The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-07-04

From all accounts the New Line dis
trict in the western portion of Iron
county promises to develop into one
of the richest gold and silver camps
in the state, and from the way invest
ors and capitalists are going in there
it cannot be long before a large num-
Der of great producers will come to the
front IN this camp as shippers Of the
precious metals.
Among the principal mines now in
the Line district, the Burro is al
ready making a record as a producer.
This property is owned by Ed Peak
and Dan Buker, who not long ago
made a shipment Of 2OO-ounce ore that
Melted them SIS to the ton. On the
surface the Burro showed but three
inches Of this rich ore, but at a depth
Of thirty-five feet the vein carrying
this high-grade mineral widened out
20 six fees of solid ore, and the in
dications are that this mine will
eventually equal any producer in the
state in the value and size of its out
put The owners of this valuab BILE
ground have another shipment of rich
ore en- route to this city, and it is
their intention to thoroughly and
Systematically develop this promising
property.
Adjoining the Burro there is another
valuable claim that has recently been
purchased by W. S. Godbe of Bullion
vile, New.
The Creole. a gold proposition, is
another Of the coming bonanzas of
this new camp. The Creole is a very
recent discovery, but indications so
far go to show that its lucky locators
will soon make barrels Of money. This
ground is owned by j. McBurney, J. H.
Mcdonald and Nj. Millett of Cedar
City, who have now taken up their
residence in Line City, the new town
lately laid off near the mines. These
gentlemen have been taking out high
values in gold from their quartz ledge,
which they believed carried all the
mineral to be found in the ledge. but a
few days ago, in cutting through the
quartz. they ran into q body Of spar
and porphyry from eighteen inches to
two feet in width. which averages
from s14o to $165 in gold to the ton,
and which horns beautifully; and the
deposit seems inexhaustible.
McBurney and Mcdonald are per-
sonal friends Of the writer and it is
with pleasure that he is enabled TO
note the fact that they have struck
it rich" McBurneY was in the hard
ware business in Cedar before he laid
the foundation for future wealth in
Lire district. while Mcdonald con-
Quoted a drug store in the same place
and sold ice cream and soda water,
with an occasional Reg of Dixie dur
ing May day festivities and Fourth of
July celebrations. They are both en-
ergetic and entsrprising young men.
who believed that there was money in
mining. and their leanings in this
direction Will eventually make them
rich.
One of the most important discover
les in the district, however, was made
last week by tenderfoot, who located
a ledge Of free milling quartz that is
seven feet wide on the surface. that
can be walked on for over thousand
feet, and that assays from SIS 10 s1S
in gold 20 the ton at the grass roots.
This ledge had been walked over a hun
dred times at least. by prospectors,
but it was left to the uninitiated to
demonstrate its value. This find ere
ated great excitement in the camp.
and now prospecting is at a fever
heat.
The Ophir mine. owned by Lynch.
Sullivan and Clark, is now showing up
two feet and a half of ore that aver
ages $50 ounces silver and S13 in gold
to the ton. besides six or seven feet of
fine milling ore. Another shipment
OF Ophir ore will soon reach this city
This mine has paid all expenses so
far in sinking only, as no stopping has
been done, and it is now estimated
that ii shows more ore in sight than
can be taken out in a year.
The Line district is destined to make
4 great name for itself in mining cir
cles. 1t is the youngest camp in the
state, but it is an exceedingly healthy
oil