The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-07-01
DOLLY WARDEN MINES
SHOW IMPROVEMENT
Activity There and at Mizpah
Counting Well for Showing
of Pay Ores.

DOLLY WARDEN SPRINGS, June 27.-
The past two weeks have marked a de-
cided improvement all over the mining
area in this particular part OF Nevada.
Many new arrivals at both Dolly Warden
City and at Dolly Warden Springs speak
OF the rapidly awakening interest the
! mining fraternity is taking in this won
| derful and recently discovered mineral
zone. a day or two ago your correspond
TO ., WSIts S9ST SHorse
| ~. and J. II. Millick of Ely. over the
Sopper Key and Badger grouPs., at the
oe2IneIIpsi9n eIcIi or which Mr. Millick. said;
| travelling over New Mexico Arizona and
Nevada in looking over mining grounds.
hoM-a Sou have shown me within the last three
l have seen during the whole six months
Of my search Mr.; Newman. seconded
two groups lay in the eastern foothills OF
the Dolly Warden range, commencing
only three-fourths of mile west OF the
great springs where thirty-nve years ago
O smelter was erected to subdue the ores
from the Victoria mines lying seven miles
west. Aside from the copper and silver
9Th inst. for the gold contents from the
surface quartz. From three average sam
pies the result was s2.S0 $s.40 and $3.50.
To say that these ngures were an agree
able surprise TO the owners OF the grounds
is putting 1t very mildly. From the enor-
space o. Of ns 1913 s in wdfh
and traceable for over half mile in
length. IL is simply impossible to make
is under the surface. but It is safe to say
that the quartz tonnage Will amount to
millions. Higher values In gold from
these groups have been reported In The
The short and easy wagon haul to great
abundance Of water lends to this property
mile to the north and on the same gen
eral contact President George NJ Nix
has recommended work on the Virginia
and other adjacent lodes. From the dumps
OF the Virginia lode great bouiders Of cop
per ore show TO the inspector its purity
In this metal in native fake form: the
upon. Mr. Ed j. Ausiion is superintend-
ent Of the Dolly Warden Copper company,
Of which the Virginia is a part. William
Zee koene has is, taken contract ] to sink 400
the Millick brothers (J. H.. A. j, and AL
berO and F. B. Matson. all of Ely, have
located a group OF seven claims sdjoinins
west from the Copper Key group. above
alluded to. They have struck some. very
fine lead-sllver ore within the week. as
owners here, as well as elsewhere, they
have already commenced 150-foot shaft,
and within the coming month Will have
full complement Of men at work: to stay
there until a full-dedged mine Is deyel.,
completed his work on six claims joining
the Cumberland group, owned by John
Mungerson, near Dolly Warden City. The
O'Moore l. McAuley mine continues TO
show about the same class OF ore at 145-
foot depth. Iron and copper sulphide
comes up with every bucket. Four heavy
freight teams arrived In Dolly Warden
Springs today. They will commence load
ing ore at once for shipment over the
Northern Nevada railroad from the An
telope siding fifteen miles north of this
point. The ore teams are under the man
agement OF Mr., ] Robson OF Grantsville,
Utah. To avoid complication, 1t seems
advisable 10 state here that. the frequent
use Of the names Dolly Warden CITY and
pIalned to the reader. While in the same
mining district the two points are scpa-
rated BY distance Of seven en-, miles, east east
Dolly Warden Springs will be as soon as
Mr. William McCuTdy, the owner OF the
to do so. This would have been done
Some weeks ago had II not been for the
fact that his springs we're under bond
barge has been taken away by reason OF
the purchasing party falling to comply
While on foot between MiZpah. Moorc's.
camp, and White City, Nix,s camp: your
correspondent met Joseph Davis of Miz-
peh in the midst Of heavy rainstorm,
Under the shelter Of a cedar tree by the
side OF the trail Mr. Davis said that he
was Interested In several claims there:
That J. D. Mckay was the possessor OF
nine good claims That from the Ten
derfoot group the proprietors were taking
out gold ore averaging s63; that on the
Northern a shaft and drift had revealed
copper ore showing A value OF "a per
cent A force OF nine men are al work
on this property, c. McPhadden has SIX
men working on vein fifty feet wide.
George Chesley Is doing assessment work
on the Hillside group upon which he has
struck an ore vein six feet in Width Mt a
denfh of forty feet The proprietors OF
Willow Canyon group arc unearthing hne
ore To the north OF this at Fishers
camp good results arc reported. but no
particulars received.