The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-29


to Salt Lake well pleased with what
he found in the southern portion OF
the state, and he says that he has
discovered a section of country that
suits him to a It" and that in old
North Star there are propositions
which would appeal strongly to any
mining man who is on the lookout Tor
something good.
North Star district is only four miles
south OF Milford. on the oregon Short
Line road, and the remains Of the once
active mining camp. which was, at
one time all life and activity, can be
plainly seen from this great forward
ins point and the stage road leading
TO Phoebe and De Lamar, runs within
q short distance from the leading ham
let of the district, but which is now
nothing more than cluster Of a few
deserted miners cabins.
In the early history of mining in
p Utah North Star was a productive dis
trict and boosted of quite a population
In those days it was the general be-
lief that this was a silYer-lead camp,
and it made an excellent showing in
this line, many thousands Of tons OF
high grade ore from the mines of the
district being treated at the old smelt
ers at Shauntie, Milford and at Frisco.
The camp has long been deserted,
mentS to the former greatness of the
district. A few of the mines there have
been patented, but aside from thaSe
the new conner has the choice of al
most any number of once valuable
claims on which considerable work has
been done in the past. and il many
of these good bodies Of ore are still ex-
posed and the promise is there that
with intelligent development q score
or more of regular producers could be
opened up throughout the district.
Is A GOOD CAMP.
As men sometimes change in their
characteristics, so it is with old North
Star, and it is now slowly dawning on
the minds Of mining men acquainted
with the district that this is eSsenti
ally a gold camp instead of a silver
and lead producer. and it is believed
that with thorough prospecting it viii
be found that the district abounds in
immense deposits of low grade gold
bearing quartz, some of which is free
milling, while the balance is an excel
lent smelling proposition.
Mr.. Brim shares this opinion in COM
mon with a number Of mining men
and his Investigations during the past
three months have given strength to
The theory, and during his stay in the
camp he made q number of locations,
some of which he values highly, and
especially SO his gold claims, several
of which embrace virgin ground and
which give every Indication OF being
responsive to the pick and shovel and
to such an extent that there is but lit
tie doubt as to their ultimate value in
the way of productiveness and paying
qualities.
One of the most promising locations
made by Mr.. Brim in the district bears
the euphonious sobriquet of the Jim
Crow, and he states that on this
ground there is d strong ledge of free
milling quartz which carries grass
root values Of from 81 TO $40 in gold to
the ton. In doing the local work on
this ground the vein was stripped for
%, feet and a shaft of FIVE or six feet
was sunk on the ledge, which is all of
three feet wide at the surface, the
formation being a contact with a
porphyry hanging and a lime footWall
The Hurley Burley is another loca-
ton made by Mr.. Brim. The ledge crops
on this claim for 1000 feet and tbs
gold contents of the quartz at the sur.
face ranges from IS TO SIS to the ton
but this is more Of a smelling PROPOSE.
ton, the gold not being as free a.
in the Jim Crow.
The Buck is relocation of an ole
producer, and in the bottom of an So
foot shaft Mr.. Brim found that the for
1ner owners had abandoned the min,
with two and q half feet of ore show
ing that would assay Il per cent lead
5 ounces silver and 81 IN gold to tn,
ton.
Mr. Brim also made two silver loca
tionS on which there are two veins O
r. ore showing at the surface carryins
~ metallic values of 10 per cent lead ant
~ 81 ounces in silver.
In speaking Of the camp at large
Mr.. Brim stated that it was the hom
H. IL
critics, among the number being
THE GOLD KING,
owned by that veteran miner, Hay
Cook. and his associates.
This is one Of the oid-time producer
OF the camp, and in which there is
fine showing of ore which will averag
SD in gold to the ton and as the min
eral goes high in iron and carries
little silver and lead, it is a very de
sirable commodity at the smelters a
fiuX. II is understood that a deal /
now on for this property, and as tn
experts for the intended purchasers ar
now on the ground, it is believed tina
the sale viii soon be conSummated.
The Humboldt group Of five or 81
claims, owned by Erickson, Cook an
others. is another property Of merit
and shows large bodies of good ore o
nearly every lode embraced in tn
group, and Mr. Brlm states that aCtiY
work in the development OF the prop
erty is to be resumed by the first of tn
year.
THE GOLDEN ERA
is enc of the coming gold mines of tn
camp, and will doubtless figure on tn
shipping list during the coming season
The property is owned by Clyde Baz
4 ter and his associates. 1t is an old prc
Queer and shipper, ana even now,
its upper workings, can show a lare
amount of ore which will sell readil
on controls showing values of frol
80 TO $50 in gold to the ton, and frol
30 to 40 per cent iron, the iron maxim
the ore a splendid smelling produc
The owners of this valuable ground al
now driving a drift from the bottom {
tne 1S5-foot shaft for the purpose
cutting the back or parallel vein TT
ledge is 65 feet from the one on wllie
the shaft was sunk, and within FIVE {
six feet more It is expected the desire
connection viii be made.
According to Mr.. Brim there al
many other claims in the district whic
viii bear inspection and investigation
and he emphasizes the statement tn;
in this old camp there are many oppo
tunities offered for safe and profltab
investment
Mr.. Brim viii 90 out TO Ophir toda