| Show MONTE CRISTO NOT KLONDIKE A wealth ot mineral being uncovered A bior property which will be course of development twenty four hours yesterday afternoon a party of a dozen men bold a masting behind closed doors in the office of county chambers the jamea of all those present coald not be learned but enough became public to make the following statement it was a meeting of mining men they discussed the recent discoveries of ralph pidcock in the region of monte cristo finally forming a temporary temo organization with ralph pidcock president dan ellis vise president and alma chambers secretary and treasurer these with G H rich fred Shi elle ed T morton and john reeves forro the board of directors the properties to be worked are five claims located neer aba monte cristo district they are about twelve mile from monte cristo by a straight line but the road is such that the distance is nearly thirty miles making the whole distance nearly sixty mile the find ie as described in THE STANDARD some weeks aeo and is a strange one the assays would run up from 10 to 1000 per ton and finally an assay was received which made a great showing of aluminum shaft was funk ten feet further on the ledge and then the ore matter carried only cold and 54 to the ton the ledge ia twelve feet wide and the body is practically unlimited the ledge matter is of a dark saty color and the shaft is about twelve feet deep mr pidcock is the discoverer of the find and hae made several tripe to the location having just returned from there with dan ellis who made a survey of the country today a party will be sept out to continue the work are expected to return in about a week with 2000 pounds of the ore for a big mill run points to the opening up of a very rich district andali e tributary to |
