Show WHAT SIEBERT IS DOING age las vegas nev fred J siebert since leaving vegas the of last july has lead a busy life in addition to the many other activities incident to the life of a mining engineer mr siebert has been entrusted with the task of opening up what is claimed by many to be one of the greatest gold bearing properties in the west in the buckhorn district in eureka county the property was discovered a few months ago by a man named lynn at the request of mr george clingfield ingfield Wl mr siebert examined the property in august and as a result of his samplings it was taken over by mr wingfield at a price of mr siebert thereupon undertook the huge task of building a road through the mountains for some sixteen miles erecting the necessary camp buildings purchasing and installing mining machinery and sinking shafts this work is now all in shape and from forty to sixty men are employed on the property work being prosecuted night and day the district will never be known for its high grade ores but rather for its vast tonnage of ores running about 12 per ton the gold bearing body is described as a highly decomposed andesite so soft that it may readily be handled with a pick the ore body strikes strongly across the country with a width of feet or more but is overlaid with the wash from the mountains the grounds ground for miles around is already taken and it would be unwise for anyone to go to the camp expecting to locate claims |