Show THE OAIAHA STU11CE Considerable Excitement Over the Reported Rich Discovery There was considerable ttir in mining circles in this city yesterday over the reported rich strike of gold ore in the Omaha group on the western foothills in Camp Floyd mining district and Salt Lakers who have properties In that locality are beginning t look after the same In this city as far as the officers of the company are concerned I ha been very difficult to obtain any details regarding re-garding the strike but there are a number of mining men on the outtide who have been duly posted regarding tie new find and they are fully convinced con-vinced that it is genuine although there are some who take but little stock in the report One reason advanced for the noncommittal non-committal altitude of the company is that it is now considering a proposition for the bonding of the Omaha group with the understanding that c sale will be almost a certainty within a very short time Tine publicity given the new find may however cause a stampede pede of capital to that locality and i is more than likely that the mine will now command a higher figure than at first asked for it frt aske The Heralds Mercur correspondent yesterday stated that assays from the new strike range from 650 to 147 In gold to the ton Since then the mining reporter has seen assay certificates oft of-t made in Mercur on Omaha ore g oa I that showed gold values as follows 10 640 S8 1360 197 and 115 and The Herald is informed by Mr Gillesple one of the officers of the company that the result of a number of asa s made In this city on Thursday by Captain Bishop were more than satisfactory in fact that the ore was all good pay milling ore but beyond this he refused re-fused to make any further statements recording the new find I is understood however that it is a surface discovery and that it was made almost accidentally as no work has been done on the property for sometime some-time I is also stated that the La Ci gale adjoining is showing up some fine bodies of ore and that a mill for this property is one of the possibilities of the near future On account of the new strike work will be resumed on the West Mercur ground immediately after the election and there are a number of others who are interested in that locality among them being Harvey Hardy who will soon begin operations there |