The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-08

The plat herewith, showing the pro-
posed route to Deep Creek will pass
within reaching distance to 20 odd
mining camps and districts. The first
shipping point, west from Garfield, viii
be GrantsVille, where there are now
some properties working and others
will follow upon building of the pro-
posed road The lake shore at this
point is well adapted to the salt indus
try. the land being low and very level.
Also there are springs that in time
will be used as bathing resorts, and in
time both the spring and lake waters
will be here utilized for the medicinal
properties which they contain. With
the proposed road built GrantsVilie
would increase in population and in
dustries.
Lake Side district, situated on west
ern side of the lake, will supply lead
silver ores from properties now lying
idle. These properties were producers
and shippers under former values of
lead and silver and again would be
producers by the building OF the pro-
posed road. Skull Valley has many
valuable claims, and within the past Is
months a bigger portion of the entire
valley has been staked under mineral
locations. A similar ore to the Mercur
deposits have here been discovered.
and cyanide plants are now being
erected to treat the ores. Somewhere
in the valley there will be soon town
TO supply the needs of the valley and
its surroundings.
Johnson Pass, Point Lookout. Simp-
son Springs and Six Mile will look to
Skull Valley as their shipping point
and haul their ore to the railroad.
Dugway must be seen to be appre-
ciated. There are mines in the Dugway
district and mountain that each would
hill ~r
the proposed road. The properties of
this district cannot now be worked
profitably owing TO high transportation
and scarcity of water. AT present the
water supply is furnished by teaming
from Granite Rock, distance of Is
miles From these mountains tonnage
sufficient can be furnished to keep
daily train under way.
Granite Rock viii be another source
of supply but at present but little de-
velopment has been made.
Fish Springs can boast of a record
which but few if any of the camps
can duplicate. This camp has proper
ties which have paid from the grass
roots and development to depth of
500 feet has both improved the values
and quantities of the ore. The prin-
cipaI mine of the district is the Utah.
The output of this property has been
q wonder. The lead-silver ores already
shipped has proven II TO De the pest
grade of ores produced in the state.
Great quantities of low grade ores are
on the dump awaiting the coming of a
railroad If this camp was on the other
side of the desert railroad communi
cation would have been established
some time since.
Trout Creek. Granite Greek. Willow
Springs, VIII be able to supply a large
tonnage for the proposed road.
70 the greater
camp. that of Clifton. The Clifton dis
trict comprises all that country lying
north of the old stage road to the north
end of Dutch mountain, a distance of y
miles. and is in width about the same.
Fully 500 mineral claims are on record.
These claims are showing either
gold. silver, lead or copper, and new
discoveries are daily being made The
best mineral Judge here ian aSsayer)
proclaims that there are at least 100
good claims now discovered and under
location that show values enough to
be paying properties.
Dry canyon, Hopkins and Barney
Revy guIches and Overland canyon are
tributaries of the Clifton district. and
are the sources from which much ton
mage would be furnished the proposed
road At or near Gold Hill would be
another city or town. If the road
should pass to the north of Dutch
mountain it would necessitate the plac-
ing of switches at that point, with sta
ton.
DEEP CREEK AND THE NEVADA
STATE LINE.
This will be the last point or station