The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-01
Detroit

Barring the operations of the Oasis
Mining & Milling company and the re
sumption of work at the old Charm
mine the year has been q quiet one in
the Detroit or old Drum district The
camp is located in the Desert range
about midway between Oasis on the
San Pedro line in Willard county and
Fish Springs district to the northwest
in Juab county. Just as regularly as
have the years rolled around, so have
the merits of this section been called
TO the attention of the mining frater-
nifty and it is almost inconceivable that
II has not jumped to the front ere now
The lodges of the district are large
rich and well defined, and the metals
so eagerly sought at the present time
gold and copper. are the ones which
predominant there. Silver and lead also
occur in generous quantity and there
is probably not a more likely field in
which to prospect and spend money
for development anywhere in the state.
Early in the year some of the best
developed ground in the camp was
made the basis of the Oasis company
and il was hardly any time tin ore
was being shipped to this market.
Railroad construction has made il diff
ficult 70 get teams to haul ore to Oasis,
the loading station. but the manage
ment has been successful ir sending
out enough ROCK to meet operating ex-
penSeS and considerable work has been
done. The fact that this ore is rich
enough to stand the thirty wagon
haul to the railroad and then give a
good net profit should be argument
enough in favor of the camp. Manager
J. d. Give states that the mine has
been constantly improving ever since
operations were commenced. and dur
ing the coming season he expects to be
able TO equip the proposition with a
good milling plant, first class hoist and
compressor.
The old Charm mine in the same
Deighborhood. which is owned by Mr
Give and others. has been started up
again during the last few months and
it. too. is now a regular shipper Of good
ore. Some of the other properties Of
the district have had some little. work
done upon them during the year and.
were il possible to interest capital to the
extent required to properly open some
OF the fine prospects. II would not be d
year until there was Il half-dozen or
more shippers
few weeks ago The Herald spoke
of tests that We're being conducted on
Oasis and Charm ores with a dry con-
centrating process that was working
out we'll and the erroneous idea was
conveyed that lack of water was the
incentive which prompted the dry proc
ess investigation Manager Give. of
the Oasis and Charm companies, states
that an abundance of water for all
purposes can be taken into the camp
at the cost of not exceeding $4,000.
while lower bids than that have been
had Mr. Give states that it is quite
certain a good supply can be secured
by sinking wells at a short distance
only from camp. and that by pumping
this water could be made available. 1t
is therefore going TO be no hard matter
to get water for concentrating purposes
and the building of mills and the proc
| esses employed will be governed by the
requirements of the ore. just as is the
case in any other camp.
The Oasis and Charm combinations
have started the bail rolling and there
is a prospect that a big revival will
hit the camp this year.