The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-31
ST. THOMAS NEWEST DISTRICT.
j. n. 6urtner of Salt Lake Route Re
turns From Southern Nevada.

Nevada is building herself a new
camp-every-day' reputation rapidly. The
latest district according to j. II. Burtner,
district freight and passenger agent OF
the Salt Lake Route. is the St Thomas
region. Mr., BURNER has just returned
from a visit to the district and says he
is greatly surprised with the activity now
on in that part of the state.
THE st. Thomas territory lies between
the Virgin and the Colorado and extends
to the Arizona state line on the east,
he said. 1.-THE region is from forty to
fifty miles southeast of MoaDa on the
main line of the Salt Lake Route. l &C
companied an expert who made tnor-
ough examination of the region FOR Los
Angeles investors, who are contemplating
putting money into several of the most
promising properties. These carry gold
and copper with good Values in both Old
prospectors and numerous experts VINO
have studied Nevada carefully believe the
st. Thomas district is a portion of an
immense mineral zone extending from the
Searchlight district to the GolGfleld re
gion on the north. ProspectOrs are es-
pecially firm in this belief. asserting that
they have traced and followed the Delt
between these two districts.
THE entire country within the bound
aries of the St Thomas plat is highly
mineralized Some of the claims now
under development carry 81 per cent
copper ore while others hold exception
ally eDod gold rock Claims have been
staked off for miles Many old residents
have had faith in the country for years
and have held ON to claims believing tnelr
patience would some day be rewarded.
They feel that this result is about to ma
terialize. One old prOspector and claim
holder expressed the belief of many oth-
ers when he predicted a boom for st.
Thomas this fall and winter
1.-The expert in our party was greatly
impressed with the possibilities of the
region. From frequent remarks made
during the trip through the district ana
examinations of some of the properties
| feel certain that the Los Angeles men
will receive a highly favorable report
from the expert sent into the state by
them The work already done IS not at
all extensive and cannot be relied upon
to show just what quantities or mlneral
are contained in the St ThomaS mis-
OutcrOppings can be traced for thousands
of feet however, and miners with claims
staked off on these outcropplngs say the
ore above surface is well worth holding.
Cedar basin is showing up in good
shape. The Gold Butte Mining company.
which contains some Salt Lake names on
it's membership list. is carrying on de-
velopment work with gratifying results
in Granite mountain. A tunnel is beng
driven toward the main ledge which the
conDany expects to tap in the near fu-
ture The company is extracting an eX-
cellent quality of gold milling ore. "A
large number of placer claims have been
staked out on this hill and announcement
has been made that work will commence
within a short time There is plenty OF
water for milling and placer mining.
Tunnels and shafts in the Granite noun
tain have struck water. Springs have
been tapped in all portions of the dis
trict not far below the surface.
1.-The Salt Lake Route runs within
forty miles Of the district, affording good
shipping facilities. When the country is
opened up. as it will be in the near flu
tlIre, ore can be hauled from the produc-
ers To Moapa, distance of about forty
miles. and from there shipped to market.
The roads running from the different sec
tions of the region to the railroad are
down grade and easily kept in good con-
dition Ore can be hauled out OF the
country and machinery and supplies to it
without any great trouble and at a small
cost"