The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-31
n COLD CAMP
b COMING BACK
lass. Nevada, Deserted
Han GoIdfeld Excitement
Began, Comes to Life.
h GOLD VALUES
ATTRACT ATTENTION
Record of Production
uring Lean Years Is At
tractiye Feature.
Hka TrIlaiInn.

a to The Tribune
nFrFLp. New. July 3o.-The re-
-xrosure OF exceedingly rich. free
+, are AT Douglass. seven miles west
-.vule and about the same distance
Nina. must OF necessity assure for
!, nm a revival OF interest and min
|-tIvity unparalleled in any but a
<sv districts OF the state. Al the
a the discovery Of Tonopah and
IA. Douglass was the only camp
|&vada which was making an ap-
IA showing in the production Of
<ut the stampede TO the new and
sdly richer camps nearly depopu-
d and resulted In closing down
MI work then in progress. The
<ns q record OF some s600.000 bull
<oduced, all from comparatively
work and chiefly from short
.Ped interest in this district has
a the opening Of body OF high
re some distance below the older
"a. on the Tennessee group, pur-
| recently BY G.. G. Webb from
4 Towers. one OF the pioneers OF
||<5rict. Mr.. Webb is a mining en-
and metallurgist. who came here
<hree months ago from South
l where he stands high in his pro-
+ and who has operated In many
q the world.
.|c making his headquarters In
IA and after having visited and
Led various camps and prospects
aectiop. he was prevailed upon TO
a. ~ nf
MEne claims at Douglass. An ex-
HON and thorough sampling Of the
- resulted In Mr.. Webb's deciding
Nd surpassed any mineral showing
a seen In Nevada, and ne at once
Htd to close the deal for its pur-
upon the terms stipulated by the
feulovIng few feet Of surface
no main vein wss exposed, lying
Xn well defined waus and carrying
Ia 10 seven feet OF ore that aver
|found 800 per ton for Its entire
Although free gold Is not visible
~ OF the samples taken, the as
ON the vein have been uniformly
arying from SIS 10 s2500 per ton,
Iny have Indicated q value OF from
$500 per ton. Exceedingly rich
. were made in the presence Of
1Frespondent from ore taken from
{he exposed part OF the vein at
"A cut, from the ore dump. from
ON Of an old shaft 1000 feet above
shaft the entire vein for 1000
>pearlng to be highly mineraiized
good proportions.
re OF tho Tennessee and elsewhere
gold bearing area is Il light,
Al porphyry. closely filled with
and lsmtnations OF quartz, the
c0ntents showing an increase In
18th the amount OF slllcate in the
u&tter, and the cntire vein filling
tlghly siliclfied. At all points the
aYn unusually well defined and
blue andesitc and quartizite
The veins, Of which there are
n the district and all Of which
odd. follow or are contained with
1g dykes that crop boldly on the
and may be traced for long dis
but rare Instances Of fault dis
enf. Ore Of excellent milling
12s been exposed at number oil
b the district. but the most spec
showing and that which has
about the marked revival in In
y In the newly opened workings
Tennessee property.
Dened by a surface cut and shows
OF ore twenty feet wide. yield
aya from si2 to S2s per ton. Mr.
pas secured a long-term lease or
1Hart mill at Sodavllle. n modern
fn-equipped plant. TO which tho
Nv be hauled from his property
easy down-grade. a distance o.
[nree and one-halr miles. Develop
y the main vein is In progress:
necessary buildings and appli'
hove been Installed for carrying
work,
g the early nlneties the camp O
produced rich gold ore from {
OF points. \ large amount O
vas turned out by the 5-staml
the Douglass property and late
nngs dump from this mill wa!
over ny the cyanide process
precipltates. Bob" Stewart o
ue Is reputed to have extracted ;
.oItune from his Gem mine, IVY,
leiow the Tennessee and he sill
le valuable nuggets or pieces o
>iN9 quartz found In the wash OF
Flow his property.
NJ most extensive work OF rcCcn
tilat OF the Davenport -lndepnn
*nPdny, managed by Gus A, Prless
northern part Of the district, Tw
one above the other. have fol
.ne yeln 500 and 500 feet and ex
.e lor most Of the distance. TIL
-nnnel 40 foct below the upper
4So ieet below the apex OF tn
tpinR The casing OF the vein. Th
throughout show ore OF excel
lug grade and quality and raise
inc two edits and the uppe
4 inc surface show the walls I
elstlnct and uniform as il bull
sy and 10 he diverglns per
az depth, An old s0-foot shat
.ance below tho lower adit wi
euV feet and drifts driven froI
on tue vein. Excavations nj
Tor The installation OF power
\ <lng machinery,
:, oriole property George II. Hyd
mayor OF Rldgway, Pa, ba
sruc9i shaft, exposing lars
mining ore and Is now sinkin
w @ @.srueal shaft which has cut
A,eH. Both shafts are cquippe
I'D sssenl work is 10 open the Boun,
tom which large production wa
N r..ner west In the camps EARL,
acIlvity. Tho Little Chief con
.rX- promotion OF former Congress
n Duser OF Nevada. IL developer
~ same vein and has some g,
rich ore IN it's bins. This con
NJ. bought 5-stamp mill OF moe
q: mas completed excavations (.
and has part OF tho ml
A on inc ground The plant W
gtaiion Within ninety dayg Fa
QE ~ ,ne Fortuna group, owned
sAfsurtlss' ono Of the early settle
40 claim owners OF the dl
|@b an eyc6ll.ni sbou,Jpc a,J III
" V-.lo another adjoining the De