The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-30

trlctS. of which Parker Mountain Is
one, have been opened during that
period. They show strong gold lodges
carrying ores of high-g1ade, and the
prospect is that several important
camps will be in full blast there dur
ing the coming wear. Men who have in
spected the Lodges do not hesitate to
say they are entitled to rank with those
which attract so much attention. No
phenomenally rich deposits have been
found to compare with the great prop
erty at Goldfield. but great bodies of
ore Of very fair grade are being eX-
posed. One of these lodges is being de-
Feloped by means of parallel levels on
the ledge sixty feet apart. The ore is
all pay so far. and the great shoot is
of unknown width.
In the Loon Creek district the devei-
opment OF the Lost Packer property has
proceeded with very satisfactory re-
Suits. An accident to the smeltcr closed
the plant down so late in the season
that it was impracticable to proceed
with reduction of the ores this year, but
in the mine the ore reserves have been
vastly increased, and the property
ranks as one of the best gold-copper
mines in the country.
Waiting fer a Railway.
Well-informeG mining men are OF the
opinion that Custer county will rival
any other section in the production of
lead when means of transportation
shall have been provided. The hedges
are CT great size and phenomenal rich
ness, but it is impracticable to get the
product 10 market, and that class OF
properties remain idle generally. Some
work has been done on a number of
them during thes year, and the results
n fx-i -
tiently waiting for & railway that it
may proceed 10 surprise the mining
world with its OUTPUT OF lead-silver
ores.
The most important work of the year
IL that county, however. has been at
Mackay, where production of copper
has gone on steadily and with great
profit The mines and smelter are I'M
Der lease, and they have been operated
on large scale. Though the ore does
rot carry & high percentage of copper.
the price of that metal makes -he oper-
alton of the plant very profitable.
Other copper properties ere being
opened in that locality. and il seems
settled that the copper mining indus
try has been placed upon Il solid foun-
datiCn. In Copper Basin. strong COM
pany has taken hold of a group of
properties which have been opened con-
sideraDly IL past years, and it is re-
garded as certain the company will
take the property over and establish
another center of the copper mining in
dustry at that point.
Rich Deposits in Lemhi.
Lemhi county also has varied min
eral deposits. being rich IN gold, silver,
lead and copper. Its most interesting
lead district is Gilmore, which is
steadily producing, though the ores
have to be shipped seventy miles by
wagon to the. railway. They are high
grade and the company makes good
profit in handling them in that manner.
A traction engine has been put on the
road for haulage purposes.
There has been satisfactory develop
ment in the GOLD districts of the coun-
~ during the year, one of the most in
teresting being the finding of tho ledge
on a group of properties which have al
ways been famous for their float. The
source of that float has been discovered
within a few weeks, and the dixie from
which it came promises to open up into
mine of great value.
The Blackbird copper district has
been developed considerably during the
year, and it's values more fully deter
mined. 1t is regarded as one of the
most promising copper belts in the
country, and its value has been added
TO by discovery of the fact that the
ores carry cobalt.
Mining in Washington county has
progressed well. especially in the two
great copper districts, Heath and the
Seven Devils. In the former the old
Railroad" group has been opened up
during the year and makes remark
able showing. 1t has a breast of ore
forty-two feet wide that averages 8
per cent. with good values in gold and
silver. In the Seven Devils there has
been much development and consider
able production. The ores from that
camp have to be hauled forty miles by
wagon, shipped over a branch railway
and then over the Short Line to mar
ket. but they are of such high-grade
that the business has been found very
profitable. A heavy syndicate is taking
hold in the district and very active op-
erations are looked for next year. II
the proposed railway be constructed
down the Soata river, the ores can be