The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-08
DEEP CREEK IS
ON THE BOOM
Mines and Prospects Being
Sold and Bonded in All
Directions.
MUCH WORK IN PROGRESS
CAN BE MET AT
ANY PLACE.

After a five weeks trip to the Deep
Creek country Frank l.. Wilson, man
ager of several propositions In that
rich mineral region, returns with the
statement that the boom is on. No
matter In what direction one travels
after crossing the desert Mr.. Wilson
says, property owners may be found at
work. while the hills and canyons are
being secured by prospectors. This is
true or the region clear through the
state boundary line and on TO Dolly
Warden, Thurber, Duck creek and Ely;
1t is true of the country reaching from
Dutch mountain on the north to the
Trout creek section on the south. Ac7
tivity is everywhere and deals are be-
ing closed for properties all the time.
Mines Sold and Bonded.
Paul Rodenhouse has just bonded
gold property in the Clifton district to
parties representing the Nevada North
ern railway crowd. A substantial pay
ment has been made and the ground,
which diseloses high-grade ore exposed,
will be vigorously developed.
j. A. Ward has sold to Jesse knight
and son two claims in the Clifton dis
trict northwest of the Midas. The pur-
chasers paid cash for the ground, which
they wanted because of its contiguity
to property which they had owned for
a year or two.
Mr.. Wilson was told just before Ieav-
ing for home that Grant Snyder, repre-
senting the National Exploration COM
pany, had bonded copper property
in the Dolly Warden district belonging
to Edward Austin, and located either
adjoining or close TO the ground now
being operated by Frank L. Sizer and
others.
The Midas company has awarded a
contract for the extension of it's long
tunnel, a tunnel that is in over 1000
feet, and which is expected to cut the
big gold ledge in the property within
the next 100 feet or so.
Big Ledge Being Developed.
At the Red Copper Queen company's
property, adjoining Duncan Mac
Vichie's Gold Hill bonanza. several
men are now at work developing the
five-foot ledge of ore that averages So
in gold, II per cent copper and fifteen
ounces silver per ton, and in which IL
is not unusual to find ore that carries
$50 in gold and As per cent copper.
It is reported at camp that the Mac
Vichie combination has taken bond
on the property owned by J. W. Ed
wards and located on the south side of
Dutch mountain, and about two miles
north of the Gold Hill property.
Much Development Work.
VIII Richards and H. H. Green have
recently sold some property owned by
them 20 the Western Pacific Mining &
Developing company, an organization
that was formed by the McChrystals
for the purpose of operating in the
Deep Greek region.
A survey for a new tunnel on the
Polar Star group, which is being oper-
ated by Matt A. Daugherty and asso-
ciates under bond, has just been made
and the arrival of Mr.. Daugherty to
award contracts for the running of the
tunnel is awaited.
The New York Giant company Is de-
veloping some unusually rich silver
lead ore in its property south OF the
Lucy L. and numerous other properties
in that section are making fine show
ing.
At the Lucy L.. Mr.. Wilson states.
ii has been demonstrated that the lead
silver ledge discovered last year is go
ing to prove permanent. The ore has
porphyry dyke and a tunnel is now be-
ing driven to intercept it at deptn. In
the bottom of the incline there are
streaks of carbonate ore that assay
over 3S per cent lead and nearly ten
ounces in silver, with little gold. This
ledge is twenty-five feet thick on the
surface and the expectation is that
when the new tunnel connects with the
vein a fine body of ore will be in evil
dence. The gold vein on the same prop
erty has also been found going down as
1t ought to and the main tunnel will
now be extended some distance when a
cross-cut will be run to get under the
main copper deposit. located to the
east
A contract has been let on the West
err Pacific company S property to ex-
tend the tunnel and another 100 feet,
Manager Wilson estimates, will carry
the face into the ore bodies which
have been shown up so strong in the
surface workings. The tunnel will give
a vertical depth Of 400 feet and, if the
ore bodies prove up right at that
depth, other tunnels can run to open
it much deeper.