The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-06
GRAND ENcAMPMENT MINES
Splendid Showing of Gold Quartz at
the Grass Roots.

Hon. George ". Z. Dorsey returned
yesterday from weeks visit TO the
Grand E,ncampment gold district in
Carbon county, Wyoming, about sc
I miles south of Rawlins, and near the
Colorado line not far from the Hahns
Peak gold camp in the latter state.
In speaking of the Grand Encamp-
ment district Mr.. Dorsey was very en-
thusiastic over its wonderful mineral
resources, and he stated that the camp
had the best surface showing of any
district he ever saw, and the specimens
of gold ore he brought back with him
justified the assertion as to the min
eral wealth of the camp. In fact, they
were full of gold and in many instances
the yellow metal could be seen with
the naked eye without the aid of a
glass; and so pleased was the senator
with the naturalization of the district
that he acquired valuable interests
there before leaving.
But little development work has been
done as yet in the opening up of pros
poets of that section, but Mr. Dorsey
states that an area of country six by
fifteen miles has been located and that
operations are going on all over the
district, and that mining men are pour
ing in there from Leadville. Cripple
Creek, Denver and other points by the
scores. and that it will not be Ions
before a number of properties will be
marketing ore or VIII be supplying
stamp mills, as the mineral is free
milling.
While the senator was able to visit
but few of the mines and prospects
of the district, he made an examina-
ton of the Golden Eagle. On this prop
erty there is a four-inch vein of pay
rock at the surface, and at depth Of
is feet this had Widened out TO 20
inches, the ore often showing gold in
its native state and running as high
as 5000 u the ton, although the aver
age is about s5e. The owners of this
property are putting up buildings and
are making arrangements for the cree
ton OF a steam hoist, when work viii
be pushed in attaining depth
On another prospect, owned by Ball
and Morgan, drift has been run in
the vein for a distance of so feet, the
ore body being from six TO 20 inches
wide and full of free gold. Ball and
Morgan have from 200 TO 800 sacks of
this ore en- the dump. and during their
leisure moments they crush some of the
quartz and run it through a rocker.
thereby making quite a little stake in
gold dust. Two hundred feet below
their upper workings they have found
a parallel vein on which they have also
started a drift on a body Of high grade
STIFF.
The Shipper is another prospect on
which there is an excellent showing
There is a 35-foct shaft on this prop
erty, at the bottom of which the ledge
is eight feet in width and carries free
milling gold to the value Of from IS
TO S35, the average being, SIS.
The country is full of lodges. and the
groupings, although knocked of any
where, carry from Sc to s. in the yell
low metal
There are also two big copper prop
critics in he district, the deposits being
very large and going from 80 to 20 per
cent in this metal. which is freighted
by wagons TO the railroad, distance
OF 10 miles. and even then pays well.
The district abounds in timber and
water, willie already enterprising peo-
pie have aid out a townsite and BUSH
ness and residence buildings are now
in course Of erection.