The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-04

Gold Mountain, June 3O.-There is a
fascination about this Gold Mountain
country that is not present in any other
district in Utah, excepting the region
west of Marysvale, where like condi-
lions are found The hillsides are gen
orally smooth, with pine and aspen
forests on every northern exposure
while raspberry, sarvice and other
shrubs and alpine plants and flowers
form a carpet of emerald and exhale a
grateful fragrance, lulling newcomers
into a condition of serenity with them
selves and to peace with all mankind.
In such frame of mind we crossed
the gulch east of the Breckenridge
Mammoth and over the hill to
THE ANNIE LAURIE.
Considerable work has been done on
this group of nine claims and a small
Huntington mill erected. Owing to a
lack Of knowledge as TO the best meth
cd of treating the ore, the values went
with the shines, and partially justifles
the local saying that the Annie Laurie
tailings contain greater values than
We're in the ore before it was mllled.
The old workings are idle, but 90 feet
of tunnel is being driven near the mill.
1t is the consensus of opinion among
those well acquainted with the group
that with intelligent development this
will be the making of a great property
Some 500 feet down the hill TO the
east from the Annie Laurie dump is
situated the workings of the
BLUE BIRD GROUP.
of four claims, including the we'll
known Grasshopper. The claims are
Incorporated as the Golden Star min
ing and Milling company, of which
Captain Timothy Egan is the president,
secretary and manager. The captain
is also experimenting development
work and the extraction of high-grade
ore for shipment, of which there IS
about 20 tons now ready.
The vein on this ground crops in the
face of the cliff under which the upper
tunnel has, been driven 271 feet on the
ledge and shows pay ore the entire
distance From the entrance OF the
tunnel 10 the face there is a marked
Improvement, both in size and regular
ity of the vein. From the tunnel an
upraise has been made and stopping is
now going on. In places gold Is plalE-
ly visible by candlelight. The lower
tunnel is being run to catch the vein
al a much greater depth and Will
demonstrate beyond question the per
manency of this valuable property, ana
OF which Captain Egan is justly proud.
From the Blue Bird a fairly good road
has been graded over the dividing ridge
into Dry Fork and down to Clear Creek.
1t is over this road that the Blue Bird
and Silver King ores are carted to the
r. G. W railway.
About one and a half miles 10 the
northeast Of the Blue Bird. in the
northwest fork of Deer Creek. we found
the camp of H. W. Ramloss, who, IN
connection with his co-partners, George
It. Balm, Hvrum L. Hansen and Carl
Baronson, ali Of Richfield, is working
THE GOLDEN QUEEN.
The four-foot vein of fne-looking
quartz is opened by means of we'll
timbered tunnel. This vein has the
same northerly and southeriy trend
that characterizes nearly every vein in
the district. and has a dip of about 40
degrees TO the west The grade OF ore
is from IS w in gold, and il carries
some silver With further development
the Golden Queen Will be heard from
as il has all the earmarlxs of COM
ing mine. Down the gulch 800 or 400
yards
THE LITTLE WONDER,
misnamed the Silver King. is situated.
porated under the title of the Deseret
Mining and Milling company and is in
charge OF the Darger brothers, who are
stockholders. The developments consist
of a tunnel 100 feet long. and an up
raise TO the surface. a cave IN the up
raise prevented a careful Inspection OF
the vein. II is in blanket form. which
is very likely not its true position. as
will no doubt be determined by further
development. From a siX-inch streak
the Dargers took a ball OF decomposed
quartz and talc. less than one pound
", hit. and banned the stuff. George
H Leighton, an expert, practcdi MIN
ING man. and others were present ana
watched with eager eyes the taking OF
the ore from the mine and the process
of banning The Darger brothers, IN
answer to a question, stated that they
do not chew tobacco. therefore there
was no trick on that score The re-
suit OF the panninS was simply aston
ishing. Fully a half teaspoonful OF
cold was taken from the small wad
of ore. The glittering god of the gold
bugs showed ~
\ GOLDEN STRING
In the pan fully eight inches long.
,Thera is a shipment Of ore from this
wonderful property now on the road TO
Salt Lake.
With profound regret that the writer
does NOT own slice of this district, we
retraced the trail back 10 the Breek-
anridge- Mammoth and prepared FOR
the uninviting climb over the noun
tains to Bullion canyon fully a. niles
10 the south.
However, before parting with this
district where such royal treatment has
been accorded total stranger. and
every facility afforded for full IN
vestigation OF The merits of the nu-
rerous properties here, a few more
words viii not be amiss.
To the writer. Cold Mountain has.
indeed. been a revelation, and The poor
ABSORPTION furnished The Herald read
ers by the writer hereof. has at least
the one virtue of conservatism. Not a