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Show NEWEST NEVADA CAMP TOLICHA, NYE COUNTY Newest of Southern Nevada mining min-ing districts to attract attention, Tolicha, situated in Nye county southeast, of Goldfield forty-eight miles by road, is- now the scene of a considerable amount of activity and the ground surrounding the first discoveries has been staked for miles, says the Goldfield News. Records Rec-ords are cited to show that the district received its name in 1875, when it was christened by surveyors survey-ors in the' employ of the government. govern-ment. The original name, however, was written Taelicha, and presumably presum-ably was of Indian derivation. Ore carrying free gold was found in croppings at the site of the main discovery early this year by Ed Yei-ser, Yei-ser, familiarly known as "Jumbo," . and his partner, Jack Jordan, a cousin of the Jordan brothers, Pat and Mike, who discovered the An- ? telope ore. The first locations were I made July 17. I I |