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Show property, was out there and knocked off a sample welvhiu--1 three or four ounces silver and !::Gh,imm gold to the ton, taken from the property by Salt Lake parties. These are choice pieces but show how values make in the w li'te quartz streak. Since the discovery by th" Indians, numerous parties hive attempted to get control of tile property. The Indians In-dians demand a large sum in o in of the realm pah down in their hands j before they will permit white men, outside of Mr. Ray. who has their j absolute confidence, to strike a pie'e into the r'ch vein. The indications are now that Salt Lake peonlo will i secure the property, and Mr. Ray came from there this week to close the deal, bavin-,' recently cone oer ' the property with l.ouie Jeffs, who made an inspection in behalf of local intent. The Snlt Lake people Interested Interest-ed In the deal are Joe Lininau, Gci rge Wilson, George Woods. William Keat-In;.'-. George Raymond and others. Dicpfst Hoi'' Tn Fiet. "There is not a hole on the entire property in feet deep." said Mr. Ray yesterday, "hut st'll some woiideiful showings are found. There are but two claims, the Pierson-Wimp and Lizzie Cinnabar. The rich stuff is found in white quartz in a rhyolitie potphyry. The vein sems to be running north 1 5" fevt lowjrd a blue dolnionite lime. In llan lle wlitn be I made the d'scovery took ou' a canvas I sack of ore weighing to to ." pounds. ' for which he received but It was probably worth more than that. Liter he got chunks from the surface wlib h went $s,iiuo to llO.nn.) to the ton. Tho vein can bo traced 2no feet acr ss. but the lich streak is from sl inches, to two feet wide. This shows 2 to $;: gold and a little silver eivht to ten, feet fNnss. 1 brought In a III tie I chunkvei-.-h'ng thru- and one-half j ounces which contained $.'.2 in gold." The Indian owners of the property1 are Ike Wlnap, r?ii Lancaster (a Car-Ivslo Car-Ivslo I'lute s'u lent), i :z7.ie Cinnal ar, Aunt Sally Cinnabar, ilunry Jn'umie and 1 : 1 1 1 1 1 Mill. AH are Shoshone except ex-cept Lancaster. Ike's f.iter. M ke Wlnap. had lived in those pints a h n lime. , year and a half auoMie died at the ate of lie ever warned, bis son Ike t lei old mines alone. Thin was on accornt of au experience with while cn years a?o. He. wlth some other Shoshone ami frhndly Piutes, conducted a party of whites in nw,nd what Is now the camo of Na'ion.ii to show theni wheie tlu-v mieht fi'id 'heaps" i.'old. No sooner had the Indian In-dian guides pointed out the treasure than the whites turned an 1 flew most of the Indian. Mike Wluau and one other made tluir escape. The story-Is story-Is continued bv Jud-ie Honnefield and 01 her old resident. of that itrt or Nevada Ne-vada who pot it first hand from the Indians and others. Mm 'l-'. when he made the gold find two years ago, j could not resist the temptation t dab hie. and now he Is asking JlO.miu gold for his two claim.. I mm he iff ATTRACTS UTAH About two years ago ."Indian Ike" discovered a gold-bearing ledge not far from Rye Patch iu llunib.ddt county, coun-ty, Nevada, which has given up phenomenally phe-nomenally lich ores. A few days ago I Raymond Ray of Rye Pa'ch. who holds the Indian's power-ol -attorney for tho |