White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1913-05-18
Arrival of Nye County Miner
with Rich Ore Samples is
Signal For Grand Rush.
ROCK ASSAYS slS53 PER TON
Personal INSPECTION RESULTS
IN DIFFERENCE OF OPINION
As TO GOLD PROSPECTS IN
NEW DIGGINS'.

". +. Blackwell was the bell-
weather that got the rest of the
flock started toward Willow Creek,
and since his arrival from that To-
eality. Monday. with a chunk of ore
that fairly dripped with golden
wealth, Willow Creek has been the
objective point of about every other
one of the male persuasion, in Ely.
As the week drew to a close, the
easiest manner to keep track of the
exodus. was TO record those who have
not been to Willow Creek. Willow
Creek is in Nye county. about one
hundred miles southwest from Ely,
about half way between Ely and To-
nopah. and reachable over a
perfectly good automobile road.
About every automobile in the dis
trict has made the trip. and those not
having automobiles are on their way
with teams, or are getting ready to
start. or else considering the pros
poets of hoofing IT,
Willow Creek Is the scene OF the
latest gold strike. and If the ledge
does not fade away and If the gold
holds out and If the locaters and
prospeetors and prospective leasers
do not gather on the ground in such
a solid mass as TO render mining op-
erations impossible. Willow Greek
may be destined to loom large as a
good thing.
Mr.. Blackwell arrived with his
wife and child. and his samples. and
it was the samples that started the
rush. Millard x Son, assayed two
samples and reported values as high
as 1883 and $117 per ton, respec-
lively. Mr.. Blackwell said the ore was
from claims located recently by him
self and partner Steve Pappas. and
that the ledge from which the sam
pies were taken. was traceable for
two miles.
News of the arrival of Black
we'll. the golden samples and the
prospects of wealth in fabulous
quantities, Travelled quickly, and
within two minutes more or less au-
tomobiies freighted with enthusias-
tic prominent citizens. boomers. pros
peetors, camp supplies, grub. whis-
key, etc, were making streaks
through the alkali toward the new
Ell Dorado in the adjoining county.
80 In all seriousness the News hopes
Dahe reports are not exaggerated ana
that from the discovery Of Messrs.
Blackwell and PAppas permanent
camp will result. Both men are well
known and reliable. and are not
the sort who would start some
thing" for the mere sake of seeing
the crowd run. The samples are
genuine and II remains to be seen
II the ore holds with depth Some
of the Elyites who have been and re-
turned are enthusiastic as to what
they consider great prospects. while
others take a pessimistic view and
failed to see anything more en-
couraging then miles of territory on
which locaters' stakes were as thick
as bristles on a pigs back
Provided Willow Greek becomes
what a good many are predicting II
will become, II can mean nothing out
good for the Ely district. as the To-
cation is such that Ely is the logical
trading center The dream is a
pleasant one to contemplate as the
vision Ia of increased population,
railroad extension, agricultural de-
velopment and all that goes with
= prosperity of legitimate and per-
TtAansnt sort.
Here's to Willow Creek. Long
may she sparkle.
Among those who have "also ran
are County Commissioner Cohen,
County Treasurer Carpenter. Con-
stable Mclean. Eugene Norris. Par
ley Smoot. John Nyce, Frank Millard,