The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-22
VISITS SOUTHERN CAMPS.
Colonel Pickett Returns From a Two
Weeks Trip Among Them.

Colonel II. L. Pickett reached home
yesterday after an absence of two
weeks. He has been on a tour of the
southern camps, in which he holds ex-
tensive interests.
While at st. George the colonel let a
contract to parties there to extract and
deliver to the railroad at least carload
of ore from the Savanic copper mine,
located twenty miles this side of the
Colorado river, in Mohave county,
ATiz.
This lot will be the first shipment
sent out from the property, the object
being to demonstrate what can be done
with the ore, in order to Law out plans
for future developments. Very little
exploratory work has been performed
on the ground. but the colonel asserts
that the ore is very rich, and he eX-
poets to realize d good profit from the
coming shipment, which will be at the
samplers within the next thirty days.
At the Grand Gulch copper mine, To-
Gated about four miles from the Sava-
mic, which is owned by the Jennings
Brothers of this city, force of twelve
men is at work developing the ;;a;ne
and extracting shipping ore \ car is
being loaded at Modena for shipment
to the local Smelters. The Grand Gulch
is said to be looking exceedingly en-
couraging. having large bodies of ore
in sight. Colonel Pickett offers the
opinion that it will develop into one
of the largest copper propositions IN
Arizona.
People living at st. George are en-
Unused over the developments being
made at the Apex mine, which was
bonded to Salt Lake parties several
months ago. a force of thirty men is
employed there. The clay furnace
smelter at the mine is running at fuil
blast and the new thirty-ton plant at
ST. George will be in operation soon.
On his way home Colonel Pickett
spent several days in Pixies Diggings,
Stateline and Deer Lodge districts. All
of those camps, he says, are full OF
activity. A w. McCune and associates.
who bonded not long ago the Amethyst,
Wild Irish AID other claims, are work
ing away and on the Amethyst claim
new shaft has been put down TO depth
of 100 feet. A new whim was Installed
recently, and several men are employed
running drifts and crosscuts, which are
showing up good results.
The Independence Mining company,
COMPRISED chiefly of Salt Lake parties,
has completed shaft 100 feet deep, IN
the bottom of which good values nave
appeared.
The Monitor mine. which was incor-
porated by Thomas 5. Coffey, DR.. Har-
vev. Don c. Robbins and King, Burton
& King of Salt Lake, the colonel thinks
is a promising property. 1t has good
showing of ore. containing splendid
gold values.
Charles S. Short is operating the
Fremont claim, considered to be one of
the best in the camp.
Developments are being pushed at
the Deer Trail. which is owned by the
colonel and NJ NJ. Miller. The mine
shows considerable free gold. Samples
brought 10 from there contain values
that will run away up into large fig
UreS.
over in the Deer Lodge district,
Messrs McCune. Lund & Hoge are
employing as many as seventy-five men
at the Horseshoe and Homestake. The
properties are both being opened up
and at the same time new roads are
being built and other outside improve
ments are under way. The new board
ing house is nearly completed and will !
be ready for occupancy in a few days.
In Stateline, the Johnny mine is i'm |
proving right along. Every foot of de- /!
velopment shows more ore of a better
quality. and everything taken out of
the workings is pay rock.
The Aggie d., ROW under bond to |
NcBurney & Ericsson. is being worked !
vigorously. The shaft is now at a depth |
of 100 feet and looks promising.
Willard F. Snyder, who bonded sew
eral claims on Rice hill, has two men |
at work upon them. The Gold Hill and /
Wasp groups have created consider |
able attention lately, owing to strikes
being made in them.
Next year. the colonel thinks, will see
a season OF unprecedented activity in |
the camps below.