The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-28
SEVENTEEN MILES WEST.
Another Addition to Utah,s Numer-
Gus Gold Fields

The new gold discoveries in Utah of
late are coming to the front in such
rapid succession that it is becoming a
tax to the average man to keep t,acl,
of them u
with Mercur as a nucleus or start
ing point, the extension of the ore zone
is reaching out with wonderful rapiditv
IN all directions. and now it is almost
1oregone conclusion that Mercur ores
can be found almost everywhere within
radlus OF Nv enty-f1ve to fifty miles
from the mother camp
In the early history of Mercur it wa 8
considered that the Mercur HOLDINGS
covered all Of the ore of any yalue to
be found ir that district, and so sure
were the owners of the AIercur mine
that this opinion was correct that thew
failed to locate any claims around and
adjoining their property; since which
time, in order to enlarge their eroun
OF claims TO its present size, they have
been obliged to pay large sums for
properties that few years ago they
could have acquired by simply putting
up monuments, stakes and notices.
The progress of the camp since that
time has been simply marvellous.
Mines of great value have been opened
up on what was once considered as
barren ground, alno as prospecting and
development work progressed it was
found that at almost any place in the
district the Lodges carried values at
the surface. The Sunshine mine was
opened up five miles south of Mercur:
strong veins were found on the west
ern foot hills; stakes were set as far as
Fairfield and out into Cedar valley.
Skull valley was found to be mineral
bearing; fine looking rock was found
on the west shore of Utah lake and
Pelican Point; Peepstone district came
in for its share of public attention, and
last, but not least, discoveries have
been made of late in the foothills Just
west Of this CITY.
Not long ago e. McGarrick, NJ. Can't
Ion and George H. Leighton began
prospecting in the foothills west of this
city, and so we'll pleased were they
with the formation of the country and
the mineral showing made that they
decided to cast an anchor to the wind
ward" and get in on the ground floor
in the new camp; and so modest
were they that when they called out
enough" they had only located fifty
two claims
The surface showing in this new dis
trict is a most promising one, and Mr.
McGarrick, who was in the city yes
terday, informed The Herald scribe
that the lodges were strong and well
defined, and that a cross-cut of four
feet on the ore bodies gave an average
value of $3.50 in gold to the ton, while
picked samples went much higher The
ore is very similar to the Mercur and
Sunshine ores, and Mr.. McGarrick, who
is the foreman of the Sunshine mine,
says that it can be successfully treated
by the cyanide process; and, according
to his idea, the new district will event
ually develop into another Mercur
camp.
The locality in which these new dis
coveries have been made is seventeen
miles west of Salt Lake City 1t can
be reached by rail, almost, as the u.
& n. railroad runs direct across the
valley to the point of the mountain,
from which place three-quarters of an
hours walk will take the prospector
to the new gold fields.
It is believed that this district is
within the boundaries of West Noun
tain mining district, but a new camp
will doubtless be established there this
spring, one of the conveniences of
which will be the organization of a
new district and the possession of a