The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-12-31

the first active operations on Carbonate
hill. The mine has, produced many
| thousands of dollars worth of high-
grade ore which nette6 a handsome
profit, despite d. ninety-miie wagon haul
over rough mountain roads. The COM
pany now has forty-ton smelter oper-
ating successfully. and is piling up bull
lion for shipment Thousands OF tons
OF ore are in sight at the mine, which is
said to show up better than at any
time in its history. The recent strike is
said TO be an important one. and adds
very materially to the value of the
property. Several dazzling bids have
been made for the property, running
away up into the hundreds of thou.
sands, but the company cannot be
tempted.
Neighboring Properties.
All around the big mine are promis-
ing prospects. and several important
transfers were made during the year.
Jesse Knight is heavily interested in
the camp. and is pushing his tunnel on
the Cleveland. which joins the Dyer on
the west Uncle Jesse has great faith
In the Cleveland and figures on striking
the ore body with his usual assurance
of success.
has been surveyed for patent recently
and the owners, who are Vernal and
Provo men, are confident that they
have big lead-silver proposition. All
over the south slope are promising
claims that contain within their lines
the prospect of dividend payers.
On the north of the Dyer is the Big
Four. which recently made a shipment
of high-grade ore to the Salt Lake
shelters.
The Old Glory. the property of DR.. A.
Rose, lines up against the Dyer on the
east, with fine indications
The Esmerelda, further. down the
hill, is the only copper placer mine in
the country. it's entire surface and fos
ten feet beneath being filed with rich
copper float, which the owners are fig
uring on taking out by hydraulic pro-
cess.
The Grizzly.
Four miles east, along the lime reef,
is located the Grizzly, in which Je.se
Knight is heavily interested. The ore
here is in the lime above the contact
and runs high in silver as well as cop
per. The property is being developed
by means of tunnel, in the face of
which are some fine stringers of ore.
Fifteen miles farther east, on Pot
creek, the lime reef shows unmistakable
signs of mineral. and some development
work has been done. At this point ga
lena is found with the copper, which
resembles the ere from the Bassett
mine, on the south slope of Grizzly
mountain.
From Pot creek to the state line very
little prospecting has been done, owing
TO the roughness of the country. Just
across the line and on the same lime
reef is the Douglas Mountain district,
where the Bromide mine and smelter is
located. There are several very prom
Using claims in the district, the major
ity of which are owned by Vernal par
ties, and while just across the line are
contributory to Vernal The recent
active operations of the Bromide COM
pany have furnished employment to
great many Uintah county men and
teams.
Jesse Ewing District
In the northeastern corner of the
county is the Jesse Ewing district,
which is a promising section. The for
nation is of volcanic origin, and con-
sists of alternate stratas of schist,
granite, quartz and intrusive porphyry.
The whole country is heavily mineral
lied, and over 100 claims are recorded.
Representative O'Neili is associated
with E. V. McCune and r. 3. Shepard
in the development of a very pronis-
ing group of claims in the district. The
company, which is known as the YER
nal Copper company, now have their
main shaft down nearly 100 feet, with
drift to the north sixty feet. The indi-
cations are very promising and work
will be pushed with renewed vigor af-
ter the holidays.
The Morning Star. the property of
James Hacking of Vernal and others,
is coming to the front as one of the
promising claims of the district. The
property is being developed by an in
cline that shows a fine strata of por-
phyry, heavily mine-alized with copper
and silver values between schist walls
All over the district are numerous tun-
nels and shafts, all of which show good
values in copper and silver. Gold is
also found in the district. and several
promising gold properties are being de:
When the present development work
demonstrates the permanency of the Ore
bodies there will be a great rush into
eral indications for a considerable dis
lance. Red creek, Beaver creek and
Willow creek, as we'll as Jesse Ewing,
show heavy naturalization.
The Blue Mountain country is an
other very promising section, which,
owing to its inaccessibility, has been !
in its development. Splendid |
,PcSiuiciiS VI copper anu SOlQ ores are |
brought in from there, and consider |
able prospecting is being done.
On Deep creek are located several big |
ow-grade copper propositions, in which |
Washington parties have lately become !
Great Mineral Section.
In almost every part of northeastern !
Utah mineral is found. In the districts |
are found gold, silver, cop |
per, nickel and lead. All through the |
country are ir1nunlerable veins of coal, !
some of which are of good coking quail |
ty. hydrocarbons In all forms are |
from sand asphalt to the pur-
est grades of gilsonite, mineral wax.
elaterite. ETC.. Lithographic stone. Full |
er's earth, kaolin, gypsum and fire |
LAY are a few of the side issues with !
which the country is filed.
Taken altogether. it is a safe state
nent that in no other section of the |
state are the mineral resources so var /
ed as in the northeastern portion With
facilities the develop
nent would be rapid and the many op-
,ortunities that now await capital |
would be seized upon and the great
Jintah basin would become hive of
Indications point to the year 1900 as
he liveliest in a mining way in the
history of the country. A great deal OF
development work has been mapped out |
md despite the inconvenience of oper-
ting in such an isolated region it is
! reasonable prediction that northeast
I'm Utah will furnish many proofs of
he validity of her claim to be classed |
- one of the mineral sections of the |