Show TAKE MORE E Y GROUND Challenge Claim Adjoining I the Cumberland Is Their Latest Purchase Ely Nev New March 25 With the expectation expectation tion ton of concluding a deal for the sale of I the Challenge claim adjoining the Jupi Jupiter Jupiter Jupiter ter mine of the Cumberland Ely company compan to the Interests Newton Boyd one of the pioneers of at the district arrived last night from Battle Batte Mountain where he has large mining interests According to Mr Boyd the people are figuring also on taking over the Aurora group adjoining the Chal Challenge Challenge Challenge lenge claim clam This group Is owned owed by Thomas Rockhill Rocki and W Yo B D Graham Grham Shortly Shorty after his advent Into the dis district district George Geore E B Gunn obtained a bond on the Challenge claim and tho the Aurora Aurora group and Intended to include those properties among the holdings of that company at atLane atLane atLane Lane City Mr Gunn allowed the options to lapse lapse We Ve have been employing a small smal force forc of men on our copper properties at Bat Dat Battle Datte Battie tie tle te Mountain said Mr Boyd today The claims are owned owed by Thomas Rockhill William Bray and myself and during the thelast thelast lat last three thre years we have expended con considerable considerable considerable money developing them themA A new gold camp known as Kimber Kimberley ley by ey has sprung up about eighteen eighteen miles mies from Battle Batte Mountain and I believe beleve it Itha ha has las a a great geat future The camp already has las a weekly newspaper and all aU kinds of business houses A mill mi has been ben con constructed Ion constructed by a Chicago company but has If not been ben started because of f the val of certain machinery i Mr Boyd enjoys the distinction of hav hay having lag ing been interested in the first group of at copper claims ever sold in the district district They are included in the original hold holdings holdIngs ings lags of the Nevada Consolidated at Cop Copper Copper Copper per Flat Flat |