The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-07-06
WORK IN CLIFTON
PROGRESSING NICELY
Property Owners Believe That
Relief Is Near, Bringing
the Railroad.
Special to The Tribune.

Special to The Tribune.
CLIFTON. July 5.-The first half of
the year 1906 has closed with better
mining record attachable TO the dis
tricts near here than before for twenty
years. The reason Is not because the
same statement could not have been
made before. but because OF the radi-
cal change of conditions. The property
owners and property purchasers have
waited Sor many years for transporta-
ton accommodation that would give
them the chance to show TO the outside
world the rich and undeveloped min
ing fields locked up In this intermoun-
tain area Other districts and mining
territory have enjoyed pathway to
market.
The promise has been made for many
years past that as soon as railway IA
cilities were given the great mineral
zones coursng through the many noun
tain ranges here the mining world
would be introduced to-not one or two,
but to dozens of districts whose four
metals-gold. silver, lead and copper
Will compare with that of any other
territory from which a pick. shovel or
drill has ever unearthed kindred metals.
The earnest work now being done in
the many mining camps could furnish
a chapter In The Tribune every day,
Heretofore the farmers of Deep Creek
have had but little trouble In securing
harvest hands from among the mining
fraternity who were holding their
grounds awaiting the advent of the
headlight from the engine. but now.
since the expected is almost within
sight, none of this class have time to
pitch hay or harvest grain.
The Clifton region at the present lime
opment Here Superintendent j. s.
McVichic Is doing excellent work in the
continued development Of the Gold Hill
group. not only In blocking out ton
mage for future consideration, but in
penetrating the ore avenues both oy
tunnel and shaft Samples OF core
given to your correspondent. taken
from recent workings. were rich in ma
tive copper, gold, oxides and chlor-
idcs. Adjacent to the Gold Hill group
we find the Red Copper Queen group,
consisting OF seven claims. recently In
corporated by the Simmons broth era,
with II. G, and Syrus Smell as copart-
ners In original locations. Recent work
done upon two Of these claims shows
an average value of $500 in gold cop
per IL per cent. and Is ounces in silver.
Other assays. from later developments.
show from 81 to 500 gold and a copper
value of from to 40 per cent, The
work upon this group consists of a 200
foot tunnel. shafts and open cuts show
ing an average width OF from three to
f1ve feet The next contiguous group
is that OF the Christmas Mining com
pany. having nine patented claims and
off1cercd by MyTon w. Davis, president;
J. S. Cooley. manager. and T. II. Hazel.
secretary and treasurer.
This group Of claims has been
worked for years and has continued
to show fattering values. The main
working shaft of 163 feet in depth was
accidentally destroyed by FIRE last fall.
This compelled the company to recon-
mence now work. which was done on
the Brooklyn and New York lodes.
where, from the surface, new veins
were discovered, and by proper pros
pecting a continuity of 1900 feet OF the
ore zone was revealed The ore taken
from the new works while termed cop
per" Is moro OF a silver chloride and
copper carbonate than copper alone;
the gold values here are extra good
The copper ore shown In other works
has for its contact quartzite and oor-
phyry. while carbonate and chloride
has the porphyretic granite and dolo-
mite lime. These grounds promise a
great future, M, R. Evans. with his
fine group of lead silver claims, con-
tinues to saw wood and say moth
ing.