The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-11
This Gold District Is Forging to the
Front.
A WONDERFUL REGION
TWO MILLS NOW TURNING OUT
YELLOW METAL.
Omaha Will Probably Erect Mill
During the Coming season-Day
of Dividends Among Utah Mines
Gold From Beaver County-Min-
ing Interpretations.
lsneeial Correspondenee.l


Mercur April 9.-'The West Dip VIII
soon leave Mercur in the shade" is an
expression frequently heard these days
and while it is rather a strange one
little thought soon convinces one that
it takes no great stretch of the lmasl-
nation to reach this conclusion. lhFee
years ago the West Dip was only
name, q few prospectors' cabins, Jew
pot holes, and large stretch of couh-
Try, deserted and barren, constituted
the West Dip Today it is dotted with
hundreds OF cabins, stores, offices. ETC,
and a busy population, numbered nv
hundreds Two mills are furnishing
their quota of gold to the worlds SUD
ply, and there is every indication tnat
at least three more will be in operation
before the close of the year, with a
possibility OF six.
What has been heretofore known as
the West Dip vein has been SHOWN W
along a vast extent of country. North
of Ophir canyon the vein has been
opened by Hunt & Kelley, and again at
the Farm group. The values in neither
place are enough for milling purposes.
but as depth increases values, there IS
but little danger of these properties
coming into rank as producers as soon
as enough work has been done.
South of Ophir canyon is the Snow
Flake group in which the ledge shows
a width of twenty-three feet with 1alr
values. The Valley View on the south
has also been prospected far enough
to trace the vein. On the south the ks
met company has followed the vein
down and found good values and IS
now preparing to do extensive develop
ment work, as soon as the large steam
hoist is in operation.
South on the same line is the Edna
May, in which ore was encountered
some time ago. and but for the fact
that the owners have had their hands
full developing the Daisy and other
properties, it would no doubt be near
ing the production stage.
Next comes the La Cigale, where the
large mill is at present steadily treating
100 tons of ore per day, and the results
are far ahead of anticipations. Ar
engagements are now completed to out
in enough tanks to- treat 500 tons per
day. The new tanks viii be put in
similar 10 those at the Golden Gate
mill.
At the Omaha, Lee Brothers have
completed their contract and prepara-
lions are well under way for installing
two steam hoists. A large vein of ore
has been uncovered and good values are
obtained. There is but little question AS
10 the building of a mill on this prop
erty before the end of the summer.
John Dern has formally taken charge
of the Daisy, and T. Butler for a long
time one of the shift bosses at the
Mercur, viii take the superintendency.
The South Daisy has now reached
depth of nearly 500 feet and the two
hoists are running. while in both shafts
three shifts Of men are employed. Mr..
Duncan proposes to have plenty of ore
in sight to keep a large mill running,
and he does not intend to have next
winters snow interfere with the build
ing of the mill 1t is probable that work
viii be commenced on the mill in a
couple of months.
The Snowstorm joins the South Daisy
and extends to Lewiston canyon, max
ing a distance of five miles in which
the vein has been shown up. Continu-
ing south Of the canyon the vein is still
in evidence, having been reached at
the Romney shaft at a depth of $50 feet,
and four miles south the Sindar COM
pany has uncovered the same forma-
ton. That it viii eventually be un
covered throughout the entire nine
miles there is little reason to doubt
But it is not only one vein that is be-
lieved to extend along this stretch OF
country, for what is known as the back
vein is receiving considerable attention.
The results obtained on the Cedar
Hill, Senator Stewart and others, seems
TO suggest that there are other veins
as rich as the first discovered, lying
back towards the hills, and a great deal
of work is being done. which viii
demonstrate whether this is correct
At the Sego Lily a vein has been en-
countered which promises well, and in
other properties the indications are
very encOllra ring