The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1913-03-11
FINE SHOWING AT THE
NEW CAMP OF SUNSHINE
Many Strangers Coming In and Taking ShMtIerm Options on
Promising Properties -wiI Prove Important Feeder
for Wnnemu((dIded Location for Camp

go to work developing the property" "
The option referred to was taken
on one of the most promising proper
ties in the camp, and while requested
not to make the price public, we can
state that it runs up into the FIVE fig
ures, with a moderate sized cash de-
posit
A party of mining men were present
in camp from Lovelock, which includ-
ed Clarence Young, Philip Anker,
Frank Reynolds and George Kennedy.
Many others were also in camp, but
their names could not be conveniently
ascertained.
Principal Workings in Camp.
Work has been prosecuted on the
Diamond c property all winter, by A.
iB. Cousin, president and manager of
the company. A tunnel has been run
for 270 feet, which has cut several
veins, but the main ledge is still fifty
feet away. The dump, which can be
seen for miles by parties approaching
the camp, contains large tonnage of
excellent milling ore.
A considerable amount of work has
been done on the Silver Boy, owned
by f. Wicklund and under bond and
lease to Charles Olmstead, of San
Francisco. They are now crosseutting
to catch parallel vein, and have gone
about 35 feet, and ore has been taken
out that goes from $40 to $50 in sill
yer and $500 or 5000 in gold, free
milling.
On the Silver King w. S. O'Brien
has about so tons of ore on the dump
that averages $97, gold silver and
ol~ 1o Do4
tleship group, and from one workings
has taken out seven tons of ore that
runs $20s in gold, with about two
ounces of silver. From the main work.
ings he has taken out 100 tons that
will go $50 to the ton, free milling
gold.
James Hayden, of the Floyd ranch,
recently located a claim in the vicin-
ity of the Gem mine, and while doing
the location work struck ore that pam
ned $40 to the ton. He has given a
15-day option on the property to Cali
fornia parties.
A. G. Evans. of Reno, has taken an
option on gold property.
Henry Landram owns the exten-
sion of the Silver Boy, upon which he
has done considerable velapment
work
Jimmy Williams, the erstwhile
" Adonis' of the local mining world,
has shed his auburn locks and has got
down to business on the old Gem. In
days gone by this property was large
producer, and Jimmy proposes to put
it in the same class again.
James Burke, of the Western Pa
cifie has made an excellent showing
on his Valley View claim.
Needs of the Camp.
The new camp needs a lodging house
ia once. Mrs. Landram can serve
meals to limited number of visitors,
but there is no place for them to
sleep. A grocery store would also
pay well, and a frst-elass assayer
could do a thriving business.
"All Things Come to Him Who
Waits.''
Seven years ago w. s. O'Brien, E.
Wicklund and Tom Merrigan settled
down at Sunshine, where the first two
mentioned have stuck. They worked
hard, and at times it was extremely
uncertain as to where the next sack of
flour was coming from, but they never
lost hope. When money for supplies
could be obtained in no other way,
they stopped long enough to pound up
quantity of rock, from which the
gold was taken and exchanged for
supplies. 1t was long, hard, uphill
pull, but at last fortune has smiled on
them and a competency is now within
their grasp. While Mr.. O'Brien is SO
years of age, he is by no means sup
eranuated. At Fort Bidwell, Califor-
mia, last September, with a partner 60
years old, he took first prize in a hand
drilling contest, defeating two young
giants