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Show 1ft, ELDORADO CAMP HAS aM MANY GOOD EARMARKS (flji j The new mining discovery at Eldo- JSjf rado, three mileB northwest of Cedar OfS Ccrral and f,ftoen miles from Tono- M 'j pah, Is creating considerable excite- lSj j ment these days. The stampede Is on jjl and many vehicles and autos loaded r?R '- with mining men and prospectors are fff ' leaving hourly for the new fields. The mm 'y, ledge croppings haye been trenched fl :v for thirty feet and assays run from $30 H 'j up. The ore is gold, silver and lead I , of the galena character. V ' Manv of the men who wore among 3T; the first locators are now outfitting "ijh in Tonopah preparatory to doing the jSlV holding work on their new acquis!- v$b tions. It is claimed, though unofficial, 1 that G. Wlngfield's engineer will be j here in a day or two with a number of If surveyors to look over ihe new field. It At least three men interested in the t same claims in the new strike are -J going ahead making preparations to ft sink a shaft to a depth of at least 100 ij? If feet, and at this depth a crosscut will f) If be run to tap the ledge. On tho sur- jjv face this ledge Is soveral feet in width and carries gold and .silver val- lI I uesa s high as $30 per ton. Silver ! predominates In the ore croppings, but i the gold values run fairlv high, white I j there are stringers of gold ore that It j '; is estimated will run as high as 15 I ounces to the ton. The main ledge in the new -strike i 1 runs in a northeasterly and south- J 'p westerly direction. The formation is a porphyry and diorite Tonopah Bo- d 1 nanza I 'r . nrt |