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Show EDICTS LEASE AT MIIATIOI'IISII men m cq H. ht Edmunds. forsMrty n wall knows saining man of thia city, ia said te have struck It rich la the eaxap of National aaar Wlnaemuoca. The Had waa mada on the Mayflower claim, which la one si the first locations made In that camp. The Humboldt (tar aaye that tha disclosure of a new source of extremely hleh grade ore waa made only a few days ago la what la known aa the Kdmunde-BcMoaa lease, which la being operated by Jot BVhloee of Ban Francisco and R. M Edmunds, Ed-munds, a wall known Nevada saining man. The discovery, however, waa made only after the owners of the lease had accomplished accom-plished persistent and extensive development develop-ment and It la pleasing to Bote that they ara about to reap tho reward due 10 mea of ability and energy, who put their money Into the (round. Tha discloaura of the rich (old era wax made In a wlnxe that la being sent dowa from the tunnel level at a point 12a feet from tha portal. Thia wlnse Is now ill feet deep end tha atrlke was made at a vertical depth of at least 111 feat. Tha rich era occurs In a vsln that la twa feet wide and which haa been followed down since the wlnse waa atarted. Thia ledge haa bean producing high grade milling mill-ing ore and there ara several tons of this clsss of ore on lha dump. At lha place where the rich era la now being extracted ex-tracted tha vein shows four Inehsa of tale, with a streak of white quarts which la bow producing the extremely rich era. Joe arhloea, one of the ownere of the lease, arrived la Wlnnemuece from tha camp Saturday and left that evening for San Francteoo. While here Mr. Rchlose leaaiMted a nmvtwer of aamphrs of tha rich ore, which la identical with tha bonansa ore of Charleston hill, which haa astonished aston-ished tha mining world on account of Its fabulous richness and quantity. It la fairly fair-ly alive with granular gold ao characteristic characteris-tic of tha camp. Mr. Hen lose aald that considerable water waa being encountered In tha winae and oa account of tha ore being covered with mud a large quantity of tha rich ore want over tha dump before tha dlacovsry was made. Aecordlng to Mr. S. hloea the wlnaa la to bs sunk twen. ty feel further whan drifts will be atarted on tha ledge. With this work in progress prog-ress a sensational production may be looked for. |