The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-10-16
OEEP CREEK MINES MINES
SHOW RARE METALS
-. Of Properties Working;
S''' Sbippers-RailDad
Tonnage.

c,ssk today has between 20
81 oYtfits working properties
sA' T.ort creek and queen OF She
H0|' ,-ss an the south 20 the Ferbur
% 80 on the west and up TO Dutch
Pi,--,,tsin on the north. There are
,-rsI mines. any one OF whhh mas
1r,osf enough ore IN slshI TO Justiiy
tba building Of raliIo-LG. sS5coI US
inc 49, l. Wilson, senior member
~ Wilson Bros VINO no" mas i've
Oh --ias in operation IN the Deep
Creek district -...,-i,,- cola nm az
.rr INIT there is sufficient per
Inner ore In that property alone
I-se+ a railroad busy for years,
Ar Wilson. Then there are
~ nrncv i. and Frankie groups, each
-bich has immense deposits IN
~ frankie has exposed on the
s--faee 200 feet of a great 15-foot
ir ebOwiue 70 6 per cent copper.
tt.h would make an ideal steam
$3.50 propositiOn. Then there are
-.,-,sroils other properties in the dis-
,-ist onlv awaiting the advent of
railroad 10 begin shipping
Blsmuth and Tungsten.
.s7ismuth and tungsten have been
.rsna5 No in large veins in several
riaess IN Deep Creek. Bismuth is
now worth S2.15 a pound. The Deep
creek bismuth carries gold and sill
var runnlne from $50 10 $50 In these
metals. one vein opened at IS feet
5eDth IN an old shaft recently showed
bigb values across seven feet betweeA
walls. Samples ran as high as $4,000
a ton.
"On the Lucy /. we recently opened
new vein. Fifteen feet below the
surface It measured 7 feet across, all
rich In tungsten. The country rock
Is granite and pOrphyry. In another
place a copper vein $50 feet vide has
been opened. showing from 10 8
DER cent Of the red metal, with a little
gold and silver. SLreaks running 80
DER cent copper We're found.
south Of the Lucy l., Willow
Springs Mining company has opened
up fine bodies OF ore in three places.
The greatest depth is about so feet.
bur one copper vein z feet across car
ries $40 In gold. Some rich lead ore
has been taken out ard shipped.
Hundred Dollar Ore.
Paul Rodenhouse Is down so feet
on two places. He claims 10 have cut
IA inches which averages $100. Others
working in the Clifton district are
Young brothers, Frank Little. Mr..
Carman and MIR. Johnson who is
looking after the mining interests Of
the Western Pacific officials. The
Spotted FaWn has struck a body OF
high-grade lead-silver ore.
"Over on Dutch Mountain Charles
Morduff is taking out ore at 100 to
$50 feet depth and has made a small
shipment lie reports having recently
cut into a big ore body rich enough
20 justify regular shipments
The Garrison Monster on north
Dutch Mountain is another property
showing activity. A long tunnel Is
being driven 10 get under a fine lead
Outcr0p.
Palmer shipping.
cover on the Ferbur side, Letter
Palmer is breaking down and ship
ping from his Regent property a high
class lead-silyer ore. One car was
recently markted at salt Lake. and
another Is being loaded at WendoVer.
The ears net him about $500 TO $500
each. Other properties in that dis
uict are working.
over AT Queen OF Sheba they are
tunnel 70 tap a vein found up the
mountain. which has ben opened sew
eral hundred feet. This tunnel viii
give nearly 1000 feet in depth on the
vein. Supplies are going in. and work
VIII be continued all winter
Down ar Trout Greek Superintend-
ent Meyers has opened up a great zinc
proposition. The vein measures 50
feet across. with alternating layers Of
zinc, lead and other vein material
The rock carries A per cent zine.
District Looks Coed.
Things generally look good out at
Deep Creek this fall and by next
spring We expect TO have a mill going
10 treat our lOw-grades. Within the
year We hope 10 have two railroads in
there, and then you viii see western
1Neele mining interests claim the at
tention they deserve"
The Wilson Brothers. who have been
Pm Deep Greek - years, control five
lneol porated properties. as follows:
Lucy l., Frankie. CloftOn Copper Belt,
Wilson Consolidated and Seminole
Copper company. r. A. Wilson, junior
member, expects 10 go cut 10 the
mines today. The stage runs down 20
Gold Hill and Clifton twice a week.
leaving WendOver Tuesdays and Fri
days tri-Weekly service will be
put on presently.
Returns We're received last evening
from the analysis Of the bismuth ore
from the Wilson Consolidated A
sample across the seven-fOot vein
gave returns OF $2s.20 in gold and 5-3S
ger cent bismuth. This shows the
rock worth Sl00 a ton, which makes
or this recent find one Of the most
important discoveries Ia Deep Creek