The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-14

OTdIeu Dy the testimony or many VINO
have visited this wonderful region.
Mr.. Brim went as far west as east
ern Nevada, and in his travels passed
through Dugway district, which. he
says. is a marvel in it's wealth of min
eral deposits The principal properties
in Dugway are owned by three or four
parties, among whom are Henry Otter
lie, Remington, Johnson & Co., Jack
Delaney and the Angus M. Cannon
company. The Ditterlie cain shows
an outcrop about a. hundred feet wide
on the surface, the formation being a
lime and qual-tzite contact, while the
ore ayera ges about 80 per cent lead,
Is ounces silly er and 20 per cent iron to
the ton; being a fine fiuxing ore, but
too low grade to ship by wagon. On
the Delaney claims there is also large
outcrop, ranging from ten to fifteen
feet in width, while the Cannon prop
critics show up fine ore bodies
The once noted Buckhorn mine-Sam
Gilson'S diScoveqy-South of Ditterlie'S
locations. is ON a. gold and silver belt.
This belt is half a mile wide and two
miles long, with the Buckhorn on the
southern end of the zone. The long
est tunnel on this zone or belt was run
by Christian & Co. 1t is 500 feet in
length and shows two and one-half
feet of ore that runs as high as 500
ounces in silver and SO in gold to the
ton. Mr. Christian has 100 tons of ore
on the dump, while other Claims on
the lode are fully as promising.
CLIFTON DISTRICT.
Mr.. Brim approached the Clifton dis
trict near its southern end, which is
in the Midas country. The Midas mine,
he says, shows vein of from two to
four feet in width that carries from
~, TO fhoA 6O1d fhnrn
is a, large tonnage of this mineral on
the dump. The Midas vein is very
regular and can be traced on the sur
face for 500 feet. Several fifty-foot
shafts have been sunk ON the ledge,
all of which are in pay ore-that is,
ore that would pay with railroad Ia
cilities or with a good mill near by:
This mine, it is stated, has been sofa
to a Mr. Devons ct AL, and 1t is re-
ported that the purchasers are now
putting in a reduction plant LOT the
treatment of the ore.
Robinson, Jones & Dunbar own a flne
group of three claims southwest OF the
Midas. on which fine bodies OF copper
and gold ores have been uncovered,
some of the gold ore showing the yell
low metal through and through it. =.
In the center of Clifton district is
the Widow lode. This has been de-
veloped by a thi1'ty-ive foot shaft,
which shows UP a strong and we'll de-
fined vein of gold ore, samples from
the same often being lousy with the
precious metal in its native state. The
district is ridged with great outcrops
of mineral. carrying gold and silver
and there are many promising CLAIMS
scattered all over it.
At Gold Hill, in Clifton district, the
mines and mills have been shut down
pending a sale.
THE GREAT ACCIDENT MINE.
On Dutch mountain, also in Clifton
district. are some OF the most prom
ising properties to be found in the
west. Dutch mountain is the nome
of the great Accident mine, owned by
NJ. R. Evans and others of this city.
The Accident mine presents the won
derful sight of ledge that is exposed
for more than 250 feet, that crops above
the surface for forty feet, and that Is
forty feet wide on the top. The eStl-
mated value oG the ore in sight On the
Accident is 100000, calculating its
worth at $50 a ton. This is by actual
measurement. The mineral is silver
and gold, and through this great mass
there are streaks of ore that runs
very high in value. This is fine mill
ing proposition, and some day VIII
make its owners rich.
The Uncle Sam, in the same district,
shows up a strong vein of lead ore,
while the Stewart has a. large body
of good milling ore, besides which there
are numerous other deposits of merit to
be found in the district.
In Kinsley dis, ~ict, EAko county, Ne
vada, thirty miles from Deep Creek,
Mr.. Brim says that some of the rich
est ore in the west is to be found. The
Morning Star mine, for instance, has
produced several thousand tons of ore
that assays from 100 to $50 ounces in
silver to the ton and 40 to so per cent
lead. while there are thousands of tons
OF 80 to 40-ounce ore on the dump that
can only be handed when milling or
railroad facilities are secured.
There are other valuable properties
in the district, the principal ones being
owned by Dunyon, Chisholm, Kendall
and Bradley.
While absent Mr.. Brim made from
five to ten locations in each district he
examined, and he states that Salt LAX
ers are not aware of the great mine
raj wealth of the Deep Creek country,
which is too rich to remain much
LONGER. vyifh0jIf a railroad