The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-12-28
WILLOW CREEK DISTRICT.
The Camp in Highly Prosperous
Condition.

Condition.
A correspondent of the Boise. Ida,
Statesman writes from Pearl as follows
The writer has spent a few days in
looking over a portion of the Willow
Greek district. There is a great deal of
activity, and there is a rush to COM
| plete the annual assessment work on all
of last years locations. very large
percentage of all the 1895 locations will be
held.
Among the miners having the greatest
amount of development work done, that
belonging to the Dewey people comes
| first. This company purchased Levan s
group of mines in November and is at
present driving a, tunnel l4lex5ia, feet in
the clear timbered ina substantial man.
ne-. on the Esther claim situated at the
Levan mill The tunnel is worked by
three S-hour shifts. 1t will be driven $50
feet and will cut the Shamrock. Iron
Dollar and Easter lodges. As soon as the
first ledge is cut. drifting and stopping out
of ore will be begun. This tunnel will
cut those lodges at such depth that it
will prove the camp a success or failure
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 shipments have
been made by Levan to SmelterS netting
800 per ton. In the old workings in all
three properties there are large quanti-
ties of high grade ore.
/ Another claim in this group is the
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many experts the bonanza of the camp.
On this claim Mr.. Dewey is making a
double compartment shaft 4x12 in the
clear and sinking on 5-foot ledge. The
shipments on this ledge show a higher
grade of ore than the returns on the
others. Mr.. Dewey has great faith in
the district and is not sparing a dollar
to make the properties large producers
A steam hoist on the Judas is being put
IN shape for immediate use and he is
working at present writing q men. The
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pany that they fully expected to employ
100 men by spring
The Iron Dollar. owned by Dewey,
Emerson and Teeters. is working a full
force of men and is shipping ore. The
ore is giving the owners a nice profit
and by spring this property will be
classed among the large producers of the
state.
CHECKMATE.
Tho Checkmate mine encountered
water in the lower levels and the own
ers are erecting a steam hoist to con-
tinue sinking. This property is so well
known that it has caused the district
to advance rapidly. The shipments of
one and two carloads of ore monthly
since last summer has been the best adj
vertisement for the gold belt. Several
carloads netted over s., ZOO per car.
There is a large amount of ore in sight
and as soon as the steam hoist is COM
pleted and sinking begun the monthly
shipments will be resumed.
THE BIG LINK.
The Big Link, owned by Dorman,
Gwinn and Frost brothers, has been
leased to Joe Kelsey for a year and the
sinking of a shaft on the ledge is in
progress. The ledge is over four feet in
width and carries some very fine ore.
AS soon as a depth of so feet is obtained
stopping and drifting will be begun. This
ledge is supposed to be the well known
Friday ledge.
The Leviathian,- as well as the Friday
mine. has shipped number of carloads
and each Melted a good profit Both of
these properties are closed. pending a
sale.
The Middle Man. a claim near the
above. at depth of 80 feet produced a
care of ore that netted over 500 to the
car 1t is not working at present owing
TO the owners being forced to erect
pumps and a hoist in order to sink.
THE EMMETT
The Emmett mine is still in the lead
as the high grade producer of the dis
trict The own ers Bldin, Dempsey and
Balm, have built boarding house, ore
house and hosting works and are load
ing ore daily for shipment. TO Denver
This mine is truly a bonanza. ASSAYS
on the ledge in various places run in the
thousands. The writer Danned several
pans of this ore and can truthfully say
such large quantities IF geld were shown
N the pan as to excite even an old
timer. The ledge in places carries as
much as four feet or ore assaying as
high as 1920 in gold and a trace of sill
yer. The owners have drifted about 40
feet and the ore body is still shown large
Near this mine F. Monroe, of
Payette is sinking shaft 100 feet deep
and will then cross-cut for his ledge.
ALEXANDER MINE.
The Alexander mine is being worked on
lease. The ieasers are drifting and
stopping out ore in the west drift and had
| in the face of the drift fully four feet of
ore and of such grade as to warrant ship
ment. This property returned a good
profit from the grass roots. mill run
of the ledge was made on six tons of the
ore by the Richmond mill and a value of
over $40 per ton in free gold was OBJ
tanned. The present leasers pay Is per
cent royalty. More men will be put on as
soon as room can be made for them.
XXI AND IDA.
The XXI and Ida Incorporation join
the Alexander on the east and north and
at present are driving three tunnels to
tap the large ore bodies at a greater
depth than the present works. The Xxi
incline as well as the necessary hosting
plant and. equipments are the best in the
entire district. The shaft house is 26x42,