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Show J. M. Blair On Goldfield Speaks Ve,y Favorably of the Mining Properties There, The Tribune Saturda .1 M Mali, brothet or tho late (coige Malr, of this fit, has Just arrived fiom Ooldtield. lie brings back to Salt Ivikc a phial full of coaise gialnsof gold Some of them are as laigc as peas lie washed them outof a couple ol buckets or gravel, taken out at bed-rock on one of the plaeei claims or the Usineralda Mining comp.ui. which is owned by Utah andcastcrn operatois, including Mi. Hlali.W II Wells ol Philadelphia, C T Austin or Denver, and others. Thepropeit Is situated In Tule can-on, can-on, about thlrt-llve miles south or Ooldlleld, hear b.v the California border bor-der line Tho ground Is surrounded b the placer claims that were reccnt-1 reccnt-1 bought by the John Haes Hammond-Guggenheim combination. Mr Malr states that he was duin-rounded duin-rounded at the showings on the Us-njeralda Us-njeralda and lied Dog piopertles, and that he had no Idea that they rormed such an Important group. In addition addi-tion to the plaeei claims the same parties own a gioup of live quart claims Incorporated as the Ked Dog Mining company. Here a quart, ledge crops for a distance of 1,000 feet, and on this ledge Is a shart which Is down eight) feet At this level eighteen eigh-teen Inches of gold-bearing quart, have been encountered, which glvo an average assa or $100 per ton. Mr. Malr states that the shaft will be sunk to a depth or 200 feet beforo thlftlng Is commenced on the vein. The Ustnerald company owns 100 acres of placer gtound. Mr Hlair said. "It Is a wonderful country, and the property of the Red Dog Mining companies com-panies strike me as being wonderful prospects. Theyovvn live placerclalms and on these there Is gravel from live to thirty feet deep. 1 washed about three watei buckets full or the giavel that I had gone and gotten m self and the phial that I show ou, which contains coarso pieces of gold that might actually be called nuggets, because of their sle, Is the result of my washing. "The company Is going to go ahead and develop all of the plaeei claims right away The management has already ordered all the necessary machinery ma-chinery for that purpose. On the quart, claims a shaft, which Is now down eighty feet, will be sunk at least seventy to 120 feet tarther, and then thlftlng will take place You can get picked samples at the bottom of the shaft now that will actually go from one thousand to three thousand dol-lais dol-lais per ton. I stated the average as $100 1n an endeavor to be very fair. There is a foot and a half of that kind .!... 1 It- Ir. ...I.ln..l.t. n. Ul UIU UIU1U Ullll 10 13 WIUUIIIIIK UUL "3 the shaft goes down." |