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Our next samples were taken from that
part Of the property known as Golden
Rule situate more than q quarter Of mile
from Independence. Independence shows
richest on the top OF the mountain and it
is said that it shows milling values over
breadth of 400 feet almost to the foot Of
the mountain. Golden Rule is situated
about half way up a very high mountain,
north Of Independence. We saw here the
largest vein Of milling ore that 1 have ever
heard Of. It measured more than "a feet
in the widest place, in the tunnel, and
seemed to be widening as it went down.
A vein two feet wide and carrying $40, co
to the ton in this country is considered
good one, so the reader can form some
conception of what a "a It. vein means:
There are few rich lenses in this part OF
pIes myself from eight or ten places on
the dump, I must have struck some
richer ore than the management knew
about for the values from the lower dump
run very much higher, than I was told
they probably would.
Sample No. 9, Golden Rule, taken from
dump Of about 1900 tons removed from
tunnel, vein "a feet wide. This assayed
gold s7SS.60 per ton, silver 81 .63.
Sample No. 10, Golden Rule, was taken
from dump of about 500 tons on side OF
shaft sink through tunnel. This assayed
gold S84.33, silver $3.50. 49,.
The Golden Rule property juts right up
against the Dean Mine, which has been
mined and operated for many years by
the Dean family as sole owners. More
than eighteen million dollars worth OF
gold has been taken out OF the Dean Mine.
It is also parallel with Pittsburg Red Top
Mime from which more than three million
dollars have been taken.
We visited "Hill Top" last. 1t is from
this place that the fancy specimens ex-
hibited here, showing In some instances
almost as much free gold as rock, were
taken. On this part of the property there
are two parallel tunnels, about "a feet
apart on the eastern slope OF the noun
tain. This exit Is about IA OF mile from
our starting point on Independence. You
can see free gold in any number Of places
in both tunnels, and even In large rock
midway between the tunnels. l was In
formed that the entire cross section OF "a
feet would mill better than $4,000 per ton
exclusive of the richer parallel lenses. :!
did not take any specimens in which gold
could be seen with the naked eye for l
wanted rather, fair samples Of the ORE.
Sample No, II Hill Top, was taken from
dump of about 100 tons. The shaft here
was not deep and seemed to be merely a
prospecting shaft as it was not in line
with the richer lenses as seen in the Two
tunnels above referred to. This assayed
gold S56.22, silver .29 cents.
Sample No. - Hill Top. lower tunnel.
| This assayed gold $373.71, silver $4.33.
Sample No. 13, Hill Top, out OF upper
tunnel74 feet from No. IL picked up IN
bottom Of tunnel. This assayed gold
1886. silver SO cents.
earth in bottom Of two tunnels, and mixed
in sack. This assays, gold sA.23, silver
| 81 cents. ..
on Hill Top. This is some 200 It. from
where sample last named was taken. It
assayed gold, S200.91. silver S19.37.
| A sample marked <, I got from o sack
in the Office This was given me by MI
4 John Murrin, the expert sent there 70
build the gold mill. While ], did not get
It out Of the vein or off Of the dump, | was
assured that it came from independence !;
the values are rather in spots than from
some of the other places. There have
been samples assayed from this lower
tunnel on Hill Top that ran over s6,COo.oO
per ton. You can not see any free gold IN
the sack of ore had marked x and yet
the assay showed gold s4,2S0.94, silver
S2S.75. ... 49,
Practically all the machinery necessary
for treating two hundred tons OF ore daily,
| Is on the ground, and was assured would
| be set in motion within about six weeks.
| though with this small plant the Company
is prepared to treat refractory ore.
After spending two days and hall at
Kimberly we were met by our AUTOMOBILES
and returned to Battle Mountain. Our
party, except Captain Marshall, went on
to Reno, arriving there about o'clock IN
the morning. We registered at the Col
den Hotel, q splendid, well equipped new
hotel. The proprietor was up even at thls
late hour, and just to show hlmself con-
genial, he invited the entire party to take
drinks with him In bar adjoining the
hotel. The hour was so late or so soon as
Won choose to term 1t, that most Of the
narty didn't care II they did. Then the
host wanted them to take another. This
was declined and the host then moved
over to a gambling table where he pro-
ceeded to win about $500. Strange as 1t
may seem, at this late or early hour, the
guests didn't follow him. You see the
hotel, the bar and the gambling tables
we're all his. ILL.,,
open. There are gambling houses open. yer,
rooms plenty, some of which, for splendor,
would do credit to New York City. There
were in the city several hundred persons
awaiting the grinding OF the divorce mill,
which grinds there faster than at any
other place in the world. The city has
about $4,000 inhabitants and has every ap-
pearance of thrift.
Captain Little OF our party, met here an
exceedingly polite and handsome young
man with his sirname from California.
Through the kindness Of Congressman
Aiken, 7 was given letter OF Introduction
to Congressman Bartlett, who Is Nevada s
only representative. His home Is in Reno.
He asked me TO lunch with him and would
take no refusal. When we sat down to
table he had made the party up to SIX,
picking up friend here and there as he
went along, all OF whom proved to be COM
panionable gentlemen. The lunch was
delightful and the place, in which 1t was
served was magniflciently furnished: We
spent the day in Reno and were shown
over the city in an automobile by book
keeper of the Nixon National Bank, visit
ing in our rounds the stand on which
Lcffries and johnson fought. I am sorry
that I do not recall the young mans
name, to whom we are indebted for the
automobile ride, for he was exceedingly
kind to US. =
After leaving Reno, our next stop was IN
Salt Lake City,, We saw the temple, the
statue of Brigham Young and other nota-
Bile sights about Salt Lake City. Its
streets are wide; it's buildings magnificent.
The statue Of Brigham Young indicates
about the most massive specimen Of man
hood physically and mentally that one can
Imagine. When Captain Marshall, con-
ductor of the Southern road, looked up at
the statue, ,>reealling story he had told
our party on the trip and adopting It's