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Show RICH ORE SAMPLES FROM VIRGIN RIVER Sprclal to The Tribune. C VLIENTB, Nev., Nov. 16. XIark Davidson, Da-vidson, formerly a Colorado miner, who has been down tho line In the district surrounding sur-rounding the upper Virgin river, passed through town yesterday, en route to Denver, Den-ver, Ho brought with him some large samples of free-milling ore, which shows wlro and coarso free gold to values of from f50 to 52001) per ton. He states that there Is nothing In southern Nevada which will compare with the Virgin River district ln point of surface showings, and that the veins are nearly all llssure, well In place and showing definite- proof of continuity con-tinuity of ledges and increased values with dopUi. He has taken up a group known as the Exchequer group, southwest from Moapa, near the river, consisting of eight claims on a ledge which crops out for over 5000 feet at intervals, and which -ho has stripped at intervals of about DX) feet, showing a width of from twolo inches to two and a half feet throughout tho ledue. Xlorrls & Schullz of San Diego havo purchased tho Golden Eagle group of gold claims from Boyd & Larncd for $15,000. Ten per cent has already been paid and the remainder will be pnid In six and twelve months. Tho claims are located between the Xluddy and Virgin rivers south from Xlonpa and consist of twelve claims, on which only location work has been completed, but they show up Immense Im-mense values In free gold In white honeycombed honey-combed quarts, with ledges from four to seven feet wide, carrying .twelvo and clghtocn-lnch veins of hlgli-grado ore. Thoy will put a gang of men at work early in December sinking on the Bald Eagle mine ledge. Eugene B.lakeloy and Floyd Turner, owners of tho Grass Roots gold group on tho upper Colorado river, about twenty-four twenty-four miles south of the line of the San Pedro road, passed through town today with samples of gold quartz going away up In values. They have struck a two-foot two-foot vein ln a forty-tlve-foot shaft, show- ; lng a white quartz formation carrying free gold. They have Interested Chicago people in their properties and will meet Jay Ross at Denver and Xlorris & Black of Crlpplo Creek, who will return with them to Inspect these properties with a view to Installing a large mill plant on tho group. Norrls Jones and Ray Bullnrd owners of the group known as the Last Hope, located thirty miles northwest from Xloa-po, Xloa-po, and consisting of eight claims showing show-ing good values ln gold and silver, passed through town yesterday, en route to Salt Iike, with samples of their ore for assay. They have completed 400 feet of work. 200 of which Is on the Good Hope claim where thoy encountered a six-foot ledgo showing values of $12 gold and 1C0 ounces silver per ton. They expect to put In a mill early ln tho new year. ' i |