Show ACTIVITY AT GOLD BUTTE A letter received from W E sharpe at gold butte nevada states postmaster that there is a great real of activity in the district and that the end of the year sees a decided change for the better in the many properties in that section many salt lakers are interested in the gold butte country which is conceded to have vast mineral possibilities litle ties although but little developed the assessment work vork which is now being done there is resulting 0 in excellent showings which are expected expect ed to attract much favorable attention to the district E sharpe has a group of seven claims which give promise of developing into good producers when sufficiently opened up on one claim mr sharpe has developed a good water supply which is a val valuable pable asset in that country the eureka group near the colorado river has lately been purchased by eastern capitalists and a cyanide 1 mill installed A gasoline hoist has recently been put in by the gedar cedar basin company which is greatly facilitating the work of development A few miles south of gold butte townsite ole rossum has been working his claims for the past year or so he now has his tunnel in over feet and has opened up a fine body of ore two miles north of gold butte are two copper properties which are being profitably operated and active work is going on all over the district the fairbanks brothers and the southern nevada a copper company have recently begun work and intend to push things on their respective properties the gold butte mines company a salt lake organization and one of the pioneer concerns in the gold butte country has just let a contract for feet of work in its main tunnel this company has a large territory covering some of the best ground in the section and has already extended ended a large sum in its partial development the main working tunnel is now in a distance of feet and it is the intention to continue this until the mother lode vein is tapped at a distance of between and 1000 feet and at great depth the company also has some fine copper prospects on the lime granite contact and expects to exploit these as soon as possible the gold butte country which lies in the extreme southeastern part of lincoln county nevada is most highly mineralized and holds forth every attraction for profitable mining it has long been overlooked in the rush for more favored localities but it has now reached that stage in development where its fine possibilities are compelling attention and investigation |