Salt Lake Herald | 1899-05-21 | Page 6 | Favor the Fremont

FAVOR THE FREMONT Knowing Ones Predict Good Things For This Group Special Correspondence Diamond May 20The Fremont group oC five claims including the Eastern Star Eastern Star No 1 Parallel Par-allel No 2 Fremont and Victoria No 2 are generally spoken of quite favorably by the knowing ones in this vicinity not so much because of anything there Is in sight but on account of the possibilities possi-bilities in their great crosscutting country Their territory joins the Joe Bowers Extension on the east and north and Is surrounded on the south and west l > y the Buckeye Scovllle Mining companys group I may be set down for a fact that unless the veins of the Buckeye Showers and Estella snap right off short just as they reach the Fremont group they all pass through the property owned by the company Judging wholly from what one could obtain by casual observation it would appear a if the Fremont people peo-ple had resolved to develop their ground in a businesslike manner and purposed going after everything that might exist ex-ist in their lines The work shaft al straight as a arrow ar-row and almost watertight is down to the 200 and the writer learned that Foreman J W Green had been instructed In-structed by the directory to start adrift a-drift east presumably to catch the Buckeye ledge Their hoisting plant consists of a gasoline engine and apparatus ap-paratus clean cheap noiseless and powerful equipment ample to hoist from a 1000foot depth The engineer Mr Jacobs is charmed with the simplicity sim-plicity and economy of the gasoline plant saying that the total cost for fuel did not exceed 65 cents per shift and that one man can run the engine dump buckets and sharpen tools This section of TIntic will surprise the country coun-try this year and it is likely that the Fremont folks may come in a a factor fac-tor