Show GOLD SIR STRIKE 0 CLOSE TO ELY Ledge Lige Le of 20 Ore East Slope of Peacock Mountain 4 NINE MILES FROM CAMP VEIN CROPS C OPS OUT FOR SIX THOU THOUSAND SAND FEET 0 Special tp t The Herald Ely Nev Ke April 27 A find of or gold ore ores which promises big things for the dia I coverers is reported here bere by R B Herbert Herberta Herb rt a ft local real estate and mining man The find is on the east slope of ot Peacock moun mountain tain tam nine and miles m les northeast of ot Ely and only a few tew miles from the Nevada Northern railroad Herbert who occasionally makes short trips into the th surrounding country pros proa prospecting prospecting made the discovery April 10 but kept the Information to himself until he had staked oft off the most desirable claims He has haa a group of seven claims Five Fhe of or these extend along the ledge for feet and the tile others cover short Bhart s rt spurs epurs that leave the main maln ledge at acute angles Her Herbert Herbert Herbert bert has also taken up two timber claims and a mill site Bite in the vicinity of or the ledge and has haft water rights appropriated aggregating aggregatIng gating gaUng miners Inches thebes of ot water with witha a fall faU of or foot The discovery ledge is feet teet long and averages twenty feet In width The cap capping capping capping ping is of or white quartz Quart underlying which Is an oxide of oC iron carrying values aver averaging averaging aging aKing from m 20 O upward to the tho ton in gold The Th ore is a free tree milling proposition and can be b cheaply handled Outcroppings of or the iron appear in a straight line ill all along the ledge Some of or these range from one foot toot to six si feet above aboe the surface Herbert has had samples assayed and the show ings have been so satisfactory that he has put two men at work sinking a shaft in the center of ot the group of or claims The shaft will be sunk feet at once and assays assas will be made at every tenth foot in the shaft ISh aft Herbert estimates that there are hundreds of ot thousands of or tons of or ore which can be mined from the sur face faco without great expense The shaft will be sunk however In order to deter determine determIne determine mine if It the values increase with depth The Federal Ely EI company has begun 1 work on the Queen or of the West est shaft with a force of or twelve men Another crew re is working on another part of or the same claim A tunnel Is being driven in inthe Inthe Inthe the Groop claim and is now feet The old Savage lead lode will be cut at 00 O feet teet This lode carries exception exceptionally ally all fine values in lead and silver A shaft Is also being sunk on the Groop claim This is down over feet Gen General GenEral Generah eral erah Manager W J Craig has iaz just ar arrived arrived rived from Salt Lake to inspect ct the prop property erty erh The Nevada United Mines company op the old Martin White property at Ward Avard eighteen miles away will begin shipments of or lead ores to the fhe smelters at Salt Lake by b way ay of or Ely next week The ore will be hauled by b bl team to Ely EI where it will be e transferred l to the cars The company compan is working on this property In four places and good re results results suits are being obtained from each There la Is a s renewal rene al of ot activity in nearly all the surrounding camps of ot this thin part of or the state At Osceola there are more I mn Dum working and with better results than ever before At Ward Yard larger la er forces are areat areat i at work than for years ears At Blackhorse the same conditions prevail In this camp there Is Isa a shortage of ot la Ia bor hor and audit it Is la said that the work of ot ing the second tunnel 1 of the Nevada Kenda Northern railroad between Ely and Pilot Knob is so seriously hampered by b Jack sack of ot men that the contractors fear tear they the cannot complete the jobs job In lit contract time There is no cessation or of building ity It here The new hotel at Ely Iy City re recently recently recently completed is being furnished and will be opened within the next few tew fe days dus The dining room of or this hotel will ac accommodate accommodate persons j The El Ely Townsite company has ha ninety t ears cars of umber seventy cars of brick and fifty cars of ot miscellaneous building ma inn on the way wa for tor the building opera contemplated there |