The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-28
JOHN BEcK's IDAHO MINES.
Promising Properties Being Devel-
oped in Cassia County.

Op6C IN CaSS1a county.
In Saturdays issue, says the States
man of Boise, Ida, mention was made
of certain mines in the Conner Creek
! district, among them the Melcher, the
/ Comora and the Giant. Immediately
east Of those properties, the side lines
being the same, is a group of proper
ties in which John Beck, the famous
Utah miner, has become interested
They are the Alice, the Jennie and the
| Gridiron. East of the Alice are three
| other claims in which Beck is also
] interested. They lie side by side and
are the Emily, the Eugenia and the
Hecla.
Mr. Beck owns three-fifths of the
Alice, Colonel r. L. Wood one-fifth and
K. I. Perky and DR.. r. D. Roberts one
fifth There are two shafts on the
claim. one Sc feet and the other 50.
There are two leads 20 feet apart dip
ping toward each other. The main
ledge is two feet wide and an average
sample returned s24 in gold. q ounces
silver and 81 per cent lead. There is
an eight-inch streak in the other ledge
from which a number of assays were
made ranging from s172 to $4,000 in
gold. A 50-pound sample returned sos
per ton.
The Jennie mines belongs to Beck
dlOIle. II mas d lul1IlEl gu itSL III lenE Ill
The vein is two feet wide and carries
gold, silver and lead in much the same
amounts as other properties in the
vicinity. Beck also owns the Gridiron,
and three-fourthS OF the Emily and Eu-
genia- In the latter two claims Mr..
Perky and Dr. Roberts own one-quar-
ter. Another of the Beck properties is
the Hecla, the most eastern of the
group. L. G. Hardy of Salt Lake rep
icsf int tod
him.
Another promising property in this
vicinity is the Silver Gray, which is
southern extension of the Alice. 1t is
owned bI> John Osterhaut, Thomas
Taylor and Thomas Osterhaut. There
is a 30-foot shaft showing IS inches of
ore. The vein is the same as that
found in the Alice, and the ore is of
the same character.
Before passing from this branch of
the subject it is proper to state that
Colonel Wood is one of the old-timers
Of the section. He served in the terri
torial legislature. two terms in the
house and one in the council. He owns
a number of other properties. Eight or
nine miles southeast of the group de-
scribed he is interested in claims which
have very large lodges and which carry
So in gold and six and one-half ounces
in silver. He is also interested with
Frank Ramsey, Frank Riblett and
Hardy Sears in some 1000 acres of
placer ground six miles above Story's
ferry. He is also the owner of Marsh
lake, a natural reservoir site that Will
soon be utilized for storing water for
irrigation purposes.
There are two more groups Of claims
in the Conner Creek district that will
be described in future issues. It will
be seen from what has already been
published respecting the district that
it is one of great promise.
There is another district three miles
northeast Of Albion that has attracted /
some attention in the past, and that
gives great promise. In this section |
the Old Dominion mine is situated. 1t |
is an immense deposit of low grade /
ore, carrying gold and silver and some |
copper. The ledge is from 100 to 200 !
feet wide. and averages 81 per ton in |
gold. The property is controlled by L. |
expects to have work started on it |
soon. It was worked quite vigorously |
three years ago, but the company was
not equipped with a proper plant for /
handling ore of that character.
Hardy Sears is working a claim ad-
joining the Old Dominion that shows
a three-foot ledge which runs $40 in
gold, 80 ounces in silver and per cent
copper.
Still another interesting feature of
Cassia countv's mineral resources is
that what appears to be good coal has
been found near Oakley. There is a
arge surface deposit of material that
burns. It is not good. but a shaft re-
,ently sunk has disclosed a vein five
FEET wide that appears to be superior
oituminous coal.