The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-04-08
On Great Lime Belt.
VIRGIN RIVER GROUP SOLD.
Leadville Mining Men Purchase
Property, Paying Large Sum.
Special to The Tribune.

Special TO The Tribune
CALIENTE, April 7.-George Fletcher,
Midas group OF gold claims on Virgin
river. has closed out his holdings In these
valuable claims TO Leadyille mining men
for $4,000, of which 10 per cent was paid
the lucky prospector this week. the bnl-
ance to be paid within thirty days. This
group has already taken a place In the
front ranks Of Virgin river properties and
Mr. Fletcher says they have fully five
thousand tons of ore In sight almost at
grass roots. averaging s92 per ton. He
Is selling out to devote his attention to
the Galway group. adjoining the Midas,
OF which he Is sole owner and from which
he is taking shipping ore. having over
nifty tons OF S4S ore sacked for ship
ment.
Duke & Burnham. owners of the Blue
Grass group OF gold-siver claims In In
have sold their three claims, comprising
the group, TO Morton. Waite & Lansing
of Detroit for $1,000, OF which one-half
well within the mineral zone cutting this
country from north to south and are
among the most promising properties in
the district.
Dick Wilson and Jack Morgan. recent
discoverers of the Gold Lead and Lady
Bird claims on Virgin river, passed
through camp yesterday with two sacks
of ore weighing about fifty pounds each
They stated each sack would average 500,
the gold showing in rough chunks
throughout the ore which Is dirty yell
lowlsh quartz. carrying lots of brown
hemat lite OF iron, close to which the gold
appears They state they have nearly
foot OF this ore which has never been
assayed but which will eventually go Into
thousands Of dollars per ton. They are
going TO Denver TO consult their hackers
| with n view to erecting small stamp
mill on the properties as soon as posi-
I Douglas Latlmer and Mark Willard.
owners OF the Green Mountain Boy claim.
located in Tim Pah Ute district report
having struck a two-foot streak of sill
yer ore, commonly known In this dis
trict as "black lack which goes 1000
ounces per ton. They were sinking on a
four-foot ledge OF low-grade ore, through
| lime formation, and encountered this rich
| ore at a depth of 120 feet the new ore
coming in a slick wall of quartzite.
surface. They started last week drifting
on the new lead and arc sacking the ore
with view 10 making n sample ship
mcnt to Salt Lake city as soon as the
road is ready for traffic.
Caliente is as yet Isolated from mail
service by the recent washouts along the
line OF the Salt Lake Route. no mail
OF any description having been received
from either end OF the line or Intervening
stations for eleven days although Phoebe
and Delamar arc sending In their usual
quota. The mystery which troubles the
people OF this Camp is. why cannot mail
be received from either Salt Lake or Los
Angeles when by some means all our local
| mail finds an exit both ways? There seems
to be n screw loose somewhere In the
postal or railway service.
George Petrie, owner OF the Midas
group Of frccgold claims on the upper
Virgin river came In yesterday with two
sacks of ore showing splashes of gold on
nearly every piece. He states he struck
this rich orc at a depth of 1iS feet In n
shaft. on the Midas No, and has nearly
route to Salt Lake via Pioche. where he
has associates with whom he Will con-
suit as to putting up mill Immediately.