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

! claims from which very favorable re-
ports have been received in the past.
The Eagle Valley claims of Colonel
Pickett are located eight miles south
and two miles west of Line City, in
| State Line district, and there is every
reason to believe that in the near fu-
ture this new gold camp will cause a
great deal of interest in the mining
world.
The Pickett group of ten claims, in
which Troutman and Clark are also in
terested, is located just north of and
adjoining the valuable group owned
by Hon4 Allen G. Campbell and Ben
Johnson, and while Colonel Pickett was
rather reticent in making mention of
them on account of his innate modesty,
it was plain to see that he was more
than pleased with the showing and that
he is fully satisfied that with develop
ment work the property will open out
! into one of the most prolific producers
of the precious metals yet discovered
in the battle born" state.
On the Pickett group it was found
that the lodges were very
WIDE, PROMINENT AND REGU-
LAR,
and that the quartz on the surface
PANIED gold freely. But little work
has been done on this ground as yet,
but during the fall of last year Messrs.
Troutman and Johnson put up the
necessary buildings to insure comfort
for the winter, and now they are put
ting in good time in doing effective
prospecting work; and as depth is at
tanned the showing is more and more
encouraging, as with every foot the ore
values are increasing. The initial work
in the development of the property con-
sisted of a 20-foot shaft, and now a
Iata inc 10 a
tent of the vein. There are three paral-
lei lodges on the group. which crop at
the surface for a distance of 700 or
500 feet, and it is believed that with
depth these will join, thus making an
immense body of milling or shipping
ore. In fact, there is enough ore now
exposed on the surface to run mill
for an indefinite period, and as 1t is
stated that there is sufficient water
near at hand for all necessary pur-
pose, its is more than likely that an
other six months will witness the cree
ton of a mill in that immediate vi
entity
The Lyle claims are located a mile
north Of the Pickett group, and from
all accounts this property promises to
open out into one of the big paying
mines of the district. The groupings
on this group are very bold and in
some instances stand from 25 to 30 feet
above the surface, and at the base
these large bodies of mineral are all of
80 or 40 feet in width. According to
Colonel Anderson these masses of ore
ARE WONDERFUL TO SEE
and he has on exhibition at his office
pieces of quartz from these groupings,
taken at a height of % feet from the
grass-roots, which carry mineral
values of As ounces in silver and So in
gold to the ton. On this group a force
of four men is employed in doing pros
pecting work, and at the present time
they are sinking on a solid body of ore
four feet in width that runs high in sill
yer and from So to Sc in gold to the ton.
The Campbell group, according to
The Herald's informant, is a magnlfl-
cent piece of property, and the work
that is being done in its development
is demonstrating the fact that with a
mill on the ground the output of the
white and yellow metal would be some
thing worth talking about.
The richest ground found as yet in
the district, however, is the group of
claims owned by Joe Venina and his
associates. In this property there is a
30 foot shaft, which was sunk on a
fOur-foot vein, the larger portion of
THE MINERAL BEING A FREE
that will mill to perfection, and of this
ore, which will run from the hundreds
up into the thousands, the owners of
the claims have % or 80 sacks on the
dump ready from shipment. Specimens
Of ore from this mine were brought |
back TO the city by the two colonies, |
and in them native gold in abundance |
was TO be seen with the naked eye.
In speaking of the district these gen.
tlemen state that taken as a whole |
there is no doubt but that it is a pay |
ing proposition, as the ore bodies are |
very large and carry average values |
Of from $40 to SIS in gold to the ton.
II was the intention of the party to |
visit the State Line district, but on ac-
count of the deep snow on the dividet
t was impossible to get oyer without |
he use of snow shoes. Excellent re-
ports were heard from there, however, |
and there seems to be no doubt but
hat State Line Will make a splendid
'ecord this season.