The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-10-16

That explains about the condition OF
things as they relate to securing foot
holds in that portion of the camp al
ready located, and painted stakes are
in evidence everywhere for a radius
Of ten miles, 1 should judge.
Prospecting Unrestricted.
mo one is restricted from prospect
ing, however. Hundreds of men can
be seen 'panning' all over the country
every day, no attention being paid to
the boundary lines of properties. OF
course. if anything is found and you
want to do something with your dis
cOvery, then the owner or owners have
10 be bargained with. The whole coun-
try looks alike. Strikes are constantly
being made in the most unlikely places
and the rock carrying the gold varies
so much in appearance and texture that
there is absolutely nothing to guide
the prOspector- He pans everything
and when colors are found he gives
closer attention to the ground in which
he obtains results.
Il visited about all the producing
properties in the district, and I must
confess that many Of them were reve-
lations to me. Probably three carloads
Of rich ore per day is being hauled out
OF the camp and a great deal more
found to do the hauling. Great quanti-
ties Of ore is sacked and ready for
shipment. while there are many great
dumps OF what is termed milling rock.
rock that viii go, on the average, posi-
bly, $40 per ton. The last big strike
was made in the TonOpah CLUB. Here
they have fourteen feet of ore that viii
average without doubt $3.50 per ton.
New Discoveries.
Probably the most sensational dis
covery Of the past few weeks was made
IN the QuartZite Fraction. Here thy
have a shaft down thirty feet and are
rolling ore out to it from 10th north
and south. This ore body is now
opened up for a width Of about forty
feet. The rock pans well. and I have
no doubt that the claim of the leaseTs
that IT averages $500 per ION is correct.
They are taking out about five tons per
day with a windlass. or at the rate Of
81, 500 every twenty-four hours with
only three or four men on shift. This
property is almost due east Of the
Great Bend, which is being developed
by a Salt Lake crowd :n a vigorous
manner, but with what results l did
not learn.
Life in the Camp.
THE main street Of Goldfeld is now
as long az three Of these salt Lake
blocks. Lots in the towE are selling
like lot cakes at $500 10 $1,000 each,
and building. now that material is be-
coming more plentiful. is going on at a
lively clip. There arc several adobe
yards there Mud brick 81 a small size
readily sell for $50 per 900. while for
the larger size $40 has 70 be paid Many
nice and comfortable houses are being
bult of this material, AMI gradually
people are getting in shape to spend /
the winter comfortably. Hay is worth /
so a ton and lumber sells at $40 10 $50 /
per 1000 feet
AT the pOstOfiice there are two de- |
livery windows. From early lnorniHg /
till midnight you can see from 100 70 800 !
people in line waiting to get Heir mail /
The only exception is for about two !
hours IN the afternoon, while the in Z
coming mails are being 3orCed and The I
stamps cancelled. It is next TO impOs- |
sible to get q paper. They don't have !
time to look for them. at one little /
drug store an effort is made TO supply /
people with papers but il IS only abou: I
once a week that he can get them from /
the postOffice. if they happen 10 reach /
there. Salt Lake DaDers are very 1
scarce. and when a bundle Of them does !
show up they don't last a minute. The \
druggist told me he had orders for /
them, and he knew the bundles were \
mailed here. but il was not often that
tkey reached him.
Joe Enzensperger has opened up the