The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-09

~ ''It is strange, and yet it is a fact
said a well-known mining operator to
Herald representative yesterday,
that so little is known regarding the
naturalization of Iron county, in the
southwestern portion of the state. and
vet in time there is no doubt in my
mind but that this region will come to
the front as one of the most prolific
producers of the precious metals 70 be
found in the west
AT the present time great deal of
interest is being taken in the gold camp
of State Line. and 1 predict that this
VIII develop into one of the richest dis
tricts in this country. A red hot time
is expected there in the spring, and
it is more than likely that within the
next few months at least two mills
Will be treating the ores of the camp
which are free milling.
What I had in my mind just now,
however, was the promising showing
that is to be found throughout Pinto
Iron district in Iron county, in the
center OF which, almost. is the great
iron mountains which, by many, are
considered as the mother of the miner
alization of that region, which is varied
class of ore.
las vet there has been but little
prospecting in the district, although
at Sand Springs. in
CHLORIDE AND BULLION
canyons, there was a great deal of
activity in the eariv days, and a large
amount of high grade chloride ore was
shipped from these two places, and
there is no reason WHY this old camp
should not come into prominence
again, as the surface indications there
are excellent and the country is a
perfect netw rrk of quartz lodges. There
is plenty of wood in the canyons and
mountains for all necessary purposes
and what is known as Sand Springs
can be DEVELOPED so that the water
supply would be sufficient for the nee
essities of a good sized camp.
AT Antelope springs, a little further
north, some rich float has been found
from time to time, and there are sew
eral blowouts Of mineral in this sec
ton which, with DEVELOPMENT would
most undoubtedly Lead 10 large bodies
OF high grade ore, and one of the ad-
vantages Ot Antelope. as we'll as of
Sand Springs, is its accessibility. as
there is an excellent wagon road 20
both places, as they are located in the
foothills on the edge of the desert.
The claims in these localities are
mostly held by residents of Iron county.
and yet there is plenty of vacant
ground open for location. 1t will take
outside capital, however. for their de-
Velopment, and there is no doubt but
that with thorough and scientific pros
oecting several very rich properties
would be found there
In the vicinity of the Iron mount
aims there are large deposits of silver
inc nd -
is the opinion of biologists that the
iron is
\ ING BUT THE Gaping
of mammoth bodies of lead ore. Sew
eral shipments of ore from this local !
ity have been made in the past. but /
the work SO far has been confined to |
the surface. so that it is not really |
known what there is there, but the in
dications would point 10 the existence !
of one OF the greatest Lead deposits in |
the west.
"A short distance below the iron
blowout is Iron CITY, where there still |
is to be sean the relics of the old iron /
smelter and works. and in this neigh |
borhood there is every evidence of |
and especially so a little fur |
ther west. in the locality of what was !
known at one time as the Blair mine, |
where there is one of the largest Lodges
of silver ore, and high grade at that. |
to be found in the state. There is no
Ciscounting this deposit of mineral, as
II is there III abundance, and all that is /
peeded to make it a highly remunerat-
I've property is the expenditure of a
little capital and labor. as it is al
ready almost on shipping basis and
the ore will stand the freight charges
at profit. There are other properties
in the same locality. and it would be
hard 70 find a section of the country
In the west that offers the induce
meRts that can be found there
still further west, near the mouth of
Pinto canyon, is one of the most prom
sing copper prospects in this inter-
mountain region. The existence of this
deposit has been known for years. and
n the early days, even before the dis