The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-21

This year, when mining in Utah and
the whole west is picking up more than
ever before, moneyed men looking for
good things seem to have their wealth
er eyes open on ne young camps Of
the southern part of the state. Some
of the busiest places in this city now
are the offices of Roy Mayne. Pat
Ryan, the Holland company and the
Snyder Improvement company
Mr.. Mayne has surveyed forty cop
per claims on the summit of a fiat
topped mountain near Grover. Wayne
county. where he has men taking out
ore for shipment. He believes the
magnitude of his holdings is sufficient
to keep work going throughout an or
binary lifetime, and assays show much
of the dirt is exceedingly rich. Mr..
Mayne has rented storehOuse at
Richfeld, his nearest railway station,
and has there, in sacks, rock tina. av-
erages over 20 per cent copper.
Pat Ryan is the president of the
Golden Star company, owning the Blue
Bird. Gold Mountain district. Piute
county. He has recently let a big tun-
mel contract on that property. which
bears the distinction of being the first
dividend-payer Of Gold Mountain dis
trict.
The Holland people. among whose
principals are Senator Cannon and W.
T. Snyder. has offices in the Temple
ton building It's diggings at Gold
Mountain district shipped a lot Of
choice gold ore in 1888 and 1897, and
give promise of beating their record
this year.
Utah's Cripple Creek.
Gold Mountain is just now attracting
much attention among the mining fra
ternity. Those who have canyassed
the situation there express the opinion
that it bids fair this season to prove
deserving of its title, "Utah's Cripple
Creek bestowed upon it by a we'll
known ColOradoan last year. From all
reports, it is pre-eminently a free
milling proposition, although some very
desirable shipping ore has been un-
covered at the Deseret company Silver
King, the Golden Stars Blue Bird. the
Bald Mountain company'S Annie Lau-
RE, James Longs Mammoth, and the
Holland A great advantage to the
new camp is it's limitless supply OF
timber and water.
Operations the past winter have
eclipsed all previous records. In spite
of the abundance Of snow and the
comparatively primitive accommoda-
tons, sixty men have been employed
all winter. They have
been stationed at the Butler-Beck, Sill
yer King, Blue Bird, Stanley, Annie
Laurie. Mammoth. Captain Dodge. Sc
vier and Holland. Never before have
more than a dozen men Wintered on
the mountain
As warm weather approaches and the
snow recedes, activity at Gold Noun
tain increases. A very effective Stimu-
lus is the frequent finding of new bo-
Annie Laurie Strike.
It is now a matter of public knowl-
edge that the Annie Laurie people have
pierced a niueteen-foot ledge Of ore
that averages away up, and that fur
nishes frequent specimens fairly mat
ted with the precious yellow. This
vein, like all in the camp, is true
fssure in gray porphyry.
One evidence of the lively era dawn
ing upon the Gold Mountain camp is
the establishment there of a TOWNSHIP,
christened Snyder City and owned by
the Snyder Improvement company,
whose city offices are located in the
Commercial block. Engineer BreckOn
has drawn a fine map of the country,
which is the object of close scrutiny
every day at the Snyder cOmpany'S
quarters. where callers are numerous,
seeking information. The sale of the
lots is progressing brislly, and is an
other evidence or the interest mani
tested. An assayer, merchant, butcher
and saloon man have already arranged
to begin business at Snyder City 50
soon as buildings can be completed, and
before many moons Snyder City. it is
expected. viii be the headquarters OF
a. large hotel, a bank and q, newspaper.
Gold Mountain district in mining
parlance, is only scratched, scarcely
but its champions are en-
thusiastic in the belief that for the
work done, and the money expended,
no camp in the west surpasses it in
quantity and quality of ore.