Show interest still continues in the recently discovered iron and gold ledge near castleton utah the find was made C A finley an old and experienced colorado and wyoming prospector and miner by many it is believed that this is the continuation of the wilson mesa lead from which such sensationally tio nally rich float has been found during the past few years the discovery of the ledge itself however has eluded the vigilance of the prospector although thomes thousands ands of dollars and ana a great deal of time have been eapen expended qed in the search ar mr fin ley feels that he has the making of a bonanza in u his discovery ag the he ledge is seemingly 0 a strong one while grass root assays essays ha have ve shown values of per cent copper and in gold to the ton cobalt is also found in the ore 0 it has been suggested that it would be a good thing if J G jacobs builder and manager of the salt lake mercur railroad were to take the matter in hand of building a line into the deep creek country mr jacobs is a successful builder of short line railroads he understands this branch of railroading thoroughly he is a pusher a and has the esteem and confidence of railway magnates and capitalists if the matter were left in his hands deep creek would soon have railroad communication with the outside world and it would not be by a means of a paper arpad either F H lathrap has returned from nevada having secured during his absence control of the general thomas group of seven claims in lone mountain district fourteen miles west of tonopah To salt lake people and others will join mr lathrap in this enterprise ter prise and an organization is scon to be perfected under the title of the tonopah belcher mining company for the operation of the property on which already there is ia a fine showing of shipping ore to handle which 2000 ore sacks have been sent out the officers of the company will be as follows J C gladden president F 11 lathrap vice president C E hudson secretary and rodney T badger treasurer 0 the joint survey of the lower mammoth and black jack properties in tintic gintic district have been completed what results will follow gre are only conjectural as yet |