The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-06-16
NEW FIND SHOWS
SOME RICH ROCK
NEAR OLD GOLDYKE
DISTRICT
(By James F. O'Brien)

news of Nevada's latest gold rush,
as we'll as specimens of ore which
furnish ocular evidence of the rich
ness of the find, Charles Kirchen
has returned to Reno after spend
ing several days in the southern
country during which time he join
ed the crowds that ~thronged to
take a look at the new strike.
The ore samples that he brought.
with the yellow stuff thai men and
women have sold their souls for.
showing in p~rofusion. are of Just
the type that invariably cause a
stampede, and if the bonanza ore
holds out with depth and lateral
development the new camp is due
for a boom with all the usual trim
mings.
There has not been enough work
done up to this time to determine
anything regarding the permanency
of the find, but rock lousy with
free gold" has never yet been found
when men would not spend time
n money to find out whether il
came from a freak surface deposit
or from a deep and extensive ore
body.
The new camp is about So miles
east and north of Luning, on Par
adise mmountain and in the center
of a highly mineralized section.
Three miles away is the camp of
Goldyke, which once attracted con
siderable attention. P~actolus. which
has produced some beautiful speci-
men ore, is eight miles away, and
the mine, which is controlled by
Ex-Governor eddie and Fred Sic
bert. is but a few minutes ride.
The latter property now has a
mill running steadily on ore that
is said to average $25 per ton as
it is broken down.
The ground on which the strike
was made has been held for a num-
Der of years by old locators and OF
ate it is said hat nothing but per-
functOry annual work has been
done on the property. Some few
days ago a miner. who was grub
staked by Ely parties, believing
that the ground was open for To-
cation, started prospecting and
soon uncovered the rics ore.
In ~excavating to a depth of
a couple of feet and a length of
four or five. the discoverer allow
ed the rich ore to stand and id was
a sight for sore eyes-that is. a
p~rospector's sore eyes. Gold in
profusion glistened in the rock and
1t could be plainly seen for a con-
siderable distance.
About this time trouble appear
ed, as might be expected. The men
who held the ground for years by
location came forth and naturally
objected to the newcomer grabbing
off the rich stuff. Just as natural
ly, the discoverer objected to be
ing hOrnswaggled out of all the
gold he alone had found.
1t would appear that the contest
ants were all of unusually amiable
dispositions. for. while they were
arguing over the right of posses
sion, they sat by and allowed each
visitor to take a pick. go into the
hole and break down a few spec
linens to take home"
One party was observed to fill
all his pockets with rich ore and
then fill his shirt until it sagged
over the belt which held up his
trousers. AS he would run across
an unusually rich piece he would
dive his hand into his shirt front,
pull out rock that showed less gold
and replace it with his latest find.
And not a word of protest came
from the rival claimants.
The contending parties then
showed their amiability and good
sense by getting together and
reaching a compromise, after which
they gave IN option on the prop
erty to a Mr.. Eastman of Luning.
While the dispute was on practical
ly all the rich ore in sight was TAX
EN- ava by visitors, but since work
was resumed it is said to be open
ing up as rich as eve
Not over 200 yards from where
the bonanza ore was found at the
grass roots, there is a shaft about
200 feet deep. Less than 700 yards
away there is a tunnel run into the
mountain for ver 1000 feet. In
doing the work at those and 9TH
err points in the vicinity, doubtless
many good miners and prOspectorS
had time and again walked over
the spot which is now attracting
so much attention.