Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-18

group that has shipped considerable
high grade slver-lead ore the Lion
group and one group OF the Willow
Springs Consolidated, with others of
lesser note. but all having fine show
ing OF good ores
MYERS PROPERTY.
At the mouth of Trout creek is tae-
Myers property that bids fair t. be-,
come one of the largest. If not the
largest, lead-Zinc property discovered
in Utah The vein is As feet In width
and tracable for 1000 feet The ore
makes on opposite Sides of porphyry
dixie, the low grade section of the vein
lying on top Of the dixie and inclining
In to the hill. which IL limestone and
other scdimentary rocks. Under the
porphyry Is four foot vein of 40 per
cent zinc ore carrying as high as $gf
per ton in gold Under the Zinc is n
two foot vein OF high grade sllver-lead
ore The low grade section OF the vein
is 80 feet In width and is good con-
ccntrating grade. The property Is
most favorabIy situated as TO timber,
and there Is a large stream of water
running over the ground that viii
eventually be used for concentrating.
the low grade ores. large amount
of work has been done upon the prop
erty and several shafts have been sunk,
to the depth of several hundred feels
Some of the richest silver ore ever
found in the Deep Creek country Is
from this ground This property Will
eventually be among the heaviest ship
pers of ore from that country. There
are many other properties that could
be faVorably mentioned. but there arc
too many meritoTlous properties In the
Deep Creek Range to be described in
single article.
TRANSPORTATION
The one interfering element that mas.
kept the Deep Creek country from be-
coming one of the most productive
sections OF the west is better transport
tation. The long wagon haul that has
been necessary to reach a market has
been so expensive that nothing but the
very high grade ores could be shipped.
consequently the property owners nave
contented themselves with developing
their properties with the knowledge
that the railroads would reach them In
due time And it seems that In the
near future there will be moro roads
than the most sanguine had hoped for,
The Western Pacific. 1t is Under ,
| stood. is to build a branch from Wen
dover. which is about 40 miles from
the center of the Clifton district. ID
The Utah s: Nevada company Is TO
build from Garfield. 8 miles west OF
Salt Lake city. This company Is said
| to have raised $6,0O0,0O0 and has
given the positive assurance that OPP
| crations Will begin within q very short
time The interests back of this road
| arc supposed to be the Colc-Ryan and
| the American Smelling and Refining
company II is proposed to run the
road from Garfield, in Utah. to Ely!
Nevada. thus connecting the great
properties and great smelling plants
| of the big interests concerned. At the
same time the road will open to pro-
| duction the rich mineral country be-
| tween the two points, particularly the
Deep Creek country. from which VIII
be shipped immense quantities of orc
| that the smelters want, and need, and
can get In no other section OF the west
go conveniently
SALT LAKE ROUTE.
The Salt Lake Route road is also re-
ported to be about ready to
start from near Tintic to build
| directly to the Deep Creek coun-
| try This road would have
! been built two years ago if it had not
| been for the financial depression that
| set in about that time. The route
passes through fine mineral country
| for practically It's entire length and
would open to the Knight smelter. nj
| Tintic, a field that would be ineXhaust7
| able In ores of any kind and grade
that the smelter might require. The
outlook for the Deep Creek country Is
very bright, and since 1t Is one of un-
usual richness and merit. there are
opportunities for investment tnat are
| hardly equalled in the west