Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-11
SECOND GOLD RUSH
. STARTEDlN WEST
Rich Strike Made at Old Mine
Site in Colorado, Twice
Abandoned.

By the Associated Press
DENVER. Colo. March IA ram
hov--v-itb gold at both ends-todaS
spanned the Continental DIVIDE tC
hold the interest of hardened prospec
TORS as well as tenderfoot treasure
seekers.
1yaenab thriving Nevada tent city
An n,iles west of Tonopah, was the
western base of the rainbow, whlle
the Little Annie claim loomed IN the
treeless expanse of snow west or Del
norte colo, to form the second treas
ure chest. - .
While a badger, burrowing Tor a
home. was credited with revealing the
Tonopah lode TO two young pIospec'
TORS. to bring hundreds to the distrlCl'
the Delnorte discovery was caretuliy
Guarded until yesterday. Inc mine Is
located on the face of clitf IN the
mountain country nearly 300 miles
southwest of here.
Ore Gives Rich Yield.
Iudre 7 c. Wiley and John Pickens'
,assees said they were paid more than
500 600 for ore removed from the
little Annie shaft in two months. Inc
ore was assayed and smelted by the
American Smelling Co. of Omaha. Inc
FIRST shipment of 625 pounds brougnt
nearly $4,000, Wiley declared 6 Ile
said the richest consignment z9S
mounds of selected ore, yielded golu
valued at s16,O32. -, ade
ITnwards of 25 tons of high'graae
ore is now sacked in the Little ANNE
shaft. Wiley said. 1t cannot ne hlose9
until Spring, as the country Is CIV nr ,.a
with ~ feet of snow. Iunneis "ie
being driven below the GIN IN an
effort to pick up the rlcn VEINS n1, r
The mine was discovered III 70 o :. no
eha ndoned, The Wiley group leased
a. INV last. Only three men were
employed to work II. ,,,>
Another mine of the ANNE group
Is located near Silverton, san 5ual
Rasin town which has been marooiieo
for a month by snow shdes.
Weepah Is TreeIess Waste.
Tn contrast TO the bleak COLORADO
site which only those expert III Wy
,,sa of snow shoes can reach, Weepaii
continued to draw scores OF prospec,
tors who came in fiivvers to shlVer
through long nights IN tents peo o1; u9e
fual is scarce. Both camps are alike
In that they are located in treeiess
wastes. 4. .ra,d
Fortune seekers choosing to spend
tha nights at Weepah instead OF the
base at Tonopah, found only sage
brush to burn in the camp stoves as
few trees grow in the desert country
of the Silver Peak range.
while the Weepah discovery
brought an influx resembling the
earlv-day "rushes." there apparently
was little possibility of such condi-
ton at Delnorte, or Summitville.
where the Little Annie group OF
mine centers. The group is owned
bv T. ". Barnsdale and the A. II.
REYNOLDS Morse Corporation, While
virtually every claim in the district
Is patented. The ground has been
thoroughly projected and treasure
seekers would depend mostly on luck,
old miners say
Found Near Original Strike.
The original strike at Summitville
was made within 800 feet of the pres
ent find. Activity. generally slowed
In 1884, when the high cost of treat
ing low-grade ore, found after the rich
lodes We're exhausted. wiped out the
profits. The camp was reopened
again in 1897, but closed a year later
due to prohibitive cost of operations.
Frank Horton, on whose claim his
son and a companion found the ore
that started the Weepah rush, has
withheld plans for development. The
youths have refused $4,000 for their
claims, but the elder Horton, an ex-
perienced miner, is generally non.
COmmitaI