The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-14


wealth of ore, which is so great that no
one has ever made an attempt to esti-
mate it's value, has been as a closed
book to those who were interested
there or who have been tempted to
cast their lot with the always patient
prospectors of that region.
With its immense deposits of mineral
wealth the Deep Creek country has
been to the prospector and the miner
what the ocean is to the mariner, who,
on his dismantled craft, was obliged to
call out, Water water everywhere,
but not a drop to drink" So it is in
the Deep Creek country, for there the
miner, with ore galore at every hand,
is almost as poor as if there was not
an ounce of mineral to be found with
in hundred miles of his tunnel or
shaft.
This we all know to be true, and it
has always been held that the only
redemption for this country was the
building of a railroad, and an effort in
this direction has been made time and
time again until it would seem that all
that was necessary now to become the
project of constructing a line of road
into this marvelously rich mineral
country
In this age of progress, however, it
will never do 10 rely upon one person
or one plan for the carrying out of any
enterprise or the contamination of any
project. Deep Creek needs a railroad,
and needs it badly: but it is now safe
to say that the future of this country
is not dependent on the building of
such a line, as a scheme has been orig
mated of late that will make certain
portions of the Deep Creek region 10
blossom as the rose, so to speak, and
this can be accomplished if the iron
horse never races through that country
on his track of steel.
The Herald is reliably informed that
during the past few months surveys
have been made in Clifton district for
a pipe line which is to obtain its sup
ply of water from the headwaters of
Deep creek This line will be 80 miles
in length, and as the preliminary and
working surveys have been made and
the ground staked out, there is every
reason to believe that the line will be
in working order by the middle of next
summer, if not sooner; and it is safe
to say that with the contamination of
this enterprise large number of
mines viii be opened in the district,
ter its completion there Will be at least
a half dozen mills in active operation
within the environments of the camp,
and that FRI m this now unproductive
country there will then flow a contin-
ucus stream Of wealth.
The Herald is glad that it is able to
state that the foregoing is no fairy
tale, as there is no question of doubt
but that this line viii be built during
the coming season, as the enterprise is
backed by meE who have the means
TO fully carry out the scheme and who
have property interests there which
must remain unremuneratiVe unless the
railroad is built into that region or
some method is employed to furnish
the mine-owners Of the district with
some cheap power for the reduction of
their ores; and this will be furnished
by the pipe line, which, besides fur
nishing water supply for milling pur-
poses, will also be utilized for its mo-
tive power, and 1t is estimated that
the capacity of the line will be at least
5.000-h power; and it is believed
that with a plant of this character in
the district that every mine-owner will
be able to treat his ores at home, and
that instead of hauling the output of
his mines to this city for market, that
all that he will need to do will be to
make his consignments to the custom
mill in the vicinity of his mine, the
product of which he can bring to this
city in the saddle-bags of his burro, if
need be.
This pipe line, when completed, viii
be to Clifton mining district what the
Gold Belt Water company has been to
Mercur and Sunshine; or what the
Lake Tahoe water system has been to
the great mines of the ComStock lode:
and ii is safe TO say that when this
enterprise is carried to a successful
fruition, that Clifton mining district,
at least, wiz experience such boom
as it has never had before.
Already there IS considerable activity
in Clifton district, and The Herald is
reliably informed that within the past
few days the Kafffr group in that
camp, owned by S. K. Kinney and Will
lam w. Carman has been leased for a
certain period to Duncan McVichie of
Ironton, Wis. who is to begin work at
once in the development of the prop
erty and 70 continue the same all of
this and next year, at least.
The Kaffir is one of the most prom
Using properties to be found in the