The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-11-22
SKULL VALLEY GOLD.
Daniel Dunno Says That the Region
is Simply Another Mercur.

a great deal of attention has been
turned towards Skull valley since the
publication in The Herald gave infor-
nation about the discoveries that have
been made out there. Parties are
expected from there within the next
few days and others are making ready
to so out. A number who have been
NARROWING some very keen regrets over
their failure to get into the Mercur
region before it was so largely loca-
ted, are determined that they will
have a. good location in the promising
new belt. Among the parties that nave
gone out is one equipped by SherliE
Hardy, who has received the most en-
couraging reports.
Daniel Dunno has recently been in
the valley in the interest Of some min
ing men who are anxious to take a
in the region. He says: ut
only needs man with a
few thousand dollars and grit
enough to take chances to make a
showing there I believe that develop
ment on one OF the claims that have
already been located will show that
we have a second Mercur there. 1t
looks like a continuation OF the same
gold belt.
Mining men here have known for
over fifteen years that there was gold
In Skull valley, just as they knew
there was gold in the Camp Floyd dis
trict But the problem was how to
make it profitable to mine the gold.
Because there was no system for do
ing so at that time there was no
work done. These same men watched
the development of the Mercur to see
If the experiment would be a sue
cess. Then they went over into Skull
valley. They have been going there
for a long time and believe they
have already located over LOCO acres
of claims.
The only question that is now to
ne determined is whether the ore
contains enough gold. SO far we have
had assays made from groupings and
some have given a trace, others 81,
others as high as $12. In some parts
OF the MeTcur mine the ore is not
worth more than 3. while in other
parts 1t has very high value The
option given to De Lamar is on the
basis OF $12 ore. So you see there Is
every reason to believe that the Skull
valley country will make a good show
ing in time
IF you took a wagon load of ore
from the partly developed mine at
Skull valley and about ten loads of
ore from various Mercur mines. and
mixed them UP, you wouldn't be able
10 tell which wagon came from Skull
valley, as the ore is so similar
One thing that makes me think this
Is a continuation of the great Mercur
zone is the fact that claims containing
precisely the same kind of ore have
been located on this side of Johnson's
pass. while new discoveries are being
made in the Camp Floyd district,
spreading it out in that direction
Skull valley is scarcely farther from
Salt Lake than is Mercur. 1t lies al
most directly west. while Mercur lies
southwest. The former is about Ga
miles away. the latter about 90. The
manner of reaching Skull valley takes
one over the Utah and Nevada to one
of the points in Tooele county and
then by team over Johnsons pass. 1t
was the design of the promoters of the
Deep Creek railroad to run through
SkuH valley on their way west and a
road could be built into the district
with comparatively little expense if
1t Should prove to be a great region.
The same dearth of water as that
experienced around Mercur will be ex-
perienced here. In the winter water
runs and the snow lies deep enough to
winter stock and sheep, but in the
summer it dries up with the exception
of few springs on the ranches How
ever by storing and piping this diff
Guilty could be overcome.