Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-11-23
UTAH MAN FINDS
LOST MINE ON
NEVADA DESERT
FABULOUS FORTUNE EXPOSED
ON SURFACE
Bonanza Was First Discovered by
Sheep Herder Seven Years Ago,
and Has Long Been Sought
by Prospectors

The story of the rediscovery of lost
mine in northern Nevada-a remark
able surface mine," with a ledge forty
feet wide, exposed to the height of fifty
feet and the length of 800 teet-lh
which figures James e. Clinton, jr, son
OF County Commissioner j. E. clinton
OF Salt Lake county, Utah, is told by
the Boise Capital News The exposed
ledge is fabulously rich, it is said, COM
rosed, as it is, of free milling gold ore,
running as high as $500 ton. Present
owners of the property are said to nave
refused an offer of $2O00,OOO for II.
Associated with Mr.. Clinton in its own
ership are Charles Stewart, Robert An
derson and Mr. Reynolds, Boise and
Bruneau men. The mine is about nine
miles south of the Idaho-Nevada line,
near the famous Kittie Wilkins ranch,
on Bruneau river, with Hot Springs
the nearest station.
The new property If reports with
reference to it are true, is one of the
richest in gold that has ever been dis
covered in the northwest country, for
the ore is said to run up into the hun
dreds of dollars, and some of it has
assayed as high as 5000 ton. The
quartz, samples of which have been
secured. is of a chalky appearance and
resembles in some respects asbestos.
1t is of a whitish color streaked with
yellow, and some of the higher grade
samples show the color plainly to the
naked eye. The big body already in
sight places the value of the property
UP into the six figures, for 1t is be-
lieved that the ore runs as rich in
values through the entire vein as the
samples that have been tested.
According to the story that sur
rounds the new strike, ii was first ac-
cidentally discovered by a sheep herder,
who, while over on the Nevada side
attending to his duties, accidentally
stumbled across the quartz, and being
familiar with ore values, knew in
stantly that he had made a rich strike.
He intended to relocate the property
later owing to the fact that his duties
called him elsewhere, but shortly after
the discovery the heavy SHOWS Of win
ter came on and the mine was tenn
porarily lost. The sheep herder, how
ever, consoled himself with the thought
that he would find the property with
ease the following spring after the
snow left, and no one would be the
wiser In the meantime.
During that winter he was suddenly
taken i'll and died. Before he passed
away some of the facts with reference
TO the lost strike came to light. That
was seven years ago. Since then every
possible clew with reference to the
exact location of the lost property has
been traced down without result until
recently. Men hunted high and low
among the hills and mountains border
ing the southern Idaho and northern
Nevada state line with no success. The
secret of its exact location was kept
for almost seven years. Mr. Reynolds
and Boise mining men, promoters and
capitalists. became interested in the
property and its location. The strike
was eventually found and came into
possession of the present owners. They
have filed on all of the adjoining land
in the vicinity of the property so that
thew have a clear title.
Rumors with reference to the locating
of the rich property have created in
tense interest in the rich values of
that section of the country, and il is
reported that there is a miniature
stampede on and that mining men have
rushed into the Nevada country and
located all adjoining property expecting
to strike it rich. News with reference
to the strike is common street talk in
Boise, and mining circles are buzzing
with 1t. The fact that the owners have
refused the handsome offer for their
holdings has created considerable spec
ulation as to how rich the mine is and
the big values in the quartz.