Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-12-28
IN WILLOW CREEK.


| what ia BEING Bono In tho MI. rs
There-Groat Activity.
Saturdays Boise Statesman contains
o very interesting correspondence from
Pearl, Ida, anent the mines of the
willow Creek district. 1t says there
lie great deal of activity In the dis
tfict and great rush TO complete the
annual assessment work OH last years
locations. a part OF the correspond.
ence is as follows:
Among the mines having the great
est amouut OF development work done,
those belonging TO the Dewey people
come first. This company purchased
Levan's group Of mines in November
anu ie at present driving tunnel 4tX
6t, feet In the clear, timbered in
substantial manner, on the Esther
claim, situated at the Levau mil.
The tunnel 10 worked by three eight
hour ehiits. ii will be driven $50 feet
anu Will cut the Shamrock, Iron Dol
lar and Esther le1ges. AS soon as the
irsl ledge is cut, drifting and STOPPING
out OF ore Will be begun. This tunnel
VIII cui those lodges at such depth that
1t VIII prove the camp n SUCCESS or fail.
ure. The three lodges named have all
proven to be of great value whenever
opened up. From the Shamrock, as
well as from the other Two lodges, ship.
ments have been made by Levan to
smelters netting 500 per ton. In the
old workings IN all three properties
thoIe are large quantities OF high grade
ore.
Another claim In this group lie the
Judas, which IL considered by great
many experts the bonanza of the
camp. On this claim NJ. Dewey is
making u double compartment ah att
fxl2 Ia the clear ana sinking on a
5.foot ledge. The shipments on this
Ledge sho W higher grade OF ore than
the returns on the others. Mr.. Dewey
has great iaith in the district and is
not spariDg dollar to make the prop.
critics large producers. A steam hoist
on the Judas is being put in shape for
immediate use and he IL working at
present writing rs men. Tho writer
was Informed by one OF the company
that they fully expected to employ 100
men by spring.
The Iron Dollar, owned by Dewey,
Emerson And Teeters, is working
bull force OF men and ia shipping ore.
The ore Is giving the owners u nice
profit and by spring this property will
be classed among the large producers
OF the State.
THE cnECKMATE.
The Checkmate mine encountered
water In the lower levels al d the own.
CTS are erecting q steam hoist to con.
tinue sinking. This property Is 30
well known that 1t has caused the dis
trict 10 advance rapidly. The ship
ments Of one and two carloads OF ore
monthly since last summer has been
the best advertisement for the gold
belt. Several carloads Melted over |
s., 900 per car. There 10 large amount
OF ore In sight and as soon as the steam
hoist 10 oompleteo and sinking begun
the monthly shipments will be re-
sumen. |
THE EMMETT NINE,
The Emmett mine Is still in the |
lenu as the high grade producer OF the |
district. The owners, Blaine, Demp- |
sey and Balm, have built boarding |
house, ore house anu hOisting works |
and are loading ore daily for shipment |
10 Denver. This mine is truly DO. |
nsuzs. Assays on the ledge in vsri.
Gus places run In the thousands. The |
writer panned several pans OF this ore
and can truthiully say such large
quantities OF gold were shown IN the |
pan as TO excite even an old timer. |
The ledge in places carries as much as
four feet OF orc assaying as high as
81, 200 in gold and trace OF silver.
The owners have drifted about forty |
feet and the GRO body 10 still shown
large and rich.