Show POPULATION OF It II la Ii I Claimed That Over her er 2000 People leollo lIe In lit New l lA A gentleman wiio made a 1 complete tour of the tho district tells the writer that ho he Is altogether too conser conservative In his estimate of ot the population tion na os he lie was recently proved by smelter returns to be In his hils statements I regarding the value of ot the ore oro In tho the Combination says n a 1 GOldfield corre correspondent of ot the tho Tonopah miner This I gentleman nays I that Instead of ot 1200 I there thero are at nl least 2000 people MOllie now in inthe tile the district AH Au the tho district Is HO so largo large inI I nil 11 ninny many prospectors pro are arc scattered LI L over OCr th the hills In addition to those who I reside In one OM ot the four tour It U la lit I rather to make mako a 0 careful esti estimate santo mate of ot the population 1 Hut Dut one OliO thIns thing Is certain the tho stages and private rigs are crowded coming In while at al times I It IB Is to get ot anyone to take toko n a hitch back for Cor those who wish to stay And best besl of ot all Urn tim experienced mining men Inlet who wha come como continuo continue to be unanimous moUl Inous In their favorable Impression of ot and Its future Home Hom It Is U true hove have not bought any property either cither not being able ohIo to get Iret what ap ats appealed pealed to 10 them most or not being satis saUs lied fled with tho the price or terms on what was wan an offered alTered but bu t not flat one to tho the writers knowledge tins hits expressed nn an adverse opinion of at the tho camp ns as shown hown by de tie developments to date The Jho shaft on un tho the Combination Is III down m Hi fl feet At t l the tile point n a drift I wax was started In which there thiro are lire now of ot ore Two feet teet of ot this will go better than lion 1500 per ier ton tOil and the ore IH lx being b sacked Racked without sorting before being raked raised to tile the surface The smelter ter returns front from the tho last laAI car received ela fI the tho values to be bo m per por ton tonA tonA tonI A I number of oC the leasers have gotten to 10 work on the Jumbo ant are making good progress Shields Parham White and Phillips have a tease o on feet teet and andin In III seven s put a t 1 shrift shaft down clown 31 11 feet They Tiey will sink to the n they will ll run a II crosscut to tap ta tho the ledge In a 1 cut on tho the surface they the so cured curCI nn RII assay of ot 80 50 per lien cr ton tOil In gold goltl nacy Inn others have Ule a lease lense on tho the next feet They The 0 put pus up a II shop and will tilli soon eoon start to sink Ink A party porty recently took a tt sample across 70 TO feet teet of ot tho the dump on tho time Jum Join Jumbo bo be b It Il assayed 23 to the tue ton toll An Aft Another other sample was taken around the bottom bottOn of ot tho tile dump for tor feet teel mul anid tile the was sas 20 per Ier ton tan shaft on tho the lease lense of ot Kendall Patrick and Jones Jo les on tho the January Is in Isnow now down clown 75 fe t the tho drifts drift enst and est are each ench In 25 feet teet Tim The alue of tho ore oro Is not as os high as ns at nt last re reports reo reports ports but even cYell tho tue mill oro ore will ivill III go 40 10 or HO s 10 o per por ton which alone alono Is enough ellough to satisfy any reasonable man About tons of or oro ore hMO have been shipped from tho the January to date Into but returns have not nol yet been received re A W time the well ehl known knon mining man mail has arrived from Arizona and has taken charge chall oot of tho the work on the tho Vindi Vindicator cator group KroUp This Thin group In Is about 2500 OO feet front from the tho He I No 1 I and tho the strike In n the tho latter gives given him much en ell taken In connection with tho the surface Indications of tho the Vindicator tor br Tho ledge can CAll bo be plainly traced for feet anti and trenching haim been done ilone to find a pay shoot on which to sink Sparks T r L I Jack Davis have havo bonded a n group Kroup of or three claims from and dinner These claims are aro r of a 1 milo mile south of ot Isho mute Hutte and good values have been gotten gottell from tho the surface Tho The price IB la not lOt stated definitely hut but It goes coos Into live five figures |