The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-09-18
NEW TOWN OF AQUA.
Is Located Three Miles Southeast o.
Deer Lodge.
Especial CORRESPONDENTS. ),


Especial Correspondence)
Aqua, Utah, Sept. 15.-Aqua may be
new name to The Herald readers, for
mining camp, but it is only new
name for an older camp. Aqua is the
name given by Ben Johnson to a min
ing claim upon which is located what
is known as Johnson's spring, around
this spring a town is growing UP, TAX
| ing the same name. 1t is about three
miles southeast of Deer Lodge, ten
miles south of Stateline and two miles
north of Pixies Diggings. 1t lies i'm
mediately east of the state line be-
tween Utah and Nevada and embraces
the big Comstock group belonging to
Campbell and McCune, the Indepen-
dence Gold Mining company's property,
! the Monitor company's property and
many promising claims.
Three houses have been erected and
others will be put up soon. About
twenty people are in here now and as
development progresses, Aqua will be-
come a thriving town. 1t is in the
center of the big mineral belt, running
! south from Stateline, and with an
! abundance Of water to be had at a few
feet below the surface, the town has
every promise of a prosperous career.
Among the recent visitors to Aqua
have been w. S. Evans, secretary and
treasurer of the independence Gold
Mining company, and Mr.. Whitmore,
one of the stockholders of the company.
Both men are well pleased with the
outlook at the mine. Their shaft is
now 1875 feet deep and is in a fine body
of quartz. Quite a flow of water was
struck recently, which, while impeding
work to some extent, is welcomed by
the owners, as it assures water for
milling purposes. The company has a
fine block of ground, owning 1850 feet
on one of the best leads in the camp.
They will continue work to the 200
foot level and then prospect the ground
thoroughly by drifting and cross cut
ting. The company this week in Judge
Higgins court at Parowan, won a suit
which was brought by II. H. Cooper
of Deer Lodge, to quiet title to the
ground. The settling of the suit will
permit the company to do some vigor-
Gus prospecting.
The Monitor Mining company, of
which Judge King, John H. Burton
and Sam King are the principal stock
holders, are working a big lead of pay
rock. Their shaft is now down thirty
five feet and all in ore that will average
SIS. This promises to be one of the bo-
nanzas Of the camp.
Dan Mcleod is a recent visitor to
Aqua. Dan has some good property
mere anu Will 10 SOHle C6NelOpI06IlI
work soon. He has recently returned
from the Buffalo Hump country in
Idaho and declares that it does not
give any better promise than the coun-
try around Aqua.
Dave Francis and Jim Hollinger of
Eagle Valley, have come up to do as
sessment work on their Jumbo claims.
They have discovered some rock which
assays over 500 and win develop the
vein. They will also do the annual
work on the Amethyst and the Wild
Irish claims at Pixies Diggings.
Lou Bast was over from Stateline a
day or so ago, and was enthusiastic
over the outlook there. The Johnny
strike is doing wonders for the camp.
dt has stimulated both development
work and prospecting and good rock is
being found in many places.