The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-26

AT The present time, when the air is
so full of railroad talk, the Deep
Creek country is receiving great deal
of attention from mining men, and
those who are in a position to know
whereof they speak, are free to say
that with railroad facilities this region
would become one of The greatest ore
producing sections of the state
For years it has been known that
the Deep Creek country was rich in its
mineral deposits, and while a limited
amount of high grade ore has been
shipped from there, its exhaustless
treasure vaults have remained practi-
cadly untouched On account of a lack
of railroad and transportation facilities.
Still, large amount of work has
been done in the Deep Greek country
and vast bodies of ore, generally of
high grade, have been uncovered and
developed, which Now only awaits the
quickening influences of cheap trans
portation to help swell the volume of
trade and commerce in this country
Deep Crsek, so The Herald is relia-
bly, Informed, is virtually a poor mans
camp, inaSmuch as expensive develop
ment work is not required before ore
shipments can be made. AS matter
Of fact, the ore exists near or at the
surface, and two men, with a railroad
near at hand. could make wages right
along in mining at the grass roots, with
a certainty, at most, that with depth
they would open up bonanza. and in
one district alone-Clifton-it is believ-
ed that hundred producers would be
opened up within a month after the
shrill whistle of the locomotive had
been heard in the land. while an equal
number of paying and shipping propo-
sitions would be heard from IN every
district through which the railroad
would pass.
As an instance Of what would be
done upon the advent Of a railToadhinto
the Deep Creek country, The Herald is
informed that in the Accident mine.
located in Dutch mountain, in Clifton
district, there are $4,000 tons of ore
blocked out that will average sixty
ounces in silver to the ton. This, with
railroad facilities. would be considered
as high-grade ore; but as it is. being
unable to reach a market unless at d
ruinous expense, this magnificent body
of ore must remain untouched until it
can secure better and cheaper trans
portation The Accident ledge crops
ore body is all OF twenty feet wide,
ana can be traced on the surface for
800 feet. A tunnel, with frequent drifts
into the ledge. has been run by the
side of the ore body for a distance
of hundred feet, and the values as
given above were obtained from sam
pies of the lowest grade of mineral to
be found on the property.
The Calendar group of five patented
claims. located almost in the town of
Clifton, is another proposition that
would make a great showing with rail
road advantages. The mineral-bearing
lodges CT this group can be traced
through the entire length of each
claim, and on the surface the ore
bodies are from two 20 six feet in width.
In several instances there are two
parallel veins on these claims. which
are all mineral-bearing. During the
past few years the Calendar Mining
company has expended over $500 in
the development of this property, and
even now. with a railroad near, it
could begin regular shipments of ore
that from fifty surface assays show
an average of forty-five ounces in sill
Yer. q per cent lead and from So to
SO in gold to the ton, and it is stated
that the ore deposits on this property
are truly wonderful.
Among Salt Lakers who are inter
ested in the Deep Creek country. we
might mention NJ. r. Evans, who has
claims on Dutch mountain and in other
portions OF Clifton district and also
in other surrounding districts, in many
of which he has developed fine ore
bodies.
]. P. Gardner. the popular clothier,
is also interested in valuable proper
ties in Clifton and Dugway districts.
In Clifton he is an owner in the Maple
lode, in which forty-foot shaft has
uncovered a two and one-half foot body
of ore that assays a hundred ounces in
silver and SIS per cent lead to the
ten; while in the New Baltimore, an
other of his mining ventures, a
seventy-fcot shaft has disclosed from
eighteen to twenty inches of ore car
ryfng values of eighty-five ounces sill
yer and 45 per cent lead to the ton
in another claim, the Greenback. con-
siderable work has been done and
good ore bodies exposed. Mr.. Gardner
has already shipped several hundred
dollars worth of ore from these proper
ties by wagon, and he states that with
railroad facilities he could begin ore
shipments almost at a moments no.
tice. and that there were many other
properties in Clifton and Dugway dis
tricts that could do the same.
Further on We find Furber mining
UiSlflSt, Will It's great wealth. IN gold
and silver ores, which would soon turn
into line as a magnificent producer
with railroad advantages, while in
White Pine county, in eastern Nevada.
Duck creek. with millions in sight, is
flying its signal cf distress and Deck
oning for help in the way of cheap
transportation.
A few weeks ago !. F. Brim left for
Duck creek for the purpose of develop
ing group of claims in that locality
owned by himself and several well
known gentlemen. He has already
made one carload shipment of ore.
transporting it TO the Central Pacific
road by wagons, and under date of
March p he writes that, with a boy to
assist him. he is taking out from 1000
to 1000 pounds of ore daily from the
Frederick No. claim that will carry
so per cent lead to the ton, and that
he could work ten men on the property
taking out ore, if it could be marketed
10 advantage Mr.. Brim has stripped
st,a ledge on this claim for a distance