The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-09-02
THE STAIEL|NE CAMP
It's Growth and Development
From Discovery.
SOME OF IT'S MINES
.
EVERY PROSPECT HOLE HAS
ORE IN 1T.
(speeial Correspondence.l

! ObdtSiile- iron county, Olan, Aug. y.
For a mining camp. Stateline. or the
Cripple Creek of Utah. as the resi-
/ dents of the place are wont to call it.
/ is most SavOrabiy situated. The one
| principal street is broad and level
water of an excellent quality is easily
OBTAINED by means of wells, and while
! 1t IS not over abundant the present
summer, II is due TO the Drotracted
drought, and in an ordinary season it
is entirely adequate The climate is
heathful and inVigorating- and il is
surrounded by sufficient timber to in
sure cheap fuel for years to con-
1t IS nearly five years since Stateline
was discovered. one of the very first
locations being the Creole, which was
Mcdonald and Nelson Millett. This is
still one of the very promising mines
of the district
Development Retarded.
When the news of the discovery of
Stateline spread abroad, the visits of
experts were frequent For the most
part these were much taken uD with
The prospects for the new camp and
would have invested small amounts for
their various companies in the prop
critics of the district, had it not been
that the owners were a little over
confident and held their prospects for
amounts that should have purchased
period.
me DrospectorS who had secured the
best OF the ground were for the most
part poor men, and after a while their
grub stakes were, exhausted. They
were Obliged to ScrimD and save in
every conceivable manner, their sole
purpose being to hold and develop their
properties
Finally AIDh Fopkees succeeded in
interesting a little outside capital He
bonded number of properties, in
in ? tz.af Il
mil OF the Tremain steam stamp pat
tern, which was erected in the CANYON
Immediately above town, and work was
commenced. At first the results were
deemed satisfactory Some nice bars
or gold were marketed but the mill
was small and run on an extrava CANT
scale; the financial backing of the COM
pany was very limited, and it was only
snort time until Mr.. Popkees and his
company were plunged into debt, from
which they found il impossible to tx
tricate themselves. Mr.. PCDkees left.
and his failure gave the camp a black
eye from which it is just recovering.
Experts and mining men who had pre-
dlcted an immediate boom for the camp |
were disappointed, and three years
have dragged by with but little. com
paratively, being accomplished.
Prospects Brighter.
Within the present season, however, |
:
Moneyed men have been induced to in |
Vesugate the camp, and the result is a (
SAFE OF some of the best prospects
capital has been exercised judiciously /
ana economically with satisfactory re- /
suits This has led up to further ex-
pIorations. until today the monthly paw
roll has assumed very gratifying pro /
portions The Dispensing of in the /
of Sc, 600 per month in 4
wages has had an exhilaratine effect |
upon the business of the camp. and
the town is putting on quite a metro /
politan air /
The JOhnnev mine, which would an /
pear TO be one of the best properties of !
the district from the fact that most |
0I the others are claiming to have the /
same ledge, is principally owned by
w j. Dooley, ex-assemblyman from
- county, New With the aid of
the little steam stamp mill imported !
oy Mr. Popkees, the property is deveI-
1p1ng itself Two gold bars. valued
1t $1,000, were shipped to the bank
1nly yesterday. The shaft on the prom
erty is down 100 feet, and the total
workings LOCO feet or better.
Not one pound of ore has been re-
moved unnecessary to the development
# the property" said Mr.. DooIey. Only
about 20 per cent of the values are
saved by the mill employed, and it is
estimated by the management that
5000 to $1,000 has been collected in
ne tall1ngs, which will be worked over
'ventually. 1t is the intention of the
management to drift from the I6O-foot
eVel along the ledge. Water has been
encountered, and about thirty buckets
ull are being hOisted per day. When
uthclent DEVELOPMENT work has been
Prosecuted to ascertain the best treat
nent for the ores, a large mill will be
riered.
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