The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-12-25

porphry, and crops out for distance of 500 feet
under huge lime bluff, and seems to be pitch
ing into the hill toward the contact From
here there has been 500 tons of ore shipped to
Nord that assayed AZ per cent. lead and 81
ounces in silver, and there are over 800 tons on
the dump, with thousands of tons in sight in
the nine The mines here at Muncy, which 1
have attempted to briefly describe, are
owned by Messrs. Cameron, Noe and
Bassett, and Mr.. A D. Young, of
your city, has three years bond
on the same, together with all others owned by
the above-named gentlemen in this district.
Spring Valley extends twenty-five miles north
from here and forty-two miles south. 1t con-
tains large springs of the finest water to be
found in any country. The water bursts forth
from the mountains and has formed lake four
miles wide by several miles long Eagle and
Muncy districts can supply railway with 900
tons of ore per day within three months after
the last tie has been laid, and it is strange to
those who have seen the immense deposits of
ore here that a railway should be so long COM
ing.
On the south side of
THE KEARN RANGE
there are immense deposits OF ore carrying gold
silver and lead. The mother lode is owned by
VI
tons of ore in sight, carrying s. gold, % ounces
silver and 20 per cent. lead.
In Pleasant valley, where Eagle district is
located, is Dooly. White s. companys ranch on
which is found abundance Of grass and springs.
There is considerable timber in the adjacent
mountains.
In Antelope and Hunter districts, mills and
mines are lying Idle only because the ore can
not be gotten to market at reasonable cost,
and the same may be said of Piedmont, which
has been quite heavy producer.
Then there is Robinson Furber, Eagle, Sac
ramento, Silver Cloud, Indian Springs, Cherry
Creek, Shell Creek, Granite Duck Creek
and other districts which will do to tie to.
THE RAILWAY Project
Under the terms of the franchise for right
of way through the City for a road to Deep
creek work on construction must be commenced
within thirty days from date Col. Murray is
confident he will build the road, and says he
will have no difficulty in complying with the
terms of the contract.
On the other hand there is good reason to
believe that both the Union Pacific and Rio
Grande Western are looking towards the Deep
Creek country. So at present writing there is
fair prospect of very pretty race for the
tonnage of that great and rich country. That
one out OF Jne Unree ROADS Will be Dullt during
the coming year, there would appear TO be no
reason to doubt
And this is all that is needed to convert the
present quiet camps and districts of Deep Creek
into fourishing mining towns and villages
to increase the ore tonnage of Utah from p to
80 per cent. OF course it is not TO be expected
that any road entering the Deep Creek country
will reach all the districts. 1t will 90 much
closer TO some than to others; but 1t will re-
duce the wagon haul in all cases to minimum,
and make profitable ores that are now abso-
luteiy worthless, while representing many mil
lions in value. With all that has been done.
the Deep Creek country has been little more
than scratched, The real amount of wealth
stored there is yet to be learned. That
a Deep Creek railway will pay from
the first one hundred miles there
is no doubt, and all will be glad
when the hopes of the hardy miners and others
interested in the Deep Creek country are real
lied. The building of the railway and the
opening up of this rich section of the territory
means much Tor Utah, but it means more for
! Salt Lake and Salt Lakers.