The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-19
PARADOX VALLEY COPPER.
Great Rush For Gold Claims In La
Sal Mountains.

Sal Mountains.
The increased demand for copper and
the consequent rise in copper quota
lions has had its effect in mining circles
throughout the west, resulting in an or
ganiZed search for mines or prospects
producing this metal, on account or
which the copper regions of the west
are receiving the most careful exam1-
nation and inspection.
Numerous localities have responded to
this call with propositions of more or
less merit, but no section has received
more attention than is being accorded
the La Sal mountains at the present
time, and no other locality can lay
claim to larger surface deposits of cop
per bearing ores than are to be found
in the La SAILS and its branches, includ-
ing Paradox valley, just over the Utah
line in Colorado, concerning which
camp o. P. Poole writes as follows:
THE inevitable town lot boom has
struck the Paradox valley. the ranch of
James Huff having been purchased by
a government mail contractor and part
of it cut up into town lots. The Leach
ranch was also recently sold for the
same purpose. the two ranches bringing
So, 500 in cash. Mr.. Huff will devote
his attention to copper mining in the
district and the Horse Park country.
The letter continues:
THE smelter of the La Sal Mining e
Milling company is being pushed with
all possible speed. every man being en-
ployed that can be used, as is the road
from the mines of the company to the
smelter Ore is accommodating on the
dumps of the company's mines, as it is
also on the different properties that
have contracts with the Smelter for the
treatment of their ore.
tfrba Sr11alfar. ar matte stack of the
Columbus Exploration & Mining com
pany is now on its way from the iron
works. Everything is being made ready
for its erection and operation in the
shortest possible time. This company
has some Of the finest copper ore ever
discovered in any country, running as
high as 50 per cent as it comes from
the mine.
1T is reported on good authority that
the Paradox Copper-GOld Mining COM
pany has closed contracts with the Co
lumbus company for the smelling of the
entire output of its United Verde mines,
and others owned by it now under de-
velOpment. The work on the Paradox
company's dam and ditch is nearing
completion.
The strike on the Copper Chief is
proving to be greater every shift. The
vein is now about "A feet in width and
will run, it is estimated by experts, at
least Is per cent copper the whole
width. This is adjoining and on the
same vein as the United Verde, owned
by the Paradox Copper-Gold Mining
company, and the Sunrise of the Co
lumbus company.
Mcintosh & Sullivan from Denver
have put double shifts to work on their
properties on Red Horse mountain and
are taking out some very high grade
copper ere.
Barry Wolf of Montrose has re
turned and secured a force of miners
sufficient for double shifts on his prop
critics on Galloway mountain. DR.. O. c.
Springer of Cleveland, o., has located
here, and is arranging to work on
large scale the property secured by him
on Red Horse mountain.
"Oliver & Scott are still going down
on the Little Anna on Cork Screw
trail. The gold values are
as does the per cent of cop
per in the ore
Fluff & Waggoner have made con-
tracts with the La Sal company smell
ter to treat the output of their mines
on the Dolores. From the samples
shown here they have some very high
grade copper.
Prone & Huff. on Rampant noun
tain, are accommodating immense guam /
titles of ore on their Black Copper I
properties. This is the claim that
made great record for a quick mine |
1t has produced pay ore from the day I
it was staked and from the surface
down. Galloway brothers have the adj !
joining property and are pushing the
big shaft with all the force they can 1
get.
Craig & Johnston on Slumgullion |
gulch are getting fine returns from |
their Montrose Bell and adjoining |
claims.
THE Willis and Maggy Mcclure, |
worked by Robert Mcclure, are turning /
out some fine ore. Thompson & Long /
ham have increased their force on the /
Daisy group and are piling up the ore /
waiting for the blowing in of the smell /
ter.
Gordon Kimbau is working a large |
force on his recent purchase, the Cop |
per Prince. Mr.. Kimball has pur- (
chased also the Miller ranch for a smell
ter site. The reported price paid for
the Copper Prince is $4,000, which is
cheap.
Thomas Swain, the general mer
chant here, has a force of miners de-
his copper claims on Angel
mountain and taking out some fine ore.
This ore will be held until the La Sal
smelter is completed, the
having contracted for the
whole output Of Mr.. SWANS mines for
)ne year.
There is a representative of some
Hamburg bankers in camp looking for
copper mines. 1t is reported that there
Yill be a gigantic consolidation and
sale of copper properties and two smell
ers soon. This representative of Ger
nan money is quietly tying up and
outright a good many
.laims In conversation with a mine
,wner here this expert made the asser-
ion that inside of 20 months copper
would be selling at SIS per 100 pounds;
he demand is increasing in greater
proportion than the production
Judge {Gleason is pushing with
strong force development on his Rock
Creek properties. Armstrong & Ell
lott have opened a new ore chute on
heir Monmouth claims on Strayhorse
sulch. Milt Frady and partners have
N. 11-foot vein on Galloway mountain
md report a bonanza. The Hotel
Trady is now completed"
THE BINGHAM PLACERS.