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Show I MSNKE IS TIE I mm MINE I Charles T. Murphy Believes Ihe Property Will Become Big I Gold Bonanza. I 1 RICH ORE IS FOUND I CARRYING YELLOW METAL I J Directors on Friday Complete I I Preliminary Plans for Get- I 1 ting' to Work. Ill know of no bet I or wn.v to illus- Hlj tratf. bow highly X regard the miues 1 in Humholdi, county. Nevada, of the Bk Washakie Mines company, than to say HEI that I have just purchased two ad.i'oin-Hk ad.i'oin-Hk iiiff claims holding tlie same vein sys-lfj sys-lfj tern, and 1 paid more for these two H claims than the entire property of the ft Washakie company cost,' said Charles H I T. Murphy, tho well known business H (I man of Salt Lake City. Two months H if ago Mr. Murphy went to Humboldt Hi J county to join us partner, R. M. Ed-H Ed-H t'fj moud8. Ife went to stay one week, and H j he remained over nine weeks, and while H 3 there the exercise he got, completely 1 removed from him a tendency toward H "Jf I lose all the money I have in Mjfjf Humboldt count', 1 will fcql that tho H k restoration of my health is cheaply H w purchased' ,be continued. "But, with II a proper amount of development work H I'A the Washakie proper will be a boll bo-ll fi nunza. People asked me over there II fc why on earth Mr. Edmonds and myself II ij) wanted anvlliing else but this prop-II prop-II if orty, so highly is it regarded. I" brought II f. some rock back with me which will II ji assay $S00 gold per ton, or I will be 11 Pli mightily disappointed. If the Salt II ; Lake officials composing this company H J? would conclude to lease the property, H Jj Mr. T'Mmonds and myself would be will-H will-H ing to take an.y amount of the ground H wj on any terms these officials could make. I i l 'Mn Auburn Canyon Mr. Edmonds I .I and myself own extensive placer work-I work-I 5 ings where, the Chinese in the early I I days operated. The water was so bad I that, they could only work the ground I 4 pari.iall3-. We have installed a gaso-I gaso-I f line engine, hoist and two powerful I i pumps, and for nine Hays we kept that I jj engine going constantly until the water I m was controlled. We then began to drift. I tl on bedrock, which is about 4G feet I i down, and we crosscut the canyon for I Ij 51 feet. Forty feet of this canyon I jj panned aiywbnro from .'Ji5 to .Co cents I j per bucket.. We also owu the placer I ft grounds in Barber Canyon, and we will I m be at work there by July M. We feel I mj sure that we will reap a generous re-I re-I K turn for this placer work. Mr. Ed-I Ed-I Ks monds and T also have secured a lease I E on tlie propertv adjoining the famous MKO National propertv. located north of HKf Winnemucca. T saw the returns on six Kjj sacks of National ore ihe other day, ID; and it ran $70 per pound. WMLl "This afternoon, the officials of the WKk Washakie company met in this fit v. IBU and President and Director George W. IHi Morgan, owing to the press of other in-IKjU in-IKjU t crests, resigned in each capacity. T ( was elected president, and Georee'Rust lK( succeeded Mr. Morgau as a director. IHji - committee composed of Secretary .. In! Davis. Director Charles D. Rook-IHi) Rook-IHi) ledge and myself was appointed to com-IKlj com-IKlj P'ctc arrangements by which the prop-JK prop-JK 'Tty will be brought to a solid develop-IKr develop-IKr basis without delay. We need lB nothing but work to open a great IHfj) miuc." |