The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-01
THE GRAND ENcAMPMENT.
Wyoming Gold Camp That is Slated
For a Boom.

Considerable excitement, says the
Rawlins Journal, was aroused here
! the first of the week when the fact
became known that A. Richter of Ogden,
Utah. mining expert. had been into the
I Grand Encampment mining district and
had unsuccessfully attempted 10 buy the
/ Golden Eagle claim of Huston d Cuileton
cash for a seven-eighths in the Golden
/ Eagle and five other claims owned o[
/ Huston & Culleton. and that he agreed
to expend 5000 000 in development work
and exploring the claims. Another re-
port is that Richter offered Mrs. Culleton
Sc. 000 for seven-eighths interest IN the
claims. her one-eighth interest 10 be nom
assessable, and that DEVELOPMENT work
should begin at once. Another report says
that M Richter made no offer at all.
but wanted to buy the claims but could
that when Mr. Huston was approached
on the subject he smiled and commenced
to tell bear stories The reader can ~
lect which of these reports best suits his
inclination.
Mi Richter was in the city however.
and represents unlimited Utah capital and
Eagle and the Golden Eagle group of
claims Whether he succeeded or not,
affiant saith not. as he does not know and
was unable 10 find out. Mr.. Richter re-
turned to Ogden, but will be back again
in few days.
Tuesday morning next q number of
mining men from Salt Lake City, who
are interested in the Mercur mines. viii
reach this city en- route for Grand En-
campment district. These gentlemen are
mining men. and have been Impressed
with the specimens of ore taken from
some of the claims at Encamonent. and
have determined TO go into the mineral
belt and explore things for themselves.
Mr.. J. G. Rankin will outfit the party
here and is now making ample DreDara-
tions TO beautifully provide for them.
Some time next week party of Califor-
mia capitalists Will reach here and be
taken W to the mineral belt.
THE SANDSTONE DISTRICT
Mr.. Adams. the discoverer of the North
err Belle owned by Adams & Douglas
and which IS located at the head of the
Sandstone. was in Rawlins during the
week. He stated that the tunnel on the
Northern Belle had been driven in 300 feet
and then q shaft 80 feet deep had been
sunk. From the bottom of the shaft the
ore vein was from three TO four feet
taken two or three Shovefuls from each
ton and threw them on a canvass, and
that after abodr ten tons had been hauled
out on the dump he pounded up the rock
on the canvass then sent three pounds
of II to the assayer in ORDER to get an
average assay of the entire lead The
returns showed over eco in gold to the
ton. Mr.. Adams stated that he was put
ting up an arastra TO crush the rock with.
and that IS per cent of ii was free milling
ore. In August they will put in a stamp
there is ore enough on the DUNN now to
run mill for a year They intended to
put in the stamp mill this spring but
deep snow and high water make the
project imDracticable until about the 1st
of August. Float rock identical with the
ore from the Northern Belle he traced
across the country southeast to the
mountain on which Doanes copper mine
is situated. and in his opinion the En-
campment and Sandstone mining districts
are the same. Mr.. Adams left Thursday
in company with Colonel E. p. Snow OF
Laramie for his camp.