The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-03-30

1t is several years now since this city
was thrown into a state of intense eX-
element over the discovery OF rich
gold quartz at the mouth of Little Cot
tcnwood, and the memory of the rush
for claims in that locality and the
scramble for desirable ground is still
flesh in the minds of those who par
ticipated in the same, and but few will
forget the chagrin and disappointment
thai followed when the vein pinched
out and was lost. in consequence or
which the boom for that section soon
died natural death.
Still, notwithstanding the magnificent
naturalization of this locality could not
be overlooked by the owners OF the
main property in the new camp, which
was and still is known as the New
State and in view of the fact that
scme shipments of very rich gold ore
were made from the upper workings in
this property, the owners, when a fault
occurred in the vein, cOntended that IL
would be found in place again with
depth, and SO. for years, they have been
pushing development work, meeting
with varying success, with just enough
encouragement to stimulate further eff
forts in the endeavor to find the source
of the high grade quartz found almost
az the grass roots.
In the exploration of the property,
after disappointment had been their lot
in trying TO find the vein in the upper
workings, a tunnel was started further
down the hill, with the intention of cut
ting the formation at a considerable
depth. This tunnel was run in dis
tance of 500 feet without striking the
ledge where it was believed it should
exist. The company then went back to
the mouth of the tunnel and began
sinking on a body of ledge matter in
which there was some mineral, but
after going down on this for some depth
it was decided that this was but the
feeder to the main vein. Surveys were
then made of the ledge in the upper
workings. and it was found that Its
pitch was not as sharp as at first be-
lieved, and that as it went down it had
flattened out considerably. Acting on
the knowledge thus obtained, another
contract was let for an extension of the
lower tunnel the contract being let to
Messrs. Alex WhipDle and George
Thomas, who have been hard at work
for several weeks, and they have made
excellent progress, as at the compile
ticn of So feet of their contract, MIR.
Whipple. who was called to the city
Monday on account of the illness of his
wife, states that when the shots were
fired at noon on the day he left vein
OL QudIlZ WIS ulStiOSGAls the tAlNlAN u
W kich had not been determined when
he left.
Mr.. Whipple brought in with him
some samples of the rock, which has a
very healthy look, the indications be-
ing that it will carry high values in
gold. as we'll as quite a percentage in
copper.
The company was feeling quite elated
over the discovery yesterday, and as
IN. Thomas arrive in the civ
last night. it is believed that more de-
tails regarding the strike will be OBJ
tainable today.
In the near vicinity of the New State
is the Dipper. a promising proposition
which IS now being developed under
the management of J. NJ. Davis. The
Dipper already shows large bodies of
milling ore in its workings. while some
fine pay strealls have been uncovered.
It is quite likely that this property win
be able to boast of a mill in the near
future