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Show GOLD MINING IN THE GOLGONDA DISTRICT Salt Lake mining men arc working tho Rescue property in the vicinity of Golconda, according to the Nevada Ne-vada Silver State. The group is under un-der bond. The operators are getting get-ting flno gold returns from the crosscut cross-cut from their 100-foot shaft, Thomas Major, the standby and persistent advocate of the Gold Run mining district, was recreating in Winneraucca last week. Ho said: "I am working a placer ton miles south of Golconda In Bonanza gulch. There are five claims In the group I own. These claims are rich with gravel' gold. The average content of gold is $7 per yard; some of it runs as high as $45 per .yard. Tho area that prospect these values Is from 50 feet wide to over 2000 feet In length and an average depth of gravel grav-el of 15 feet. The gold is not distributed dis-tributed along a narrow channel, but Is scattered over and throughout the basin and In value proves Itself. Tho cubic yards in this area are Immense, but a rich aspect as this offers It requires water to sluice' or hydraulic it and this I ana aiming to get on the ground. "The gold is exceedingly fine grade rating from $18 to $10 per ounce. "All winter I and associates have been working and in a dry way making mak-ing money; also building reservoirs to catch the flood waters which in spring will give us some water to work our gravel dumps and what we are taking out of our drift work at present. "The fact is we are in a position without boasting to take out considerable consid-erable gold this spring, which will contribute in bringing better economy econo-my appliances to our support for larger work, or permitting the handling han-dling of the gravel on a larger scale by mechanical devices and the use of water to wash the gravel. This will in manifold sense increase our production of the yellow metal. Our diggings are good and give us a long lease on those gold fields, The geology geol-ogy of the surrounding mountains explain ex-plain much. The source of gold Is patent, but as science has determined, determin-ed, I believe it grows by acidic attraction at-traction as it slowly movos on and down the basin. There is no question ques-tion as to the placer outlook. What this vand other gulches need Is water wa-ter and, appliances to work on a larger scale this wealth of gold. "Other showings thereabouts are the quartz mining features. In more ways than one this district is a sure winner In metal production. "George Blaine Is mining and shipping ship-ping ore from his lead and silver property southwest oue and one-half miles from Adelaide. "Daddy Roberts Is operating and proving a fine quartz gold property a few miles west from our placer. "Robert Bass is working the old Grage property and taking out shipping ship-ping ore." |