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Show HAS GROUND NEAR SCOTTnjONANZA Follow Prospector of Mysterions Character Says He Owns Rich Group. PROPERTY LOCATED (l DEATH VALLEY New York Capitalist En Route to Inspect Claims on the American Desert. special to The Tribune ' 'ai.ikxte, Jan 4. Charlej Baldwin, formerly a fellow prospector of "Scotty" of Death Valley fnme, passed through camp toda in companj with Hon NorrlS r Frlhee. ft New ..ik capitalist, en routs to Death Valley, where Baldwin lalma he has four f the richest claims located In Saw Tooth range, close to llio present workings about which "Bcotty" has been so mypterlous Mr Baldwin states that he hua known Scnti ' f. 1 1 years, and that he lins always len eccentric, always working SI hemes and making peculiar breaks, and has lime and again sacrificed good prospects for l ho anke of "aettlnsT people, guessing" nt what his next move rmgnt mean. Three Shifts nt Work. C B Biberti owner f the Bibert mines. which are located adjacent to allentu townaite, returned from I.os Angeles, acompanlcd by .Mrs. Slhert. and at once lnangtirated active develdptnenl W'.rk on their claims Mr. Slhert has put on thren shlfta of ndners cm his properties, and BX pacta to expend nt least $)5.0t')0 In Immediate Imme-diate development of the claims which comprise the Slbert group. There are now about BOO tons of high-grade ore on the dumps and a shaft Is now sinking on the ledae of the Sunrise claim, which Will he opened tip to 11 depth of at l i t BOO feet during the winter moot tin Will Get Immense Depth tjpen cuts have been started on the Three A and Blue Rock Claims, Which will drift on the ledges and give Immense depth for sloping ground within a few hundred feet Mr. Slhert will superintend superin-tend the work in his properties, which guarantees their active nnd expert de-eojmcnt. de-eojmcnt. High-grade ore which shows free gold Iti panning Is being extracted from the lejes now being cnt on the arlOUS cln Inis Salt Lake Man Fortunate. A very rich Vein of fren gold ore has heeti struck In the Advance mine In hlef district, seven miles north of t'allente, showing values of over $.7)0 per ton William Wil-liam Lawrence Of Salt Lake Is the fortunate fortu-nate owner of Hi property, and has been a Steady Shipper of high-grade ore to Salt Lake Oty reduction works for the past three months. Will Mnke Tiial Shipment Jeorge Fuller and Doc Merrltt. owners of the t.lold jent group of claims southwest south-west of Caliente brought In two sacks of oro showing plontv of free gold In a whlto honeycombed quartz taken from a cross-cut In a 120-xOOt tunnel rtin to cut the vein, which has been struck two feet wide and going $74 per ton In free gold, 'ihe owners expect to mnke a trial shipment ship-ment of ten tons next week Mill for Pick and Gad. Glover and Cole, owners of the Pick and Gad group "f 1 lalms north or kfoapa, hsve recently struck a five-foot ledge of gold-silver ore showing values of $J3 In gold and 120 ounces silver per ton The strike was made In a forty-flvc-foot tunnel, where n blind lead was encountered, en-countered, ami the owners are now drifting drift-ing on this rich body of ore. and hope to have enough blOl k , out when the spring opens to warrant them In erecting a mill on their ground Hon. Charles Weldon, a member of the t'anadian Parliament, accompanied bj D. F Nichols, a well-known British mining mi-ning expert, who baa been with the Canadian Ca-nadian statesman on a trip through China, looking Into mines, passed through camp today n rotits to Ottawa their home Mr. Nichols states that they havo closed deals with Oriental mine owners In Manchuria for neniiv one half million pounds, and that some of the properties they have examined will he dividend payers from the inception of wot k. Have Sold Possessions. George Murphy and Hank Williams, owners of the Twin Spurs group of mines. llng north f Moapa, passed through Caliente today, en route t0 Denver Den-ver They have sold their properties to Colorado people for $10.(hi of which 10 per cent was paid on the last day of the old year and the balance will he paid In three equal quarterly payments. These claims have mad.- two shipments of ore, whlcli netted the owners $46 per ton 111 gold nnd silver at Salt l-ake Clt-3 Keat. Conoway and Iyce startc development develop-ment work on their 1 hlef dlstilot property prop-erty this week Kinking on a twenty-foot ledge of oxidized quartz New bodies of rich gold-silver ore are being encountered in the arious mines of the Chief district and work In the Josephine group Is opening up promising veins of high-grade or- Noble, Rflangum and Arrasmlth are sinking on a fine ledge of high-grade ore on their Chief district, claims, and have struck a body of ore similar to that which ihe Advance mine has b.-en shipping to Hall Iake during the winter Dr. It. K Keen of Caliente made a cash sale of one of his recently located claims to I.os Angeles people yesterday. |