The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-09-06
Prominent Salt LakerS Secure
Big Property in Famous
Copper Camp.
CLAIMS WERE LOCATED
BEFORE THE STAMPEDE
Heaviest Mining Talent in COun-
try Rushing in to Secure
Groups.

A. J. Davis, who has been in the
Inyo county, California, mining districts
for a month, reached Salt Lake Oh
Wednesday, more than pleased with thu
manner in which the properties with
which he is connected arc showing uT
with development. During his absence
Mr.. Davis disposed of group of ten
claims to prominent Boston capitalists
who will begin without delay the pro
cess of separating the group from Its
liberal gold values. Mr.. Davis still re-
talns extensive interests in that coun..
ty and will return soon with some OF
the railroad officials of tho Southern
Pacific company To adjust freight rates
for the mines of the district
Keeler, states Mr.. Davis, is becom-
ing one of the prominent orc and
freight distributing points of the coun.
try. The Cerro Gorda company has
everything in readiness for blowing In
their l50-ton smelter, and upon their
dumps and blocked out in their prop.
critics they have a vast tonnage of gold
ore awaiting disposition. Mr.. Davis
states that this company, ON the 400
foot level, has six feet of ore that will
run $3.50 per ton This company will
be started upon its useful career under
the managership of B, c. Winston. An
aerial tramway, six miles long, Will be
started soon to connect the mines of
this company with the smelter.
During his visit to 1nyo county, Mr..
Davis and Gus Holmes succeeded in Sc
curing a group of twenty-one claims
at Greenwater. paying therefor one Of
the most substantial prices that has
distinguished operations in this great
copper camp in Death VALLEY. These
claims were among the first located in
Greenwater, before the excitement: and
from them many iGe developments can
be expected. Mr.. Davis heard from
authoritative sources that the copper
showings at Greenwater, which have
attracted some of the heaviest mining
talent IN the country, show undoubtedly
that this camp viii make one of the
greatest red metal producers in the
United States.
Some of the ore from the Green
water district shows fine gold values
In addition to copper. One specimen,
states Mr. Davis, carried over $4,000
gold TO tho ton, and some silver, in adj
dition to generous percentages of cop
per. 1t is the opinion of experts that
the rich gold values so prominent upon
the surface will not extend with depth,
the district being destined TO be a
red metal producer as soon as the work
ings are deep There never was so
great an activity In Inyo county, says
Mr.. Davis, Some OF the greatest op-
orators in the West have secured prop
critics both near Keeler as well as at
Greenwater, and the coming twelve
months will see quite change in the
mining claim geography of both por-
tions OF this great county. Rumor has
it that the Guggenheims are among
the most persistent to secure Inyo coun-
ty properties.
On his way to Salt Lake, Mr.. Davis
visited Goldfeld, which he calls the
busiest mining camp In the world and
one of the most prosperous. The leas-
ing system has saved Goldfeld, and
scores of people, among whom are nu,
merous Salt Lakers, are making money
hand over fist. The famous Mohawk
property, consisting of less than one
full claim, has eighteen shafts upon it,
and from this little piece of ground is
being taken vast fortunes each day.
The stock of this company has ad-
vanced from Z cents TO $4.25 within the
present year. During his Goldfeld visit
Mr., Davis examined the Daisy group,
and he exhibits a small piece of rock
which looks like iron-stained tale. Yet
it will run $1,000 per ton gold.