The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-12-29
FUTURE OF CAMP AN ABsoLU TIE
CERTAINTY.

ai5 copper deposits, which are so eX-
tensiYe throughout this region
Ihls step forward for eastern Utah
is not confined TO the metal mining
interests The past year has seen This
section attracting attention as a pos
slDle oil-prOdUcing section, and on the
strength of the indications and the re-
port OF numerous oil experts, upwards
O 100000 acres Of oil claims have been
located and recorded in Grand county
alone. and Emery and Carbon counties
nave come in for greater attention.
Practically all the desert lands be-
tween the Grand and Green rivers has
been thus located. A number of cor
porations have been organized to oper-
ate or this land. and two sets of we'll
drilling machinery have been unIoaded
from the cars between ThOnlpson's and
Green River for Use in Grand county.
The great manganese deposits discov-
cred about a year ago by +. T. WOIver-
ton, ten miles south of Little Grande.
on the Rio Grande Western railway.
has been developed to an extent that
ore shipped from here is now prac-
1lcdHy supplying the steel industry of
the United States with the manganese
needed A railroad grade has been
constructed to the deposits. It Is re-
ported on reliable authority that the
colorado Coal & Iron company have
secured control Of this property.
Big Copper Plant.
Twenty miles south of ThomDson's
station, at what is known as Court
House rock" the Clara Copper Mining
company Of Salt Lake City is now
erecting a copper extraction plant. to
operate the Gardner teaching process.
The buildings are about completed and
the machinery in place. An immense
oepos- OF carbonate copper ore is
found here.
Michigan capitalists have taken hold
OF the natural resources at Westwater
on tha Grand river, and besides deveI-
oplng the oil, copper and agricultural
lands at this place, will harness the
great water power at this point or the
Grand river for use throughout this
section, II beng but about thirty miles
distant from the center of the La Sal
mining district. A large canal is under
construction TO convey water for irri-
cation on these rich bottom lands. of
winch there are upwards Of Z. 600 acres.
A Denver company has placed a
steamboat on the Green and Grand riv-
ers, and the first trip from Green
River to Moab has been made. and the
river surveyed and charted. 1t is
the intention Of this steamboat com
pany to place several more boats on
In the early spring and open up the
route both for tourists and for freight.
II being believed that this river route
viii be the cheapest and best for the
fruit transportation from the Moab
valley.
The Grand View Mining company.
which Is supported by MeriDnis. Tenn.
parties, have spent a lar,,e amount of
money in developing their property on
the La Sal mountains at the head of
Castle valley, and have finally opened
vein OF gold ore that promises 10 give
them q ricL reward for their labor.
They are working a large force Of men
and viii continue work during the
coming winter
Judge Burton of Salt Lake CITY OBJ
tanned in October a bond on the Tor
nadO group Of three claims in Miners
basin. owned by NJ. l. Fowler. and Mr..
Burton has at present eight men at
work on the property. The consider
alton of the sale is $4,000. This group
is the one that attracted so much at
tenuon early in the season, and was
anXiOusly sought after by a number of
Utah and Colorado mining men.
Recent Big Strike.
The Mount Tamasaki Mining com
pany, who own ground on the south
and west slope of Mt. Tamasaki. and
north of BEros pass, in the very cen
ter Of the La Sal range, and where
they have done a large amount Of work
during several years past, opened into
a very promising ore body late in DC
tOber, and have since been working
double shift and are prepared to keep
up the working during the present win
ter. This ground being above II 900
feet elevation, in the very. center of the
La Sal range, requires extraordinary
efforts to be made to be prepared for
winter work. The mountain IS por-
phyry formation. but cutting it nearly
north and south granite dyke. IN
like any formation found in other
points of the La SAILS. 1t is along this
granite dyke the values have been dis
covered rich float samples of which
have been found on this ground, and
which first attracted attention to it.
but a depth of rs feet was reached by
the projectors of this company before
encouraging values were reached.
The International Copper company.
operating in the head of Beaver basin,
just north Of Tamasaki, has worked a
large force Df men continuously during
the past year and has now on its
dump "a large body Of high-grade ore.
rich enough TO stand The great expense
of shipments from this section, and
would be considered a bonanza with a
mill operating on the ground.
A company of Mercur men have taken
hold of the Caldwell group at the head
of Deep creek, and just east of Tama-
sski, and have driven a tunnel in a
depth OF $50 feet, and have all prepar-
atoms made and men at work under in
structions to keep going during the
winter
Cne CT the richest strikes made in
the district the EAST season vas that
Of the Wolf brothers, on their Skylarl1
property i'm Miners basin. This is a
high-gTade copper-EOld ore averaging
IN values better than $50 a ton. They
have a large body of it now on their
dump ready for shipment. A number
of Montrose (Colo.) people are inter
ested in this property.
Great Silver Producer.
The La Sal Copper company. operat-
ing on the southeast slope Of the La
Sal range, has worked an average of
sixty men the past year. This is the
great silver producer, and is a bonanza
itself. The company has been work
ing its ore Of this silver values. the high
grade being shipped to the smelter.
hauling ninety miles to a railroad, and
the loW-grade being milieC on the
ground, bat Of this latter, ove.- $3.50 a.
DAY has been lost IN copper values. and
they are working at present a reduced
force Ghie they are making changes IL
the process I'm order to save the copper
The clark property in Gold basin. in
the middle division of the La SAILS
stands at the head of the deVpIopad /