The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-07
EAGLE VALLEY DISTRICT.
Colonel H. L. Pickett Returns From
a Visit to This Camp.

Colonel H. L. Pickett Of this city, re-
turned yesterday from a visit to Eagle
Valley district more than pleased with
the prospects for this new gold camp,
and lie is confident that with greater
development and the application of
money and muscle, this. section viii
rank in time as one of the greatest gold
producing camps in this intermountain
region.
In speaking of Deer Lodge, the pic
neer town OF Eagle Valley, Colonel
Pickett states that it is assuming quite
a metropolitan aspect, and that now
it is able to boast of two general stores,
two saloons. two barber shops, two iced
corrals. 23 houses and seven tents,
while the population is constantly in
creasing and new improvements are
the order OF the day.
Colonel Pickett is associated with
Messrs. Troutman and Clark in the
ownership of what is generally known
as the Pickett group, valuable piece
of property considering the operation
of which, the colonel. on account of his
innate modesty, was very reticent, but
enough was cleaned from him to en-
able The Herald to state that Trout
man and Clark are hard at work IN
the development of the property, the
main work being confined to the south
extension of the Indiana claim. and 1t
is on this portion OF the group that
what is termed the free gold streak
is found, consisting Of a foot of quartz
extending along the apex of the vein
in which free gold is visible; but it is
understood that 10 development work
as yet has been done on this rich streak,
possibly for the reason that 1t is the
intention to first demonstrate the eX-
tent of the bodies Of milling ore
South of and adjoining the Pickett
&c for .rQ1RTtV owned
by Messrs. Johnson, Campbell and
Lund, and on this day ana night shifts
are employed in extending tunnel into
the mountain, the workings already
having been driven a distance OF 80
feet in this direction, all the way in
gold bearing quartz, while an SO-foot
cross-cut from the tunnel has been run
in promising ground.
The colonel also spoke highly of
other prospects and claims in the dis
trict, including the Gold Bug, owned by
LytIe and Moody, upon which devel-
opment work will be resumed next
week.
Mention was also made Of the Home
stake. owned by Slawsen and Barney
brothers. and valuable properties owned
by Thomas Christie, Cation and Ham
Elond. and also Of the Ocean Wave, the
property of Ross, Delmo and VefSte.
sTATELINE DISTRICT.
During his perambulations in the
south the colsmel also made d visit to
the new camp Of Stateline, just east
OF and adjoining Eagle Valley, and he
states that he was well pleased with
the growth of this place, and the work
done in the development of the mines
of the district since his last visit there,
and he was especially impressed with
the showing in the Creole, owned by
McBurney, Mcdonald, Knight and Mil
lett.
The colonel corroborates all the good
things which have been said by Others
regarding this mine. and says that the
tunnel, which is IN on the vein a. dis
tance of $50 feet, shows the existence
OF fine bodies of good milling quartz,
while in the bottom OF the 50-foot winze
four feet Of "hot stuff" is revealed.
The promise for the future of the prop
erty is bright indeed.
-Ile Creole Is being operated by a.
Popkiss, who is working force of Is
men at the mine and will, and this
mill, according to the colonel, gives
the camp a .business-like appearance,
as well as an arr of prosperity.
Among the other mines Of Stateline
which are being worked are the Gold
Belt owned by Brake and Lambert;
the sSidewinder,. owned by Peak and
Stinson, and the Dphire owned by
Lynch and Clark, while there are many
other claims of promise throughout the
district. which are i)eing carefully look
ed after