The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-09
ReveT in Copper Wealth.

The Door as we'll as the rich revel in
the wealth of copper. Although it may be
wealth, while those of more moderate
means have loaded on what they could
conveniently. hold. Jim Brown made a
very valuable location on the Death val
ley slope Monday. 1t is the equal OF the
best, and he is congratulating himself that
others did not discover the property be-
fore he did. 1t was an old prospector and
one of the desert rats who have holed
up in more than many of the caverns
along this country who placed Brown
next Different with many. as it shows
a change from the oxide TO that of the
sulphide ores in which values must lie
ia depth in any copper property other
than in conglOmerate.
This town can boast of one Of the most
complete mercantile institutions on the
desert r. Brogelman was the man who
took courage and whipped into this place
store that would do credit to q metro
politan city OF greater proportions II IS
hard to get freight in. but Mr. Brogel-
man has done the best to satisfy every
body and at q reasonable price. consider
ing the locality and the difficulties there
are in getting freight in and getting it
out of the district.
There is great uncertainty as to where
the future metropolis will be located.
Harry Ramsey has established a town.
coupled in it's upbuilding, and it is going
up fast The town was a desert but
few days ago but it Is a city of a half
hundred tents now and more coming
right tc the front every rising Of the
moon. What is now Copperfield is the
older town 1t has stability and appears
and certainly will have endurance and
stability. but to what extent time alone
can or VIII determine.
Furnace Creek Development.
Jim Harvey is here. Jim is superin-
tendent and general manager of the Fur
mace, Creek Copper company; The shaft
on this property has reachedNthe 215-foOt
level and the miners have commence TO
cTosscut from that point. The crOsscut
has been advanced several feet and the
change has been sufficient 10 determine
that there can be no doubt at all about
the values continuing in depth, A small
lead was cut at the 29O-foot level very
rich in copper. denoting the contipuance
OF values in depth. All eyes are on this
property now.
Water is one of the serious drawbacks
to the camps. There Is some talk of get
ting IL in from Ash Meadows by means
of a pipe line. with two lifts along the
line. Then. there is another line talked of
coming in from the Paniment range to the
west Of this mineral belt. 1t is well known
that there is a whole lot of water in that
country. ample and sufficient for any and
every demand. When things get started
In this country water will be the least
OF the troubles for this district Harry
Ramsey has the pipe line from the
Meadows under his personal consideration.
and il is the opinion that he is going to
make a go Of it with regard TO his own
town.
community Is redCclui'
There has not been a fight in the town.
There ia net a peace officer or a justice
or a court Of any description and here
law and justice reigns in all of it's sim
plicity. There has not been even the
slightest dispute that would mar the dis
position of anyone, and here. as IL ought
to be in Las Vegas. troublesome officials
in the search Of gilded wealth to fatten
their purse, TO the detriment Of unfor-
tunates ought to be cut out
The next part Of the country that will
command attention is that portion Of the
district on the Death valley slope OF the
Funeral range. Some Of the best copper
prospects are to be found there. and. in
fact ii is claimed that the richest copper
so far discovered has been on that side
of the mountains. Mike Conway has his
I'm there, and so has Joe Ramsey and his
partner The Calumet & Hecla group,
controlled largely by stockholders in the
Furnace Creek property. say that the
mines are rich. 1t is one OF the hardest
pieces of country in Uncle Sans domain.
! but a road will have 10 be built. no mat
ter how hard il is. 10 get water and sup
plies in and out. for the values are there
/ and lots OF them.