Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-03-16
RICHES or ROCK CREEK.
Important Discoveries in she III Paso
ana black Crook Mines.

anu Mack Crook Mines.
Correspondence from Pearl 10 the
Boise Statesman Gays that the develop
ment of tho III Paso mite ON RlcK
creek owned by PostOn Bros, Is going
on. Early last TALL the owners un.
covered large body of ore on this
claim and started tunnel aud cut the
ledgs In about thirty feel. They
dtiltei about forty feet gu the Ledge
aud opened up very large body Of ore,
but owing to tho ledge carrying 81
much wsier h y were Obliged to cut
TO the right In order TO avoid the water
And heavy ground. After getting
considerable depth they cross-cul south
again. expecting to cut the ledge ard,
amer driving as they supp seq far
enough to cut 1t and not finding 1t,
tiey abandoned these wotkinRe.
Thinking the ore found was u slide,
they started a shalt above the uoIth OF
the slide and sunk sevsnty-five feet
and then cut south thirty feet, hoping
10 cut the ledge, blu: were forced to
abandon this shaft owing to water.
The labor was eiveu up as lost, but
this winter the owners, being satisfied
such large body OF ore must have q
feeder, prepared themselves with the
Necessary timbers, etc., to drive the
cut ahead, anu they have been richly
rewarded ior their Efforts by cutting
the ledge apparently In place only a
few feet from where the works were
abandoned.
They have good body Of ore with
well defined walls.
Since finding the ledge and learn
ing Its great vsiue by careful samplin g
and a.sRylng, they have started new
cross. cut tunnel, which will tap the
old workings so leet deeper, making a
depth OF over 100 feet when completed,
The new cross.cut is under cover 100
ieet, ant from surface Indications 25
feet more win cut the ledge. Then by
drifting 100 feet they " III top the large
body OF ore.
TIE owners are working four men
ana will without doubt before spring
open up property OF great value.
The free GRE encountered In the old
workings was milled at Pearl anu
Melted a nice profit. The base ore is
tu phurets and some OF !, lie extremely
rich, but owing to the immense eliza oil
.he ledge anu The broken condition OF
the same 1t is a hard matter to sort II
30 that 1t can be shipped. The ledge
liz supposed by all TO be the came ledge
ss the Black Crook.
The Black Crook has recently made
the biggest strike in the district. Tbs
DRIFT has been driven about so feet iur.
lher since the writer's last visit anu
has, rs depth was gained, shown
tendency to carry harder quartz. Alta
depth OF l25 feet b.ue white quartz
was found that carried gold Ia larger
quantities visible to the eye than has
ever been discovered in the entire dis-
;rict. The ledge has been shown by
many assays to carry u large amount
OF silver, and the recent discovery OF
thie free gold has encouraged the own
ere, Belt, Dare, Hardy and Thorp, t.
prepare 10 continue the work OF urllt.
ing on much larger scale.
Some Of the specimens shown the
writer were yellow with gold, The
strike has given new life to the entire
district. The finding of this gold has
inuuced other miners who have APP.
parently the same character of lodges
to renew their ehorts and spring will
Ind Rock Greek alive with miners
pushing development.