The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-11-14
FIND LOST MINE
5. IN NORTH NEVADA
Salt Lake Man Figures as the
Owner of FabuI0uSly Rich
Property.
me storv of the rediscovery Of a lost

The story Of the rediscovery of lost
mine in northern Nevada remark
able surface mine" with leoge I0Ety
feet wide, exposed to the height of fifty
feet and the length Of 600 reet-ln
which figures James z. Clinton, Jr., son
of County Commissioner J. e. Clinton
of Salt Lake county. Is toto by the
Boise Capital News. The exposed leoge
is fabulously rich, IL is said, composed,
as 1T is, Of free milling gold ore, run
ming as high as $500 ton. present
owners of the property are said TO nave
refused an offer of 100000 for It.
Associated with Mr.. Clinton In It's own
ership are Charles Stewart, ROBERT An
derson and Mr.. Reynolds, Boise ana
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. -
reference to it are true, is one OF the
richest in gold that has ever Deen as
covered in the northwest country, Tor
the ore is said to run up into the nun
dreds of dollars and some OF II has as
sayed as high as $500 a ton. Inc
quartz, samples of which have been Sc
cured, is OF chalky appearance ana
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 lt IS De-
lived that the ore runs as rich in values
through the entire vein as the sam
pies that have been tested.
According to the story that sur
rounds the new strike IL was first &C
cidentally discovered by sheep nerder
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 rich strike.
He intended TO relocate the property
n he 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 LETT 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
they have a clear title.
RumOrs with reference to the locat-
ing OF the rich property have c1GeEed
intense interest in the rich values OF
that section of the country and IT is
reported that there is miniature
stampede or and that mining men have
rushed into the Nevada country and
located all adjoining property expecting
to strike IL rich. News with reference
to the strike is common street talk In
Boise and mining circles are buzZing
with IL. The fact that the owners have
refused the handsome offer for theil
holdings has created considerable spec
ula ton as TO how rich the mine is and
the big values in the quartz.