Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-02-17
LATE EVENTS IN
GOLD BUTTE CAMP
The Gentry Copper Strike is At
tracing Quite a Lot Of
Attention.
ORE FROM GOLD BUTTE MINE.
Much Activity Shown In Other Prop.
critics In New Nevada Mining
District.
Special Correspondence.

Special Correspondence.
Gold Butte, New. Feb. i3.--The cop
per strike made here three weeks
ago, about three miles north Of camp,
has attracted much attention. Two
assays Of samples sent out returned
b75 and % per cent, respectively,
Among visitors to the discovery last
week were ex-senator Kearns, David
Keith and T, L. Waldron of Park
City They saw stripped ground
amounting to ~ feet square, showing
ore that without doubt viii average
better than % per cent Presumably.
Messrs. Kearns and Keith were here
with a View OF bonding the property.
bnt II Is not known what action was,
taken. II IL understood. however that
negotiations are pending for other
copper claims which they visited, To-
Gated nine miles east Of Gold Butte and
said 10 be making fine showing The
big discovery north Is not sufficiently
opened to determine whether II Is on a
ledge or Is deposit, The owners,
Harry Gentry and partners, have start.
ed a turnel and are arranging to do
considerable development work this
season, They have two carloads Of
ore ready for shipment.
AT GOLD BUTTE PROPERTY.
A small force is working on the
group OF claims ION Granite mountain,
owned by the Nevada Gold Butte
Mines Co., limited, Of Salt Lake. A
crosscut tunnel, which will intersect
six gold veins within 1000 feet Is now
well under cover and making IS inches
day OF one shift. The veins are
well-deilned, In place and four of them
are rich with free gold at surface. SUI
perlntendent ], +. Gibbs, late Of Marys-
vale. has made good burro trails to sew
eral Of the claims and will soon send
out a shipment, which has to be wagon
hauled As miles to Moapa.
Los Angeles and Tucson parties In
terested In the Granite Nevada Mines
company. OF which w r.. Sharpe IL
manager are expected here this month
TO complete arrangements for active
operations this season. The company
owns q claims adjoining the Gold
Butte, number OF which show gold
and copper-bearing veins at surface.
Mr.. Sharpe has good well. which,
aside from the Gold Butte spring, con-
tains the only water at present 10 be
had within a radius of several miles.
Later on, plenty OF water VIII no doubt
be developed in the district.
IN WILLOW BASIN.
Carl Fairbanks has group Of very
promising claims In Willow basin, about
~ miles south OF Gold Butte They
show large veins leached surface ore
from which gave an average assay OF
81 gold, ounces silver and 3.5 per
cent copper a ton. Interested with
him are Portland and Seattle parties
who arc daily expected here.
In Cellar basin, at the base of Granite
mountain on the soutn. c. NJ temple,
the gentlemanly station agent at Mo-
apa, with his partner w. A. Crawford,
well known IN Utah mining camps have
two groups OF gold locations of much
promise, the surface rock banning free
ly, Development work will be done
this spring on the more promising veins.
on the south side OF the Cedar. o. r..
Rossum also has some fine gold claims
on which he has already done upwards
| of $50 feet of tunnellng, which. while
still running for the main ledge, has
cut a spur of good pay ore Scott Al.
len. also operating IN Cedar BASIN has
| group of six claims. on which four
! shafts. 30, 80. GO and 100 feet respective
| ly have been sunk They all give up
| lovely looking quartz that Is speacked
with free gold. from vein carrying a
! 20-inch pay streak. He will do contin-
uous work this season.
ANNIE LAURIE SYNDICATE.
o. Welser, former superintendent
| OF the Annie Laurie mIll, and ], Dana
| Gibbs have this winter located Is claims
| adjoining the Granite Nevada property
on the east and southeast
| j. K. w Bracken was In camp last
week lie is evidently much pleased
with a gloup Of half a dozen claims In
| which he is interested lying about q
mile easterly from Granite mountain.
! Prospectors are coming In and the In
dications are that Gold Butte will soon
be quite a lively camp, as this section
| IL highly mineralized and encouraging
| for mine hunters. II petition to head
| quarters does not go wrong IL will have
a postoiiice this spring, with "A semi
weekly mail servlce--the service as far
| as St Thomas 10 be daily In connec-
| ton with the Nevada-Granite property.
n general store and ell around feed
| commissary Is contemplated.
| nTNGuAN WECT MP