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Show ASSAYS S12,000 A TON. Commonwealth Group of Gold Mines on the Virgin River. Special to The Tribune. CAL1F.NTE. Nov. Nov. 24. .Tamos Rush of Baltimore. In company with Joe Buzzard, half owner of the Common-' wealth group of gold mines on Virgin river, passed through Callente today en route to the ialter's properties. They will go over tho ground thoroughly with a view to placlnc It In Baltimore. This group has moro than 1500 feet of work completed, all of which wns done In the early days by unknown prospectors, who opened up a two-foot lead of rich frcr gold, coarse and showing in cubes and wire gold. This oro assays as high as 512,000 per ton and the lend average $230, and has - been run In on for forty-tlvo feet by the present owners. It Is understood un-derstood that the purchaso prlco of tho group, which consists of five mines, Is fG0,0W. t Henry Mallard and NIc Whltloy. own-erf own-erf of tho Lost Cabin" mine on tho upper Colorado river, made a strike last week of fabulously rich oro, according to tho leport made by Mallard, who passed throusrh Callente this week wltb some magnificent samples for assay at Salt Lake. Tho ore Is tellurium, of a rich, black luster, which, being polished, gleams with a solid mass of rich, dark gold. The samplo shown hero weighs over two pounds and Is fully two-thirds gold. The strike hna created intense Interest In-terest Jn mining circles hero and at points along the line. 4 Morton and Blgm, owners of the White Cloud group of gold-silver claims, twenty-six miles north from Moapa on the line of the San Pedro road, report having sold tho group this week to Mc-Rea. Mc-Rea. Chalmers & Buffy, real estate and mining brokers of El Paso. Tex., for SS0.COO cash, and will put a force of miners mi-ners at work developing the six claims comprising the group. Tho present owners own-ers have done C70 feet in shafts and tunnels tun-nels on tho various claims and ore In two to five-foot ledges show values of from $23 to $31.", In gold and from 31 to 1000 ounces silver per ton. |