Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-11-29
coLonApo,>'s N urAu.


Basin. Utah, under date Of November
20, says Now that the prospecting
season OF 1893 n closed a general re-
view uf the different mining camps In
the la Sal mountain mining district
~ large ~ compared with the condi-
tion year ago " truly very latter
Ing and shows a general Improvement
that can scarcely be estimated In per
ccntnge. In Beaver basin where.
year ago, only claim stakes and as
Heasmcnt holes were to be- found. now
besides several good bodies " ore In
different claims are Co De- found the
cabins " the International company,
well equipped and ample supplies FOR
continuing this work during the winter.
while double shift work u being prose-
cutcd Ia driving a crOas-cut tunnel tn
cut the vein on the Copper Queen,
Said vein ON It's apex openings has
shown some very high grade copper
and gold ores In quantity, besides sew
cral stroaks Of good ore have been run
through IN driving the tunnel which r.
now In 10 feet. Just over the saddle
On the MIL creek side. u Colorado
l Springs company have been doing some
| extensive prospecting ON the south
/ slope uf Pilot mountain and the results
have shown large bodies OF low grade
I guld ore - to 80. la qunrtzltc and
! short llmo-. besides some very high
/ grade copper gold ores, assay returns
being quoted AT $4,000. These rich ores
occur between the uunrtzltc and dplo-
mite lines In Intrusive quartz porphyry
nnd spar,
The Caldwell group ~ claims also In
Mil creek, which II now under process
! ~ patcnting. have some fine bodies OF
I ore In sight and as soon aH the patent
. proceedings reach the receivers active
I work WIZ rccummcnce on them. he
sides these there are several other
! claims with Tine showlnga III ore aud
/ NmumglM md NhuIlW Ia WlksH flNFl tho
dignity N wcll-dcvclopcd prospects
The prospecting ~ the Colorado Springs
company has shown quantities and
values that warrant them Ia pushing a
crota-cut tunnel under the mountain
! on their Colorado claim. They have
erected finc comfortable cabins aud
supplied everything Tor continuous
winters work. They are running a crew
OF iiNc men for the purpose of driving
the tunnel, This has established u new
camp "a mile and u half above the old
MIN creek camp AZ which point the
p'ArccyH and others are located for the
winter
AZ Burro pass just south of MIN
creek, Mr. Corbn ana associates. OF
Moab, have driven some $50 fcot Of
shafts and tunnels In prospecting their
group " seven claims on tho south
side of Mount Pumoski opening romc
largc bodies OF low grade Hulphidcn In
~ doing. sun farther south In Gold
basin, Mr. clark " cripple Creek. has
been getting satisfactory results dur
Ing the entire season ana now has some
extensive cuntrncS work going on In de-
veloplng hs properties.
Coming back To Miners basin We
fnd where % year ago seven small
cabins constituted the camp and fur
niHhed accommodations for about TWEEN
~ people there are now nineteen sub
stantial ana comfortable cabins capa,
bic OF accommodating Fcventy-fvo peo-
pie very comfortably, Here year ngt
the work consisted u location stalker
and tcn-foot holes showing some good
surface minerals, while now the Dillon
CrosH.cut tunnel under Mineral noun,
! tain lH ~ u depth OF 100 feet with thI
Z breast IN highly minoralized drnl
: dOl1mitc. The ltlneg tunnel on hi
Tom kluog group X In about eight,
frDt having had fine mineral, showlni
all the way NJ ore bearing from three
70 twenty per cent Ia COPPER aud 50 I,
$50 In gold The Skylark group OF
claims have one rirhty-fOot tunnel be-,
sides shafts and open cuts showing I'm,
bodies NJ high grade ores running hlHl
2 In copper NJ 90 20 per cent, and wei
In gold. \ shipment about eight toni
. ~ IRE copper ore WAS made from th.
: ] Double standard about two months ag,
which gave very satisfactory returns {,
the owners. hut the exact returns can
not DO named,
In Little castle gulch, Dyer nnt
Prliulllo are putting In their wlnter'l
work In a claim that n showing aomi
fno ore. but rs the formation iH vera
, broken on this side ~ the mountain
. d wili TAKE them untl spring 10 ge
, Into the solid. Where O year ago al
4 those camps were reached on horse
back and all supplies transported ct
/ pack trains, wagon rouda have beef
a built during the summer, which enahe
Y freight 20 be landed from the railroad I,
3 the mines without breaking bulk an'
. with the completion ~ the new cut -of
. roads which are 10 b" completed dur
, Ing the winter and early spring nni
, the work that ia laid ont to be don
\ on the King toll road between Richard
r son and Cisco good transportation IA
clltos WIN be- opened from Cisco 4
the different mines, an approximate
distance ~ about forty miles.
Al OF tho above shows an Improve
u ment of many hundred per cent In IN
condition ~ tho Ia sal mining dlstric
as against a year ago, Where llternll
l no work was done last winter contlnu
y Gus work viii be prosecuted In the ar
= fercnt camIa, and there Is plenty o
unnrospccted ground with fine surfnc
= Indications. there win he no better tiel
= for prOspector and Investor than III
y la Sal mountains offer