The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-16
SALMON COPPER MINES.
Big Deal On For the Blue Bird Group
of Claims

Word was received from Salmon to-
day, says the Daily Herald, OF Wells,
New, that a company of Chicago cap
italists are negotiating with the Blue
Bird Mining company, of which A j.
Reed is one of the largest stockholders,
for four of their mines. The company
is a large one and will invest thousands
of dollars in the development of the
Blue Bird group if they can get pos
session of them The transfer papers
were received by Mr.. Reed for his sig
nature this week, but owing to few
defects in their construction, they
were returned for correction.
The Chicago company will work the
ores by an electric process, which, 1t is
said, is one of the most satisfactory
employed in the REDUCTION of copper
ores. By the old process it was neces-
sary to work a certain per cent of iron
ore and other mineral properties with
the copper ore in order to properly fiux
the principal metal, and as iron ore
did not exist on the surface and no
shaft had been sunk to ascertain if any
existed at the water level, the smelling
of the copper ore was very expensive
and unsatisfactory. The Chicago COM
pany will send an agent to Salmon
next week to consummate the transac-
ton.
1t is reported throughout the county
speaking, is dead and that there is
nothing in the camp. Several parties,
chronic croakers, have tried to make it
appear that the camp was given I'M
merited advertising by the Herald.
These reports and impressions are I'M
true and misleading. There is not
richer copper field in the state of Ne
vada than the Salmon district. 1t con-
tains not only copper, but gold and
silver in paying quantities as well, and
all assertion made by the Herald in re-
gard to this camp can be substantiated.
While the camp is all that we have
claimed for it. it also has its defects
and hindrances. There is sufficient
water for all purposes, but the scarcity
of wood and the great distance to
the railroad have been the greatest OBJ
stacles to the development and adj
vancement of the district. Then,
again, the miners made a serious mis-
take in not sinking shafts on their
claims to ascertain the extent of their
lodges. All the work performed up to
last fall was surface work, and the re-
suits We're highly satisfactory to the
operators, but not to the capitalists in
quest of good mines. In order to in
terest capitalists these days it is nee
essary to have more than center stake
and a location notice on the claim.
Shafts of not less than so feet and
large DOQleS OF pay ore IN SlSht are
now required to induce capitalists to
invest their money in this country as
well as elsewhere.
There is not a state in the Union
that has richer mineral resources than
Nevada, but our resources are I'M
developed.
Recognizing the above facts, the
Salmon miners have sunk shafts on
their claims during the past winter,
and some of them are down $50 feet,
and the deeper they go the richer the
ore becomes, many of the lodges aver
aging so pei cent copper and as high as
Y per cent,
The Delamo mines are being worked
by Mr.. Hickey and others until the
English gentlemen who have them
bonded are satisfied that Uncle Sam is
big enough TO whip Spain. 4
Several of the other mine owners
are hauling their ore to Wells for
shipment to Vallejo, Cal. OF course,
the expense of transportation is great,
but the miners realize from S150 to $3.50
profit on carload. They will con-
tinue to ship the ore until they have
saved enough or can influence moneyed
men to erect shelters in the district
Salmon is not dead. and it is safe to
say that she will yet become the larg-
est and most prolific camp in Nevada.