Show I BIG BEND GOLD FIND Pine Account of One of the Greatest of Gold Discoveries Baker City June 26The true story of the Big Bend gold discovery was given today by W W Oliver who ha been operating the Kankakee dredger on Snake river for some time past Mr Oliver and his partners learned of the discovery of gold In that vicinity some months ago from an old prospector pros-pector who had studied the formation and had become convinced that there was an old river bed covered up somewhere some-where beneath the surface of the ground In what is commonly known a the big bend of Snake river The surface sur-face indications were in every way similar to a place In California where the prospector had witnessed the uncovering un-covering of a very rich deposit gold in an old river bed some years ago Convinced that there was l fair chance for the old gentlemans theories to prove correct Mr Oliver and his friends secured some ground which they located as a placer claim In theme the-me the original discovery claim had been developed to some extent by sinking a shaft near Snake river Nothing of any value was discovered in this shaft until a depth of sixty feet had been attained and then n peculiar clay formation was found mingled with sulphate ore which on being assayed run from S to 18 per ton The stories about it going from 7 to 27 to the cubic yard are not correct because It is not placer gold placerSold that is found but D natural concentrate concen-trate in the shape of sulphate Mr Oliver says that there Is nothing like It found in this country Something I Some-thing similar was discovered In South 1 Africa a few years ago The shaft on the discovery claim Is down eightysix feet and the substance sub-stance mentioned above is found all the way down from the slxt3pfoot level How much further the formation extends ex-tends Is not known The ground above the sixtyfoot level is practically barren bar-ren Several layers of gravel and a hardpan formation termed by the placer miners In that vicinity a false bedrock is encountered before striking strik-ing the clay which carries the concentrates con-centrates Mr Oliver said that from a double handful of the clay one could obtain about a teaspoonful of the sulphate which is found mingled with the clay In fakes land layers Sometimes Some-times as much as alarge tablespoonful tablespoon-ful could be gathered from two hands ful of clay but tho average was not so much as that all the way down S SIn S-In places tho clay formation Is I rather hard almost a soapstone and he Is of the opinion that it may tUM into a hard formation which will have to be crushed as the explorations are carried on further baclc from the river As to the extept of the deposit no one knows anything about that because be-cause very little development or prospecting I pros-pecting work has been done When the original discoverers found out what they had an effort was made to keep It quiet and all the ground pos slblp was secured A Salt Lake company com-pany composed in the main of Oregon Ore-gon Short Line people hasi large quantity of ground located and they are preparing to open it up at once Another company has a good claim near the one located by Mr Oliver which they are preparing to prospect with a diamond drill which Inthe opinion of Mr Oliver Is the rarest and most economical way to determine the extent of thc deposlt I will be an easy proposition to work If the vein Is as extensive as it is now thought to I be A hoist costing less than 10000 can raise hundreds of tons of the stuff every month and ovcr at 3 per ton it would pay handsomely Later on there may bo a question as to the whether it Is character of tho deposit placer or quartz mining Mr Oliver ventures tho opinion that the deposit is an embryo lodge If such 0 term can be properly applied to mining or In I other words that a lodge of goldbear ing rock Is In process of formation and has been discovered before nature has completed tho work In sinking the shaft on the original claim which Is within fifty feet of the river Mr I Oliver said considerable water was encountered en-countered but 3 fiveInch pump was sufficient to keep It down so that the men could work without inconvenience mln ience The hardpan formation or false bedrock previously referred to serves to keep out the surface water The surface of the ground Is only about twelve feet above the waterlevel in the river but back further the ground Is hl her Mr Oliver after examining the country carefully is of the opinion that It will soon be one of the most prosperous mining districts In the West Already from 3000 to 4000 claims have been staked out and a new section has 1 been discovered which I is l claimed Is a continuation of the old river bed which loads from tho Big Bend country coun-try through Nevada to California and this naw lead Is being followed up and new staked out by prospectors from allover all-over the country Tintic Shipments The Miner reports the following shipments ship-ments out of Tintic during the week Cars of OrC Centennial Eureka 68 BullionBeck 1 Gemini 11 Uncle Sam and Humbug 1 Ltwer Mammoth 3 Carjssa 30 Tesora 3 May Day 2 Ajax 3 Uiijlna 1 Grand Central 10 I Mammoth 10 Godlva 2 Total 12S Carl of Concentrates Mammoth mill t 2 Bars of B > il I Ion Mammoth mill 1 Mining Notes Four cars of ore wcio marketed by the Carlaa of Tlntlc yesterday The Mystic Shrine of Bingham reached tho sampler with another car of ore yesterday yes-terday Herman Bamberger has returned from Mammoth and reports the camp greatly excited over developments at the Ajax The payment oc the money Involved In the Crown PolntOntario compromise which was scheduled for yesterday morn Ing was postponed owing to a delay in the transmission of tho Block E Griffiths leaves for Park City thlo 1 morning to begin nn examination of mining property for Salt Luke Investors I Tho days receipts at tho Taylor Brunton anmplor consisted of eight cars of oro from Tlntlc and one from fling r ham Bn The latest lot of oro from the Eagle < Jt Blue Bell of Tlntlc was sold yesterday on controls showing 40 gold and 12 ounces silver per tonI ton-I Mannger Weir of tho AJax came In from that Tlntlc prospect yesterday morning nnd over the outlook Is described as quite enthusiastic however Incredulous tho render Col C E Loose who has been exam ining the Albion of Aha camo down from camp yesterday and continued homeward last night much pleased with the property