The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-06-06
WYOMING COPPER FIELD.
New District Described By Visitor
From That State.

FROM InaL SLdIe.
In stretch of country lying between
the North Platte and Little Snake riv-
ers, in the southeastern part of Wyo-
ming is what is known as the Sara
toga, or Upper Platte mining district.
Ii embraces and covers copper-bear-
ing zone in the Sierra Madre mountains
from four to twelve miles wide and
siXty-five miles long. The district IS
only about three years old, and little
publicity has so far been given to the
resources of the section named. Ac-
cording to the description given by j.
Il. Hassett, who is now in Salt Lake, 1t
is destined to become an important fac
tor in the worlds production OF copper,
and that at no distant day.
Mr.. Hassett was seen at the Cullen
yesterday, and gave a. description of
what was being Done in, the new copper
diggings, and as the gentleman has no
personal schemes to promote, every
credence can be placed in his story.
After giving an outline of the section,
as described above, Mr.. Hassett nrSt
related that now that the district IS
coming into prominence Colorado is
trying to claim it as a part of that
states possessions. But in that it will
fail, as there can be no legal claim TO
it set up by that state.
Probably the best developed property
in the district right now is the Rute-
deha which derives its name from the
first two letters of the names of the
original locators-Rumsey, Ferris, Deal
and Haggerty-the former being the
cashier of the First National bank of
Rawlins. After sinking on the vein for
a short distance splendid copper ore
was uncovered. The locations were
made last September, and notwitn-
standing the fact all work has so far
been done with whim, and that the
shaft is down only eighty feet, $4,000
worth of ore had, up to the first of
May, been marketed. and there is now
some 500 tons more ready to ship. The
ore from this property, Mr.. Hassett
says, averages 8 per cent copper. and
a fine hoisting plant, pumps, etc, are
now being installed.
a short distance from the IRufedeha
is the Harkins property, on which ma
chinery is now being placed While the
character of its ore is the same as that
in the Rufedeha, no shipments have yet
been made, though it will be an active
producer in a short time.
Four miles southeast of the Harkins
is the Rambler, owned by the Battle
Lake company. 1t is one of the oldest
mines in the district, having been a
shipper for about three years. George |
F. Doane was the original owner, and |
it was he who recently organized the
The mine is Sp[endidly |
equipped with a hoist. compressor, saw
mill, etc, and its ores run as high as
So per cent copper. while it contains !!
vast quantities which run as high as !
30 per cent. One car of ore recently !
shipped from this property. with a haul |
of sixty miles to the railroad, netted !
3, S12.32.
The Charter Oak company's property,
- l..
eSted, in controlled by London syndi- |
cate and managed by Messrs. Cowan
and Tod, representatives of the British !
owners. The mine is some five miles
from the other properties mentioned, on
what is known as Calf creek. in the
eastern foothills of the range, and the
whole section, Mr.. Hassett says. APP
BEARS to be a mountain of copper ore.
which runs from 2S to 20 per cent. with
an estimated average of As per cent
The property is equipped with the best
hosting plant in the district, and sink
ng is the order of the day. The shaft
s now down something over $50 feet.
md this work viii be continued till
900 feet in depth is attained. Some
hing like 100 feet of drifting has been
lone in the mine, but no more will be
lone until the shaft is completed. Mr.
Iassett says the company contemplates
season.
The Meta is another shipper located
n South Spring creek, some seven miles
rom the Rufedeha. 1t is Incorporated
nd owned by local capitalists It's
res average 30 per cent lead. with
liver values ranging from seven to
orty-seven ounces and some gold.
The Alma is another producer of the
anne character, located a mile and a
lalf up the mountain from the Meta.
Is ores, however, run higher in silver
nd gold and lower in lead
This new district. says Mr.. Hassett.
an ideal one in many respects. 1t is {
cceSsible at all seasons of the year and I
5 well watered and tinbered
Saratoga is the nearest town to the i
lstrict, but all shipments are made TO !
'ort Steele. that being the nearest
valuable shipping point on the Union s
'acifc {
There is now at Saratoga a party of /
'oston promoters, who promise to build
railroad into the district from that
ONT by fall. and citizens of Saratoga
ave given them 100000 in real estate
, help the enterprise
MIR. Hassett will visit Mercur, Tintic
nd Bingham before he goes back to
syoming, for the purpose of STUDYING I
ne formations and conditions existing c
1 those camps, as he has a notion that r
some parts of the new Wyoming dis
net similar conditions exist.
The gentleman predicts that In n .
cry lew Years the Upper Platte dis 4
net VIII be one of the greatest copper =
roducers in the world.
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