The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-26

THAT Tuscarora vgill in the near fu-
ture be one of the greatest gold pro-
ducing districts in the whole country,
/ haven't the sligI ltest doubt" re-
marked S. B. Miner at the Depot no
Eel last evening, say the Independent
Of Elko New.
Every days work on the Dexter
oniv emphasizes the opinion 1 formed
Of it last July, that it IS one Of the big
GOLD mines of the west. Recent de-
Yelopments in the Young America
and Poorman on the east. the Ezra on
the west and Talbot's and Parsons
properties on the south shows this ore
body to be immense in size ana OF
unknown length. Once these proper
ties Gene into strong hands they Will
soon become producers or the nrst
rank. The great mass Of this ore is
low grade and hence must be treated
economically and on a large scale to
yield a profit. The high price of fuel
at that point makes it imperative
that power both for pumping the big
flow of water known to exist in that
ground and for hoisting, crushing and
reducing the ore be transmitted by
electricity from distant streams. The
solution of this question will come
from the transmission of power from
the Snake river, in Idaho. At point
two and one-half miles above Sho-
shone Falls 1 have patented the ground
contiguous to the stream where the
full flow of the stream makes q sheer
descent Of 1S5 feet. l have already tun-
neled under the lip of the falls to
within a few feet Of where any de-
sired quantity Of water can be tapped.
The only expense necessary to obtain
any desired quantity of power will be
the building of a stand pipe and the
installation of the necessary dyna-
mos. The distance from this point to
Tuscarora in a direct line is only 1l5
miles. and 100000 is an ample fund for
building a line and plant which win
deliver from l 1000 to 5000 horsepower
at Tuscarora.
with this immense power all of the
new gold mines will not only be
drained and their product reduced at
the minimum cost, but all of the old
silver and gold mines which in times
past yielded over $13, 100000 can be re-
opened and the immense bodies of ore
left therein of too low grade to be
utilized in the old days made to yield
immense profits. This scheme is now
receiving the closest attention and in
vestigation by the strong financial
men who have recently obtained
controlling interest in the Dexter"
The foregoing is the substance of
an interview with Mr.. Miner, general
manager of and one of the heavy
stockholders in the Dexter, and is
used with his full knowledge and con-
sent.
No industrial scheme since the
building of the Central Pacific has
been launched which promises so
much for the material welfare of Elko
county as that outlined in the force
going interview. That it is something
tangible to be calculated upon arises
from the fact that it is in the hands
of men amply able, financially, to carry
it through successfully and who al
ready have sufficient holdings in Tus-
carora to justify the outlay. Not only
does it mean the inauguration of min
ing at that point on a scale never
heretofore attempted, but it promises
the revival of mining throughout the
entire north end of the county, with
the probable addition Of Mountain
City, Columbia and other camps to the
list of profitable producing camps.
It means the probable doubling of the
population Of the north end of the
county several times over and the addi-
ton Of a home market which will re-
dound to the advantage of every resi-
dent of the county.