Show STRIKE NEAR LEDLIE STATION herald battle mountain n nev the strike near ledlie station station on the nevada central about seven miles northwest of austin and south of battle mountain is causing the greatest excitement of any discovery made in this part of the state for a great many years and in fact it is declared by many to be one of the most important in strikes made in the recent history of nevada though known to be sensationally rich from the first the strike has now assumed bonanza proportions A four foot vein is exposed at a depth of eighty feet about half of which carries values in gold and silver running from one to several thousand dollars per ton huge blocks of ore weighing several pounds and thoroughly impregnated with horn silver are being removed by the miners crushed and placed in sacks preparatory to making a shipment so rich in fact has the ore become that the owners have found it necessary to build an ore bin to guard against high grading several well known mining men of the southern part of the state have become interested te in the strike and a party of operators from goldfield and tonopah are expected at the mine in a few days A townsite has been laid off which taken together with the phenomenal phenomena value of the ore and the evident permanency of the de furnishes every reason to believe that there will soon be a new boom camp on the map of nevada the property is owned by H R A G C and L A lemaire of battle Aloun mountain and d thong though gh rigidly con conservative 1 ve in such matters generally they admit that they have a great property |