Robert M Jones came In from Cripple Greek whero ho has resided for several years and where ho has achieved some magnificent results for hue Woods Investment In-vestment company yesterday Manager Wallace of tho Grizzly of Alta returned from camp yesterday accompanied ac-companied by Chnrllo Davis who has been exporting It and a largo number of samples of very pretty ore The abstracts of title to tho Uncle Sam and other property recently acquired by tho Undo Sam Con Mining company reached tho committee yesterday and with Us approval tho balanco of tho money consisting of 250000 will bo taken down by uncle Jesse Knight CoU II L Plckott of the Savanlc of Grand Gulch Ariz has been notified of another shipment of twentytwo and a half tons ot copper ore via way of St Georse Tho previous lot yielded 11 percent per-cent copper whllo oven better results aro expected from tho present consignment Mr W H Irvine tho wellknown mining mi-ning broker has returned from Beaumont Beau-mont Tex after Inspecting tho oH gush ImJpectn gsh < ers nnd reports them all that has been told of In the press of the country Mr Irvine returns in excellent health and fit for an active season among his various mining Interests Manuel Hirsch of New York who has been Inspecting tho Salt Lake Oil com panys territory near Los Angeles baa returned to tho city very much pleased with iho outlook and reports the presence pres-ence of oil at a depth of 1123 eet At a meeting of the directors on Friday night it was decided to continue tho sinking thoslnklnr of walls From Neighboring States A C Hamilton formerly superintendent superintend-ent of tho Chollar and Potosi Is ono of a company of San Francisco capitalists who recently purchased copper and gold mining claims In Shasta county Cal for which they paid > 0000 Austin Reveille Jerry Downey spent Saturday night In Austin returning to Lodi by Sundays s stage Mr Downey informs in-forms us that tho Lodi property stands a good chanco of passing from thc hands of the present owner Into thoso of Salt Lake parties Baker City Herald A wonderful strike Is reported from the Chloride mlno on Rock creek A contract was lot sometime some-time ago to drive a 200foot tunnol When 175 feet was reached n seam eight Inches In width was encountered which assayed 10 ounces in gold and 130 ounces In silver Walker Lake Nov Bulletin Andor son and Turner vc returnee from Tona pah From them wo learn that the Cutting Cut-ting slmft now ninety feet deep shows a ledge stronger and richer than It was above and that In tbo Golden shaft 0 ledgo from three to four feet thick Is exposed ex-posed that will mill 1600 per ton Tho case of tho Southern Nevada Gold and Silver Mining company vs tho Holmes company is on trial In Nevada This suit was brought fourteen years ago for 2000000 damages tho value of oro alleged to have been taken by the Holmes company from tho plaintiffs ground tho old Chief of tho Hill in Esmcralda county I Idaho World William Baxter struck D rich vein of quartz last Saturday a short distance above the Baxter ranch three miles northeast of town Tho vein Is from six to ten Inches wide and gold is plainly visible In tho rock This vein has thrown out rich float and considerable consider-able prospecting has been dono for n number of years In trying to trace tho float to its source Lovelock Nov Tribune WI Lamp son Is In from Follz In Spring valley with cloven and a half pounds of bullion from his cyanide plant Ho mado 1 run of 210 tons of tailings from tho old Bonanza Bo-nanza mill The tailings assay 6 per ton and Mr Lampaon has been ablo to extract values up to J215 Ho expects to bo able to work them up to the full assay value There are 3000 tons of thcso tailIngs tail-Ings Lovelock Nev Tribune There is a LovelocJ hearing before the United States Land office of-fice this week affecting tho title to tho Emmons Iron mines near Lovelock Mr Emmons has worked these mines a number num-ber of years I turns out that these claims arc on the oddnumbered sections reserved for tho railroad Tho law Hays that tho railroad cannot obtain title to mineral lands but Iron and coal are not so classed Mr Emmons and Mr Welch rely upon showing that there aro other minerals besides Iron Hailcy Times Tho original agreement between tho London England owners of the IMmnlo Moore group of mines and Edward A King of Chicago and Robert T Austin of Kansas City Mo In which tho former agree to transfer to the latter all their right title and Interest to tho Mlnnlo Moore mine and Its appurtenances appurten-ances for tho sum of 30500 of which 2000 Is paid l 59500 Is to bo paid within twelvemonths twelve-months from March 31 1900 01 within fifteen months of said date 9000 within eighteen months from said date and all to bear 5 per cent Interest per annum until un-til paid was ted for record today W Sexton camo In from the Washington Washing-ton mine Friday says the Prairie City Or Miner He called at this office and 1lnor Informed us that they had struck tho genuine sylvanlto ore A tunnel was run Into tho hillside 175 feet about sixty feo from tho top of tho hill and when about Foventvflvo feet In they struck some coarsegold In tho shape of flakes Therefore There-fore when in about 175 feet they turned back and sunk a shaft down at the place whore they struck tho course gold They were only down sixteen feet In the shaft when they struck tho sylvanlto ore They also found considerable of the fake gold of which ouo flake was measured with a I string around tho edge of I and It measured I meas-ured five Inches San Francisco Post I is reported from Redding that there Is enough ore in sight at Iho Bully Hill mine to keep the smelter bus for tho next twenty years And this Is wholly without reference to tho additional ore bodies which development will bring to sight When tho high grade of this ore In sight Is considered Ills I tls oro seen that tho future of Bully Hill is assured as-sured UM very magnificent Tho Do La mngn1ccnt surec company IH has Installed a largo air l compressor at the Copper City mlno to bo used mainly I for supplying air Tho report the recent strike of II now ledge in this mine was not exaggerated and line oro Is being taken out An ore bunker 100 foot long and about fourteon feet high and as deep IS being built to rc celvo tho ore Two more bunkers will be built The company Is down JOO feet on a shaft which Is to connect with tho lower tunnel running Into Copper City |