| Show A RIVAL FOR RAWHIDE bull valley the scene of latest discovery that all of the good things are not confined to the gold camps of nevada seems certain from the reports from the new district in the bull valley mountains thirty miles south of modena utah no mineral discovery in utah within a decade has caused such wholesale excitement and interest as the finding of gold in this section miners and prospectors from all over the southern country are flocking to the new find and this rush recalls to the old timers the palmy days of pioche and silver reef the original find which has since attracted so much attention to the district was made by john and william farnsworth at the bull run mine while developing t their t ground round a chance shot broke out some rock showing 0 considerable wire gold subsequent development proved that they had broken into a body of high grade ore that would probably run into the thousands when this news leaked out into the surround surrounding int country a natural stampede resulted the formation of the country is largely porphyry and rhyolite with considerable lime and what is locally called slate the gold old bearing rock is described as a quartz porphyry an old prospector says that this mineral belt is several miles wide and about six miles long and that the country has never been thoroughly prospected the ore seems to occur in a blanket formation having a dip of only about twenty degrees the new discovery has all the earmarks of a big find but systematic development will be necessary to prove its extent and value A great deal of interest is being manifested in local mining circles and the verification of the reports is eagerly awaited if they could only move it over into nevada a booming camp would spring up over night |
