Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-03-25
THE NEwToN DISTRICT.
claims Of the Camp and what they
are showing.

claims of the Camp and what They
are showing.
Last Thursday George Scanlon came
10 to Rich field II, IN Newton mining
district anu journed here one dBy en-
route to Salt Lake City, ssys the Al.
v cate. From Zion Mr.. Scanlon will
shortly 10 90 to Springfield, H., the
home OF his boyhoOd. While Etst he
expects to interest capital In the prom
Using prospects he IL handbag.
Newton mining district oOmmencee
about fifty miles soutbwest OF Rich.
field ard stretches thence twenty
mile west aud twenty miles south In
Beaver county. Is eastern portion
lying up cloHe to Gold Mountain Is
tricl on the north slope VI Mt. Badly,
10 known as the Pine Creek country;
that is about ten miles sou,hHest Of
the Cove Fort sulphur mines.
Three years ago J. II. Van Pelt and
John Murray, now foreman OF the
Swansea mine, discovered the Murray
group o, claims In Pine Creek. Very
little had been done on the pro- critics
until recently whan Messrs. Soanlon
and Van Pelt gained 0ne-haIf nter-
est, tho remninder being vested In e.
Ii. Watts of kanOsh and others.
On tho tenth day OF last Janusry
George SoanlOD left this city bound
for the Murray wltn pr visisns 10 last
two months. 81 60 then he and his
partner have been busy on horzln-
lal tunnel hat has now plerced the
quartz and porphyry, RassyiuR from
one 10 eight dollars In goId aud car.
rying from one to three ounces OF
silver, 10 depth OF ninety feet. GU.
on the surface groupings there was a
very perceptible copper stain but aimee
going underneath tnis has been lost.
rbe intended destiny OF the tunnel Is
a contact OF pOrpbyry aud tr1cnyte
which liz believed to exist 100 feet
farther in. There II Is hoped will be
struck, large body OF eight dollar
gold ore anu thithsr the tunnel viii be
pushed upon Mr.. Scan!on's return
from illinois.
Another Pine Greek straight gold
proposition Is tho Green Eyed Monster,
controlled by Douglass Tompklnson.
To date the work on this vugl consists
OF a tiity foot shaft that has developed
vein said by Mr.. rompki nson ~ BE-
thirty feet wide anu to run eight dol
lars In gold. Mr.. ScanlOn Aays the
ore ana the BODY seems even richer
and larger than that, the leJge never
having been entirely cTossout. Mining
Engineer Murphy of Merour has late
iy bought an Interest in the Green
Eyed Monster anu II Is probable that
work Will soon DO commenced either
Ia sinking the shalt further down or
running crGsscut tunnel.
Two claims Just west OF the Green
Eyed Monster and one east VI 1t are
the property OF Charles Watts. Active
operations Will be institu O. upon them
as soon as the four feel Of snow per.
mits.
Olher wheels controlled by Scanl0n
anu Van Pelt are the Tribune, joining
the Murray on this south; the BALDWIN,
south Of the Trlbunt; the Bond and
st. Lawrence, west vi the Murray, and
the Last Chance, its eastern extension.
All are strictly gold digginga anu viii
DO developed the coming season,
The Mcdonald lode, west OF the Last
Chance, Is owned by George McDou.
aid and August Schneider OF SAT- Lake
and Charles NolgI, tue well known
| Colo MountaiLeeT. According TO MIR
| Scanlou the Mcdonald has " 35.io5
vein OF steady S. gold ore. Ita location
| is recent and little WORK has yet beeI
done upon the ground.
| There are numerous other holes IL
the ground duly rscJrded IN The las
| few months and the Newton peopli
believe their camp will figure amonl
the boomers this year.
The district was regularly orgsnizsC
something over four years ago. ~
| recorder Is Wstonman Buokmasler o
the Rob Roy mine whose principa
owner Ia Z. I. Fsrnsworth, the wei
known CapitalieL.pOlitIclan.