The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-02-23
Not a New Region.

Palmetto is not a new and uneNplored
district. While the great war Of the re-
bellion was being fought the late William
c. Whitney was digging a fortune In
precious metals from the hills short
distance from the new and bustlipg camp
and within two miles of the rich discovery
that caused this stampede stands the tall
brick stack OF his long dead furnaces.
Five miles away, and In the same range,
is the old silver-lead camp OF Sylyania,
and in the hills on both sides of the val
ley every where there are ledges contain
ing gold and silver and copper and lead,
But gold, the magnet that draws men
from all the corners of the earth the
precious yellow metal that fires the blood
and makes demons Of the saGeSt of NOR
tails, gold, tho sire and the dam OF Gu
pidity the world over has been found In
its native state. Spccks of 1t hid away in
white quartz scanned with iron and
buried In ragged hills which have been the
feeding place of Wild horses and half Wild
cattle and the hunting ground of coyotes
for quarter OF a century. With mortar
and pcStle, q cnntcCn of water and gold
pan the pTospectOr has invaded these hills
quartz and boulderS of rlcn noat watch
Ing with eager eyes for the speck OF yell
low metal in the bottom of the pan. And
in nearly every case they are there. too
sight that banishes fatigue and spurs
him on to renewed efforts,
Ledge Five Miles Long
The ledge from which the rich values
have been taken extends for five miles
from southeast to northwest 10 where the
range is broken by the south end of Fish
Lake valley, and the pay streak Yields
values from 800 to $4,000 per ton About
twenty leases have been let and the deep
est workings are but twenty-five feet, In
this lease assays have been made up to
$500 and considerable ore has been
sacked. On the Callahan and Swecny
lease specimens were taken n week ago
at depth Of ten feet that showed half
gold in the pan and rich orc IS being
sacked from eighteen inches of q vein that
is gradually widening as depth Is attained
Every lease on the mountain shows pay
ore" which in this country means 500 or
better
The Palmetto district is fifteen miles
from Ida west by little north. and
from two to five miles from the California
line. The nearest railroad point Is Cold
field. forty-seven miles northeast over
excellent wagon roads; the route passing
through this camp Water is found I'm
the valley at depth of forty feet, and
there Is plenty of pnion pine within flVe
miles of the pew camp 1t Is the center
of heavily mineralized section, twenty
four miles square, which has been mined
In a crude way for forty years; the home
OF old bonanZas from which rich ores were
'treakod' across mountains and deserts
before the Comstock was known to man.
Neighboring Rich Districts.
In the south are the immense high
grade silver-lead deposits of the camp of
Sylvania on the north. and east Silver
and the rich deposits of Gold Mountain
Tule Canyon and Ida Fish Lake of
fcTs an easy grade for a railway from
Coaldale, fifty miles away, and the c &,
away. The winters are mild, with but lit
tie snow except in the high ranges and
the presence OF wood and water VIII
greatly lessen the cost of mine operations
There is every Indication that Palmetto
Will become large and nourishing camp
In the very near future.