Show BURNT STEW THE LATEST Stampede to New District Takes Place From Lovelock Another stampede has just taken place in Nevada This time It is from Lovelock and has been caused by a discovery matte maee by L E Beeson and others in a distrIct that has been named Burnt Stew in the vicinity of Bluewing miles due west of Lovelock ln in Humboldt county L E Beeson was the actual discoverer He was in the lead going down the canyon while Jim Lochhead was a close second Beeson picked up a piece of float and soon dise the tite cropping of the ledge They could see the free gold in it an and went to digging like beavers to discover its extent They trenched across it ten feet sunk about five feet and found the same rock in all their dig digging digging ging Then they discovered the of the ledge on the other side of the can canyon yon Locating these two discoveries the boys returned to their Burnt Stew camp and panned some of the rock The string of colors they got set Bet them wild They returned to town last Jast Saturday night ar arriving riving about 6 The samples of rock they brount were soon the center of curious crowds and inquiries were made as to where they had found it Stampede Starts It had bad been the intention of the discoverers to send some of the rock with Loch Lochhead Lochhead head to Salt Lake as he was going home on a short visit and have him get as assays says ys made Upon receipt of the returns they Would go out and make further Jo is and do work But from the ex exclamations exclamations ot of those who passed upon the theore theore ore and from inquiries as to its loca Joca location tIon the they soon saw that a stampede was wasen en Ca and that they could not wait for re returns returns turns from any assays So held a private and decided decide to start back to their discovery by the break of the next da day But that was not early enough to beat other outfits for before midnight Charley Torrey Francis Reid and others had got on to the road and were Viere making a bee line for the scene ot of the big strike During there were half a dozen teams star started ed out among those going be being being ing F C Biddleman Charley John Borland Ed Torrey Henry a k r Charley Torrey Francis Reid William i and others The original finders of if the Burnt Stew got their extensions on the big strike however and have located In all about fifteen claims two springs and a town townsite townsite site James Lochhead started Tue Tuesday day night for Ogden and Salt Lake with samples of the rock and matters are now at status quo until returns are received The ma majority of the prospectors got back to toton town ton b by Wednesday most of them ha haing hay haying ing made locations of varying promise The Country and the Ore The Burnt Stew strike is about the cen cea center ter of the the east side of Juniper moon moun mountain thin tain about twelve miles north Borth from Blue BlueWing Wing Ying springs and miles due west from Lovelock It is two and one half miles south from the property or of orI the Mines lines Development company upon which considerable development nt work has I been done by J T Reid and associates Th The ores from the Mines Development property have shown values of per ton In gold silver and copper be being being ing only 5 in gold goldSome goldSome Some ten years ago William Feliz and Jim Williams VII Iiams two prospectors now de deceased ceased found a ledge of great value In that vicinity and never would tell Its ex exact exact act nor did any work on it Sew Sev Several eral have hunted for It but have not found it William sr is authority for the statement that many years ago two Mexicans came in with fabulously rich rock from this vicinity They started on their trip to the ledge but have never been heard of since It is thought they were killed by Indians So tie the tales go on and meanwhile Been Beeson Ladd Bible and Loch Lochhead hed head discoverers and owner owners of the fa famous a amous Burnt Stew mine mines are arc receiving congratulations of their friends pounding rock and counting the colors in the pan panNo No as assay returns have ben been received p as asyet yet et but judging from the the rock sl should rn run Into the thousands Th The may many wh who have seen the rock and ben b n at th the strike pronounce it on one ot of th the bt best in the history of mining in Hum outcome county of development and al all await anxiously the |