The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-30


man, who. for 46 years has secured this
western country in the search for the
precious metals. arrived in the city
from the Deep Creek. country a few
days ago, and is row domiciled at the
residence of Mr.. Merrill at 226 North
First West street.
About two weeks ago. while the
doctor was making an examination of
the claim owned by Marion Merrill,
which is an extension of the Jumbo, in
Cash canyon. Spring Creek district,
upon which the assessment work is
now being done, the doctor undertook
to break up a boulder of ore with a
double-handed sledge, when a piece of
rock flew up an hit him in the right
eye, and it is feared that the sight of
this member has been destroyed. I'M
mediately after meeting with his mis-
fortune the doctor started for Salt
Lake, and quick trip was made across
the desert to this city, Mart Merrill
bringing him in.
q When the doctor stopped to make an
inspection Of the prospect owned by Mr..
Merrill, he was on his way to take
charge of the Queen of Sheba mine, in
Fifteen Mile canyon, in the same dis
trict, but the unfortunate accident oc-
CURED, which, of course, necessitated
a change Of programme for a while.
A Herald representative called on
the doctor yesterday and found him in
considerable pain, and still the eye was
not cut or bruised, as the fiat portion
of the fra gment Of rock only came into
contact with the pupil of the eye.
In speaking of Spring Creek district,
the doctor stated that the prospects
there We're looking well, although there
were but two mines in the camp that
We're being worked to any extent One
of these is the Jumbo, where Tom FL
lerbeck is now located with his young
wife Mr.. Ellerbeck has just completed
a comfortable log house and installed
an assay office at the mine, in which
fine bodies of ore have been exposed
that carry high values in silver and
from 81 TO S35 in gold TO the ton. The
ore is free milling and very similar in
its general characteristics 10 the min
eral taken from the great ComStock
mine in the early days of the history
of mining in this western country. The
mine is in excellent shape, and the
doctor is of the opinion that there is
enough pay mineral blocked out in the
property to justify the erection of a ten
stamp MILL which will probably be
done this fal or early in the spring.
There is plenty of water in that locality
and some OF the finest timber to be
found in the Deep Creek country.
DR.. Bailey was the original discoverer
of the Queen of Sheba mine, which is
today the heaviest producer in western
Utah. Two Crawford mills have been
installed at the mine and are in opera
ton, while in the property there are i'm
mense bodies of ore already uncovered
which will mill from IS TO $12 a ton in
gold while there is enough SO mineral
in sight to keep the mills in operation
for an indefinite period.
The Bismark, which is a near neigh
Dor of the Jumbo, and owned by Bailey,
Rookiedge and Shaw. is promising
silver mine upon which but little more
than the required amount of assess
ment work has been done, and yet large
bodies of ore are exposed which carry
values in silver from so to 100 ounces
and even as high as 5000 ounces. The
ore, which is free milling, is native
silver, black sulphurettS and brittle
silver, and with the rehabilitation of
the white metal the mine would rank
as one of the onnanZa propositions of
the Deep Greek country, and even I'M
der existing circumstances would pay
good money with a mill in operation
on the ground.
Adjoining the Bismark on the north
is the group of nine patented claims
owned by Karrick and Dooley. Large
quantities of ore have been disclosed
in this property which is similar in
character to the product Of the Bis
mark
According to the doctor a rather pc
culiar discovery has been made of late
in the quartzite belt between the Jumbo
and Queen of Sheba mines, a prospector
named George Boyce having found
vein in gold bearing mineral in which
pockets of cinnibar occur. This is the
only ledge of cinnibar ever found in the
Deep Creek country, and one day, while
Mr. Boyce was panning some of the
vein matter for gold. he was surprised
TO find pure quicksilver in his pan, and
it is believed that with development
the discovery viii prove TO be most
important one. and especially so as the
ore pans $25 and $50 in gold TO the ton.
DR.. Bailey will return to Spring Creek
district as soon as he is able to do so,
for the purpose OF taking charge of the
Queen OF Sheba mine, and it is to be
hoped that his misfortune will not be
as serious as at first supposed.