The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-08-03
NEVADA PLACERS
TAKEN BY UTAHNS
Large Area in Humboldt Coun-
ty May Be Developed
by DredgeS.

What may develop into one OF the
big placer properties in the country
has just been taken over by local par
ties, and within a short time, II
enough water can be developed,
dredges will be put in TO work the
thousands of acres of mineralized
gravel that has been located in Hum
boldt county, New, Is miles north Of
Seven Troughs. Otherwise sluicing
will be done. A party headed by L.
q. Burton. J. w. Geiger. James Ton
kin and others recently located $3.50
acres of land in what is known as the
Rabbit Hole country. Twenty-three
claims of 100 acres each, and one OF
so acres were taken up.
The property is located on a roll
ing prairie. Recently ii is declared
that L. G. Burton. a local mining en-
gineer, sampled the country for dis
lance of two miles, taking 4 4 samples.
and that the entire lot averaged Sl.6O
a yard. In some places large gold
nuggets have been found, and II ls
said that nugget found there sew
eral years ago sold for 1927. James
TonEin, superintendent of the prop
erty. who is in the city, brought in
I
which he recently PANIED at the
property. He also has another which
is worth SIS. A number of other
smaller nuggets were brought along
ranging from 20 cents to IS. The
! gold is declared to be Of good grade
/ bringing $3.50 an ounce.
The men behind the company be-
/ Iieve that sufficient water can be de-
veloped on the property TO put in
dredge. If this cannot be done, wa
| ter in a creek five miles to the
! southwest has been filed on and Will
| be piped TO the property.
Twenty Holes Down.
Twenty holes have been put down
in the property varying from 10 TO
80 feet. and the hardpan has not
/ been reached. In u Of the holes
/ there is water. 1t is declared that in
no place has a hole been dug that
/ is barren. A thorough sampling has
| been made OF 1900 acres of the
ground. Thus far five layers of
/ gravel all containing mineral, have
/ been found. The layers vary from
| from two to fifteen feet thick, and be-
tween each is a sort of hardpan.
About twenty feet apart are seams of
black sand that is rich in gold and
silver. This is found TO run from
mere seams TO two and three inches
thick. An assay recently made of
these sands shows in the nOn-mag-
netic material 1916 ounces of gold
and 1874 ounces of silver of the value
! OF s2.635.20 To the yard. The magnet
/ ic material runs S44.4O to the Yard
This sand is also said to be scattered
through the pay gravel.
The area seems TO be mlneraliZed
almost from the surface, and during
recent visit TO the property, ten
yards Of gravel treated yielded $117.
At a foot from the surface gravel was
found which carried 81 in gold to the
yard.
Company Organized.
The Comet Placer Mining company
has been formed TO take over the
property. 1t is capitalized at $780,
coo. with shares at 81 each. In the
treasury has been placed 400. 600
shares. The officers are DIR. w. ID.
Donoher, president; d. C. Dart, vice
president; J. w. Geiger. secretary
and treasurer. The officers, with So
Ion Spiro, Z. b. CritchlOw, II. A. Mac
MILAN, DR.. J. F. Critchlow and
Charles Shields. form the director
ate. L. G. Burton is general mana
ger of the property, and James Ton
kin general superintendent.
The company has four men pros
peeting, and the property is equipped
with three houses capable of caring
for so men.
The property is 10 miles from Sui
phur Siding on the Western Pacific
railroad, and 20 miles from Rye