The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-12-24

longs the credit of discovering the great
Utah. He and Parr had been out IN the
December cold for about three weeks;
their provisions were nearly exhausted,
and their hopes of striking it rich were
down to bed rock. They concluded to
turn back VanAlstine said to Parr:
''You drive the team to Fish Springs,
and will go across the mountain and
see if can't strike something" When
near the top of the mountain, on a spur
that dipped to the west he discovered what
looked like Groupings. He struck his
pick in and uncovered what proved in
very short time the most remarkable
mine that had ever been discoyered-re-
markable for the fact that it runs the
highest in lead and silver of any mine in
the west; never before has ore carrying
so much silver carried so high percent
age of lead. The ledge is 8 feet wide,
averaging 300 ounces in silver and 30 per
cent. lead. 1t has shipped in the last
two years S201 AS. 81 worth of ore. They
have had to haul the ore seventy-slX
miles across the desert to the railroad.
There is now 81 200, GOO in sight. The
company is incorporated and almost all
the stock is owned by Van Alstine, Girls
mon Bros. Pete Read and NJ. Weller.
Besides the Utah, they have about twenty
claims, some of which are destined to be-
The Emma is great mine. tits owned
by Chapman & Co. They have shipped
abrut 100000 worth of ore, and now
have plenty in sight.
Morehouse & Sons have a number of
fine claims.
Brim Bros. have some good property.
The Thomas Bros. have some fine
property-about ten claims in all.
Oscar Stewart has what will yet make
him rich man.
Theodore Burnester has a few claims
which he thinks he will go to the World s
fair on.
Charles Parr has some fine claims.
ground in Fish Springs district who class
themselves among the prospective mil
hOnaires
Taken all in all, this is very high
grade camp. 1t is about one hundred and
twenty-five miles from Salt Lake city,
and four miles from the old stage road.
WILLOW SPRINGS.
Most of the mines at Willow Springs
were discovered twenty years ago. The
ores are low grade, and as consequence
very little work has been done. Last
winter there was quite little excitement
i'll this camp, as there had been some
very valuable ore struck high up on the
mountain.
L. c. Karrick has shaft down 100 feet,
with q small vein cf very rich ore in the
| bottom.
FAIR, Trip & Son, George Schen and
the Watson brothers of the Sixth ward
are among the mine owners in this dis
/ trict.
TROUT CREEK
/ is of recent discovery. The ores here all
contain gold. Charles Decker & Sons
have some fine claims in Granite canyon.
The Brim brothers also have some fine
claims in this camp.
/ Charles Parker is the owner of some
good claims. Placer gold has been dis
covered lately. The camp is about twenty.
five miles from Willow Springs.
PLEASANT VALLEY
While there has not been much work
done here, there is a good showing and
prospect of making a big camp some day.
Among the mine owners here are Maloney,
Judge Woolcott, William Dooley, John
/ Sprague, A. ID. Young and a host of
others. All are hopeful. Pleasant
Valley is about twenty-five miles south of
/ Deep Creek.
In this district is situated the Well
Annie mine, which so far outshines all
the other properties in the district. 1t
! has about five foot of vein The company,
]
is doing great work piling up ore pre-
paratory to the building of mill. They
have put in Burley drills, good houses,
and in fact the whole plant looks as
though the owners had come to stay
The quartz is white and hard. and has
assayed as high as $40, 600 in gold to the
ton Great is the Annie To A. d.
Young is due the progress of this prop
erty; when he took it III charge il was
only a small hole in the ground with very
little vein in sight. There are many fine
properties in this district which will
come to the front in time. The Glencoe
is about thirty miles south of Deep Greek.
THE EAGLE
Joins the Glencoe on the south. The
Eagle is just in it's infancy, having been
of recent discovery. Harvey Hardy &
Co. are working some claims. They will
have to leave the ore on the dump until
the railroad is built.
WHITE CLOUD
is an old camp. This was discovered in
the palmy days of Nevada. Many of the
claims were patented and left. Last
year other miners went in and made new
discoveries, which gave the camp new
life. This will prove high grade camp.
The district is south of Deep Creek thirty
five miles.
MUNCY
was discovered by William Muncy, an
old telegraph operator, twenty five years
ago. 1t is situated in the Shell creek
mountains, south Of the Overland road
and about fifty miles from Deep Creek.
There are many mines and prospects in
this camp carrying silver, lead and cop
per- Large bodies of ore exist, and when
railroad shall have been built this will
be one of the camps. r. d. Young has
bee operating here for the last two years,
and still holds to the camp like young
lover to his girl.
DUCK CREEK
has large bodies OF almost solid lead.
William Dooley & Co. are working, and
propose to ship ores to Salt Lake city,