Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-12-04 | Page 1 | Richest Strike since Days of Tonopah and Goldfield Reported in California

Richest Richest- Strike Since Days of Tonopah And Goldfield Reported in California LOS ANGELES Dec 4 P IP- IP The Times said today one o of the richest gold and md silver strikes since Goldfield and Tonopah Nevada In the early has been discovered in the vicinity of or Mojave Moja Cal The original strike the Times said was made by George Holmes Holmes- year old form former r University University University Uni Uni- of Southern California student Hes rich already the newspaper newspaper news news- paper commented To Today Tody the Times continued Mojave is the focal local point of the gold cold old mining world The rhe old 1 Goldfield crowd crowd- crowdis is there there there-Sena- Sena 0 3 q fI tor Key Pittman of o Nevada George Gcorge Wingfield and Walter Waller Trent So is former lormer Senator Tasker I. I L. L Oddie of Nevada Neada co co- discoverer with Jim Butler of ofTon Ton Tonopah pah So too is the old Cecii Cecil Ce Ce- cil Rhodes South African crowd in the new generation The newspaper stated slated Gold GoldFields GoldFields GoldFields Fields of South Africa has 15 men in Mojave and it has taken an option on 35 a acres res of the Holmes claims for a reported My only hope is that they dont don't take up their option the Times quoted Holmes as saying Holmes and his father lather arc said b by Ute the newspaper to own 60 per cent of the claim known as as' the New Silver Que Queen n. n The newspaper also quotes Senator Sen ator Pittman as stating the strike is the largest since Goldfield The vein Is the largest and longest Ive I've seen in years The Theore Theore ore shoot is tremendous And its it's rich ich l The newspaper nc quoted O Oddie die now special adviser on mine loans for the Reconstruction Finance corporation as stating There is a possibility that this Js is a aery very ery very important discovery disco ery cry for the state of 01 California and the nation This is is' a rIch ich extremely rich 1 i