The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-29
STARTING A NEW TOWN.
Making arrangements to Build in
Lewiston Canyon.

Lewiston Canyon.
Mercur, Nov. 2S.-It would be strange
if. with all the work being done on the
western dip. and the apparent near
ness of the ore to the surface, if some
thing did not occur nearly every day.
The Omaha being temporarily shut
down, while the courts decide to whom
it belongs, and the fight about the
property being considered necessary,
gives a sort of vim to the working OF
claims. Property that is worth fighting
for is certainly worth keeping, hence
the property owners are seeing that no
flaw in the title occurs through their
neglect in working assessments. A few
months ago claim owners were Offering
an interest in their claims to anyone
who would work the assessments, but
today such an offer would not go a
begging very long.
There is a great deal of inquiry for
desirable properties, and strange TO
say the inquiries come mostly from
eastern parties Desirable properties
are held by Omaha people, by st. Louis
companies, Pittsburg, Boston and New
York; and stock in the different claims
are held by hundreds of people in Hi
nois. Michigan and other states, while
mining men in our own state go to
places in search for investments. 1t is
probable that this is on the principle
that prophets are without honor in
their own country. In no other state
would such a discovery have been made
as the recent strike on the west dip
with as little notice taken of it. Mer-
cur has always been conservative, and
before saying much the boys want to
know just what they have. Every day
ic h1 1n cyro tod
reports fall short of the truth in rela-
ton to the matter
Some enterprising parties are getting
things ready to corner the real estate
at the mouth of Lewiston canyon and
divide it up into building lots. They
reason that the recent strikes will. in
time, cause the building of a city at
that point. and as it would be a much
more desirable location for living than
in Mercur, men who were at work as
far as half way to Mercur would prefer
to live at the mouth of the canyon.
Many arguments are advanced in favor
of the plan, two of the best being the
ease with which water can be OBJ
tanned, and the climate.
The strike on the Daisy seems to be
second to none in Importance. The
property consists of six claims and
joins the Omaha on the south. After
y
work at a place where the vein out
crops, and next day he was working in
pay ore. The vein extends through the
full length of the property which is $500
feet long and the workings are now in
about seven feet of pay ore, which
averages about $3.50 in gold to the ton.
The improvements commenced al La
Cigale are quite extensive. The shaft
is being well timbered; a shaft house
iC hrTil in xrlai n will 6r,
in operation before long; a large, COM
modious bunk house. a blacksmith
shop, etc. are among the outside i'm
provements in progress. The work in
the mine is going on with three shifts
and not only is the ore body growing
larger, but values are also increasing.
The Mercur Mammoth, which changed
hands this week. will put a force of
men at developing. A drift will be
run on the outcroppings to see what
the vain will develop. The property
consists of six claims. and lies immedi-
ately west of the Gold Dust. It is now
the property of Frank Knox, James
Cunningham, j. f. Edwards and Gus
Holmes. Fair values have been OBJ
tanned, although only location work
has been done.
The Utica lies west of the Mercur
Mammoth and is very promising
property. There are nine claims in
the group and both the silver and the
gold vein are prominent. Some thous-
ands of dollars have been spent in
prospecting this ground, and values
have been obtained in various places.
1t is the intention of the company to
begin their work soon and continue
for the winter, when it is hoped there
viii be a good showing of pay ore.
Manager Quealey of the Wonder was
in town this week, and although the
delay in striking the ore on that prop
erty seems to be rather discouraging.
the strike made by the Hecla confirms
the opinion that it is only a question
of sinking, and the company is able to
do that. While ore has not been
reached the indications are that it is
not a great ways off.
The report that free gold has been
discovered in the western dip cannot be
verified at present, but many of the
miners are ready to believe that such
a discovery is possible. Some time ago
a piece of rock was picked up on the
Geyser property in which the gold was
plainly visible. and this was on ex-
hibitiOn at the Geyser office for some
time, but no further indications of free
gold was discovered. 1t has been
claimed by some that free gold would
be discovered on Lewiston peak, and
some search has been made but I'M
successfully. In case these surmises
We're correct, there would be nothing
strange if some of the gold should be
washed to the western foothills where
the Omaha is located.
G. W. Clays. who purchased the
Markham group near the Cedar Hills
claims. and a controlling interest in the
Alta group near the Omaha, returned
to his home in Pittsburg with the in
tention of organizing a company to
work the claims. 1t is reported that
he has been successful and will return