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

For more than q quarter Of a CEN
fury mining writers have been singing
the praises of the Deep Creek coun-
try, and by that is meant all that coun-
try bounded on the east by the Granite
and Fish Springs mountains. on the
north by Dutch mountain, on the west
by the UtahNevada state line and on
the south by the Juab- Willard county
boundary line. This region includes
several mining districts, but in speak
ing of properties in general terms. il
has been the custom to class them all
as being in the Deep Greek country.
After twenty-five years of struggle
for recognition in the mining world,
this rich mineraI-bearing region mas Sc
cured it, or is securing it, through
Captain Duncan MaeVichie and the
powerful clientele that he represents
in Utah and the west. The recognition
is coming as it ought TO come through
the accomplishment OF results, and TO
Captain MacYichie and his associates
must be given the credit for having had
the nerve to go in and spend their
money and exert their time and tai
tlilc III lid hiiiE tlidN
would attract the attention of heavy
operators and insure the building of
railroads to the gates of the eOuntry's
treasure vaults
Showdown Coming.
The prospeotor, the miner, the claim
owner and the isolated ranchers of the
region beyond the desert have always
had faithful friends in the newspap ers
of this city. An honest purpose has
been behind all that has been said of
the country. and it is doubtful of q
mineral section was ever as tTuthfully
represented as has been the Deep
Creek region by the men who have
worn out the better part of their lives
TO show up the ore and persuade cap
ita1 to go in and help them make the
mines they knew existed there.
The whole proposition is now coming
to the showdown" point. Either all
of the good things which have been
written about the country are going
TO be proven false or vindication is go
ing to he the portion of the countrys
sponsors during the next twelve
months. A number of skeptics were
converted during the year just closed.
and the next twelve months Will Wit
ness many more, unless all signs Of the
times fail.
Looks Good to Heinze.
=. A. Heinze visited a portion of the
Deep Creek region during the late fall
He came through from Ely overland
TO Salt Lake and satisfied himself that
as a mineral country. il was all right
His own engineers expressed the same
conviction To a man Mr.. Heinze had
previously become interested through
his connection with the Western Utah
Copper company. the owner of the Gold
Hill and other groups Of mining prop
critics. Mr. Heinze had never seen the
properties but the one trip was enough
to convince him of their merit. Men
who mine and men who invest ia min
ing enterprises viii not charge that
Mr.. Heine does his mining in print:
they know better than that.
Western Utah Copper Starts Ball to
Rolling.
Since the inspection OF Mr. Heinze
and his engineers and other big men
in the Western Utah Copper company.
General Manager Duncan MacNichie
has been told to rush the development
of the mines and see to their immediate
equipment with permanent buildings
and other important surface Improve
ments That work has been started
and will be crowded with all possible
speed from ROW on. The Gold Hill
group has already been developed To Q
depth of 500 feet on the dip of the
ledge, and great masses Of profitable
gold-copper ore have been blocked out
The ore is essentially a smelling prod
uct and its treatment is a matter for
future consideration, a matter with
which the smelling problem in this val
ley will have not a little to DO. The
operations of the Western Utah Cop
per company and the prominent men
behind the enterprise is going to have
a stimulating effect on operations
throughout the various districts of the
Deep Creek region. 1t is destined "a