Rensselaer Republican, Volume 22, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 July 1890 — GOLD-MINE OF GREAT WEALTH. [ARTICLE]

GOLD-MINE OF GREAT WEALTH.

A special from Tin Cup, Col., gives an account es what is claimed to be the most wonderful discovery of gold ever reported. The find is six miles from Tin Cup, on Cross mountain, and is owned by McCormick & Lewis. Between two lines there is a vein ten feet in thickness, the lower six feet of iron manganese, the upper four feet being gold-bearing quartz of free gold. The lowest essay from this rock is *440 per toq, and there are specimens which, put through a common mortar, returns *30,000 in gold to the ton. Two men are now taking but *5,000 each per day. If this streak is only only one yard in depth and extends the full length of the claim (1,500 feet) there is *563,000 gold in it. If the dip goes down one thousand feet it is worth *187,1479,000. The average value is placed at *I,QOO per ton. The excitement over the discovery is intense, and thousands ©! miners are rushing into the camp. ,