Show I NEWTON MINING DISTRICT Splendid Showing in the Indian Creek Companys Ground C W Miles the general manager of the Indian Creek companys property vhich ih i ate in Newton mining district dis-trict a few mils east of Beaver In Beaver county is In the city for the purpose of appearing as a witness iji the Omaha mining litigation which comes up for trial today Mr Miles is highly pleased with the progress tha has been made in the development of thF Indian Cree property prop-erty and is confident as to the ultimate outcome of the enterprise as with every foot of work that is done the improvement im-provement in quality and alues is decidedly marked At the original discovery on the group a working shaft Was started I some time ago within a fe v feet of the I ledge and for the first 36 feet was sunk in the country rook hut at this point good live quartz appeared in the shaft and fo eight feet now the hole has I been unk in a good body of mineral I carrying free gold and sulphides and J the indications are that the ledge is I much wider than the surface showing I would indicate as a the grass roots the vein is 30 feet in width while in I iniSti sinking the quartz is carrying increased I In-creased values with every loot of depth I I obtained Work is also being pushed in the development de-velopment of the parallel ledge dls covered since operations began on the property The shaft on this vein is now down I 32 feet on the ledge all the way on good mineralbearing quartz which i inproving in values as work progresses j The company is also doing assessment i assess-ment worlt on the Vigilance embraced j j In the Indian Creek group while it is j also doing assessment work on the i Golden Fleece claim claimed by the I company but over the title of which there is a contlict with the Imperial Mining company J E Farr an old timer in the district dis-trict and a thorough and competent mining man who is the foreman for en i the Indian Creek company feels very confident that the property will develop i Int > one of the biggest gold propositions proposi-tions In the southern portion of the state and predks that within 100 ft I from th surface good shipping ore will j Ill encounter In order to make a test of its ores on the ground the company has engaged en-gaged the services of Jimmie Paxton the wellknown assayer of Kannsh who will establish himself at the mine today or tomorrow when the ompany will make fire assays of everything that crnie from the property as wall as of ores from adjoining mines and clani At present the < tnnimny has in Its employ a force of 12 men andit is ex pfited that a great showing will he made within the next few months Outside of the Imperial but little is domtc in the district I is expected aiy ilnv however that the supreme court A ill hand down its decision in the Sheep Itock litigation and If I favors r the Indian Creek omuany which is heavily interested in this property it r is the intention to begin active work F In the develoument of this valuable round In speaking of the affairs of the district dis-trict Mr M les l stated that Newtn Hill I the veteran miner after whom the district dis-trict was named had just made an important im-portant discovery on the Fawn Track group of claims Of which he is the j j owner This ground Is located about Indian Creek two miles east of the I property over towards Mount Baldy I > The find was accidental and the group J I appropriately named and the title i shows that Mr Newton has a fine sense I of the eternal fitness of things I Last summer while prospecting in i the locality of the Fawn Track he suddenly came upon a doe with her I fawn He followed them some distance when the fawn became separated from its mother Striking out after the pretty animal Mr Newton soon found a piece of broken quartz which the fawn had broken off in its Ilight and it was gold bearing Mr Xewton began be-gan looking for the ledge which was scott found in place Several claims were staked off and named a above I stated Xothing more was done at the time but a few weeks ago Mr Newton began a little prospecting work which j j resulted In the dseovery of a sixinch ledge on the group which gave assay j values as high as 85 In gold to the ton at the grass roots The ore carries I free soH sulphurets and some silver and copper and is almost identical in its characteristics to the pay rock found in the Indian Creek and Sheep tRock mines in Newton district and in the Sevier in Gold mountain which virtually proves tH continuation of the Gold l mountain gold belt over into Newton New-ton district I Taking it ail In all the outlook for i Newton district is indeed a bright one and time will doubtless show that it is a great gold bearing region |