Show ge AMETHYST and WILD IRISH PIKES DIGGINGS in the last issue of the mining review mention was made of the fact that a los angeles syndicate had purchased the amethyst and wild irish claims and adjoining properties in the pikes diggings portion of stateline Stat eline district iron county utah one of the most promising mineral sections to be found in the tate state since then th the e identity of the purchasing syndicate has been disclosed and it is learned that the property in question has been taken over by t the h e utah california gold mining milling company at the head of which is captain D R kilbourne of los angeles with whom are associated S P moore and C 0 newell N e w e 11 of provo utah and G george e 0 r g e P a x m a n of silver city utah coming into utah from nevada where they had been on the still hunt for promising mining propositions these gentle tion and sampling had demonstrated the presence of the precious metal in paying quantity the company has made its first payment on the purchase price and will at once begin active and extensive work in f the development and exploration of its amethyst were held and worked by an old man by the name of pike then a resident of pioche pike would work in the mines of pioche until he had a grubstake when he would spend months in the diggings alone and unaided working in the yai i 41 X ak ANT 41 1 1 i Z N v the amethyst mine pike diggings utah men had their attention called to the pikes diggings ings section and so well pleased were they with this locality with its splendid and the even of gold throughout its numerous ledges that ahat they were well satisfied to acquire j property property there after exhaustive examina able property from time to time more or less excitement has prevailed over the discovery of gold in pikes diggings pikes diggings as a gold producing section was known before stateline Stat eline district came into existence and thirty years ago the wild irish and 17 endeavor to find the ledge from which came the high grade float with which the surface of the claims were so profusely covered pike was formerly from montana and while there he dreamed of pikes diggings and led by the spirit of these dreams he located what are now the amethyst and wild irish claims but he died before success had crowned his efforts f S soon 0 0 n after the stateline Stat eline boom had attracted the attention of the prospector and the investor the two claims were relocated by the hollinger and francis boys of eagle valley and will J dooley of salt lake and gentlemen were in in possession until they parted with their holdings a few days ago to capt captain ai n kilbourne and his crowd in the past an and d up to within recent years considerable work has been done in the development of these properties and while the ledges productive of high grade gold supposed to exist within their environments have not been disclosed fine bodies of good milling ore have been blocked out sufficient in quantity to keep a small mill in operation for some time to come A good spring is included in the purchase from which plenty of water can be obtained for mine and milling purposes the amethyst and wild irish claims are surrounded by many promising properties including the independence the drake group the jumbo the carnegie the mcmullen group the rafferty claims the richmond group the jennie group thel group owned by the stateline Stat eline min mining ing company as well as other valuable prospects through which many strong ledges and veins can be traced pikes diggings is but a short distance from the camp of stateline Stat eline utah and but two and a half miles from fay nevada and a good road of easy grade leads to modena on the salt lake route sixteen miles distant the diggings are easily accessible and now that men of means have planted their stakes there there is every reason to believe that it will not be long before this will become one of the most popular gold camps in the state |