Show GOLD LEDGES UNCOVER DED wonderfully rich ore aund near tonopah To nevada tonopah To nev oct 10 A great strike of probably the richest body of 01 e in the vicinity of tonopah was made today on the hooten and bass lease on the north slope of gold mountain six miles south of tonopah To the ore runs to the ton in gold and two large ledges have been exposed one of which for a distance of seventy feet shows valuations in gold running from to another ledge seven feet wide has been uncovered and specimens taken from various parts of the ledge show average essays assays of over 1000 to the ton it is in the first ledge that the rich pockets of free gold have been uncovered news of tie strike reached tonopah late this afternoon when charles hooten one of the leaders leasers lea sers came to town with specimens hundreds of men are already on the scene and more will leave in the morning in spite of tho fact that the greater part of the country in the vicinity of gold mountain which lies almost directly on the road to goldfield has been staked out long ago A A dass one of the leaders leasers lea sers has been aware of the of the ledges for the past three years during which time he had off and on endeavored to lease the property which is on the claims of the gold mountain mining company thursday georgo winkfield head of the company thinking bass was bluffing gave him a six months lease on by feet and bass and his partner at once proceeded to uncover the ledges which they haa covered over when they first encountered them |