The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-12-17
IN RAILWAY CIRCLES.
H, c. BURNETT TALKS ABOUT SOME
VERY INTERESTING MATTERS.
y. J. Flynn, Chairman of the Colo
rndo-Utah Association in Town
His Visit Observation-Disclosures in
CcIorado-RaiIsyay Notes.

H. Q. (Doc.) Burnett, general agen
of the passenger department of til,
Santa Fe road, returned yesterday from
enc Of his periodical trips TO Denver
loaded up with interesting information
about everything in general and gsea
many things in particular While talk
ing to circle of railroad men, he said
The people of the Cripple Creel
Mining district Will have a great time
today in celebration of the opening OF
the Midland Terminal. The road has
been running already a day or two
but the formal opening is today. Sew.
efai Of the big railway men connected
with the Santa Fe went down there
and lent their countenance TO all the
Publication
The first train went through the
Busk-lvanhoe tunnel on "Wednesday
night 1t was the original intention
that the opening should be tomorrow
but as everything was ready on We'd
aesday night. orders were given that
the trains should be run through The
train / came on, however, did not go
through the tunnel. as there was a
freight or ahead. but was hauled over
the summit. All tie trains are now
running through regularly. There will
be little change of time on account of
the tunnel. but ag reat deal of power
viii be saved.
The mines out at Cripple Creek,
IN Colorado. are attracting a great
deal Of attention nowadays in the min
ing circles of that state. They are
rich and many people are looking TO
them to bring back some of the lost
prosperity.
You would be surprised at the talk
10 be heard in Denver regarding. the
mines IN the Camp Floyd district in
this territory. All over in the company
ol the mining men I heard something
ahout them In the opening of spring
there viii be a rush that will surprise
Inc people Of this region and the 70
Elon around Mercur will grow with
astonishing rapidity. The men who
VIII come viii be men of money, too.
IheY look TO see the building up OF a
great region and are ready TO place
capital in it. The little time 7 vas
there ] found that there are three pros
pectlng parties to be started out hv
men OF capital 10 explore the Camp
fIoNd region, and heard rumors of
otnef movements of a similar nature
1t SCENE to me that there is some
lhlng peculiar in the way Leadville is
coming to the front in a new wav.
Ever since the discovery of her great
mines and the development of the rich
silver region. that camp has been
known as the greatest silver producing
region in the world and very little has
been thought of it in the consideration
ot me gold supply. But just after the
DIG slump in silver when the mines
producing the white metal were com
PEELED TO close down. some prospectors
negan To hunt for gold. They went
up above the Breeze mine. near Lead
vile, which is an iron producer run
nlnE ABOUT per cent. lead, and struck
a vein Of the yellow metal that was
enormously rich. This claim was called
the Little Johnny. 1t has been opened
up and now the owners are taking out
ere 70 the value of $1,000 every day:
ihlnk Of $l50.000 a month for d. minei
Now prospectors are securing the coun-
try and it is claimed that they have
found that there is a gold belt in that
region two miles long and running
very high in Values
Mr. Burnett has d piece of the gold
bearing rock from the Little johnny
ana the free metal can be seen all over
T. The property is undoubtedly very
fine.