Show I EAGLE VALLEY DISTRICT A Great Gold Camp That Is Pushing Steadily to the Front C A Short one of the enthusiasts of Eagle Valley district in Lincoln county coun-ty Nevada who is in the city on business busi-ness informs The HeraMd that the outlook out-look for his portion of the district which ha been given the euphonious name of Nelson is daily growing brighter and that there is every reason to believe that in due time this section sec-tion of the country will make a great record for itself as a wonderful wealth producer In a interview with Mr Short relative rela-tive to the progress being made in the development of prospects in the near vicinity of Nelson he states that of late several new and important discoveries discov-eries have been made there concerning concern-ing which the owners prefer to say i nothing until further work has been I done in the opening up of the new finds I one of which consists of a fivefoot vein j of quartz which carries gold values I I the ton ranging from 30 to 40 to while in this deposit there is a ISinch streak of mineral which according to I i assays made on the rock since Mr Shorts arrival in the city runs up to S76 in the yellow metal and the indications I indi-cations are that this will open out into one of the bonanzas of the ca = no The other discovery is in the near vicinity of the one mentioned above and shows a fourfoot vein that rvns a high 3 120 In gold and 17 ounces silver to the ton while running througn this deposit there Is a pay sea of I 22 inches that assays from 260 to 430 I in gold to the ton Work is being pushed in an endeavor to determine the value and extent of these ore bodies and should they holdout hold-out according to present indications intense excitement I they are likely to cause Intene citement in the mining world and to bring the camp to the front more forcibly for-cibly than ever before in its history Work is also about to be resumed in the development of THE COMSTOCK GROUP near Nelson the property of Campbell Lund and Johnson a contract having been let for the sinking of two shafts on the richest portions of the vein one shallow hole now being down on a solid body of quartz which assays from 16 to 20 In the precious metal and the I values are Improving with depth I In the same locality R G Nugent is pushing operations in the development of his group of three claims on which he has a excellent showing while adjoining joining him is the property of Z Drake of Drake Lambert of Stateline who is now showing up a large body of good gold ore To the south of the Nugent group Tom Coffey is prosecuting prosecut-ing work in the develop nt of a promising prom-ising prospect in whic he has exposed a large body of miner wnicn carries values ranging from 3 to 133 In gold to the rngng this is accounted as one of the coming producers of the camp J C Donohue is another prospector who is beginning to feel that he has the world by the tail on n down hill pull Mr Donohues mine is located west of the Nugent group and in its development develop-ment he has disclosed a streakof mineral min-eral from four to six inches in width that horns freely samples from which have assayed as high a 1269 to the ton and if Mr Donohue should become be-come short in his nah nrrnnnt he I could easily replenish his purse by a few days work with a hand mortar and pestle and the indications that with continued and Intelligent development develop-ment this property will In time rank metal as a prolific producer of the Wall street Adjoining the Comstock and between the Comstock and the Nugent properties prop-erties is the Short group in which Mr Short Js largely interested and he is banking on this property a the lever oi which is to elevate him to the oosition A BONAZA KING in the near future and one is j1d to believe be-lieve that he Is correct In the premises a it i learned that two ledges have been uncovered on the group one of I which is from IS to 20 inches in width the average gold value of which is 1 to the ton while the other vein Is six feet wide and on the surface averages aver-ages from 8 to 9 In gold the ledge being very strong and well defined The Christmas Tree owned by Char lie Rafferty north of the Charlie Ross is another property of promise I is believed that this claim Is on an extension of the Charlie Ross ledge and in the bottom of the 20foot shaft on this ground there is a body of ore that goes from 15 to 25 In gold to the ton tonJoe Joe Delmue is working a force of I three men in the exploration of the Pope claim and he has uncovered a nice body of mineral which increases in size as well a In value with depth and the outlook for this prospect is most encouraging On the Deer Lodge side of the district dis-trict there is also considerable activity at the present time one of the most prominent and promising properties in that locality being THE PICKETT GROUP I I owned by Messrs Pickett Troutman I and Clark Work is being steadily 1 pushed in the development of this i ground and Mr Short states that there is not a particle of doubt but that it will open up in time into one of the greatest producers of the yellow metal in the district as the ledges within I the boundary lines of the group are magnificent in their proportions and the metal is there in paying quantities I I j some of the veins showing free gold in abundance I The Lytle mine is also showing up in great shape while en other claims I in that locality the indications are all I that could be desired As for Stateline adjoining Eagle val ley on the east Mr Short says the Creole mine is a Lulu a crackerjack I cracker-jack as in the workings of this I bonanza there is a sevenfoot body of I quartz exposed that carries average values of from 27 to 30 in gold to I the ton and it is stated that on account I ac-count of this magnificent showing Al Popkiss is making arrangements for the addition of fire more steam stamps to his mill I |