Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-07-03
EXCITEMENT IS
ON At crescent.
Nipp.no, the Distributing Point
Tor New Camp Becomes an
Important Station,
DISTRICT WELL MlNERALlzED.
Condition are Against Grass Root
Mining Share Many Prospects Show
Gold Values 90 Surface

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Special Correspondence.
Nippcno, Can July 1.-The new min
Ink camp Of Crescent four ana ono.
halr miles from Jhia station ON the
Sal, lakc Route and juW over tho
state line IN Nevada continues To cu'
Joy n boom ana people arc hooking IN
here from all parts Of the country
Indeed Nprcno w. at tho prcpcul
time the most important station ON
the railroad west n has Vegas and
east N Daggo,L The fact w. II IN "a
pretty lively place, and has been
made so through the excitement fol-
lowing the lato developments at Crts
cont
\ number Of Salt Lnko parties have
Joined IN the search for honlnsis. and
among the late arrivals are q, q. ZIG.
gins, former broker ~ rlahs capt.
tal cilN ana George f. poouS, lately
engaged In the banking business at
Las Vegas, hut who is now dcyolIng
his entire attention to the mining and
real estate busluoss with headquarters
MT salt Lake.
INDICATIONS ARE GOOD,
while this dlWrIc. bears oNcry cyl.
dcncc of being good one, lls pcrma.
ncncy is yet to be determined The
"NoNs' correspondent has been In
nearly every camp In southern Ne.
yada during the past year; was
ono of the FIRST TO reach Crescent ar.
tor the report of ne late finds ana
has concluded that In a great many
ways the Inducements Tor taking "a
chance In this camp are about as good
as In any other new district IN this
desert country Gold is round IN many
OF the prospects, but In no great guam
thy on the surface, however there
II every reason 90 believe that with
shafts put down 10 reasonable depth
say to anywhere from 300 to 300 feet
the results would be satisfactory and
the district would blossom cut with
somo good producing mines But az.
ter looking over the situation carefully
your correspondent has reached the
conclusion that this IN not a poor
mans camp, IL not the place for a
person NJ limited means 10 come 10
FOR the purpose Of pr0spcctlng yet
There are opportunities ~ there are
IN every new MINING camp, Some may
make II ana others viii set left
RlcH MANS GAME
Bul strictly speaking this is % rich
mans game II Viii take Jonsldoru.
bile capital to open ny the country as
II should be- There ~ no better miner.
allied mining region anywhere than
Is found IN the Crescent district bur
the values Wlll have TO be demonstrats
ed by sinking below the grass roots
II rs necessary To- 80 down here, ana
II VIII take hard cash and lot Of
work TO do H.
DISTRICT NOT 4 NEW ONE
The Crescent mining district is not 4
new one, II Hes IN the heart of the
McCuulough mountains and was
known to The pioneers TO contain NTH.
cral IN the early sos, but II was moi
until ~ that the prosportors ycntured
across the desert ana located tho nrSt
claim which was named the Esmcr'
aida
The scarcity OF Na'oI and lack u
transportation facilities prpcludpd
much prospecting unul 'es when u
number of desert pioneer pr0spoctprs
wandered out into lhs hills ana upon
| looking n oyoI pronounced lt % good
country tO prospec, IN, Thoy soon made
several lool Ions and onmpcd with
! them From that date there was con.
siderable prospecting douc by otherg,
who yenlured in In 1908 the LoRul
! Tender was struck ana "a I've stamp
Mill erected near Crowmlu Springs,
! tho cite of the present town Of Oros'
! cent, ana the scenes OF the present cN'
| rlimont The water 10 supply the be-
ga Tender mill was developed on tho
min sIto by a SHAFT An ample supply
| has been obtained, ThiB mill was Kent
| RUNNING ful several months ana while
40 Ii claimed that mlsmanlRomon "
| roapunNOlp tur iN subsequent closing.
! the News" correspondent, Judges IRON
| inquiries made since coming here that
| the great expense " transportation.
coupled with The hlph price NJ supplies
| An those carly days was responsible Tor
! tho GRIEF which came 10 prosperity IN
/ this particular part Of the world The
| ore was not rich enough 20 stand tho
/ cost NJ getting II IN market In those
| times I'm 1883 the mill was taken
down ana moved away an that marks
/ iDs locaUuu ls the lalIngN DUMP and
| The excavations which answered for
the foundation
PRODUCED UlcI ORE
II has been claimed that the district
| hIs produced SOM very rich ore In lls
| history. buJ me closing of the min NJ
| chat lmr gave he camp d black ovo
! ITDm NnluU A uu\uT recovered Vnr