The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-07
MINES, MINING AND MILLING.

edge of the great mineral deposits of
the district.
As it is those who are beginning to
appreciate the situation are straining
! every nerve to get in on the ground
! floor in the Rush Valley portion of
the district where they are stalking off
! claims from one end of the valley to
the other.
1t was the recent discovery of high
! grade milling ore and lots of it at the
! Omaha, the La Cigale and the Daisies,
! on the western slope that first at
tracted public attention to that local
ity, and since that time the boom for
the west dip has outgrown the most
! sanguine expectations of the enthusi-
asst: but with all the science and eX-
perience at the command of mining
men and capitalists it was left for
two Italians to prove the existence of
ore in paying quantities way out in
tush Valley. Since this demonstration,
however, there has been no lack of in
terest or appreciation, and led by the
De Lamar forces that locality has
since been
OVERRUN WITH PROSECUTORS
and mining men, and now the valley
! is staked off and claimed for a dis
canyon.
The claims of the Italians are located
about eight miles from the Omaha
mine on the western slope and are stu
ated on a pOrphyry upheaval on a
lakeland that has a slight elevation
above the valley and that is from a
quarter to mile in width. On this
group shaft was started and at a
depth of is feet a body of gold ore
was encountered and this has been
sunk on for a depth of 81 feet without
finding any wall or limit to the de-
post. This ore is almost identical in
its characteristics with the product of
the Mercur mines, and the Italians in
formed Mr.. DignOwity that it carried
average values of $3.50 in gold to the
ton, and it is believed that with depth
the mineral values will increase.
This pOrphyry upheaval or Gaping
can be distinctly traced from the mouth
OF Lewiston canyon clear across the
valley for a distance of over Is miles,
and it is now the general belief that
the whole of the valley, which was at
one time the bed of old Lake Bonnie
Vile, is underlaid with enormous bodies
of gold-bearing ore.
On the strength of the discovery
made by the Italians George Kisling-
bury, for De Lamar. located 100
claims in the valley around them and
A4lltAAl6 elS iiiSn Up Oll the M6Slcfil
slope as possible: and now Mr.. Digno-
witty, c. H. Schue and A. H. Mayne
have emulated his example, and by
this time they have also Staked off 100
claims and are making contracts for
the performance of the local work as
required by the bylaws of the district.
which requires the removal of 200 cubic
feet of earth on each location within
% days after the recording of the
claim. This. at this time of the year,
IS little difficult. as the ground is
frozen in the valley to a depth of
eight inches; but this does not deter
the claim holders, and the valley
IS BLACK WITH PEOPLE
most of the time who are engaged in
doing location work or in making To-
cations, and as developments continue
there is every reason to believe that
new finds will be almost daily re-
ported.
1t is now the prevailing opinion in
Mercur mining circles that wonder
full camp is about to spring up in Rush
valley; and the location is all that
could be desired. as the elevation in
the valley is 1,200 feet below Mercur,
and below the watershed of that re-
giOn, which viii easily solve the water
problem as this necessity can be
piped from the springs and streams in
lAe adjacent mus by gravity, ana IN
some portions Of the valley irrigation
bitches have already been constructed,
and some of the mineral locations have
been made around cultivated fields.
In Mercur all is excitement over the
finds in the valley, and Mr.. Dignowity
states that in the morning it is a sight
to see the long string of teams that file
down Lewiston canyon bound for the
valley, while in the evening the scene
is reDeated as the gold seekers Wend
their way back to camp.
Many outsiders are also anxious to
get into the swim. and it is reported
that the two noted mining experts,
Messrs. Buffers and Clements, are
making arrangements TO open an office
in Mercur and camp in the district for
the time being, and it is also said that
they are highly pleased with the camp
and its future outlook.