The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-07
IN SNAKE CREEK DISTRICT.
Mining Items of Interest Clipped
From the Park Record.

From the Park RECORD.
Considerable development and pros
pecting work is being done in Snake
Greek district the present season. The
Records representative took a hurried
trip through that country the first OF
the week and saw much TO encourage
the belief that the district Will at
near day be the scene Of profitable
mining ventures. In times past ore
fabulously rich in the precious metals
has been extracted from some OF ITS
mines. notably the Southern Tier. Work
on that property was abandoned be-
cause the vein had --faulted. As
matter Of fact, little else could nave
been expected. as the country is badly
broken up and what development was
done was at a point very close 70 the
TOP of the range. Lower dcWn ine
qualification appears TO be IN place,
and it IS from this point that big things
are expected the present season. Will
lam Van Wagner and associates have
4 promising group in Snake Creek upon
which they have commenced active op-
e-ations In their ground there are
rwo and Dossioly tnree well-defined
veins carrying gold. silver. copper and
lead. There is strong belief that the
mineral Gescends to great depth. IN
which event Van Wagner and COM
pany will find ii, as they are running
a tunnel frOm a point within tew
hundred feet Of Snake creek which VIII
tap the first vein al depth OF mol less
than SEQ feet Further W the canyon,
Cornelius Springer is working on some
good ground belonging 20 himself. and
his labors thus far have been rewarded
nv the discovery Of a fine copper ledge
which shows the color of the peacock
in its most radiant hues. In the same
LEGALITY is the Steamboat mine, the
property of Henry Newell. Barney
Puev Ed Berry and other Park City
mon. and ii gives promise OF develop
ing into bonanza copper mine A
force of men VIII be put to work on 1t
in few days. or as soon as the snow
r,slts away William Began, who has
achieved fame as q miner in uintah
district has a number Of promising 10
cations in Snake Creek, and ne is OF
the opinion that the future OF the DIS
trict will be unusually bright.
THE VALEO.
visit 10 the Valeo this week dis
closed little that has not already been
fold in the mining columns OF the Rec-
ord since James Kervin took charge
of the property the course OF me lcMer
tunnel has been changed TO the west,
and now there is a prospect Of the ledge
IDa;rr ont. provided it descends TO the
tnnrel level. and there is no reason TO
do,lbt that-it does. a fan has been put
in and the air. from which considerable
Inconvenience was experienced IS now
frst-class IN che upper WORKINGS the
,,-;,,zs i bai,p sunk to connect with
The tunnel from beneath. II has at
tanned a depth from the upper tunnel
level of about so feet and from the
surface about $50 feet. The winze IS
in ore, which fact is encouraging TO the
owners The talk of cutting the y>in
in the lower tunnel within teW Gays
at The most is all buncomhe. A good
driving record will be maze Il tie
ledge is tapped inside of 40 days. But
the property looks as well as 1t ever
did.
THE CONSTELLATION.
Nothing of sensational nature has