The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-03-22
THE LAND OF RICHES
Deputy Surveyor Swindler Rec
turns From Deep Creek.
WENT TO sCOFF. BUT DID NOT
More Mineral Than Ever Seen Before-It
Is Not Land for the Poor
PrOspector.

+. T. Swindler, United States deputy
surveyor, has just returned from trip to
the great Deep Creek region, where he has
been to make certain surveys OF claims in
litigation. Mr.. Swindler says: "You
newspaper people have never got the right
idea OF the Deep Greek country yet. 1t is
simply wondrously rich land, where by
and by many an immense fortune viii be
made.
Now, look at these specimens" said Mr.
Swindler. 81 got them during my trip,
and while l was dubious before over state
ments made me, when saw these globules
OF silver come pouring out was convinced.
This ore will run about 400 ounces to the
ton, but that is not marker to what the
Utah mine runs, 1900 ounces to the ton.
The Utah mine, by the way, will astonish
the whole country when its owners get
ready to make known what they are doing
| wish 1t was so that l could tell you what
saw IN the Utah, but they do not desire to
have 1t generally knownn
"How is the Utah situated?"
st Is about eighteen miles south of Iba-
pah, and just two days before 1 reached
there an old Mexican sheep herder discov-
cred what is NOW called the New Creede
He made hole near boulder of galena
and explored the vein, and sold out for
what to him was fortune
u regret that l cannot go into details
about this country, but my trip was hur-
ried one, and could collect no figures, but
l can say this much, that there is mineral
IN every one OF the limestone hills that
form the country"
''How does the country lie?'
"Ihe hills rise up out of a desert, and
from Lake Bonneville, rugged and footy,
just as they are in the Great Salt Lake. and
the water line is continuous clear through
the Dugway section. l met great many
people going in as l came back. The roads
are rough, and the prospectors have to haul
their water fifteen miles to the Utah mine,
and eighteen miles to Dugway. 1t is not a
poor mans prospecting ground at all. The
prospector wants good outfit and good
team.
II never saw SO much rich mineral float
in my life as l saw in the Spring Creek
district. do not hesitate to say that The
mineral deposit in that country is the
richest l have ever seen in eighteen years
OF experience. | went there to scoff, re-
NAMED to pray"
"Has any gold been discovered"
"Around Gold Hill, to the north of
Ibrpah, in the Clifton district, there has
been number of free gold discoveries. OF
course everything is more or less vague at
present, as there have been no develop
ments outside of Dugway and Fish
Springs"
''HOw about the accessibility of the
countrym
ut Is easy, and water is also easily OBJ
tanned by artesian wells.n
What about getting railroad tnere?'
81 saw Murray's surveyors at Stockton
last Monday, working like beavers Build
ing the road there is the easiest of PROPOSE
lions 1t is nearly all desert work, with
TO passes to amount to anything. The
Johnston and Deep Greek passes are quite
low, running through foot hills. l will say
this, that the road that goes in will develop
country that will produce wealth beyond
all dreams, having q radius of about
seventyhVe miles teeming with ores.
Moreover it will be feeder to Salt Lake
that will simply be marvellous 1 don't
know what is the matter with our rich
men here, but they are throwing away
the greatest opportunity Salt Lake has
ever had"