Show RICH STRIKE IN AURA KING elko county in northern nl nevada evada is the scene of considerable activity of late and di specially especially so since reports have been received of several rich strikes in that region of which the camp of aura is the commercial and distributing point in commenting upon conditions in that leca locality lity the aura correspondent of the elko independent says two new gold strikes of unusual dimensions and high values have been made here in the last ten days the first strike was made about one week ago in the aura king mine the extent of the ore body and its value have awaited the arrival of the manager before being giventer gi given to the public it will be remembered that this company struck a rich body of ore three weeks ago running per ton in gold the drift has been steadily driven forward on the vein and about one week ago the miners began breaking into eaves caves of all sizes the largest being feet the lining of this cave is of onyx and carries no value although the vein runs through the center of the cave but a few feet on the Ve vein innear near the west wept end of the cave a cross vein worked near this cross vein ore running was found no drifting was done on this cross vein as it is a blind vein A few feet from the cross vein the miners broke into a series of eaves caves radiating from the vein and apparently connecting with other eaves caves A soft red material resembling tale talc found in these caves is very rich in gold an assay taken from some of this ore gave returns of 1200 in gold and silver it is impossible at this writing to estimate the size of the ore chute the members of the aura adira kin king company were the first men in this thi camp they have been at work for two years steadily developing their pro property erty and adding to their holdings they have secured some acres of the choicest mineral land in the camp they are the pioneers of the camp and deserve their good luck the manager of the company J J carmichael has just arrived and with him comes dr C W Rich richmond mona one me of we tae stockholders dr richmond who is a metallurgist is well pleased with the looks of the mine and its ore mr carmichael will start up the mill as soon as teams can get through the snow to the mine the aura king gold mining company will then begin to turn out thle the root of all evil dr richmond is so well impressed with aura and its mines that he has ban ang up his shingle in aura and concluded to remain with us another big strike has been made two miles east of aura on the gold dollar group owned by woodward and sewell there is a very large body of this ore and while we have seen no assays essays but judging from the bannings pann ings and the gold visible in the rock we would estimate the oie to run per ton mr sewell has been foremost in aiding and encouraging every mining enterprise ter prise in the camp and we hope he has a second mohawk mr woodward his partner is one of our young mining men who has been untiring in his search for the yellow metal and we congratulate him on his good fortune the wagon roads between elko and aura are in a fearful condition and are impassable with snow and mud mr aguirre owner of the stage lines north of tuscarora has given ivan our camp the best of service at a loss to him of several hundred dollars and we ve hope the summer trade will reimburse him for this winters loss the boomis boom is one word aas has just reached us that a number of men are on their way from the south and a great many more are just waiting for the roads to get better before they start in men in the east and north are only waiting the word to come in and get some of the best mineral land in the state |