The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-03-06


furnished the readers of The Herald
with vivid descriptions Of the merits OF
Eagle Valley district, in Lincoln coun-
ty. New, IS in the city, and to say that
he is enthusiastic over the wonderful
possibilities of this promising gold
camp, is drawing it mild.
For two or three months Mr.. Short
has been sojourning amid the crags.
canyons and mountains with which this
camp is environed, and during his stay
there he has secured mining properties
In which he has the utmost confidence
as to their mineral qualities, and he
states that within the next two years
this is sure to come to the front as
one of the greatest gold producing sec
tons OF the west, and already numerous
prospectOrS and investors are heading
that way. anxious to get in on the
ground floor in the new diggingS as
quickly as possible.
Mr.. Short was among the first to
make locations il the new bonanza
land discovered a short time ago, about
four miles southwest Of the new camp
of Nelson, in Eagle Valley district
mention of which has been previously
made in these columns.
This new district is one mile east OF
what IS known as the Big Summit, on
the Rhodes Valley road to Phoebe, and.
strange as il may seem, one OF the loca-
lions made by Mr.. Short and Dan Nc
Ieod, who have staked out four claims
on one of the principal Iodes, is only
900 feet from the Phoebe road, over
which prosDectOrs and mining men
have been travelling for the past 25
years.
The lodges in this new camp range
from to p feet in width. the forma-
ton being true assures in porphyry,
most of the veins panning free gold at
the grass roots, and in more than one
instance wire gold being found by horn
ing. while from quartz taken from the /
groupings Of the claims located by
Messrs. Snort and Mcleod, paintings |
would indicate that the gold values !
would run from $40 to $50 at the sur
face.
A greaS many locations are being |
made in this locality, stakes having |
been driven in profusion for a distance |
of four miles on the strike OF the belt,
and a mile in width, there being nu-
merous parallel lodges, the indications
being that this zone is an extension of 4
the Deer Lodge belt, on which are To-
Gated the valuable Pickett and Camp
bell groups, which are being extensively
developed at the present time.
In the new gold fields heavy timber
Is abundant, but water is rather scarce
Mr. Short states that it will not be
long now before the new town OF Mel IT,
son will be plated. the site being most
1esirably located, and within a short
time water viii be piped to the aspir-
nS mine metropolis from the Tip Top
spring. above the Charlie Ross mine,
distance ot three miles
The townsite is most admirably sit
lated, most Of The plat being on level ;
ground, the so acres being owned by
dessrs- Short, Mcleod, Kimball and
heir associates, and already quite a
number of town lots have been spoken
or by people who will build either
esidence or business structures. The
nillsite for the new mill adjoins the
own, and Jim Stevens, who will have
harse Of its construction, returned to
he city yesterday, after laying out the :
-round for the same, and making ar !
for the necessary excava-
ions for the plant, most of the ma s
lninery for which is now at Milford ]
In describing the principal mines of {
he camp. Nj. Short states that the 7
howing IS almost beyond belief, in 5
Of which he hardly expects /
is story of the immensely of the min C
ralization Of the camp to be believed: :
II that he can say TO fortify his posi-
ion being for those interested to go
nd see for themselves.
The latest strike in the camp of i'm 6
ortance was made not long ago, on f
be Red Eagle, where a short tunnel I
as uncovered ledge in which there q
a showing OF an 1S-foot body OF free
'illing gold quartz which viii run up =
ITO the hundreds; while on the Com l
lock No. 4. embraced in the same
roup, a tunnel is being run to cut the
Elm, when drifts viii be run which
i'll give a large area OF excellent stop
g ground.
AS fer the Charlie Ross, Mr.. Short !
ateS that in the opinion of mining
zen il is a marvel. a shaft has been
INK on the Vein on this property to
depth of l35 feet. at which level the Y
7dy Of quartz has been cross-cut a
stance Of 30 feet, without disclosing
le hanging wall, the whole mass of
lartz showing average values of SO c;
Sl5 in gold TO the ton while through =
there are small bodies OF extremely -
cll mineral. some of which will run -
J i-tO the thousands in the yellow -
eta,. -
To go to Nelson, take the Oregon ~
ort Line train to Milford. the fare ~,
ing Sc From Milford to Desert n,
rings by stage the fare is $3.50. and ~
I'm this point to Nelson private con-
yances win cost 81 for one or three G.,
lsons. M
arrangements viii soon be made AT h.
,lson for the accommodation OF trav- cu
RS, but for the present it would be ~
Sc for all going to this new camp to m
ze blankets End tents with them. in
,Ir. Short viii return TO Nelson to- O.
,rfoW or next day. =,