Show fULD AR GUXNISON FIne LCdC ot GoldB arinjj Rock In anpete County The Herald gave notice to yesterday thb world that the very latest symp r j 1 tom of a mining excitement had broken I out near Black Rock on the Milford branch of the Union Pacific but time goes on apace and the fever of a day ago has broken out in a new spot on I the billowy breast of the new state of Utah and today it is our duty and J pleasure to announce that the very latest strike is located a mile and a half north of Gunnison in Sanpete county three miles from the Rio Grande Western railroad For some time past Henry Kerns Theodore Christensen and Albert Robbins Rob-bins have been prospecting in that locality lo-cality They located a strong ledge that gave assay returns of 1150 in gold and fifteen fif-teen ounces in silver at the grass roots and a few days ago after having sunk their shaft for a depth of less than twenty feet the ledge widened to six feet and carrie an average value of 35 gold and twenty ounces in silver with some lead and iron This ore has been tested by mill men and it is believed that i can easily be worked by the and cyanide process as I the ledge is large and well defined it is believed that that region will speedily speed-ily come to the front as a regular and heavy producer of good shipping ore The formation in which this ledge exists ex-ists is sandstone and bastard granite and while the existence of large bodies of low grade ore near Gunnison has been known or suspected for some time it was not believed that it could be I found rich enough to ship or work until un-til the recent discovery made by Mr Kerns and his associates I would seem as if the news of the new finds had spread with wonderful rapidity for already several contingents contin-gents of mining men from Mercur Eureka Eu-reka Park City Bingham and this city have left for Gunnison and within a week the country will be fairly bristling brist-ling with location stakes I The new gold finds are not in any organized district but one will probably prob-ably be organized there within a few days and until then location notices will be recorded at Manti the county seat of Sanpete county The proximity of water wood coal and railroad facilities will be a great factor in favor of the new district the lack or want of which needs only > to be experienced to be fully appreciated James M Robbins who is thoroughly thorough-ly acquainted with the country around Gunnison will leave for that place within a day or so |