The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-22

DEEP CREEK, May 1.-THE people
Of this section of Utah are somewhat
elated and hopeful now that there is a
small start made on a railroad 10 TINS
country; yet they are not very much
enthused. as they know that five scra-
per teams, with a lot of newspaper re-
porters, will be a lo1Ig time buIdlng
road to Deep Creek.
The necessity exists, and the tonnage
is here, for two roads. One could go
by the way of Tooele city. which Is
city of many resources. Fruit is ana
can be grown there better than any
place that know Of The water power
is splendid. and some day will be util-
lied for numerous manufactures. TINS
place is we'll adapted for homes for
operatives to live in. All the surround
ings seem to say, Here is the place for
q large number of manufactories-grea
and small" The road once reaching
Stockton. will find large amount OF
low grade ore that can be reduced on
the banks of Jordan in
THAT COPPER PLANT.
This camp has furnished three or
four smelters up to the time OF the
silver knock out" The quantity Is
still here and the quality is just as
rood as ever. This road VIII take in
Soldier canyon, also that fine camp
Dry canyon. and stop at the mouth OF
Ophir. that has in the past furnished
several mills, besides hundreds OF
thousands of tons Of ore TO the Stock
ton and Sandy smelters. Millions OF
dollars have been taken out OF this
camp. and millions of dollars will come
out when a railroad shall have been
built to that point. A few miles on
+be everlasting camp of Mercur will be
reached. At the mouth of the canyon
will spring MP a. city whose carrying
trade alone Mrin want railroad. 1t
must be remembered that Mercur city
is located ON the west side of the
mountain; also that most Of the mines
are on that side. Mercur will furnish
more railroad traffic than Tintic does
now. The road will go from here to
Point Lookout. The south end of Rush
valley has many discoveries that viii
MAKE A MINING CAMP
before snow flies again. All around
Point Lockout mines are being discov-
cred.
once in Skull valley, the road will
find thousands of tons of ore on ac-
count of no way to market now.Dugway
reached. about one hundred miles from
Salt Lake here you will find bodies of
ore large enough to load a train day.
I predict. without fear of contradiction.
bv any one conversant with that camp,
that when a road reaches there the
miners will have to wait for cars, and
that this camp alone will need a rail-
road.
Fish Spring is twenty-five miles from
DugWay The Utah has a record such
ss no other camp in Utah has. It
paid from the grass roots. and contin-
ues to nav. There are now thousands
of tons Of ore on the dumps, that will
pay to haul to the Jordan river when
the future reduction works will be es-
tablished.
will be the next reached. Here are
silver lead. sold and bismuth ores.
Ores have been shipped from here to
Salt Lake by wagon at a profit. South
and west through Worm Creek pass,
Pleasant valley would furnish all they
have row and what will he discovered,
which I think viii be great
White Cloud district has been but
little prospected. I have been there,
and it looks like q mining camp
MUNCY.
We'll. I do not think that Il is in my
power TO 90 the honor to that camp it
deserves. Here are the largest bodies
Of ore that have ever seen; the best
defined lodges of silver. lead and cop
per They must be seen to be appreci-
ated Ruby Fill. which once. when sill
yer had value, was a thriving camp,
has good prospects. If there was a
road. as it is only six miles from
Muncy, 1t would again spring into life.
AURUM
has been a good camp ano now has
abundance of ore. This camp can ship
to Mlncy. where reduction works could
be put up. or shipped 10 the Jordan.
Take Muncy, Ruby Hill and Auruna-
these three camps would alone keep
a railroad going. The further south
the road went, the more tonnage it
would get.
The other road could go through
Grantsville. a thriving. up-to-date city
with about a thousand inhabitants.
This city has the capacity, with water
on top and artesian under. to do Won
ders, and with a road would soon in
crease to ten times its present size.
Here will be the place to erect mills to
work the lake waters; here can be es-
tablished salt works that will be equal
to any on the shores of the lake. Four
teen miles from here is the
THREE TERM MINE,
which will furnish large amount of
tonnage, and there are many other
prospects that are now being devei-
oped.
on the west OF the lake, or Lake Side
district. are very many mines OF low
grade ores, which can only be handled
with a railroad. Many have been
patented and left until road should
build.
Wildcat to the west, and running into
the desert is another district that can
only be worked with a railroad. This
district will furnish a large amount of
TONNAGE. The road viii RIA south
through Skull valley about fifty miles.
On either side there nave been gold