Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1915-08-21
THE GOLD STRIKE
AT LONE

THE ONE topic OF conversation on
the streets of Elko last evening was
the new gold strike made by c. Y.
De Lay at Lone Mountain. Lone
Mountain is an old camp but 80 far
as known this is the first discovery of
gold in hat district where the rock
was in place.
This new find has revived the leg
ends in regard to the Lost Soldier
Nine. 1t is said that Captain Doughty
and Lieutenant Warner spent nearly
half their lives looking for the place
on Lone Mountain whence came hoat
running thousands of dollars to the
ton in gold.
n STORY goes that away back in
1865 there was an outbreak among the
Neg Perez Indians up in Idaho. Cap
tain Doughty and his company were
sent up from Fort Ruby to quell the
uprising.
In returning from the north they
came by way OF Taylor Canyon and
along the west slope OF Lone Noun
tain. They stopped n day for lunch.
While his men rested the sergeant OF
the company made a short eNcurs-
ion up the side of the mountain and
picked up a piece of float.
This float was the origin of the
search for the Lost Soldier Mine.
Captain Doughty had the float assay.
ed and the returns showed more than
six thousand dollars a ton in gold.
This float is said TO have been
picked up on the west slope of Lone
Mountain near the south end. II is
declared that samples of this same
character of quartz were also picked
up on the Stampede ranch and on
the Grayson ranch which lie TO the
west of Lone Mountain.
Captain Doughty and Lieutenant
Warner used to 10 out and spend their
summers on this mountain prospect
ing the ledge that produced the rich
float.
The scene OF the s%ergcant's find is
now believed to be on the Weston
group OF claims at the south end of
the mountain. Here S. G.. Weston.
the Elko baker, located a group Of
copper claims which he valued In the
millions.
Weston Is said TO have received one
payment Of $4,000 from the Anaconda
people about ten years ago. hut his
figures were too high for DAILY Il 70
ahead with the deep mining which Is
evidently the thing required oil Lone
Mountain.
It may be after all that WCston's
faith in Lone Mountain is o TO be
justified by the strike in the Morgan
tunnel on the east side. They have
been looking for copper in the Morg.
an tunnel. But tho ore resembles very
much the quartz in the De Lay proper
ty not a thousand feet TO the north.
DR.. Mason was the first one to do
any considerable work on Lone Noun
tain. 1t was 80 years ago when he
first began to prospect that district.
And now at the age of II II is said
that a new company il about 10 take
over his property and develop it.
The Ely Consolidated which has just
cut the ledge In the Morgan tunnel
spent more than 100000 on the Mason
group and shipped 200 tons Of ore that
ran better than ten per cent copper.
But this was all from the surface. The
n thing needed on the Mason group
liz TO get below the iron Gaping.
In those early days Senator Sharon
also shipped considerable copper ore
from the north end from the V~irginius
This was a big blowout and the mine
Was never proved up for more than
80 feet i'm depth.
Then came the Jack Yore find of
galena ore in the Rip Van Wrinkle on
the west side of the mountain. This
was followed this spring by the Grant
discovery OF steel galena on the east
slope.
And now m this De Lay strike
OF rose quartz on this same silver.