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Show H FREE GOLD IN G0LDF1EL0 LEDGES Special to Tho Tribune HB GOLDFIELD, Nov., March 25. What Hi may turn out to bo tho most sensational S Htrike yet mado In tho Goldfjeld district H9 is that mado during tho week on the Lone H'S Star group. This group lies about ono and 9 a half miles cast and a little to tho north II of the Combination and Is bounded by the 9 Blue Bull on tho south. It was recently BB bonded to T. D, Murphy, Harry Rafsey i and H. O. Hall by tho owners. McLaugh- Hn, Nelllgars & Co. A big. strong ledge BB '1 runs through the group and In pr03pcct- lng It flno-looklng quartz, showing con- BB Bldcrable gold, vislblo to tho naked cyo, BB was broken at various points on tho ledge. B 1 The moro work that is done and the deep- - BB - er it goes, the better looks tho rock, and BB i the more gold. No assays havo been tak- . en yet, but from pannlngs It Is safe to say , that somo of It, at least, will go up Into BB j the hundreds, and tho result of futuro de- BB ; ! vcloprr.cnt will be awaited with Interest BB bj tho cntlro camp. ;i From the vigor with which thev are go- BB. i lng after the ore and tho fact that It Is BB -, Increasing in valuo, tho lease of Kendall, fl't: , Patrick & Jones on the January Is bound BBv to bo a big money-maker, In splto of tho 2, fact that It has less than a year to run. There are now three shafts being sunk on the lease, the ore In tho third ono showing It gratifying Increase In value the last few BBV days. A picked specimen yesterday as- sayed 52010 to tho ton, or a little over $1 a pound. Another -new shaft will bo started sooifand tho present force of forty HAW men added to. Two men have been put to work on the H'BM Mohawk group, which joins the Comblna- tlon on the cast. In running trenches they have uncovered a ledge of reddish brown .quartz which looks different from 101 any fiSfend-hcro before, but which pans W 1 uold freely. Dick Colburn, acting for "West Virginia BgH parties, has londcd a group of six claims fin on Columbia mountain, with a water SB! right developed close to Rabbit sprint,-, SH from tho owners, SlI.-nlor, McNaniara, p&9 Smlthllne & Horton. 3afl Arthur Wlnulow. a prominent mining rfl man of Boston, who Is largely interested JSJjU In Colorado mines, has been In camu for HSH tnc Dtl3t week looking- over tho Comblna-JK Comblna-JK tlon, of which ho Is one of tho owners. Ho finds the mine better than ever and Is HrH making arrangements to acquire a water hBJ supply for tho contemplated cyanide & plant In which tho ores running less than j $100 per ton will bo treated. H Gcorgo J. Bankroft, who vas the on-mmm on-mmm glneer In charge of the mining proportlcs of the Stratum estate at Cripple Creek. JB has been In camp for a couple of days, and aW will mako a thorough examination of the BjBftV Goldfield district. Many Coloradoans, both jLtt and at bono will bo interested In learning Mr Bancroft's opinion after this examination M. E, E. Wndlolgh. who formerly held a rcsponBlblo position with tho Colorado & Southern railway at Denver, has returned, re-turned, with the Intention of making his futuro homo horo. Ho will bo Joined by Mrs. Wadlolgh and the chlldron, who aro now In Tonopah, ns soon as ho completes tho residence ho Is now building. Tho Columbia Townslto comnany has a largo forco of men at work upon a new ditch for tho plpo line, which will convey tho water from Rabbit spring to the now town at the base of Columbia mountain. Miss Lillian K. Malcolm has taken op-lions op-lions on several mining properties during the past week and oxpecls to start de? volopment shortly. Miss Malcolm has hnd a wldo and varied experlonco in mining min-ing caips nnd has many Interests at Tonopah. Ton-opah. Sllvor Peak and elsewhere, but feels that Goldfield is tho place for her best efforts. |