Show ROUND MOUNTAIN RICHES Salt Lake Names Nam s in List of Bonanza Chasers at New Camp Once more the restless prospector is on the move and Is now trekking across cros acro s the sand wastes from all aU portions of Nevada to the Round mountain country scene of the latest successful quest for gold Fol Following Following lowing closely on his trail is a rapidly increasing cohort of fortune hunters and adventurers of nondescript character all bent upon picking up something good goodin in Iii the new El Dorado each taxing him himself himself himself self to the very limit of human endur endurance endurance endurance ance in Iii the effort to be bc among the first on the ground says the Goldfield Review The stampede started as the result of the finding of a ledge of free milling gold ore nrc re which assays as high as per peron ton on its point of location locution being about twelve waive miles from Manhattan and md three miles from the scene of the recent r alua valuable ble le discoveries in Jefferson canyon The strike was made by a prospector named Scott cote and as is often the case in mining camps amps he lie will profit little by the dis discovery discovery covery overy Scott is in the employ of Louis Gordon and nd was engaged in doing assessment work ork on the Sunnyside of claims One ne morning while going from his cabin cabino to o the property he picked up a piece of or float loat that fairly fair sparkled with gold Af After After ter er some trouble e he lie succeeded in n locating the he ledge from which the thc specimen came ame and nd traced it for a distance ot several hundred undred feet across the claims of his em employer em employer loyer A shaft was started down on the vein ein and within a few feet from the sur surice surface surface face ice it proved to be phenomenally rich Free gold abounds in the quartz and nuggets as large as peas have been panned from pulverized samples of the there theore ore re Two and three dollar are common and ft is not unusual to obtain 15 worth of colors from a small hand handful handful ful ul of the time rock A bottle filled with nuggets from the lead was taken to Manhattan and the rush was on Under the influence of the glamour which always attaches to a new mining excitement the golden possibilities of the tho Manhattan district paled into insignIficance canoe ance and amid the first band of hastIly packed up its scanty belongings and fare 1 forth for Round mountain Others followed quickly in the wake am and since ince then the pilgrimage to the new diggins has grown in proportions daily Miners prospectors business men cap capitalists strive with each other for prece precedence precedence dence along the snow clogged trail lead leading leading ing ng to the latest of Nevadas and each day adds to the motley moUe throng which bedraggled and shivering makes camp along the bleak bleik ble k hillside adjacent to the ho of first discovery discover that mysterious agency a eney which has never neer yet et been successfully check checkmated checkmated checkmated mated in the transmission of either goo good or bad news rumors of f the magnitude of the he find became rife in Goldfield and To 10 Tonopah at the same time tim that stories o of oits its ts vast proportions were setting the two months month pioneers of Manhattan afire As Asa Asa a result a score or more were vere among the first on the ground and were vere successful in securing holdings In proximity to the tho primal location W v E Hughey R U L Colburn Gurney Gordon and amid H L Taylor of the Red To Top Mining company of Goldfield together with A H Mayne 1 ayne W V H IL Whitemore and andr andT T r r S Robinson of this city eit have pur purchased purchased chased a group of three claims adjoining the Sunnyside group the southeast paying a ing cash The claims are ire called the Antelope Blue Jay and Ethel They have also taken an option in the tho amount of on oi the First Ex Extension tension Extension No 1 Red Top and Hot Stuff claims and have the money in n hand with which to se the bargain Adjoining A the Sunnyside on the north northwest northwest northwest west is the Black Hawk claim which is likewise under option to the before men mentioned mentioned gentlemen In the amount of 30 J R Davis Sandstorm Davis and part partners partners ners have the thc Sunnyside under option in inthe Inthe inthe the amount amo nt of 14 and have haye made a avery ayer avery very yer substantial first rayment a ment Ther are six claims in the group Davis wa wan was in n Manhattan when news of the discovery discover came camo in and with characteristic energy ener y I got busy at once and got bled the choicest choicest est st plum before most of the other fel fellows fellows fellows lows pulled on their woolen wolen socks and started for the of the strike Asso Associated elated with Mr Davis In the enterprise are J T S Cook tIll the Goldfield banker L IJ TT R Rogers C H h and others W v H Clark and J H Shockley of this city have also secured a group of claims near the Sunnyside Sunn side |