Show sensational str STRIKE iff IN T THE 4 HE JOHNNY stateline Stat eline Or oracle cratl to say that tho the johnny is developing into a bonanza would be putting it too mildly the strike that lifis has jut just been made is causing no ho excitement in ih these thoad parts coupled w with ith the fact that numerous other strikes ke are being made all over the district as well as at fay this new johnny strike was made in the foot level by breaking into a cross ledge running north and south at the last reports the ledge was fout four feet wide and they were still in the ahe rich ore it was impossible for the oracle man to learn the exact assays essays but experienced miners who looked at some of the samples say it will go from to in gold to the ton the A he specimens I 1 are entirely covered with shining particles of the yellow and those who have looked at the ledge say it glistens like a show case in a jewelry store this strike should clinch all arguments relative to the wonderful mining rego resources of this district and if the knockers still con dinue to use their hammers they will be scoffed at no camp in the state can show values valued like this s district halloran and wilson came caine down dowil from salt lake last sunday and awarded contracts for the furn furnishing ashing of cords ot 01 wood with which to keep the mill in operation vasso of de lamar a contract for 2000 cords and robert E dark clark for the other 2000 they are to receive a cord these new strikes are only harbingers of a new era of prosperity for this section on and it is almost an assured thing that several other mines will be opened up here within a few months other strikes while a force of men were working in the incline shaft at the littile buck mine at fay last saturday a big ledge of ore was broken into which upon examination showed flakes of gold all over it samples were broken off and assayed and they proved to run far beyond the wildest expectations of the management assaying 1200 in gold and 25 in silver to the ton the writer looked at some of the samples and nuggets of gold as large as a pencil point were plainly visible all over the rock this strike while not entirely unlooked unlocked for came somewhat as a surprise it showing up where it did this is only another demonstration of the almost fabulous values contained in the numerous ledges of that district and the shawmut nevada company will rush the mill through krough to com completion completa so that they may the sooner ship bullion from their valuable properties when G Y candish manager of the venus mining company was at stateline Stat eline he picked up a couple of pieces of rock from the dump thinking he would have them assayed just out of curiosity he expected them to run about 3 or 4 but to his hia amazement the certificate of assay showed in gold and silver the samples be it understood were not picked from some especial place but was simply taken from the ore dump without their being sorted at all wherever any work at all is done in this district the values can be found and yet so many properties lay idle it is to be hoped that the mining men will wake up some of these days and develop some of the properties of this district the strike on rice mountain is all that was at first anticipated and more too this week some more work was done on the jumbo and plenty of gold and green horn silver showed plainly all over the droppings crop pings no assays essays have been taken from the property as yet but when the free gold may be seen so plainly with the naked eye assays essays are unnecessary it is intended to keep up the development but a few men can do but little A company with plenty of capital should take hold of the rocky mountain group and go in and find the mine that lies underneath |