Show LOCAL INTEREST IN GOLD STRIKE GROWS with reports ot of higher essays from samples ot of ore taken front roni the claims on the red lied hills east of town recently located by E R jackson and claude thompson local people are becoming more and more interested and not a few have gone out and located claims in one I 1 section or another the latest report ot ol an assay IL said faid to have been brought to town by bill ileaure IleA urn who works for t lie he columbia steel co at desert mound the story goes and we been able to see him to verify it that bill like the rest ot at us was skeptical ile he went out and got samples of the ore however and took them hem to the companas comp anys assayer al ai desert mound the assay showell m 11 a ton in gold it is alleged which Is plenty rich enough to mill asked it if he thought the assay was genuine bill is reported to have said any one should be able to guess as well as he whether the U S steel co employs assayers who dont know their stuff dr burton who ito has given a lot of study to mining and minerals rala thinks theresio the question but that tile the ore is there theres a rumor too that two have been prospecting up in Ily hlatta atts canyon ou and d have found some good looking ore but no ito n o one seems to know who they are renewed interest is beant shown show too in prospects across tle valley and elsewhere in the terwood tc te |