The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-01-07
WHAT IS DOING IN
CLIFTON DISTRICT.
Section of Deep Creek Country
Is Now on the
Boom.
MANY LOCATIONS JUST
AFTER NEW YEAR DAMNED
More Annual Assessment Work
Done Last Year Than in
Any Preceding Year.
Special To The Tribune.

Special To The Tribune.
CLIFTON, DISTRICT. Deep Creek,
Jan. 6.-The old year in this district
disappeared under the cloak of fast
falling snow, which lasted only long
enough for the new one to step in and
assume control Rifle and revolver
shots echoed from one mountain top to
another signaling partners and friends
TO attack their location monuments
with location and relocation notice. IL
would be safe TO saw that not less than
from l95 TO 200 locations of this KIND
were made within the space of fifteen
minutes after the birth Of the new
| year in this district alone.
During the old year more annual
assessment work was performed than
| before IN any five years combined rms
condition has been brought about oY
assurance that the Western Paclhc
railroad will be completed TO ship
ping points within the early months
| of the present year. Many letters
| are being received from distant points
soliciting information regarding tins
and contiguous districts. notable among
| which are two from Los Angeles, one
| from the Pacific coast mines bureau,
saving: "We understand that rali-
road will be built 10 your camp with
| in n short time Would like 20
| secure a group or groups there. we
enclose stamps for correspondence. and
| have 10 request that you will answer
| as quickly as possible. as the time is
| getting short ~ The second contains
This statement: 81 find that the, peo.
| pie here are very anxious TO know
about that part of the country, and,
in my opinion, within year Los
| Angeles will be the headquarters OF
some Of the largest interests in your
section Many other letters speak
in the same way. all alluding to the
new roads heading this way.
j. s. Cooley. manager of group
Of twelve claims, nine of which have
| City today after visit 70 the works
with a view Of putting in machinery
| for a more rapid development. This
| group is located one mile east of Gold
| field, adjacent TO property purchased
| by F. A Heinze ct al. Mr.. Cooley IN
forms your correspondent that up TO
| date over 10000 has been expended
| tom property, the four metals arc
found, /. c.. gold. silver, copper and
| lead; that their chloride ore runs a :
high as $50 ounces silver. II per
cent lead and per cent copper.
Fifteen different shafts have been sunk
|
FIVE feet TO twenty feet in depth
general sample from the main shaft on
the New York lode No. | gives Sol
gold. one assay running as high as 81
| ounces In silver the ASSAYS vary from
- TO 500 ounces; lead, from 10 TO 30
per cent. On the Christmas lode a
twentv-three foot vein of iron showing
so per cent of this metal has been
opened which. with greater depth. will
change 10 more valuable metals. as
all other like cappings in this district
have done. Messrs. Myron w. Davis,
Charles Cabicious. T, n. Hazel; p.
Sullivan and J. S. Cooley constitute
the board of directors, all citizens of
| Salt Lake
Close to this property is the Nc
Comey Bros. group of six claims. owned
by /. &. w and D. b. Tripp. lay.
ing adjacent to Gold Hill. The
workings on these claims also show
the four metals. the deepest shaft
being ninety-two feet. and four others
of less depth. but all showing good
ore bodies. Fine sulphidcs are shown
in all the diggings. One peculiar dis
covery upon one Of the claims has been
made recently. consisting OF white
schist. in which large per cent of cop
per sulphide appears Many assays
have been made from this group, show
ing l9; % and 28 per cent copper,
ounces in silver The contact coursing
through this property is porphyry on
one side OF the ore veins and porphyretic
granite on the other. The bottom
of the ninety.two. foot shaft is all
in ore, and until cross-cuts arc made
the width Of the vein cannot be de.
termined.
There are many other groups of
claims in this district deserving like
consideration. all of which will receive
attention through the columns of The
Tribune from time TO time
j. G. McConaghy of Colorado
Springs, Colo. has taken charge of the
large j. p. Gardner holdings in this
district. As soon as he can secure ma,
chinery and assistance work will be
started, not as heretofore, but in keep
ing with Greater Clifton district He
has in his son-in-law mining engineer
who will be Of great assistance To him
The eagerness to secure property in
this district on the lst Of January
was so great that some parties com
mcnced to locate as early ms December
27, 1906. dating their notices January
/, 1907. TWO Of these characters have
: been doing this kind Of work for year:
past. They are well known by the
honest prospectors here, who will make
themselves heard in the future.