-
claimed Homer King of the South
western Realty company, when he
read the telegram, land it ought to be
in our window; that's the kind of soil
we like to show Forthwith he be-
gan planning 10 do the showing, know
ing that many business houses would
besiege Mr.. Hall with offers of their
show windows. Mr.. King sent an auto
to Glendale with a load of people sup
posed to have the most influence over
Mr.. Hall. They succeeded in arrang-
ing with him to place the exhibit In
the Southwestern office, and when tne
train reached the depot in Phoenix,
the big excitement began. A boar
was secured, and the suitcase contain
ing the rich ore was placed on the
board. Dick Kelley and Al Rummel,
two old Cripple Creek prOspectors.
were given the honor of stretcher-
bearers, and, led by c. B. Goodrich,
of the realty company, and followed
by scores of people anxious to see the
wonderful rock, the procession march
ed in the middle of the street to the
realty company'> office. The samples
were taken clear to the rear apart
ment aL4 IN two minutes the house
was damned full of people.
Then came the display. The rich
rock was taken out and passed around
through the crowd and inspected by
hundreds. There are chunks of it as
big as ones fist or larger that seem to
be at least half yellow metal, and
many smaller specimens. Several
chunks were placed in the window and
placarded, and others Mr.. Hall carried
Tor pocket pieces. To tell the truth,
only those who were there at the
psychological moment got a peep at
the display in its entirety for the de-
mand to place it on exhibition here
and there was TOO great to keep it to-
gether long.
Stuck up in the window alongside
the samples are the four assay returns
that Mr.. Hall brought down with him.
These assays were as follows: 33S, ,5l0S.
254, ,5SOS, III, 734S, and l79, HOS.
Mr.. Hall says he has an extension
of the big strike, and was also under
stood to say he had secured an option
on the ground containing the big
strike. Asked how much there was
of this rock, he said he did not know.
1t all came from a surface opening
about four feet in diameter. Asked
why he did not prospect along the
ledge to see if the rich ore was con.
tinuous, he said he did not have time
Everybody in the country was rushing
in and stalking out claims, and he haC
to get busy and do his prospecting
later.
Up to this time there has been &
great deal of doubt about the exact 10
cation. of the strike. Mr.. Hall wa.
asked to state definitely the location
of the strike and set the matter al
rest. He has been calling it the Sa
lone strike and others have called il
the Vicksburg strike, while still 9th
ers would like to push the mine ovel
as near Bouse as possible, for towns
are jealous as well as people. Mr.
Hall frankly admitted that he woulC
like to have the property as near Sa
lone as possible, but that in the inter
est of truth, he would give the exac
directions as follows: The mountain
that hem in Grace valley, in whicl
Salome is situated, on the north ant
south, come together about FIVE mile
west of Salome, or nearly together, il
the vicinity of what is known as Gran
ite wash, and through which pass tn
railroad runs, toward Vicksburg. Sa
lone and Vicksburg are about Ue
miles apart and the mountains or tn
pass between the two ranges is abou