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Fought Coyotes and Found Mine Hero of Nevada Tells Tale
In a San Francisco interview Jack Yore, famed Nevada miner and former associate of the four famous prospectors, recounts sleeping through coyotes, finding the Rip Van Winkle mine after a night of hunger, and selling it for about 100000 dollars. He claims ore assays of 2300 ounces to the ton and notes subsequent success across several mines in the Lone Mountain district.
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Jack Yore
Happy Jack" Yore
Lone Mountain District
Nevada
Fair
Flood
Mackay and O'Brien
St. Francis
Rip van Winkle
Yore
San Francisco
James Doughty
Nevada Mountains
Org
Catlin
Lone Mountain