Salt Lake Tribune | 1904-06-18 | Page 6 | Gold Quartz Assaying $96 to Ton

Gold Quartz Assaying S96 to Toil Special to Tho Tribune. CALIENTE, Nov.. Juno 17. An assay from a narrow strip of quartz encountered encoun-tered in tho face of tho Japan tunnel, which adjoins tho townslto Of Callente on the south was samplod by Assayor W. R. Castle of Callente and went $00.25 per ton, tho remainder of the face of tho tunnel went $2.10, both assays In free gold with no Bllver or lead values. Tho tunnel is In but twelve feet at tho baso of a G0-foot rise, the ledge, eight feet wide, cropping out tho cntlro face from base to top. ' A new well resorvolr haB been sunk nt Callente as the water supply Is running Bhort for general use. The water at this station Is poor, and unless some Improvement Improve-ment is made In tho supply for domestic purpose there will doubtless bo considerable consider-able Illness among employees.