The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-12-26
NEWS FROM THE PARK.
Interesting Items From the Columns
of the Patriot.

The stockholders of the Rescue gold
mine in Elko county, Nevada, held
their first meeting last Saturday even
ing at Salt Lake. All the stock was
represented in person or by proxy The
meeting was for the purpose of elect
ing board of five directors. The fol-
lowing compose the board: James d.
Murdoch, John Quinn, John Diem, John
Paradise and John Henry Deming, all
OF Park City. AS soon as certain pre-
liminaries are transacted the directors
will meet and elect officers. The lat
est reports from the property have
sent the hopes and anticipations OF the
fortunate stockholders up in G. The
Patriot hopes that they'll never get
down to 3 flat
The Boulder Basin is the name of a
group of Is claims owned by DR.. G. D.
Gregor, Smith Ehrenger, e. c. Will
hanson and William j. Wilson, in the
Snake Creek mining district, distant
about four miles from Park City and
southwest of the much-talked-of and
from which much is expected, Valeo
mot Vallejo) mine. The owners of the
property have now under considera-
ton plan to stock and develop the
property on an extensive scale. In
the assessment work done on every
claim of the group for the past nine
years, ore that assayed high in COP
Fer, gold. silver and lead has been
taken out. The company has on the
property a good living house, whim
house and a double compartment shaft
about 60 feet deep. w. J. Wilson, with
a small force of men, is sinking the
shaft at present, and expects to catch
the contact at depth of about 200
feet. Discussing the merits of this
r.,-%x Il
Of the pioneer prospectorS of this
camp said: THE Snake Creek mining
district Will be the salvation of Park
City, because it is rich in gold and
copper. The copper belt" said he, be
gins at point few hundred yards
northeast of the Valeo and extends
in southwesterly direction for eight
or nine miles. You can trace the cop
per continuously on the surface for
that distance. No attention has been
given TO that territory because those
who have good properties in the camp
have been content to let well enough
alone, and some of them have been
induced by fiattering reports of other
camps to make investments which
would have been better had they been
made in the Snake Creek copper belt.
This district will bear the closest inves-
tigation.
we will add that it was surveyed this
year b. c. p Brooks of Salt Lake.
who complimented Smith Enrenger, the
gentleman who staked it out, by say
ing that it is the best and most ac-
curately staked-out group of claims he
had ever before surveyed. w. J. Will
son, the superintendent now sinking
the shaft, has a full quota of supplies
for prosecuting the work until early
rarir a hi n limo sc-< =.
believed that we shall be able TO state
that large and valuable body of gold
and copper ore has been exposed
William c. Wallace, Reece Williams
and j. H. Deming have done assess
ment work as required by law in d
group Of six claims which they own
jointly in the Blue Ledge district. The
property is within the gold and copper
belt and is considered good.
The Silver King bows ate their first
meal in their 9alatial new boarding
house Tuesday evening, December %.
1t was a memorable event in the his
tory of the great mine. The new board
ing house is admitted by all travelled
mining men who have inspected it, to
be the finest on the Pacific slope. On
the occasion of the first meal there was
on each table little brown jug, and
every man had carte blanche to help
that no one took more than he ought
to have done and preserve his equilib-
rum. The bows Will be given a royal
Christmas spread tomorrow.
The writer learned this week from a
Kamas gentleman that there is consid-
cradle prospecting being done in the
territory adjacent to the forks of the
Weber. Some parties who recently To-
Gated some claims half mile south of
j. G. Lambert's saw MILL on the north
fork of the Weber, encountered a nice |
pocket OF ore that assayed 81 per cent |
lead and a few ounces of silver He |
thinks that it is an excellent country
for prospectors.
The present status of the Valeo is
about as follows: The new tunnel is |
in 225 feet. 1t is thought that the ore |
body encountered in the old tunnel will |
be encountered in the new tunnel about |
300 feet. One load of ore is being de- |
Iivered at the sampler daily