The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-09-12
OPEN new CAMP
UP IN HUMBOLDT
RECENT DISCOVERIES IN vICIN-
ITY OF LEONARD CREEK
GIVE PROMISE

According to advices reaching
Reno, there Is a big stir among min
ing men in the southern part of
Humboldt county, and that the new
ly discovered mineral deposits in the
vicinity of Leonard creek promise to
soon make that one of the richest
mining camps in Nevada is the opin
ion of expert mining men, says the
Reno Journal.
Leonard creek is situated about
five miles north of the Quinn river
desert, and about Is miles north of
the old Veravalve mines which were
worked years ago.. Much prospect
ing was done there both last and
this summer by the Drouillard broth
ers of Cedarville, Cal, and to them
is due the credit of making the dis
covery that promises to add much
to the mineral output of Nevada.
Last fall they discovered a good
gold bearing ledge and sunk down
on it in several places to a depth of
from 16 to 26 feet. The ledge
widened out as they went down, and
the values run up into the hundreds
of dollars per ton. Out Of four as
says the lowest was $50 and the
highest 1925 per ton. They now
have what appears to bo a permanent
ledge of about 20 inches in width,
and in the last shaft sunk is ore
that looks as though 1t would go to
a thousand dollars per ton.
Close to the Drouillard claim has
also been found good placer diggings
which are nov being worked in a
crude way, and while much diff
Guilty has been encountered in con-
tending with the water which pre-
vents them from going to bedrock,
several claims are being worked to
good profit. Messrs. Brimm, Curry
and Murphy have trenched a distance
of about 800 yards to a depth Of
nine feet and found good pay all the
way down. Nuggets valued at from
81 to 81 have been found through
out the placer ground.
On Teppee creek, about four miles
east of Leonard creek, are also some
placer mines, on which a force Of
men are working and taking out
good quantities Of gold.
Recently Messrs. Garrett and Cor
don of Reno made a rich strike some
our miles south of the Leonard
creek placer claims, which promises
to be a bonanza. The strike was
. made on what is called Cove creek,
where they have uncovered a ledge
for about 5000 feet. The ledge is
from 20 to 25 feet in width. and av-
erages SO per ton throughout, while
some of it goes over 500 per ton.
If the ledge extends down a distance
of fifty feet they figure that they
have $75O.00O worth of ore in sight.
Ten men are working on this claim
and more are being put on.
George Johnson has located some
claims in New York gulch, which he
is working and getting good re-
turns from.
The pr~edominating formation Of
the country seems to be porphyry
and diorite, and the mineral zone
seems to occupy an area of about ten
by twenty miles, and it Is thought
that the richest lodges are yet to be
uncovered.
The Drouillard brothers have left
for Cedarville and will obtain sup
plies and return and put in the time
in developing their mine, and are
preparing to stay there all winter.
Miners are beginning to come in, and
there is no doubt but what in a
short time Leonard creek will have
one of the livliest mining camps in