The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-04
COMMON CREEK MINES.
Good Showing Made by Cassia
County Properties.

County Properties.
In speaking of the mines of Common
creek, Cassia county, Ida, where q
number of Salt Lakers are interested
the Statesman of Boise City says:
In previous articles the Statesman
has described some Of the properties in
the remarkably promising Conner
Creek district, eight miles south of SAl-
bion, in Cassia county. 1t is the pres
ent purpose to give descriptions of a
few others.
Lying perhaps half mile west OF
the group in which the Melcher. Com
ora, Giant, Alice and others heretofore
spoken of are found. is the Badger
group, consisting of three claims, the
Badger, the Badger No. and the
Badger No. .. ]. E. Comerfcrd owns
one third interest in them. John Pet
tingill one-third. A. T. Hoagland one
sixth and John G. Rich one-sixth.
The Badger is developed by one shaft
"a feet deep, and another so feet in
depth. There are several small holes
The Badger vein is from TO Is inches
in width. There are two grades of ore.
One carries IS gold, 10 ounces silver
and 20 per cent lead The other is
red carbonate carrying from $40 to $50
in gold. eight ounces silver and 20 per
cent Lead. The vein runs southwest
apd northeast. and the walls are the
shale characteristic of the district.
Four tons of ore brought S5I.70 per ton
net at the smelter. A tunnel has been
started on the Badger No. l 20 reach
the Badger works. 1t has been driven
40 feet
One of the most important develop
ments of the district has occurred in
the Monarch tunnel. This was started
north Of RadoeY- orr.OI1n IT ha (
developed a blind lead at a distance Of
$50 feet, which had not yet been cut
through at the time the representa-
tive OF the Statesman visited the
county. The ore showed free gold in
quantities and was very high grade.
The ledge appeared to be large.
This valuable property belongs to
George Burdick. Fritz Schwartz, K.
l. Perky and j. f. Comerford.
Still further west and about one and
a half miles west of the Giant is an
other group of valuable properties. Be
tween the north and south forks of
Conner creek is the Golden Eagle. 1t
is owned by Simon Weatherman. w.
NJ. Langley and Mr.. Melcher. 1t has
two shafts, one 20 feet and the other
so There is a sixfoot ledge with two
feet of pay ore. The best ore runs $66
in gold, seven ounces silver and SO per
average s65 in value. This vein is de-
scribed as a contact, and is claimed 10
be the largest in the camp. 1t shows
a strong cropping.
Immediately north of the Golden
Eagle is the Bimetallic 1t belongs
to H. Tremayne, Louis Solomon and
S. p. Weatherman. The vein is at
least ten feet wide. 1t has been opened
by cut 40 feet in length, and a shaft
fAa NaS-t c-1,x
The vein material all seems alike and
is thought to be all pay. One assay re-
turned s14.46 gold and "a ounces sill
Yer; another S16.53 gold and 615 ounces
silver.
Up the hill north of the Golden
Eagle and Bimetallic are number of
promising claims. prominent among
which are the Walton No. l, the Wal
ton No. and the Morning Star. I.
Walton No. and II. Tremayne owns
with them the Walton No. l. The
owners of the Morning Star are Wal
ton. Burke, Tremayne and Louis Solo
mon, each one-quarter.
The Walton No. has two shafts, one
9 fee, tne other 10. The Walton No.
has one shaft so feet and enc 40 feet.
The Morning Star has a shaft 30 feet
The ledge is three feet wide in the so
is IS inches in width and is the same
width in the Morning Star. The ore is
very rich, assays going as high as Sis
gold, * ounces silver and u per cent
lead. a hand sample from No. went
sST- Specimens are sprinkled with
gold.
Twenty-Five miles from Conner creek !
IS the Clear creek district. that shows
very large lodges. 1t is near Almo
\. Bartholomew has some claims there
that he has had assays running from
$40 to $500.
The Black Pine district. west Of Raft
river, is also promising, though, like
Clear creek. IT. is undeveloDed. Mr.. +
has claims there. One
assay returned S33 gold and u ounces {
silver. Another went $3.50 gold, 3S ,
ounces silver and 40 per cent lead.
With all these promising districts +
within her borders. it may be conf /
lently stated that Cassia will soon be-
,ome one of the rich mining counties
If the state.