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,wiu be approached from
a l(W-foot level by sloping.
• it s firm, solid; if gives every
promise of remaining true.
Gold Range explorations indi
cate.
Harold Easterday, secretary
treasurer of Gold Range, made
the original discovery. Earlier
diggings, a decade ago, suggested
the rock might produce — and
produce in quality and quantity, j
• Through many long, lean years, 1
he held onto the property. One
day, he told his family, it will
o be a major producer.
Then came a chance meeting
with Elam. The result: Incorpora-!
tion of Gold Range, preliminary
. • explorations — and the virtual !
certainty, now, the Comstock is
a producer.
However, Gold Range isn’t
going to ignore the old stockpiles
from familiar old producers in
the Ward territory. In the yes- I
teryear, miners discarded this j
. ore as “unprofitable.” But this
very ore, says Gold Range, has
. , potentials of $8 ore, according to
core drillings.
, One old mine acquired by |
Gold Range is the old B.&M. It
has some 300,000 tons on the
dumps Gold Range plans to pro-1
cess in its mill.
Another is the Utica. It has an
other 200,000 tons. A third is the |
New Market, with another 150,- '
000 tons.
There was a day when the $8
and $10 wasn’t a profitable mill
ing operation. But in recent j
years, even $2 and $3 ore has
• ‘ been milled — profitably — at
Cripple Creek. It can be at Ward,
too, says Gold Range.
Then there is the old silver
producer— the Blackjack, south i
" and east of Ward. Gold Range
has acquired this property,
through contract lease, also. It
won’t be placed into production
immediately—but it, too, is part
of Gold Range’s long - term
• plans.
“I have faith in Ward,” said
Elam. “Professor Worcester was
East End Cafe
will be open
on
New Year’s
Day :
Roast Goose or Turkey
Dinners
Demaris Murry — Irma Redd
right. There is more pay ore un
derground than has ever been
taken — and that’s going clear
back to 1859 when the first strike
was made.
“The indication is in every
test that has been made.
“This is a basic Colorado
wealth — something the whole
state can be proud of. To bring
this wealth into the reach of a
state is a challenge. We’ve start
ed the job; and we intend to see
n through—all the way.”
Late this talk Elam sent a
"sample" shipment of ore pro
duced near the surface of the
Comstock diggings to Cripple
Creek for a test milling run.
No care was taken to sift out
high-grade.
“That wouldn’t have been rep
resentative,” said Elam.
The result; Producing ore at
$56.10 a ton.
As the shaft deepens, the vein,
said Elam, becomes “firmer and
firmer.” It is remaining true at
east-west, he said. And it’s any
one’s guess on how rich the vein
may hold.
“But we wouldn’t follow it if
we didn’t have faith in it,” said
Elam.
Mr. Elam has done consider
able globe-trotting since Easter
day turned up the first grains of
gold stuff. He has spent consid
erable time and a lot of his own
money to trace owners and buy 1
up stocks of abandoned mines.
He closed down his realty bus
iness and began concentrating on
gold.
Elam’s' 12 - year relationship
with Easterday is a story in it
self. Easterday is a holdover from
the glorious mining days who felt
deep in his heart one day he’d
find it. He persisted. And Elam
paid a lot of the bills. It was a
half-and-half proposition if thev
struck; if they lost it was Elam’s
financial loss and Easterday’s
lost effort.
In December, 1953, the outlook
is bright. The Denver Post full
page picture-story December 17
suggested Ward may be on the
verge of a two billion dollar gold
boom.
Thus, Ward — which had a
population last winter of eight
people—may be on the threshold
of a new era, new riches. The
song of the miner again may
ring, in tumbling echoes, from
the valley. And new names may
be remembered with Calvin W.
Ward, who made the first strike
and for whom the mountain town
was named, and John Deardorf—
discoverer of the rich Columbia
vein a short time later.
And the Comstock — a virgin
name, now, in Ward history —
one day may be remembered
with the Ni Wot, Madeline, Dew
Drop, Columbia and California
—all famous mines of Ward’s
great heritage.
If the $572.60 assay speaks for
itself—it’s almost a certainty.
Regular Sale Being Held Today
• • The regular weekly sale will be held today (Thursday)
—the final sale of the year on the final day of the year.
This will be a relatively small sale, but we will have butcher
cattle, odd lots, and several nice packages of yearling steers
ar.d calves.
• Our hog sale will include around 250 head of feeder pigs.
• We wish everyone a happy new year and take this
opportunity to say a word in behalf of our sale one week
from today (January 7). We are lining up a good sale—
around 700 head of fresh cattle, including good offerings of
yearlings and calves.
O’Neill Livestock Market
PHONE 2
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“Dollar-for-Dollar You Can’t Beat the
1954 Pontiacs” . . . now on display
WM. KROTTER CO. of O’NEILL
Phone 53 1 West Douglas St.
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Prospector Harold Easierday (left) and Paul
S. Elam (right), president of Gold Range, examine
chunks of gold ore recently withdrawn from the
old Comstock mine at Ward, Colo. Elam is the
son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. Vic Halva of O'Neill.
Their gold strike in the ghost gold capital of
Colorado is a potential two billion dollar venture,
according to the Denver Post. One of the miners
holds a 40-pound chunk of ore.
This is a view of one of the Gold Hange
miners working at a depth of 75 feet in a Ward
mine. The gold content in the ore in early assays
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excells by far the ore that has made millions at
the Cripple Creek mines in Colorado and the
Homestake mines of the Black Hills.
SOUTH OF STUART NEWS
Mr. and Mrs. Louie Shald and
family and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
Olberding and family were Sun
day afternoon visitors at the Gil
bert Shald home.
Christmas day dinner guests at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene
Hoffman and family were Mr
i
and Mrs. Bill Hoffman and Mr.
and Mrs. Pete Schmaderer and
family of Oakland. Afternoon
callers were Celia Miksch, Mrs.
John Hytrek and Mr. and Mrs.
John Miksch.
Kenneth and Maureen Baten
horst entertained 25 young folks
to breakfast after midnight mass
at the Robert Batenhorst home.
Mr. and Mrs. James Hoffman
and family, Neva Johnson and
Mr. and Mrs. Myron Papke were
Christmas dinner guests at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Wall
inger and boys.
Several families enjoyed the
program and gift exchange giver
by Donald Fuller and pupils
Tuesday afternoon at district 58
O'NEILL LOCALS
William J. Froelich, jr., USN, |
and his cousin, Edward Camp
bell. returned Saturday after
having visited their parents, the I
William J. Froelich, sr., family 1
and the Edward Campbells. Bill
is stationed in Washington. D.C.,
and Edward is employed in
Green Bay, Wise.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Beach and
baby arrived Thursday, Decem
ber 24, to spend the Christmas
holidays with Mrs. Beach’s par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph John
son.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Way
man and family left Saturday
morning for their home in Boul
der, Colo., after spending sev
eral days visiting the Wayman
families and other relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. 01k of Pet
ersburg were Christmas day
guests of their son-in-law and
aaughter, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Stutz,
and family.
Bob Clinkscales went to Co- j
lumbus last Thursday to spend I
the Christmas holidays with nis
wife and children. Mr. Clink
scales is associated with Biglins
and his family has not moved
here yet.’
Phil Dempsey and his mother,
Mrs. Harry Dempsey, went to
Lakewood, Colo., Tuesday, De
cember 22, where they wiil re
main for two months.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Wells of
Butte, Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur,
Wells of Lincoln and Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Wells and Dennis were
Christmas dinner guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Bob Allendorfer.
Ainsworth
Monument Works
Ainsworth, Nebraska
Display on Highway 20
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