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

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| Valley districts has not seen the
growth and prosperity that was looked
| for, and that which this section merits,
but the morning of its boom sets in
with the opening of the year 1900. and
early spring will see it making great
strides in the life of a great boom.
| The two districts are separated by
the Nevada Utah state line, and on the
Nevada side is the lively little town of
Deer Lodge in Eagle Valley district
| Up to about three months ago it con-
| sisted of probably twenty-five build
ings, and these were tents, log cabins
and few lumber houses, with popu-
lation of about thirty, and now it is
the busiest little camp in southern Ne
vada. The sound of the hammer and
] saw can be heard at all hours of the
day all over the camp, and more sub
stantial buildings are taking the places
| of the tents and log cabins. A nice
street is shaping itself and the popula-
ton has increased to nearly 200, with
not an idle man in camp. All this ac-
/ tivity is due to the operation of MesSrs.
A. w. McCune, r. c. Lund and their
| efficient manager, ]. F. McFarlane.
These gentlemen became interested in
Eagle Valley district about six months
ago, and now control about H)rty
v
are known as the Horseshoe
group and the Homestake group. The
principal work at present is being done
upon the Horseshoe and Homestake.
steam hoist is being erected upon
each of these claims The Horseshoe
is now developed by a shaft to a depth
| of 200 feet, with tunnels run both ways
from the 100 and 2OO-foot levels. All
of the work thus far done is entirely in
ore. and some of it is astonishingly rich,
while the entire ledge is valuable
| enough to be considered fine milling
| proposition.
Work on the Homestake consists, OF
developing the ledge by shaft and tun-
nels, and this work is exploring one of
the largest lodges in the district, and
to such an extent that the results are
| most gratifying to the owners. A verti-
cal shaft some distance to the west of
the outcroD of the ledge is now being
sunk and has reached a depth of near
ly $50 feet. This is expected to cut the
ledge at certain distance, and will
be the main working shaft of the
property. s,.
The Horseshoe Homestake company
has acquired various water rights and
a site has been selected for the erection
of an extensive mill. u2on which work
will soon be commenced.
The surface improvements, consisting
of roads, buildings, ETC., are extensive
and ali their work is the best evidence
| of their. confidence in the future.
This company has also launched out
| into Stateline district, in that portion
known as Pixies Diggings. and is doing
some important work on the Wild Irish
and Amethyst, which it has under bond
from R. Francis, D. A. Mcdonald and
J. Hollinger. The reports from these
claims, which have a shaft 100 feet
Il ~ f,,er
from the bottom, are very. fiattering.
John Ryson has group of claims adj
joining The Horseshoe, upon which he
has ocfe considerable prospecting, and
which give good promise.
George Moody regards his Iris claim
the most important he owns in the dis
trict This claim adioins the Home
stake.
Little or no work has been done on
the Ross the past year. but during the
time it was worked some very rich
ore was taken out and marketed in
Salt Lake. The Ross is Incorporated
and is controlled by Boston capital. 1t
is regarded as good property and is now
being inspected preparatory to a re-
sumption of work.
J. V. Lane has put in nearly every
day of the past year in prospecting his
properties, which are quite extensive,
and thought well of.
Negotiations are new pending with
Messrs. Troutman and Clark for their
Indiana property, which has one of the
largest lodges in the district, the out
crop being well defined for 200 feet in
width and for the full length of the
claim.
The Idle Wild and Gold Bug claims,
owned by c. Lyle and the Hammond
Bros, has a good showing for the
amount Of work that has been done.
The Inter Ocean. owne6-byr Messrs.
Ross. Delinne. Vietti, Lane and Vert
heimer, has had considerable work done
on it the past year, making a great
improvement in the property.
The luck.r ones who have realized
from holdings in the district the past
year are A G. Campbell, $4,000; B.
Johnson, $50, 900: Messrs. Barney Bros,
Ross, Lyle and Rice, $4,000. besides
several deals of less Importance.
STATELINE DISTRICT.
On the Utah side in what is known
as Stateline district, the past year has
been one of more ncouragement than
any since the district was first discov-
cred four years ago. The little town
of Stateline, which, at the commence
ment of the year. had less than twenty
people, with many vacant buildings.
new has a population of about 100, with
several new buildings and no idle men,
and a general feeling of confidence
seems to prevail.
The Johnny, which is exciting this
section with it's sensational richness,
is locked upon as the most important
property in the district, and is owned
by Messrs. Newell. Dolly. Wilson and
Brown, and was recently Incorporated
for 300,0 G0 shares at the face value OF
81 per share The property consists of
several claims, and a shaft has been
sunk. to the depth of 100 feet on the
Johnny, from which point drifting and
prosecuting is now going ahead The
comp ny also has a two-stamp Tremain
mill in operation, which is now treating
a lection lot of the Johnny dump, as
a test to determine the best method OF
treatment 1t is reported that the re-
suits by plate amalgamation are most
gratifying. and the percentage OF ex-
tration is much beyond expectations