The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-04

Inc immediate vicinity of Salt Lake
VIII yet become famous for its produc-
ers of mineral wealth, and, in the esti-
mation of well-informed mining men.
II will not be long now before shipping
mines will be opened up within a few
miles from the Eagle Gate.
Already a splendid showing is being
made at the mouth OF Little Cotton
wood, where extensive developments are
egoing on in the New State ground, which
is a property, with its showing of gold
ore, mat should by rights receive more
attention from the public than is now
accorded it.
The Dipper, adjoining it, is 2 wonder,
and the ore that is being taken from
this mine, lousy as it is with gold,
would create a general furore in any
other stare than Utah.
In City Creek canyon there are also
some fine deposits, on which work is
now being done; but it is another To-
cality in the Hot Springs mining dis
trict that now has the call on the al
tentlon Of mining men.
In Sundays Herald mention was
made of the discovery Of silver placerS
a snort distance up Big Cottonwood
canyon. The report was erroneous as
10 location, however, and II now tran
spires that this error must have been
pulposeiy made by the newsgiver IN
order to give interested parties more
time in which TO corral all The ground
Aeauired: and the location of the new
find in reality is in Mill Greek canyon,
a few miles south of the city, where
placer deposits yielding from 81 to 81
in gold and about ? ounces in silver
have recently been discovered
So far six placer locations have been
made in this locality, and these loca-
tons have been filed for record with the
recorder of Hot Springs district, in this
city.
groom group, and are held by the fol-
lowing named locators, viz: P. Z
Witcher. J. S. Witcher, NJ. Watrous, ].
!. Campbell, Ira Davisson and c. NJ.
owen.
Besides these claims it is understood
that the locators, with several other
gentlemen, have made other filings, Gn-
til several hundred acres are now COW
cred with corner monuments and loca-
ton notices
DR.. Witcher, in company with several
would-be bonanza mine owners left for
Mil Creek early yesterday morning ana
it is believed that within week this
locality will present an exciting ap-
pearance. as il is maintained that there
is placer gold there. and plenty of it.
Above these placer diggings it is said
Athat there are large lodges of gold and
Isilver- bearing rock. the sold predonli-
mating. Alfred Best, q well-known Salt
LaAer has gold locations there; as has
also DR.. NJ. n Buck and others; and,
in all probability, if the placers prove /
to be Of value, the ledge deposits win
be thoroughly developed, as the gold
without doubt originally came from
these lode claims.
Mil Greek canyon also abounds in de-
posts Of other valuable commodities, (
and near the mouth Of the canyon there (
is a vein of nitrate OF potash. or. as 1t |
is more commonly known, salt'petre.
Nitrate OF potash is used in the man /
ufacture Of gunpowder and other ex-
plosives. and is a valuable commercial .
commodity. Il is also used as a soil
fertilizer and as such is invaluable, as
it contains two Of the ingredients neces-
sary Tor @ perfect soil vitalizer. viz: I
nitrogen and potash. The other con-
stituert is phospkoric acid
This deposit Of nitrate Of potash is
/about six to eight inches in width. and
has been heated Under the name of
the Lucky mine by David Dowall. .
James A. AfaXfeid and Carl r. Peter
SON.