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Show OPTION ON MASCOT GROUP. Claims on Virgin River Yield Ores Showing Excellent Prospects. CALIENTE. Nov., Aug. 22.-Charles Fuller and Will Jones passed through camp today, en route to their claims on tho upper Vlrglp elver. They were accompanied accom-panied by Georgo F. Bulmer of Denver, who will oxamlno their Mascot group and, If satisfactory, will toko an option on tho fourteen chilmB comprising the group. They show assays taken In Salt Lake and Denver for the ore extracted from these properties of $27.10, $15 and $117 per ton rreo gold. 6 Tho hanging wall of tho Callenlc Gold Mining company's townslte claim wa.s cut today, and thoy expect to crosscut tho ledge within the next forty-eight hours. Thla Is the claim In which Simon Bamborger of Salt Lako and George C, Fettormnn of Do Lamar aro Interested, and will bo a blggor boo3t for mining la this district than any other claim In this locality when oponcd up, as It Is backet! by abundant capital and ample experience. c Graves and Fullor, owners of tho United States gold group on tho Virgin river, passed through camp today, en route to tholr mines, with a big supply of provisions pro-visions and mining utensils. Jim Nowall and Bert Franklin, who havo been prospecting south of Callvnt for tho past two months, came In today and showed Tho Trlbuno man some samples sam-ples of gold-silver oro taken from four claims tncy have located and completed work on fifteen mlle south of camp. ' Dick Wlr.lers came up from Moapa to. day with some fine samples of free-gold oro and hoiiio fine specimens of zinc taken from two groups of mines ho has located near the Colorado river, and leaven tomorrow to-morrow for Salt Lako to huve his samples assayed. Ho had some dlfllculty In getting get-ting out with his sumples, as ho was held up hy three rustlers who tried to gather In his horso for tholr own purposes. 4 Henry Williams loft ramp today for Loa Vegas ranoh, whence ho will go south to tho Colorado river In "company with his partner. James Dovlln of Santa Barbara, who will meet him thero. Mr. WIllhimH In ji resident of Chicago and Mr. Devlin h.-ts been In California for tho past six months for his health, and, having recovered, will put In tho next two weeks, or longor If successful, prospecting along tho uppur Colorado. Work on tho Black Jack near Moapa, on tho Virgin river, Is assuming oncouraglng proportions. Tho tunnel run to crosscut a three-foot ledgo of free gold tapped tho ledgo Tuesday, and Mr. Varncy, ono of tho owners, reports having crosscut four fect at a depth of 120 fcot without reach- , Ing tho footwall. Thin ore went S3S, per (on at graHS roots, and samples Will soon ho ucnt to Salt Lako for assay. |