Show WATER HELPS prospecting A strange st iange case of a cloudburst aiding in the prospect work on mining property says the news of winnemucca nevada is that reported ported le in american canyon last monday when an extremely heavy downpour of water struck the lime and porphyry cliffs near the head of the canyon where the nevada almada mining company is operating cin anibar properties and after tearing open the face of the mountain and exposing the formations mat ions rushed on down the canyon covering roads hooding flooding over the famous old placer ground and carrying away the chini houses where the Chin arnen who in former days extracted millions from the placer diggings had their abodes the cloudburst did considerable damage in destroying roads but it also was of considerable benefit in opening up the ground where mining work is being done according to J W wenzel superintendent of the company colu pany op orating crating there the cloudburst had aided in the prospect work immensely formations that it would have been necessary to enter by means of tunnels and shafts at the expenditure pend iture of considerable money were in a minute laid bare the lime cliffs were torn away to a depth of many feet and the white formation exposed for miles |