The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-03-25
DEEP CREEK IS
FULL Of LIFE
Many Companies Rushing
Work While Claim Owners
Hurry Up Development.
REGION RICH IN MINERAL
MUCH MACHINERY TO GO IN
THIS YEAR.

Clifton, Deep Creek March 22.-The
Western Utah Copper company. controlled
by F. Augustus Heinze and others, under
the management of II. H. Green, is push
ing development work as rapidly as posi-
bic and the showing is better with every
shot. The company has two gasoline
hoists in commission. enc on the apex of
the mountain and one lower down the
mountain side. where they have attained
. depth of $50 feet. At the 4OO-foot level
they cross-cut and tapped fine body of
rich copper ore carrying good values in
gold and silver, and will run another
CrOss-cut at the coo level. Superintendent
j. A. MacVichie is kept busy early and
late directing work and is making mine.
II il cannot already be ciassed as sucn.
No one excepting those who have seen it
can realize the amount of rich copper ores
already blocked out from the surface To
the 40J-foOt level The company Will use
machine drills very soon
Rich Ore in Red Copper Queen.
About one mile north of the Western
Utah Copper comes the Red Copper Queen
Mining cuTupany's group of seven claims
I'D SimOns is president and J. r. Smell
general manager The stock ~ owned
principally by Spanish Fork parties. The
property lies IN the low foothills and con-
siderable work has been done, for which
the company has several cars of ore on
the dump Assays show So per cent cop
per from 50 To SO in gold and % per cent
iron TO the ton Superintendent J. W.
Lewis has started a double compartment
shaft below the ledge. which IS now down
10 a depth of seventy feet. lie VIII run
a cross-cut from the 100-fOot level TO tap
The ledge and continue sinking
Adjoining this property comes the Gold
IiiH Extension Mining company ground,
owned by c. E Crandall, r. COrdner and
others of Provo. The company is work
ing force of men and the property Is
giving a good account OF itself The prin-
cipal ores are copper carrying good gold
values.
Western Pacific's Development.
East and adjoining the Western Utah
Copper comes the Western Pacific Min
ing & Development company. a strong
corpora ton. headed by such men as L. J.
Yard. H H Green, John II. McChryStal
and others They are pushing develop
ment work with all possible speed, under
the direction of w. p. Richards. who is
also a heavy stakeholder. The company
is erecting an office building and VIII
build a boarding house, bunk house, black
smith shop, assay office. etc, soon as
material can be brought in They VIII
also install a fifteen-horsepOWer gasoline
engine on the double compartment smart
they are now sinking
There are seventeen claims in this group,
all surveyed for patent. and MI Rich
ards has a laIge force at work develop
ing for patent.
Robisons Have Fine Ground.
On the southeast side of the mountain,
at the southefly end of the district, Proc
tor H. Robson is experimenting the de-
Velopment ON group of SIX claims bear
ing high grade copper and gold ores. There
are numerous workings on the surface, all
showing values Tor a distance OF 4-J0O rect
At a depth Of seventy-five feet drift Is
being run on the vein. which shows three
feet of copper ore. carrying better than
% per cent; also Soou Sola Values Oe-
sides about three feet Of low grade IRON
1t is Mr. RObisons intention TO continue
sinking having recently installed whim
and will later put gasoline hoist on the
ground The company will erect buildings
this spring and have everything in good
shape for the summer campaign. DIT
George +. Robson of Provo, Almon Robi
son and ]. V. Robson of Fillmore art
heavily interested in the property, which
is certainly showing up well and has al
the earmarks OF a mine, lying IN a con
tact between porphyry and lime.
On the north end of Dutch mountain
I p Gardner. president of the Monster
and Garrison Mining companies. has
force of men at work driving cross-cu
tunnel TO intersect an immense copper
blowout high up on the mountain side
The company has done lots of work anC
claims 10 have la-ge bodies of low grade
silver-lead ores
Evans and Brewer Properties.
Then comes NJ. r. Evans. who has don.
MANY hundreds of feet of development
work on his group OF CLAIMS ADJOINING
The Monster and Garrison group. He hai
Two shifts of miners sinking Winze a
the face OF the tunnel. about 700 feet from
the portal They have attained a depti
of eighty feet and are getting some goo
ssilver-lcad ore Moray has The nerve ant
will make a mine out of his large grOul
lust over the hill to the south come
the Brewer Copper & Gold Mining com
many John Brewer. president. a recen
organization that will start development
work at once. The company mas som
fine prospects and all they need IS WOrl
10 show up the SplendlG values bufieu a
the mountain side
The Lucy L Mining company is work
ing a small force Of men and obtaining
substantial results
L p Gardner. who left here recently
has men working his different prop
critics southeast of Gold Hill and Is get
ting his ground in shape for patent. II
expects to do Sots of work this season.
Rodenhouse Sells Claims.
PauI Rodenhouse sold four claims t
William NJ. Lamb and associates Tor
sum Of money and 120.OOo shares or stoc
IN the company 10 be formed The grOun
adioins the Western Pacific on the north
east Work will be started at once on tn
property. which shows high grade silver
lead ores
I,,able ground. and the same can be sal
of many others in the camp.
yo1Ine. brothers. who recently returne
from Nevada, where they own valuabl
eonDer properties. are well pleased b
The showing being made there. They ar
now busV on their Silver King grouI
d,ivinr a tunnel on the strike of the veil
and expect TO obtain good results
From the few items given here you ca
eco there is something going on in tn