The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-10

Colonel II. L. Pickett, the well known
mining attorney of this city, arrived
home from Stateline and Eagle valley
districts Thursday night loaded 10 the
guards with magnificent samples Oh
sold-bearing quartz from these TWO
promising camps, which, he firmly be-
liavas are the making of two rich and
I1rolifc gold producers, the expenditure
of time and money in more extensive
deVelopment work being all lhat Is
needed to lay bare the treasures Win
which dame nature has so rlchly en-
dowed these localities.
During his absence the colonel spent
considerable time in making an eXainl-
nation of the new discoveries maze IN
that norton of Stateline district known
as Pixies Diggings, which, years ago,
were worked under the impression that
rich placer deposits would De uIcoN-
cred. the lodges, so strong ana SO ned'-.
ilv charged with the yellow metal, De
ing left untouched and almost un-
noticed to be the cause of considerable
excitement in mining circles at the
present time.
pixies Diggings, according TO the
colonel, offer almost every lnducenehI
that the gold miner is looking 1or IN the
matter of formation. the. strike, DIP ana
permaneney of the lodges, whlie the
quartz itself is of that lively character
which appeals so forcibly to every old
Quartz miner, and il is well sprlnkled
with gold in its native state, strings OIL
the yellow metal showing up as long
as a mans finger When the ore 10
crushed and panned.
While this portion of the district has
been but partially developed as yet
still considerable work is now IN pro-
gress there, possibly the best showing
vet made being in the Blakely group
owned by George Blakely and his asso-
ciates. in which several openings nave
been made. all of which are in good
ore, the most extensive development so
far consisting of 75-foot tunnel which
U,as run Is feet before the vein was
encountered, at which point its course
was slightly changed, when II was run
for a distance of 80 feet on ore with
the intention of connecting with a shdIt
at 2 vertical depth of so or 80 feet from
the surface the shaft having already
attained a depth of so feet, the bottom
being in a fine body of high grade ore,
the vein disclosed by the tunnel being
from three to four feet in width through
which there is a pay streak of hlgh
grade Quartz ranging from two to "a
inches in width. which will go way UP
in the precious metals, two open cuts
on the property also showing up most
encoura ging showing of mineral.
The Amethyst is another proposition
of good promise, the 35-foot shaft on
this property being in fine body OF
good ore; while among the other groups
of excellent merit in the diggings are
those owned by the Coffey boys. r. q
Nugent ct al; Drake ct al; Donohue
and Lynch, and Ike Higbee and his
associates.
At Deer Lodge work is progressing in
the development of the Pickett group
in which the colonel is heavily inter
~ he that the assess
ment work for the group has all beer
done for this year, and that in doing
this q splendid showing was made or
the south extension of the Indiana
where there is a mammoth ledge OF
quartz which is Streaked with ore tha1
fairly glistens with the yellow metal
specimens of which the colonel brough'
home with him for the inspection of hi:
friends.
In the Deer Lodge country Johnson
Campbell and Lund are pushing worl
in the continued development of the
Horse Shoe group, the working shat
having reached a depth of about 1O
feet. the bottom being in 4-foot body
of quartz carrying good gold values.
Slosson and Barney brothers are alst
hard at work in the exploration of tint
Homestake, in which there is an ex
cellent showing; while Moody and hi:
associates are losing no time in open
ing up the Iris, in which nice body
ore is already exposed.
At Camp Nelson, also in Eagle Val
ley, all is expectation and it is dali,
expected that work will immediatel!
be resumed in the operation of tn
Charlie Ross and Buck mines.
The camp of Stateline itself did no
escape a careful examination at tn
hands of Colonel Pickett, and he is il
love with the promising properties il
this part of the district, the Creole
the Gold Belt, the Burrow and tn
Ophir being regarded by him as mine
of unusual merit, while there are nj
merous propositions in that localit.
which are deserving of special mention
Jess Leemaster of Pixies DigginGs
one of the owners of the Blakely group
accompanied the colonel on his returi
fo Salt Take