Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1909-05-06
LUCKY BOY IS
COMING OUT

First it was hundreds, when the
camp had few prospects; tlen it
got to thouands when pay ore was
struck; then hundreds of thousands
and now the figures begin 10 range
seven in a line.
johnny" Miller, himself, who ar
rived yesterday, said that the sale of
the Lucky Boy and Alamo grouUs to
the United States Smelling and Re
fining company is just as good as
cares little whether the deal goes
! through. Double that sum of ore is
| in sight. Incidentally, Miller bet j.
| r. Mitchell a trip to Europe with all
expenses, that the Mitchell Lease at
| Lucky Boy will produce $4,000 with
| in the next yeai-which is going
some.
Owing to the constantly growing
| population at Hawthorne and Lucky
| the conversion of the old Courthouse
at Hawthorne into a first-class hote.
| to be second to none in the state,
with the exception OF GOldteld. The
county commissioners have decided to
rent the old building, and it will be
thoroughly mOdernzed SO as to ap
neal tn the most ia ST ltiOlS
The visit of Mr.. Miller IS of parlic-
ular interest in that he brought with
him a part of the first mineral eXhi-
bit for the American Aiming congress.
He has asked for first place in the
exhibit and this has been given him.
Within sixty days it is expected
gasoline motors in service between
ThOrne and Hawthorne. distance
of some six miles. The road viii. be
in the form of ~" and will great
ly facilitate travel between Thorne
and Lucky Boy.
Trouble may yet develop in the
new district on account of the attl-
tude OF the Southern Development
company, which obtained certain Tim
| ber patents in that section. 1t may
result in litigation between the cor
poration and various ieasers, although
at this time neither side is saying
anything.
The company is controlled by ID. o.
Mills, president OF the Virginia l.
Truckee railroad, and II. Nj. Yering-
cial. The corporation secured state
patents on about 26,oo0 acres OF tim
ber land from the two million acre
grant of the government. Uncle Sam
reserved the mineral rights. The
! ground is said TO have been all strip
| ped OF timber and although the com
pany paid $3.50 an acre for the tim
| ber and surface rights, the taxation
per acre at this time is only about
% cents an acre.
Recently the Southern Development
| company has advertised for leases on
| the ground which lies west of Lucky
| Boy and is said TO bear ore In other
words, say the mining men, the com
pany would lease timber ground for
| mineral purposes. All this ground
| has been located and operations are
continuing as if nothing unusual were
| in the wind. The company is said to
not have placed a price upon the land.
and to be in error in asserting any
thing but timber and surface rights.
| Should a bold move be lnaue the case
will be taken promptly into court on
injunction.
The best ore yet found-at least
near the surface-was discovered day
before yesterday on r. ID. McAfee's
ground, 1900 feet west and north
from the Hubbard ground, and where
values run at the grass roots as
high as 440 ounces of silver, with IS
in gold. This strike was practically
made right on the surface, and on
ground that had been overlooked by
all, SO far as really being promising
property. Time after time people
have applied for leases and when Nc
Afee asked for this piece of ground
there was nothing thought about it.
But when he came into the same
character of ore, and even richer, as
that which had been developed in the
Hubbard, then people began to sit up
and take notice. The truth is that
it proves among other things, that the
whole country is full of ore, and that
parellel veins run through the dis
trict, which makes it possible for men
to get the ore anywhere almost
(,Ollfiald Tribnnp