Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1910-03-14
LAS VEGAS MINE
LANDS AT DEPTH
CUTS HIGH GRADE LEDGE ON
$50 LEVEL
STRIKE JUsTlFIEs OPINION OF
OPERATORS
All Available Ground Between Rail-
road Pass and Vegas Wash Is
Located--crlttende Ships
Two Cars of Ore

SEARcHLIGHT, March 13.-Report
that a high grade ledge had been cut
In the drift of the Alunite mine at a
depth of 45O feet caused a furry of
excitement in town last week-not be-
cause the news came as a surprise,
but as justification of the opinion
Vegas people have always had Of that
section. The Alunite is the first prop
erty to attain any depth, and 1t is not
strange that II should be the first to
encounter a rich ore body.
The news of the strike spread rap
idly and before many hours every
available conveyance in Las Vegas
had been chartered and there was a
rush on to the Railroad Pass section.
AS a result. every foot of ground be-
tween the Alunite and the mouth OF
Vegas wash has been located, as in
the old days when the QUO Vadis was
fourishing with It's surface showings.
No details of the strike have been
obtainable, except that the ore Is tellu-
rium gold and copper, and very rich.
and that the drift has already passed
through several feet of 1t. The extent
of the ledge has not yet been ascer-
tanned.
First intimation of the strike was
had when a messenger was seen rush.
ing kilograms in and out In commu-
nication between superintendent Prem
tice B. Hill at the mine and his BROTH
err. Prof. Hill. I'm New York, who is
president of the Alunite company
1t Ia expected that Prof. Hill VIII
come west to visit the property, as 1t
started on a scientific theory of his
own, regardless of the absence of the
ordinary indications demanded by the
usual mining expert.
The people of Las Vegas are Intense
~ interested I'm the outcome of this
strike. for should it prove to be perma-
nent it will result in the immediate
development of the entire Railroad
Pass district. which has long held the
confidence of many mining men who
were without capital to prove 1t.
Ships Two Cars
A forty-five-ton car OF ore shipped
from Searchlight Tuesday and sec
ond car OF the same size Saturday is
the strongest kind of evidence that the
Crittenden Development company has
struck its gait.
The last carload sampled--well. 1t
sampled so high that the management
is skeptical and inclined strongly to
the belief that 1t must have been
What is claimed for the ore is an
average of better than $50. Figuring
at the present rate Of production, this
means a monthly output of around
$4,000, a pretty nifty sum for half a
dozen men to be producing.
Some sort of a deal has been con-
cluded on the Shoshone group of
claims. situated at Fourth of July
mountain, some four miles east of
saarchlieht The announcement is
made in this manner for the reason
that Messrs. Smith and Bowman, the
former owners Of the property, are UNI
willing to talk, and II. b. Evans, the
principal in the transaction, is absent
from the city. The one tangible piece
of information is the letting of con-
tract to John Howe.
Contractor Howe has been ordered to
fully timber the present shaft. down
200 feet, and to then sink an additional
200 feet The work of repairing the
main shaft will start Just as soon as a
car of lumber, shipped from the coast
last Monday, is received.
Mr.. Evans and Norman e. Smith, a
mining engineer, were here a week ago
concluding the deal. Prior TO this a
number OF examinations of the prop
erty had been made, notably one about
Christmas by n leading expert con-
nected with the Goldheld Consolidated.
Just what the terms of the Shoshone
deal are is immaterial The presump-
ton is that the property has been
taken under a working bond. The i'm
portant feature is the letting of con-
tract for deep work. This part of the
district has never been demonstrated
at depth. Many excellent surface
showings are to be found. none of
which. however, have been followed
down to solid formation.