The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-07-08
GOLD MOUNTAIN
To OLD P|OCHE
Eastern Operators Are Pleased
With Conditions at the
Sewer Consolidated.
COPPER BUTTE HAS STRIKE
RICHFIELD MAN TELLS HOW PI-
OCHE Is MOVING.
COPPER BUTTE HAS STRIKE
Especial to The HeraId.)

Richfield, July IA. w. Farnsworth
and w. J. Shelton were down from the
Copper Butte property, which is up Deer
Creek canyon, about two miles from the
Sewer river, to attend d meeting of the
company. They report that they have
Just broken into a fine vein of carbonate
copper ore fourteen inches wide, which
runs as high as % per cent in copper
This vein was encountered about ten
feet beyond the strike made in the tunnel
last year and nearly under the groupings
which contained a great deal of aZurite
The old vein which they have been work
ing on has developed seven feet of ore
that will average at least 2 per cent cop
per. There was proposition before the
company to bond the property, but it was
decided to not consider it until the present
contract is completed. which will not be
until some time this coming fall.
fasteners at Sewer Con.
W. B. Turpin and Mr.. Mann of Wash
lngtOn, d C., came down this week from
Gold mountain. after an examination of
the Sewer Consolidated properties. They
visited here with Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
LammersdoTf. They are both heavily in
terested in the company and expressed
themselves as being highly pleased with
the showing that exists today. Mr.. Tur-
pin said he had read in the state papers
the wonderful strikes that had been made
the past winter at the properties, but he
was not prepared for the magnificent
showing which exists at the Sewer Con
sOlidated.
1T is beyond my Dreams" declared Mr..
Turpiu. why, / am fairly color-blind
with the dazzling sights I have witnessed
in the Sewers mines. Ore glittering in
all the workings. 1t is a grand report that
l can take back to my associates at Wash
ingtOn, but | am afraid they will think
am endeavOring to deal them a lot of
hot air, conservative as l shall try to be-
1t is surely wonderful property.
The Gold mountain mining section is
beginning to attract a lot of attention in
the east, and you people of this section
can look for lot more capital coming in
here soon to develop this wonderful min
eral section =,
Mr.. Turpin also stated that both the
shifts and a lot of ore had already been
blocked out ready for the mill whenever
the management wanted it
Phoebe Pilgrim Talks.
Nelson Baker arrived from BuIlionville
New. this week. Mr.. Baker is master
machinist for the OhiO-kentucky and
Phoenix Reduction companies. He says
that the company is doing considerable
development work. both on mines and
mills. He says there are about 150 men
laying rails and ties on the new branch
road running from Caliente to Phoebe. and
that two miles of track have already been
laid. The road ought to reach RiOche
in about six weeks. Mr.. Baker also stat
ed that every house in Phoebe is now oc-
cupied for the first time for about twenty
five years. Besides there are about sew
enty-five tents in the camp being used to
house the people. Work is being prose
cuted on every mine and prospect in the
camp and Phoebe is getting back to its
early day appearance.
C. A. Neevy of RhyOlite, New, and r.
Z. COllett of Spanish Fork were in Rich
field this week, having just returned from
the Colorado river, where they have been
working on some placer beds during the
spring and summer. They claim they
found something pretty, good and expect
to return in a few weeks.