Show ACTIVITY ACTS ViTY IN GOLD BUTTE REGION the nevada gold butte mines company of salt lake is making encouraging progress rel s in the development and operation of its property at gold butte lincoln county nevada for the past month the superintendent has made a number of lode locations t 1 ons on the flat between granite mountain and the lime mountain to the north some of gf these locations are on the contact where there is every indication of the presence of large deposits of copper ore on some of the new claims there is a good showing of gold bearing quartz these thee new locations give the company a territory covering seventeen full claims of late some work has been done on the lone star cut and a tunnel started from the face of the cut is in excellent ore much of which shows free gold copper city four and a half miles northwest of gold butte is thriving and promises to become quite an important camp having been started by those interested in the lincoln and cobb copper mines in its near vicinity sharpes camp at gold butte where the gold butte post postoffice office is established is also growing and is a central gathering place for the mining 1 men and prospectors of that region and they are becoming numerous an important point connected with the development of the gold butte region consists of the fact that the nevada state legislature has passed a measure permitting walter P jennings of salt lake to construct miles of railroad from moapa on the salt lake route to grand gulch district twenty five miles of this road it is stated will be built this summer from mo apa to st thomas when the entire line is in operation gold butte will not be more than ten miles from railroad facilities H E george and harry gentry of st thomas are interested with mr jennings in this enterprise the outlook for the gold butte region was never brighter and the gold butte com pandlis banys more satish satisfied led than ever before that it has a bonanza proposition in its extensive holdings there |