Weekly journal-miner., 1909-03-24
ANOTHERDISCOVERY
 STIRS SALOME DISTRICT
Assays Reveal Copper As We'll as Gold
 In Ores

 other rich gold strike, four miles north of the Griffin discovery, was brought here yesterday afternoon by Roy Chittenden.
 According to MT. Chittenden, the in- formation received here to the effect that the ore from the Great Northern claims, owned by Barker, Alger 6 Griffin, carried gold only, was at fault. The assayer at SalOme told MT. Chit tenden that the rock carries high val ues in copper and that the schist belt would probably produce more wealth in copper than gold.
 The Clara Consolidated Company mas already taken steps to secure the Great Northern property. Immediate " after the news of the strike was made public George Mitchell, superin- tendent of the Clara, secured an op- tion on the Great Northern for his company. He was to have paid $10,- 900 for the option yesterday, but se- cured an extension of time until next onday. The Clara Company will first take over the Great Northern under bond.
 The new strike of which Chitten- den heard is on the claims of a man named P. B. Dreiser, well known in Phoenix. MT. Chittenden saw some of the ore from this discovery and it was just exactly like some he had dug out himself with a pick on the Great Northern property. The rock of the district, he says, is all alike, and near iy all of it seems to carry phenomenal gold values. Dreiser's ore does not run as high in gold as that from the first find, but it is extraordinarily rich.
 NIT. Chittenden left here Monday morning with A. C. Adams, a Nevada mining man, and a prospeetor named Mcclellan. Adams went on to Parker after looking over the district in the vicinity of the strike, while Chittenden and Mcclellan returned to Phoenix.
 Everything between the Great Northern and the Dreiser strikes is taken up, says MT. Cnittenden. The country is overrun with prospeetors, who have already staked out the most promising looking ground. Of course, there are still dozens of mines left, but the inexperienced man would not be likely to stumble upon them.
 ''It's a very rich country" he said. "Though I am not a mining man, I can see that. There are plenty of opportunities left for those who take the. time to look them up.
 "'Tne schist belt is full of blowouts like the one where Barker, Alger and Griffin made their find. Dreiser found his ore in such a blowout.
 "The three prospeetors who started this boom knew two or three weeks ago that they had a rich mine, but did not let the secret out until they were ready for the rusn to begin. The idea that they found something and let the world know their secret right away, is a mistake
 And the idea that there is no cop per in their rock is also a mistake. Reports sent out of the assays indicat ed that gold was the only metal found there, but the assayer at Salome told me that the rock runs high in copper. It is quite probable that those who hold claims in the schist belt will be mining copper long after the gold has played out
 The Clara people, according 10 NJ. Chittenden, are not overlooking any chances, and as soon as he learned of the strike, Superintendent Mitchell was. on the ground arranging a deal with Barker, Alger and Griffin.