The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-02-17
GOLD CIRCLE
COMING CAMP
Report on Region That Has Al
ready Attracted Attention of
Salt Lake Operators.

very short time that will maHe good.
Ever since the first discovery last sum
mer, none but good reports have come
from the Gold Circle district, says a cor
respondent of the Winnemucca Silver
State News.
The time seems to be about ripe for a
boom, and conservative residents are firm
in the belief that this section will con-
tain as many, II not more. people than
the southern town of Rawhide, which
/ boasts of 1000 or 5000 people.
| The original tOWn-the first one located
lis situated in gulch on Summit creek
! about thirty miles little north of east
OF Golconda. This townsite is known as
Midas 1t is owned by the Gold Circle
Townsite company, p. A. Leamy being
! the local agent
Town lots are listed at from $50 TO
$3.50. and at the present time sales are
reported to be frequent. The location is
good and those who have located there
/ believe their town will be the principal
| town OF the district
A man named Frank Jardine, represent
| ing Salt Lake capital, has bonded three
groups of claims and intends putting ten
men at work very soon. The groups
| bonded are the Gold Crown, consisting
of nine claims, owned by Menking &
| Schein; the Columbia and Pyramid group
| owned by Hyatt and Warren, and eight
claims Owned by Barker and Mears.
G. d. Dorsey and Henry Elliot have
taken lease from George Storey. and
| Mr.. Elliot is working in ore and expects
to make a shipment very soon.
Formation Is Porphyry.
The mountains of the Gold Circle dis
trict are porphyry. and the lodges so
il is often very difficult to distinguish
the lodges on the surface. So difficult
has this been that many of the discov-
cries were only found by long. tedious
the prospectors to the source of the gold
that had been washed down. After
little work has been done the lodges show
little quartz mixed with the porphyry.
by attention being drawn to a little
patch of porphyry stained red and black
Ii is believed that. of the properties
already discovered, the Spotted Dog,
about which so much has been heard,
the claims being under bond to Mr. Jar
dine, and the one being leased by Dor
sey & Elliot will be among the first
to send out ore The Spotted Dog is To-
owned by Menking & Schein. They are
running a cross-cut for the ledge, and.
although quite a distance from it, the
rock they are driving through shows sur
exceedingly high value have been taken
from this claim above the point for
which the owners are now driving.
Mineral in Plenty.
What appears to be a great milling
group is the Esmeralda group. owned by
McCauley & Mccain. They have an i'm
mense ledge, which shows values clear
across by banning, and it is the firm
belief of all who have seen the claim
that the owners have, the making Of a
low grade mine. when the proper mill
ing facilities have been installed.
1t is claimed that the lodges all over
the district pan. and from the evidence
seen by the writer this does not seem
to be an exaggeration. Long strings of
ore are otter PANIED out of little pieces
of the most. worthless looking kind Of
rock-rock that even few prospectors
would think contained values.
One encouraging sign for the district
is that the values are not confined to
any one place. but are scattered over
quite an extensive scope of country.
Where there is so much gold on the sur
face II Is fan TO assume. that some good
mines will be opened up.
How to Get There.
The way to go to Gold Circle is by Col
conda. A stage has been running every
Tuesday from Golconda to Glover Valley
ranch, fifteen miles from Gold Circle.
The fare was IS one way This stage
comes to Golconda Monday. The only
other way heretofore to get to Gold
Circle has been by livery or private rig
or to go with the freight teams. Livery
rigs take a day and a half for the trip
half. A freight wagon and many of the
lighter rigs start from Golconda about
noon, and spend the night at the ranch
of E. V. Sanders. This is fifteen miles
Circle the next day. while the freight
teams go only to the Clover Valley
ranch, twenty miles beyond Sanders, and
finish the remaining fifteen miles the
next day. Or If a light rig leaves Col
eonda in the morning, the Clover Valley
ranch can be easily reached to. spend the
night. and the remaining fifteen miles
can be easily made the next day.
Preparing for Traffic.
Commencing Feb. 10, Mr. Dorsey, the
merchant, Will put on a stage line, MAX
ing the trip through in one day from
Goleonda, leaving the latter place We'd
nesdayS and Saturdays.
"A cook named Hart has established a
halfway station at Kelley's creek, where
the~stage will change horses and the pas
sengeTs can get dinner. The fare will
be IS for one way or 50 for the round
trip.
Another man named Copeland has start
ed to fix up a station at a place called |
the Buck Brush, about two miles west
of Kelley creek. where travellers can get
something to eat.
Jim Boyle is running a big freight out |
fit between Gold Circle and Golconda |
and aims to handle all the business that |
comes his way. He has a fine outfit |
of both wagons and teams and gets the |
goods through in the least possible time !
and In first class shape
A move is on foot to extend a telephone I
line which runs from Battle Mountain !
to a ranch twenty-five miles from that |
place, which would necessitate the build |
ing OF a line about thirteen miles long |
MIR. Dorsey and others are figuring on |
this. A telephone line runs to the Squaw |
Valley ranch from Golconda passing |
within short distance of Gold Circle, |
and it would be a very easy matter to |
tap that wire string another to the |
poles, but. of course. permission from |
the company owning the lpe would have |
to be secured.
Battle Mountain is determined to cut |
In for the Gold Circle trade and a COM |
mittee of citizens from Battle Mountain |
recently visited Gold Circle and prom |
ised to fix the road up and put Il in |
good condition. 1t is said this road will /
only be thirty-eight miles long.
J. OBERNDORFER,
Stock Broker.