Show AUSTIN ARE T SOUT I ISIE SIE Of TE GULCH I Special to The Telegram AUSTIN Nov Ne May 18 Interest Interest in Austin Austn mining ground has his inevitably turned to the tho south side of the main gulch This main Austin in gulch is known knon as Pon Pony canyon so named because be cause in the carl early days the pony express ex press found this the easiest grade and road across the tho mountains from the far east to Virginia City the mining min ing prodigy of the world in the early sixties Inc Incidentally it was these same reckless riders of ot the pony pon express who were responsible for the first stampede from Virginia Ci City to 10 Austin Austn in the spring of 1863 Gold Cold and silver ore were found on the south side of the canyon and carried to the great min min- on the Comstock Then began the wonderful ru rush h from California and the east eRst to the Reese river valley an episode in American Ameran life that rivaled in public interest the reports of the battles batles in the civil civi war The first ground mined in this camp i iwai I Ia wai a on 01 the I south side Several hun hun- I tired thousand dollars were realised from these operations fe saying i nsW nothing c of the millions iio taken sl from the e Silver Cham Chamber I ber and the Union Teil reins which h seem eem to be independent n ent from the main Austin Aus tin system vet farther fast east than the I gold old bet belt The Tho Highland Mary Irr was amon among the first properties worked and I only this week this ground roun was op optioned o by George D. D the well known minin mining man of Cripple Creek and equally well wel known as a journalist journal journal- of Reno Heno That hat his bis move will wi re ul in a purchase and sub subsequent mining operations of an important character is the only conclusion possible to those who know Mr lr Kilborn Jack Pot Fot Looks Good There have ba been important nf negotiations otia tons for some time relative to the Jack Pot which lies les to the southwest of the 11 Highland Ian Marv The Jack Pot I is the thc best gold producer in the tho and will wi help Austin in its program o or repeating history The he GoM o Mining company has hasan hasan an excellent acreage just north o the Jack Pot and will wil profit by 1 both the north and s south th vein eil systems both of traverse the tract East of the Highland Mary in inthe the he vicinity of the th Union and Silver Chamber Cham Cham- ber l lies s the group of claims recently incorporated as tho Austin Central Min Mining in ing ingom om company ny It I is h believed Lelend by br some local oal engineers that this ground will i prove proe to contain the western estern extension of the famous Union vein fin is This bis possible pos I Isible sible only b by reason reson of a great reat faulting fault ing hu disturbed i the entire entre vein system at some point pint between the Frost and Union shafts shaft Sonth of the Union t this his acreage will eatch the Wild WM Tim Jim and ad possibly the Silver Chamber Cham ber br ledges Th The Austin Austn Manhattan company has bas important holdings on the south side Chief bIer among this thi company's YI promising holdings on 00 this side i is group which has be been n uDder active development development develop develop- ment for some time The he Hardy Hady ledge the point of ot a long tunnel i being driven dri will wi soon oon h reached TIle The I i acreage t of ot the Austin X ada ada Consolidated Consoli dated lie leJ in middle ground gound between t eeD this I In n new anil ald 0 territory to the south and the famous mines of Lander I hill It will rich bil I wl undoubtedly prove pro iu in the southeasterly extension of ot the I Lander Iander hill hi lodges a as in north and aDd south veins which are a feature of or the section s Grounds Ground's Great Record I In John Froat Felix I ONeil J J. n. n T and aDl ler George I III Hue l in Anstin t found aj I Iliam II br jr jt man by the m Marshall and William Wil- Wil liam ni Ih living in in a cabin abin at an and I running a 1 on 00 the Highland i r Mary ry opposite the pr prent ent site of the hot hotel I The men above I mention were the he Ol only 1 ones in Austin Austinat at that time so 5 tb they may m b b justly railed Hed the pioneers of Austin Alstin I located the tb rh Star Sta Buel Star tar Oregon an and Sour III hern Light lo lodes ami returned to tl t. t to tho i winter From th- th tb thi i dAim located b IJ t anil gr w tb j I tan lal Mining company of If New e York t ity I 1 Irow row OW hr Manhattan Consolidated i Mining controlled b bj agn r I p people ople i t |