Show MARK REQUA REODA TURNS ATTENTION TO GOLD OL May Develop Property Across Amoss Steptoe Valley Valey From Ely BIG MILLING PROPOSITION I 11 1 II He Will Vill J J dl CWt nC 1 i en cn I More Eore or Brilliant Than In Cop- Cop lid Jf PInt Tint EI Ely Nov e ev Dec 1 11 A l.-A A deal Is now it In 1 progress which may maJ result in making makini Ely Cly a Q great great gold camp Mark I. I L. L nequa who developed the tho hi 3 world famous Nevada Consolidated now ed ell properties and built buit tho the Nevada No 1 Northern railroad is negotiating fo for forthe I. I the tho Peacock group of or gold claims nut and Ind Indo 1 o adjoining properties six miles mies from ron VI r Ely l' l across the thc valley anti and ant I If I f believed that hi he i he takes hold It I Is will wi o achieve results as aN brilliant as ao hi ho he D tho tiVi accomplished in copper coppel mining In d district district- The condlon conditions that Mr Ir Requa will wi I taco face In this new nw project will vill wi be simi similar lar to the conditions he found round when hi he ci took tool hold of or the copper mines Tho 3 Peacock mines are old properties that tha t have been hen worl worked Ct In a cp desultory man ner nr for nearl nearly 20 ij years The ine two orIgInal original inal claims w were r local located d by Newton Newlon Boyd oyd and David Dennett Dennet On thou them i they have ha haa a tunnel more than OO feet fee t long which represents the Int Intermittent intermit intermittent tent Industry of years years the the time the they V could seize from Com other occupations ti to devote ote to developing the gold proper proper- te ties There are ae al also o three shafts upon 1 th the claims From these workings the they V have ha shipped 30 tons o oC of ore which averaged 20 20 0 In gold to the ton That Tha 1 was years yem's ago and the exp expense nse o of f hauling the ore to the old mill mJ at Ely El discouraged them from ller persevering with wih the tho undertaking lInt But the they held heb heldon I on to the properties and other persons per pcr- sons took up a adjoining ground believing belev- belev ing Ing that the day would come when I Ithe the ground round could he be worked with sue suc cess COR Willing to Take Tako Deal A short time ago the men who own the claims In the vicinity of the Peacock Peacock Peacock Pea Pea- cock group meT together to organize a a company to develop the ground g It I was wa then that they were Informed by Newton Newlon Boyd Doyd that Mr 1 Requa was Interested in interested In- In in the gold possibilities of ot tho the camp and was Wa considering the purchase purchase pur pur- chase of the claims held b by the men who were to pool their holdings Some Sonie of ot ut tho tile claim owners wore unwilling to consider a selling but the tho majority wem wel Ot to make a n drill with Mr Mi h anti and the tho wih project of ot In In- In incorporating a company was wn deferred pending the thc settlement of el th the lions with wih Mr h Requa Among tIme the the Ely gly men who own roun g-roun ground close to th the Peacock and will in t the 11 deal with wih Mr 1 Requa wi are aro A. A J. J Butler Butel and K C. C Davis who have haw four fOUl out claims J. J H. H Eager ager and Ernest Emest Randall Handall who vho ha have 16 claims and James Beach and Benjamin Clark who ha have ve I IG G claims claim Mr 1 rr Butler BUler says that the on hl his Gold Dollar claims assay It I Is IR the belief of tho those tw heler o Interested 1 that tha 11 Mr Requa will wi take talo hold of oC the prop properties and accomplish more 1010 wonder won won- dots ders which will wi give him fame greater than that won von by his achievements nt at Copper Coppel Flat |