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Show j I i' H HAS LOCATED SEVERAL j 1 , FINE FREE GOLD CLAIMS 1 'r ' . I ,i Special to The Tribune, k V CALIENTE, Nev., June 10. Fred M i ( 'J'- Foster has Just located a number of f 6 nrc free gold claims on the same ledge p j i , 3 recently opened by Palmer and Alexan- V, der, three miles northeast of Callente, I, , (j i and has some fine samples of sulphu- l l( I i rettes from several croppings on the ' ' ,,' ledge, which is from three to Ave feet ,V ' m In width. iv !r ! -A- large quantity of high-grade free Ml l m ,: gold ore Is piling up on the dump of ' ; the Fetterman tunnel and there is a r I, 'j good prospect of an early shipment to M 1 i Bait Lake City of a sample quantity of u ); ore for treatment. The tunnel Is now k" 1 in 155 feet and has cross-cut several ; . rich stringers and one good vein. ' I - V ) Another shipment of high-grade ga- r it lena ore is expected tomorrow from 1 I Pioche en route to Salt Lake for treat- I ment. if ' ) j1 George G. Houston, who has been , I sampling the El Dorado group south of J 1 : Los Vegas ranch twenty-four miles, i, L j during the past four weeks, passed , ' V through camp today on his way to hg Colorado Springs. Cclo., where his em- b ployers reside. He brought with him j ,"(t; ' several sacks of very rich appearing !j i !V 'f free gold ore taken from the six claims , 1 which make up the group. His report T ' , I will be favorable to his employers, who )j II , j have a bond for $50,000 on the proper- Lt , , - ( ties, which will expire December 10. He jl I'ii1 anticipates that before the expiration I rl hi of the bond they will take up the claims V , ' i ! and 111,5 winter put in considerable ma- " ; chlnery for working the ore, which he ' it VP i'l H says n-verage $60 per ton. He says f lf h VIM they have ,edees averaging two feet in , 1 r) jB width at this value, while on one claim M ' '! iS . the ledge Is six feet wide and averages . ' :h about $35 per ton in gold and 22 per ., , .; I) cent silver. |