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Show TVVD-FDQT VEIil RUNS , S13D4 GOLD T8 ION Most Important Strike Ever Made in Amalie District Uncovered by Flood. What is said to be one of the most important gold strikes over made m the Amalio mining district of Cahior-nia, Cahior-nia, located eight miles southeast 01 Caliente canyon, has been discovered by H Williams, who has opened ft vein two feet in width and 200 feet in length, an average sample of wnicn assayed $1304 in gold to the ton, according ac-cording to a letter received yesterday from W. P. O'Meara of the Kern County Tonopah Mining company or Los Angeles. . , Tho gangne is a quartz stained with iron. Throughout the mass the gold may be seen with the naked eye.- The vein outcrops for a distance of lttOU feet.' The strike was made on the An-tarosa An-tarosa claim, which had nothing on it, apparently, bnt a prospect hole and which had been abandoned for a number num-ber of vears as worthless. One peculiar pe-culiar feature of the discovery is that the water which flooded the town of Caliente last winter also uncovered the high-grade ore, according to Mr. Williams. Wil-liams. , . . Within thirty feet of the claim is the Caliente-Loraine road and thousands thou-sands of persons have ridden by the dump during the past seven years without giving it more than a glance, savs Mr. Williams. The heavy rains of" the past winter in the mountains caused a fjood in Caliente canyon and resulted in the discovery. In describing describ-ing it he savs that there are three double veins "totaling fifteen feet m all. One of these, which is two feet in width, contains the high-grade ore The others will average between $-0 and 425 in gold to the ton. ann m goiu iuc iuu. He took samples of the oro to Ba-kerfield. Ba-kerfield. Cal., where he had the assays made and then left for Los Angeles to purchase the necessary machinery for the development work. This will be started in the near future. For the reduction of the ore a battery of five stamps will be erected, though the owners sav that there is enough ore m sight to keep thirty "stamps dropping. The property has a plentiful supply of water within sixtv feet. The roads to tho property are reported in bad shape, bnt, despite this, the owners will rush the shipping of the necessary equipment equip-ment and the erection of the mill. Mr. O'Meara has a contract on the bond and lease and has gone to the district to examine the property. Mr. Williams, who is a native of the district, dis-trict, located the Cowboy and the Zada properties, both of which are gold mines. He is one of the best-known prospectors in the Amalio country, having hav-ing been associated for a number of vears with his father, who entered the district in lSHfl. |