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Show RUSH OF MINING MEN TO NEW NEVADA CAMP Reno, I?ev., Dec. 18. Scenes enacted en-acted in the palmy days of Tonopah and Goldfield aro being repeated at ' Rochester canjon, twenty-four miles) northeast of Lovelocks, Nov , where a rush of mining men and prospectors has occurred during the last ten days. following the discovery of a vein ofl rich silver and gold ore three to seven feet wide and 1000 feet long in I tho outcropping. If the ore goes to a j depth a new Tonopah has been discovered, dis-covered, according to Tom B Ramsey ' of Reno, who staked out most of the I claims in Goldfield, including tho Mo- hawk, Red Top and Laguna group, ! which now go to make up the great I properties of the Goldfield Consolidated. Consoli-dated. Mr. Ramsey has just returned from a five days' trip of inspection at , Rochester canyon The entire sur-' rounding country Is taken up with claims, and all the ledge in sight Is being worked by ten groups of leasers, leas-ers, who are simply shooting down the outcropping with dynamite and sacking for shipment the ore which ' averages 65 a ton. mostly in silver The auto stage from Lovelocks has , been working overtime earning new-comers new-comers into the district. |