The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-06-27
Common CREEK IS
PROMISING CAMP
Prospects Which Produce
High-Grade Ore Attract At
tention to Idaho District.

New life IS being shown In the Connor /
Creek mining district. says the Burley.
Idaho Times. Most OF the old claims
are being worked to some exent. and
many new ones are being opened up
A number of prospectors, experienced
miners. are in the camp. and all are much
encouraged by the new developments OF
the season.
Archie Howell has located new
claim. and is at work developing IL. He
has given his new prospect the name or
East Star. 1t Is in the Stokes district
not far from the Alice, Southern Her
cules. Melcher and other rich properties.
The East Star IS producing ore that av-
erages $50 a ton. and Howell IS expect
ing to make a shipment within very
short time.
Jack Comerford has a lease on the
Alice. which belongs TO some wealthy
mining men Of Salt Lake City Jack has
opened new ore body in the Alice. and
has taken out about 80 tons OF rich gold.
silver and lead ore.
Six or eight four-horse teams were
used to bring the orc down from the
mines to Burley. and II was shipped
from here to the sampling works at salt
Lake City. This is very expensive
method OF handling the ore. II costs
So per ton to get II TO hurley, and S4-t9
from here TO salt Lake City. However,
when we understand that the carload
that Mr.. Comerford has Just shipped
runs 81 IN silver and SIS in gold 20 the
ton, and Is 30 per cent lead, we see that
for all this heavy expense In shipment
/ Il gives its owner a big margin Of profit.
Then the mining OF this ore is inexpen-
sive.
Ore Is Easily Mined.
Mr.. Comerford has simply run a cut
l into the side Of the mountain. and is not
| down more than IS feet He has only TO
run the ore out and sack II, and II Is
| ready for shipment. He is working on
n well defined vein OF a width Of about
| 20 inches. and as this IS all good stuff
and needs no sorting. Mr.. COmerfOrd eX-
| poets to make another shipment from
/ Burley IN about two weeks, and as Of
| ten regularly hereafter.
/ That the Connor Creek district Is one
/ OF the richest undeveloped mining re-
/ gions within the state has long been
/ acknowl ed ed. Some Of the richest ores
| ever mined IN the west have been taken
| out there. In early days ore was taken
/ out Of the Olympia. Just across the can
yon from Conner Creek, and freighted
All the way to salt Lake City by team
\ at n profit. Several years ago Seth
/ Spalding. Frank Hansen and Jesse Lee
I secured n lease on the Badger and took
/ several thousand dollars worth or high
/ grade orc right from the surface OF the
/ claim.
/ There are large quantities OF ore that
would paw well to mine were there bet
\ ter facilities for shipping. All through
! the low grade stuff high class ore is
I found. and this Is what IS being shipped
I at the present time. It is freely admit
/ ted here that many Of the ore samples
that were used 20 create the Tate Ia
mented rush into Jarbidge came from
Connor Creek.
Ed Hunter. manager Of the Southern
/ Hercules. realizing the importance OF
better and cheaper transportation for
/ his ore. has been working for some time
promoting a railroad into Albion. The
! prospects for this road are good. and as
the road down Raft river will pass
| within n few miles OF the camp. Common
Creek will soon take its place amone
the best lead. silver and gold producing
districts in Idaho.