The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-04-19
sOuthaastern Distriet.


This is another old district. but il has
oeen ieIt practically untouched because
OF Lne lack OF transportation With the
oa4t Lake route running within fifty miles
on IL, near enough Tor a branch road if
uealI aple the region offers field un-
usually promising for the prOspector and
we man with money TO invest iu.S1ines
discovered in 1870. only enough yvofr was
zone To Indicate the presence OF large
Dol4rs OF ore OF Too low "A grade TO pay
under The conditions of 1870 IL is twenty
miles southeast of Tim-Pah-Ute peak.
only two properties have been Develops
beyond the discovery shafts These are
me Monte trlsto and the Copper Glance.
The Monte CrisfO is a vertical fssure
cutting the horizontal stratum a limes
stone, The ore Is quartz. with galena ard
ledd carbonate and gray copper. on the
surface 10 assays 20 per cent lead and 20
10 go ounces iu silver. Some of the car
Donates 90 as high as 81 Is per cent lead
and 55.4 ounces I'm silver. The only work
done is in shallow open cuts
The Copper Glance also has not been
developed. except for a couple Of surface
cuts. but one of these shows "A body of
/ lead CdrbOnates eight feet thick and av-
eraging q per cent lead and Is ounces Of
silver Some samples Of this ore as
saved as high as So ounces I'm silver
There Is a large mineralized area. and
I thorough prospecting and development
/ should uncover some excellent mines
Other Mining Districts.
South and east Of the surveyed route Of
I the new road are the New York Wander
1 bllt Eldorado and Searchlight districts.
/ These are already within "a reasonable
I distance of the Santa Fe. the California
/ Eastern, a supr of the Santa Fe, running
l through Marvel 10 the Vanderbilt mines,
] but the Salt Lake route will give addi-
tlonal rain facilities and viii share in the
I traffic I'm the New York district silver,
lead and copper are found. Gold is sought
I at EldOradO. Vanderbilt and Searchight
The Quartette mine Ia the Searchllght
! district is turning out fortunes every
month. and there are other promising
properties in that region.
over toward northwestern Arizona and
southwestern Utah the edge or the copper
belt is reached Bunkerville. twenty-five
/ junction of the three states is develop
/ ing some promising copper prospects. A
branch line IN that direction TO tap the
[ copper belt Is a probability
! TonOpah is 10 20 800 miles from the
main line but II the traffic should justify
/ it a branch 10 this bonanza camp Is with
/ in the RANGE % possibilities ana perhaps
| OF prOba bIlities. A survey from Ploche
1 over close TO Ton0pah passes through q
/ rich mining region which would develop
J considerable local traffic. tapping the
Q Freiberg. Reveille and other districts
/ known 20 have ores which 1t would pay
These few facts only suggest the pos
sibilities Of southern Nevada. Already
/ the adventurous prOspectors, spurred on
bV the approach OF the railroad, are
! climbing the hills for many miles on both
! sides the surveyed route, looking for the
l signs which tell Of rich stores beneath
the surface. The mountains in scores OF
/ localities are dotted with fresh prospect
/ holes and dumps. all waiting for the
I railroad" And now the railroad builder
hes come to smite with rod sf steel the
rock Of resource and bring forth me
pent-up precious torrent Of gold and sill
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