The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-07-20
WESTERN UTAH
OPENING UP BIG
SiIVer-Lead Ore Strike Is Prov
ing of Real Significance
to the Mine.

clifton. Deep Creek. July Sat Gold
Hill, when is situated ia the central part
Of Clifton mining district the Western
Utah Copper company is opening up some
immense bodies o. iead-silver ore On the
2Je-foOU level me ore bOCy IS beng cross
cut anG is nOw over thirty Ieet ~l .lI5'
with no indications OF the hanging wall.
The same vein he's 3eCa tapped on the
21- foot level and prosecuting is being
pushed rapidly. CrOss-cuttlnE on the bOe-
foot levci IS going ahead and iead ana
iron arc appearing indicating close proN-
unity TO thc ore body. The ore is iead
carbonate carrying good percentage OF
IRON making IL an ideal SmeiunS propo-
si:iOn This immense body or ore crops
out on the surface, assuring the COM
pany $50 feet Of stopping ground thus tar-
This Iead-silver vein is separate and
Independent Of the copper-gold VEN,
where the company has not less than
1NOOO tons blocked out. There are fifteen
miners now at work and more are be-
ing put on as room is made for them
General Manager Duncan MacNichie made
an inspection Of the ore BODIES a rev dsy 5
ago and is more than pleased with the
showing. While here he outlined new
work which will keep Superintendent
John Bergh rustllng for some time.
Mr. AIacVichte should be given credit
for this work, as he has had to contend
with men who had grave doubts as to the
permanenCy Of the ore bodies. Now that
1t has been demonstrated tnaJ the ore
n0nfeE 20 QtWue the kllNIhtl6 WIN AAcA =
been giving the camp black eye and
saying the ore does not go down none
of them sinking a 10-foot hole had better
look for pastures new.
Copper Zone Two Miles Long.
Paul Rodenhouse has returned to camp
TO rush work on his and J. P Gardner s
large holdings, on which the most i'm
portant strike of this season has been
made in the opening up of immense de-
M -nnTnhWTX. carving good
values in copper and gold.
Frank Little and jay T. Roundy nave
seven claims about One-halt mile south
of the Gardner Rodenhouse group. where
copper can be traced for more than 200
feet across the zone, and fufthef east
the writer pr9spected the surface east and
west for $40 feet, finding copper wher-
ever the groupings were broken. 1t goes
10 show that this copper-bearing zone ex-
tends at least two miles in length and
over One-half mile in width.
NJ. r. Evans. who owns large group
of claims on the Dutch mountain side,
has a force of men at work and report
comes from there that the property IS
looking encouraging some fine silveT-lead
ore being extracted.
John Cobbley has a force of men at
work on the Xmas group, which lies
about one mile northeast of Gold hill. On
this group nigh grade gold-bearing rock
as well as silver and leal is found. With
proper development mine Will be made
on this ground.
Il. s. Sherman, manager Of the Fort
Dodge Mining & Milling company is drlV-
ing a cTOss-Cut tunnel to tap a vein OF
very high grade silver ore. The tunnel
Is now in 200 feet and the face shows
blue porphyry heavily impregnated with
iron and copper sulphides. Mr.. Sherman
expects to break into the pay streak very
soon This group embraces nine claims
and the stock is mostly owned by east
ern people
Other Good Ones; Railroad Talk.
r. ]. Gunmette is developing his prop
erty and is also looking after the W. b.
and Judge Thompson holdings in this
camp. The property is patented and held
by Colorado and eastern parties.
Ed Emery, Comstock pioneer. has &C
Quired some valuable ground in this dis
trict. Mr.. Emery is a pratical mining
man, having been in nearly all the min
ing camps of the west, and says he never
saw anything to equal the mineral show
ing found here He predicts great fu-
tuTe for this camp.
The Minnehaha Mining & Milling COM
pany has done considerable development
work on its group of gold and copper
bearing claims. situated on the eastern
end of the district. The company has
and several thousand tons blocked out.
Work viii be resumed on this property
shortly.
The Tonopah & Tidewater surveyors are
working this way and VIII surely make
connections with the Saltair railroad into
salt Lake. The Western Pacific railroad
viii have its surveyors in the field by the
first of October. running a spur from
the main line to Clifton, giving the dis
trict two roads. Things are looking bright
for Deep Creek Keep your eye on Cliff
ton.