The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-10-01

Colonel H L. Pickett, WitD3 has just
returned from a visit of inspection Of
Deer Lodge Mining district, just over
the Utah lime i'm .Itnncun county, New,
from State Line is enthusiastic over tlle
promising outlook for The camp, and he
states that never before has he seen q
gold camp With larger or stronger
lodges, and ne is especially pleased
over the fact that the oITa is free milling
and that i'm the quartz native gold is
often visible to the naked eye, and
sometimes i'll large. quanities, besides
which there is an abundance of wood
and timber Throughout the camp and
sufficient water for present uses, while
the supply can easily De enlarged by
development.
Colonel Pickett, With his partners
TrGutman and Clark, is the owner of
ONE of the most promising groups in the
district, the development of which so
far consists OF two shafts, one 90 and
the other so feet in depth, both of which
disclose large bodies of free milling gold
ore with occasional cnutes of rock in
which the yellow stuff is generously
spRinAlled. as is shown by the numerous
samples now on exhibition at the
colonaIs office ON Ile fifth floor of the
Commercial Bank building.
There are ten claims in the Pickett
group on which there is an extension
of the mammoth gold ledge which cuts
through that region.
The colonel also spoke very highly Of
the Campbell and johnson group. Which
is known as the CoInstocll, and develop
ment so far done on this ground would
Indicate that it is worthy of Che name,
as dhe ore deposits are so extensive
that to state the Width of the lodges
would lead to disbelief among those
Who are not acquainted with the dis
tTTict and its mineral resources,
At the present time Mr.. Campbell is
sinking a 100 foot shaft ON the Italian,
on Which ne has a lease and bond on a
half interest, and as soon as THIS depth
is attained drifts Will be run on the
vein hcLll ways for a distance.
The largest and mDst extensive de-
velopment 6n tgae district, however, is
NOW under way en- the Charlie Ross
afEt1 Buck, on whictl Mesisrs. Mcleod
and Lane have q lease and bond. Ttlese
gentlemen are working q force of eight
men ON these two GAINS. and the show
ing is remarkable. and especially so N
tllis Buck, where the hedge is large and
we'll defined, While from the dump sam
pies of quartz can be picked 10 any
where in which free gold is visible. It
is pretty rock, and is pT0fu55ly
sprin&ded with the yellow metal Eff
fective work is being done in cpe1ing
up this ground, ard the fact that
Messrs Mcleod and Lane ARE putting
up cabins and other necessary Improve
mentS would indicate that they we're
Bhere to stay, and that in due time the
Charts Ross ard Buck claims would
find places on the regular shipping list,
and from the anioUnt Of ore already dis
closed by tie workings ona is inclined
to the belief That m.sl would make a
barrel of money for the owners of this
property.
AEcng the other promising proper
ties, ana thsre are many, might be
mentioned iae Homestake; the Lytle,
owned by Lytle a-,1 Wood, and the
ITts, owned by Moody.
On ais return home Colonel Pickett
stopped at State Line, Which he design
ates as a very nice camp and district
With q promising future in store for it.
While in State Line he visited the
Creole and inspected all of its week
ings, IN which there is a splendid show
ing CT Gre, some of which, IN the form
OF samples and specimens, showing free
goa, are row displayed at the colonal s
office.
Besides the Creole. the colonel men
TONS other promising properties tn the
district, including the Offer, Hle Bur-
row, Inc Crown Point, Big Fourteen,
the Drake and Lambert group and the
Rice ground.
IN nla cpirtCu of Colonel Pickett bcrja
districts give promise of making w'on-
dscful records in tEle future, the one
thing needed l1,ing mills, and with
THESE in active operation i'm both camps
the output of gold bullion would be
sonnt tliG.ls worth talking about.