Show NEW GOLD GOLU DISCOVERIES SOUTH YERINGTON OF Considerable excitement was caused here this week by the reported discovery discover last week of rich placer diggings in the vicinity of Lappin canyon some forty miles south of Yerington and at the southwest base of Mount Grant says the Yerington Times Quite a few people tram front Yerington have gone out to the new find and those who have returned say that tho the country sur stir surrounding surrounding rounding the strike has been staked for many miles It has been known for many years that gold existed in that section and considerable mining has been done and a number of quartz ledges developed to some sonic extent About a n month ago a pros prospector prospector prospector found placer ground and built a wooden rocker in which to wash the dirt He met with good results and In a few days had washed out several hundred dol dollars dollars dollars lars worth of gold Some of or the gold now being found is quite coarse and the nug nuggets nuggets nuggets gets are more or less mixed with quartz Everybody in the new district is look looking lookIng looking ing for the ledges ledge from which the gold comes and they will undoubtedly be found before the search is over Harry Paige well known here and T B Gam Gambel Gambel Gambel bel who has been operating In the East Walker Valker country for tor some time Ume past have made locations of placer claims In the new district and have some of the good ground Harry Barrett and George Pringle came back from the new district yesterday and say that the reports about the rich ground being found are not exaggerated Mr Barrett had the whole of or the rich territory located a a year ago as a townsIte but failed to hold it The rich ground is in a sort oT 0 a basin formed in the can canyon canyon canyon yon and the muck and soft ground that the cattle have roamed in all alt pays big There are a great many small rich ledges of quartz In the hills on each side of the placer ground and in the ages past pieces of this quartz have been thrown off oft and slid down to the flat by the ele elements elements elements ments and this is what has been found The gold Is different from other nuggets in that It Is wiry instead of smooth and round How much of the ground that has been located will prove good remains to tobe tobe tobe be seen but some of It is certainly very rich |