The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-01-15
GURNEy GORDON
FINDS BONANZA
OJD-TIME GOLDFTELD MINING
MAN Is IN THE MONEY
AGAIN

H. c. Cutler, president of the
Peer Gold Mining company, recently
returned from a trip through the
Como district deeply impressed with
the showing made by the mines in
that region.
"One of the most important dis
~coveries of ore made in Nevada.
he said, has beeen uncovered on
virgin territory at Como, New, by
Garrett and Quincy Gordan. These
men have mined and prospected in
Nevada for several years and have
been interested in all the later day
camps, such as Goldfield. Tonopah
and Manhattan. They believe their
present discovery is destined to
make them immensely rich.
Little work has been done on
the property except some surface
cuts to determine the extent of the
ore shoot. Four feet of ore is
exposed at the discovery point,
which will run into thousands of
dollars to the ton. A small streak.
about two inches wide, assayed
$4,000 a ton. Surface cuts show
this ore shoot to be at least So
feet long and undetermined beyond
that point. 1t occur in a silici-
fed vein or dixie that crops for g
distance of over $500 feet. 1t shows
values it's entire length and high
grade ore is found at other points.
"Mr. Garrett has returned to
Como and will proceed at once to
oren up the main ore end prepare
for stopping. Como is situated in
Lyon county in the Palymra dis
trict, ten miles southeast of Dayton.
When first discovered during the
Virginia City boom, the camp was
expected to become a great silver
producer. When it's discoveries
were disappointed in this a ma
iority of them went to Virginia
CITY, and since then mining at
Como has been conducted in a
desultory manner.
bad management has spoiled
many promising operations, but now
there is no camp in Nevada that
is so rich in promise of success.
"It is ideally located, has cleo
trio power lines. wood and water
;c plopfu n oood uyo pop road and
ore of value to work on.
1.-The formation is andesite, SINH
lar to that OF the Comstock, Gold
field, Tonopah and in fact of al
the bonanza camps in the territory
eruptions east of the Sierras.
is generously fissured and the min
eral belt possesses all the charac-
teristics of the great mines in this
district.
''Tbe values are largely in gold in
the east and west fractures and gold
and silver in the north and south
fractures. The surface showings OF
the Garrett & Gordon strikes rival
that of the Combination mine at
Goldfeld, and there is every reason
to believe the group of claims will
he as big a producer as that famous
mine.
'The Peer gold mines and the
property of the former Nevada Deep
mines company adjOin the present
strike and have surface and under-
ground showings that promise to de-
velop into dividend paying mines.
1.-The operation of the Garrett &
Gordon properties, by owners and
lessees, should stimulate work in
the whole district, and there is
good reason to believe that Como
will become a banner gold camp.
Gold in the surface dirt indi-
cafes that other rich ore shoots
remain undiscovered and consid-
cradle prospecting work will be
done this summer to trace the gold
to it's source.
"The district is extensive, being
several miles in width and from
four to five miles in length.
"At the present time snow covers
the ground, making surface pros
pecting difficult, but there ART
enough known exposures of ore
ready for development to prove -
richness of the camp. Any of these
may be another Mohawk in en-
bryo.
when spring comes no doubt
there will be a rush to the dis
trict, and. unless all signs fail, an
other real OLD fashioned Nevada
boom."-Reno Journal.