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Show NEW MINES IN CENTRAL NEVADA W. F. REEDER MADE A FLYING TRIP FROM OGDEN. Was Just in Time to Prevent the Loss of Valuable Claims Rich Specimens Speci-mens Exhibited. I W. F. Reeder and A. J. Hawks have returned from Central Nevada, where they are aiding in the development of what is one of toe most extensively mineralized districts in that state famous for its mining excitements. Mr. Reeder exhibited speeiments of cinnabar, niby silver and wire gold which a greenhorn would recognize as valuable ore. The cinnabar is from a property near lone, owned by the Davis Da-vis Brothers of Salt Lake, which K yielding big returns in quicksilver in an Improvised retorting plant. The silver and gold specimens, representing represent-ing values up in the thousands, came from the property of Mr. Hawks, near the old town of llsworth, the claim having been bonded to eastern parties for $30.0im) the day before the owner Rtarted for Ogden on his way to his home in Garlnnd. A true fl6sure vein on this property produces very rich ore, some of It running $60 In gold and 720 ounces in silver. Mr. Reeder has four claims in this same district, between the Mohawk-Duluth Mohawk-Duluth and the Duluth Consolidated, which caused him to make a lively dash for that section at the close of the year. He left Ogden on Christmas Christ-mas day and managed to reach his property none too soon to prevent the claims being "Jumped." Expert mining min-ing men say the Reeder claims give promise of developing into mines equally as rich as the Duluth Consolidated Consoli-dated on the ore of which Mr. Hawks, as manager, has lately made a tost run at the Berlin mill, receiving therefrom there-from a bar of gold bullion valued at $1,096. This mining region 16 55 miles southwest of Austin and is beginning to attract much attention. |