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Show I -OUGHT TO SHIP IT. Free Gold Hock Reported South of the Virgin River. Special to Tho Tribune. CALTENTE, Nov., March 17 Joe Black and Nick With crow camo in this week from tho district lying south of Virgin river about thirty-flvo miles from Moapa. on tho lino of tho Salt Lako Route, where they have been doing development work on the King Cole, Mlzpah and Red Rock claims. They brought with them samples of free milling ore showing gold nnd averaging aver-aging $340 per ton. They have drifted eight feet on tho new striko and find tho vein widening, It now being twcnty-tvso inches wide. They have about 300 feet of development develop-ment work on their claims and havo about 4CO tons of 34 ore on tho dump and will begin to ship next month. They havo gone to Colorado Springs, Colo., where Messrs. Brown & Nichols, their backers, resldo, with the hopes of getting them to put up a ton-stamp mill. Col. "Richard II. Davis, who served with tho Pennsylvania In tho Philippines, passed through Callentc this week, en ro.H! Kalch. Col. Davis states that while in the Philippines on tho Island of Luzon privates In his command located several placer claims which his asso. elates havo been working ever since, and his returns for his one-third lntorcst In the same slnco leaving the PhlllppIno3 has amounted to J4G00. A leaso and bond have been given Kerr & Lockwood of Leadvllle. Colo., by French. "Winters & Welch, on tho Great Bear group, forty-five miles west of Do Lamar. They have put up $SO0, 10 per cent on tho bond, and will begin taklnc out ore. |