The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-03-21

for the purpose of determining, as far
as possible, for all time to come, Just
what may be expected out OF the
numerous properties in this district.
The copper. the lead, the silver and
the gold, have all been given a thor
ouSh investigation, and it is the gen
eral opinion among the experts that
this district Will not be given an hon
est test, until a considerable sum of
money has been expended in the de-
Velopment Of some one or two of the
best looking prospects. 1t will never
be poor mans camp, and while there
are DrosDectOrs here and there in the
hills of the district, it viii be isolated
instances in which they will make any
thing out Of holding ground.
Years since, the district had numer-
Gus mices in full blast, and millions
in wealth was taken out in three years.
and the ground robbed of its values
to the depth OF 200 feet and here, in
nearly every case, base ores were en-
countered and the work discontinued
No heavy machinery was ever
brought to the district, and no one
ever went down into the base ore to
any considerable distance. Other
camps looked better and offered greater
inducements than digging in this base
ore. Putting in heavy machinery on
uncertainties was also a risky bust
ness, the cry of great wealth in sight
elsewhere called off the work and the
camp went on record as evacuated.
Recent years however, have taught
mining men something about the ma
ture of base ores taught something
about their habitation and relation
and experts now all agree that no
district in the country
HAS BETTER INDICATIONS
of rich ores at the water level than
this same Milford ground. But to get
down to this level it is going to take
money. Poor men may hang out
score of years. gopher the surface from
one end of the district to the other, and
1T will tie a matter of chance if they
fall upon pockets of great values. They
have in former times encountered such
pockets and within a few days snug
little fortunes We're taken out. but
hunting Tor surface pockets is not the
best system for solid mining men and
does not take well with that class.
Here we have J. H. Erickson of
Spanish Fork. who, just few years
since, broke into one of these pockets
and at the expense of less than $500,
took out SOS 600 in the yellow metal.
He is now working the ground where
he found this pocket and has a fine
showing and ore that will almost pay
to ship. He has a fine leader to the
real vein and most any day the good
news will be out that he has reached
The real mine. the outskirts of which
are those rich little pockets thrown out
when the ground broke up.
Peter S. Martin has a little place
somew here in one of his mines in this
district where he used TO bring down
\ little rock in his spring wagon, ham,
mer it UP in his kitchen and melt silver
enough from il to buy his groceries.
Down deep under such ground as this
ii has been shown by the recent eX-
perience that good mines lie hidden
il takes money TO dig in the earth to
a great depth. and men with money
have Of recent years demonstrated the
fact that nerve depends to a great de-
gree upon the absolute certainty in
sight
Never before in the history of this
mining country have men investigated
so cautiously, and spent money so
skeptically- Here we have dozens of
properties worked to depth of 200
feet, and book account showing that
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
were taken from them
Great bodies of base ore bottom
the workings from end to end. and this
ore is of such character as to prove
that it is the alloys of something bet
ter below
Hays Cook holds enough property of
promise to make four good mines He
is ready to give money a good layout
In fact, he is ready to give outright to
the man who means business enough
good ground to make a mine, if that
man will start in and do it, \ shaft
400 feet or 500 feet deep will make a
mine, guessing at il, Of course: and if
anyone digs into rock without a GER
tain amount Of guess" connected with
it, it is strange indeed.
From The grass roots to the bottom
of a 500-foot shaft no rock viii he en-
cOUntered that does not go from 50 to
$40 in free milling gold. If depth does
not improve this ground, it is certainly
q wonder. There is something wrong
with the head that would hang wind
lass in district like this has been
shown 10 be. The wealth is down
deep, and money alone goes deep in
matters like these. Some man with
$1,000 can come here and make some
good mines, and also a record He
wants nerve; he wants the real old
genuine nerve. Any man with money
viii lay out few thousand dollars on
a dead sure thing. and he needn't nee
essarily have nerve. 1t takes nerve.
however, to go on uncertainties and
II IS always matter of uncertainty to
look for something upon which we do
not have the hand. Newspaper reports
first catch the man of experience. He
first falls in with the brilliant pros
poets He first gives up his money and
afterwards the old stager who read the
reports
LAUGHS AT THE TENDERFOOTS'
misfortune, and then dabbles in some
other district upon which he has. in
his wisdom, set his eye. Milford dis
trict reaches throughout a scope of low
mountains from point ten miles north.
t. a distance that far south of Milford
All through this district there is miner
al. With the exception of three dis
tinct broken-up contacts, the ground is
all IN place. At one of these breaks
copper ore predominates: at another
break iron shows up best, while five
miles distant, at the other great con-
tact. gold rock with here and there
some silver appearing. is the enticing
showing. In the center of the district
is situated the immense copper property
now being developed by the GLASGOW
* Western Exploration company With
d whole mountain of 10 Fer cent cupper
within two miles of the railroad. this
property alone will make a camp.
Just above us and at the water level
is the famous Horn Silver mine Just
across the valley is the Cave district
and the Lincoln district. connected bv
a dozen properties out of which large
quantities of gold have been taken dur
ing recent years.
The best of these mines have been
worked down to water level in large