Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-09-05
MORE DEEP CREEK
MINING ACTIVITY
Tlsh Springs. Fcrbcr and Other Dis
iricts Coming To- the Front
IN Good shape.

When IL was recently decided by the
new pruprictors TO begin active opera
lions on the old Emma mine m the
Fish Springs district in Toocle county,
and then the vulcan property, I'm th'
same district, fcll into new hands, ana
the word wns given out that both these
old producers Of high class ores would
be operated In the near future, togeth e.
az with the fact that the Utah mine Us
shipping steadily from the district, az
nut together brings the prul1scu
branch railroad for the district point
or two closer.
II Is understood by all that the day
that an one tonnage to justify mo
building and operation Of a branch an
rives, that day the road VIII begin
building. Every new mine that De-
gins work brings the railroad tnat
much nearer. II is thought that tho
active work planned for next spring In
tho Deep creek. Fcrber, Fish Springs
puewav. and Granite Mountain dis
tricts will probably induce the piopostu
railroad into that country ana u ~
hoped by the numerous people lntei-
csted in the district that one OF t1e
three prDl0Sfu llllta W ~ NNANis '''''''N -
start next spring.
The western Pacific. with IL pro-
rosed 4O-milc branch from WendoVsi
down past Dutch mountain TO COLO M,
then to Clifton and across the desert
to Fish Springs Is the most iHely' bu,
there is a chance of the lnterhati3n'l
Srnelter people coming In first WIN
branch from Tooele over to Deep
creek, as the great now smelter badiy
needs the good nuNing ores f0unu ~
the Fish Springs, Deep creek 9nu
Ferber districts. where a me quall,y
OF iead-silver ore has been mlned ~
numerous places. There Is also talk
of mo salt Lake Route cutting across
from some point near the Tintics. az
wears ago n line was surveyed rom
near there off through the Deep creek
country. w
E. j. McCunc. brother or n, w
McCune, has taken over the o'u EiHlll'
property near Fish Springs, ana prom
ises to give it a reputation equal to
tho davs when IL gave up over a quar-
Ter million In wealth to the world
Tho ore was extremely high grade
lead-sllver But the drop In silver val
ues. and the long, expensive wagon
haul TO the railroad held this property
down. and nnaily resulted In It's haV-
ing been practically abandoned LOT
many years. since winch time no
shipments nave DetH hhuf' ~" ~
promises In the near future to give
that little giant dividend payer, It's
neiehbor, the Utah mine, something
10 do TO keep up to II In production.
j. r. Nelson is the new proprietor
OF the adjoining Vulcan property which
IS on the same vein as the Emma.
Years ago this ground produced silver
values which ran between $500 to $1,000.
Mr. Nelson. who Is a successful Ne
Vada miner. promises surprise 10
some people who think there Is only
one producer ~ the district.
There Is considerable activity seen
among many of the mines in the VI
entity OF Gold hill, clifton districts,
and further south, besides across the
hills 10 the west at ferber where l..
Palmer and others are now taking out
ore. Mr. Palmer recently shipped n
carload of rich silvcr-lead ore from
the 1OO-foot shaft on HIS property, and
has considerable more ore on the dump
ready for the 3o-mile haul TO Wend-
over
The Utah mlnc is shipping out from
one to two carr month which bring
in the Salt Lake market from $500
10 81 900 car. This has been kept M
FOR years. giving this little mine to-
tal dividend record OF about 100000.
Taken altogether, the Deep creek
country seems on the eve of putting
forth such an attractive showing that
the railroads can no longer resist the
temptation TO see which will be the first
"a get In there and pluck the golden
plum.