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Show OLD GOLD BUG CLAIMS REOPENED TO RlCri LEDGE Special to The Tribune. , CALIENTJ3, Nov., June 16. Morris T. Bulmor of TacomaJpassod through camp today en route to the dlirtrlct In which the Totosl mine is located, where ho Is interested In a group of old miney, known as the Gold Bug claims, mined In early days and supposed to have "petered," "pe-tered," but recently relocated and with less than twenty feet of work In the old ehaft the ledge two feet wide has been opened up and according to Mr. Bul-mer's Bul-mer's Informant, Tom Willis, who Is working the claim under a grub stake partnership with Bulmer, the ledge shows all Itfi old-time richness and is said to be the richest vein of free gold ever worked In southern Nevada. The group ie located about llftecn miles, from the' right of way of the tSan Pedro line, almost due north from Amber mountain pate, which Is about midway between Los Vegae ranch and Ivanpah. The tunnel of the Tetterman mine Is-now Is-now in about ISO feet and has cut several sever-al very rich velm. of free gold. The work will bo continued about twenty feet further to complete the present contract, con-tract, and If th2 ledge Is found In place and the ore is in sufficient quantities to warrant it, a mill will doubtless be added add-ed to the equipment of the camp. I The ground men of1 the Western Union Telegraph company's men who havo been erecting poles from Callente couth, and the fence gang, who were put to worK wnn mem ims weeK, nave quit work on account of having had their pay reduced to ?2 per day. 1 Work Is progressing rapidly on the Grand View group of gold-copper-silver claims, twenty-five miles west of Callente. Call-ente. and some pay ore has been struck in several of the properties Palmer, Alexander and Foster are taking ta-king out fine-looking ore at their Horse Shoe and St. Louis groups of claims, three miles- northeast of camp, and have found colors in a runnber of panninga. |