Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1909-08-20


troAl Iouupan this month rave been
ta,elGS u great deal about the good
Times la mat camp. 1hC Jim Butter
claim Is being lcased by the company
auu Iuuopda has IL wave OF prosperity
% nudge by statements OF Congress
man Bartlett, capt. Thatcher and oth-
e,s VINO have journeyed here from
here.
the Tonopaa sun says oi the leas-
era:
50 many importan occurrences
have taken place III Tonopah lease
dom within the past day or two that
ii IL dtlhcult 10 record tIem either
lu chronological order or in their rel
aDlte importance.
Two events. however, stand out III
such strong light that they are worthy
ot arst mention. one is the huge as
says obtained on the lease OF Owney
Dougherly and associates and the
other Is the tact that the women nave
taugAt the Ieyer and are successful
in their enorts TO lind treasure ore.
Lct The latter be former and men
ltou be- made oi the Victoria lease on
the Jtm butler, All tAe leases, by the
way are on che Jim Butter. hitherto
auuust terra incognito as lar Us
shipments are concerned when com
pared witn the big properties ON the
u.I OF down town.
tn Victoria lease Is owned by Mrs.
NJ. u. Ogle and associates, consisting
oi Mrs. kaic 3. Court, Or. j. X. Gun
llngham and James Herald.
They started u shait several days
ago at the north side oil Magnolia
Avenue and are now down about .
leyt ON u ledge approximately two
feet in width. The assays are Climb
INK daily. Monday the rock ran $40,
yesterday IL went $50 and today Is
liable to return any old figure, for the
stult previously tested lCoks like rot
ton waste compared TO the chiorides
tdat are now giving Il canary tint To
thc ledge matter.
Forty per cent OF the values are
gold although it uoes not pan a sin
sic CCioF.
Samples ol this ore from the Vic
lora lease are on exhibition at the
suu oluce aud information will be
liauly given 20 all inQuirers. The
slime may be SAID regarding the 9th
Ct leases on the Butler.
This afternoon Billy Douglass and
his associates having finally decided
upon u plan OF action, ARE getting
the Wandering Boy plant in rcadi-
meas Tor operation and before the
end ui the week they will be ready
to start drifting for the values they
uncovered on ST. Patrick street. This
lease will be worked with all posi-
bic haste. commensurate with scien-
uGc mining. 1t is the intention OF
the tributers to seek for heavy ton
MAGE rather than high vaiues, al
though the latter will not be de-
cined.
One interesting and siguiiicent fea-
lure Of the return 20 leasing days is
me fact tnat people are beginning to
dig on Their own lots for treasure.
One OF the men who has caught the
fever is steve BaceCovich. He has
had Two men at work for several
days ON his Florence Avenue proper
ty. They are down ten feet and have
cue ledge which outcrops in Mr.
Lac ecovchs $ back yard. Good val
uea are said to be resulting but no
information Is given out.
Biz Provich is doing likewise. He
a. well as Mr.. Bacecovich have tena-
i've leases.
Owney Dougherty gave Kidd, the
assaycr u piece of rock yesterday and
asked him to see If 1t runs anything.
II certainly ran and was not am
Oag the also rams. When Mr.. Kidd
saw the button he thought that he
had in some inexplanable manner
salted himself. and called for another
sample It was forthcoming and the
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