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Show MINES OFJDEEP CREEK. Tbs Ereotion of a Stamp Mill in Clifton Distriot An Abandant 8upply of Water Secured- THREE VEET SIGH MIKES VISITED The Bully Boy, the Great Kepublio and the Pocahontas The Great Variety of Float Other News Notes. Sp'iial CorretpontUne to Th Timet. Clifton, Sept. 5. It has been some time since that your correspondent has availed himself of an opportunity to be heard from through the columns of Tub Times. For tho past two mouths his time has been devoted to prospecting and in the development of the results thereof, as well as that of bia muscles. This work with a determination to master mas-ter the intricate differences between tho several mineral zones to be found in this part of Utah and adjoining Nevada, has trivnn tn vnnr nurrniinnndMnt a ledge, and like many other mines in the district, the first view you gain of their existence is from the large iron cropplngs looming up many feet above the creKt of the mountain and along the slopes from one end to tho other. The general direction of the mammoth ledge is northeast and aouthwestand is by far the most imposing in the district. Several Sev-eral thousand dollars' worth of work has been done upou tho.e mines, the commencement of which dates back many years ago. The tunnels, shafts and inclines, measuring hundreds of feet, show a body of ore which will average av-erage ten feet, eucased with a lime hanging wall and porphyry foot wail, both very heavily mineralized The ore matter is of very rich gruy and yellow carbonate and an extra line ipiality of steel galena. The general nvay from the honey comb carbonates will average over oue hundred ounces in silver. When this mino hud only been developed devel-oped to a depth of fifty feet a tent from nine different samples taken from various vari-ous parts of tho shaft resulted in sixty-live sixty-live ounces of silver, takinir the general vein matter as a whole. Other assays since that date have ranged froui 20 to 100 ounces, theso results having been secured at various times. Severu years aifo Mr. Hrown refused a proffer os $10,000 for this property, siucu which llatA h h.w hftM ir tvitii thu hnTtn tl,it A most interesting task. F.sch day has presented for itself a new feature :n the line of miuerology, materially differing trom adjoiuing districts, at least so far as similarity is concerned. la the matter of "float," from which the prospector takes his cue to an neighboring vein, the color leading to, or designating the existauce of certain kinds of ore, is vastly different; so much so that the oldest miners and prospectors are often bewildered in coming to a correct conclusion as to what it really designates. For instance, in the Ferber district, adjoining this the Clifton district, we Cud a "float" and "cropping" as well, of a bright yellowish yel-lowish color, tinged with a faint shade of green, proves to be gray carbonate, while in the Clifton district the float and cropping shows upon the surface a dark brown or redish color, and in some instances an iron gray, when upon development, by removal of the capping cap-ping the ore proves to be identical. Other illustrations coming under my observation, the cropping is of a dark green, and jet black color, aud immediately imme-diately under this, at a depth of about a foot or eighteen inches at most, I find a honeycomb formation with its cells filled with brown, black and bright yellow yel-low carbonate mattsr. Assays from each of these colors show almost the same qualities of and values of ore all carrying gold, silver and lead, and in j many instances a high per cent of copper. cop-per. I have found it essential, as well as beneficial, to make each district a special study. In fact, this ia the only way the prospector can intelligently prospect these districts. I allude to Dug way, Fish Springs, Willow, Clifton, Spring Creek, Ferber and adjacent territory. ter-ritory. Mr. S. W. Reeder and party, of your city, have within the past two weeks mmlAthrpii locations in tha Varhpr rlin. railroad would be completed to this point iu the near future. As an immense im-mense mining proposition it certainly is entitled to tho first rank in the district. dis-trict. The Pocahontas is probably the largest galena mine, considering consider-ing the amount of work done upon it, in the district. It has two parallel veins, located upon the mountain moun-tain side; both havi.ig incline tunnels at a slant of about ',) degress. Iu the lower ledge, at a depth of about 00 feet, the 'ralena has widened to a full foot iu thickness from a commencement of less than oue inch at a point 13 feet from the surface. The upper ledge has an incline in-cline 30 feet into the mountain from which many tons of ore has been shipped ship-ped at a profit by wagon transportation. transporta-tion. This mine, if in the possession of a company, aud properly handled, could be made one of the best paying investments in this part of the territory. terri-tory. Aside from its immense wealth in galena, within the ledge or vein matter, mat-ter, (which is not less thau eight feet wide, ) large bodies of extra heavy and line carbonate ore both soft and hard lay in stratas ou either side of tho galena part of the vein. The formation forma-tion is between lime aud porphyry. The richest samples of ore 1 have seen in the territory come from the North Confederate aud the Holy Terror mines, owned by Arthur Brown of Clifton. For the past fourteen years he has, single hauded, worked these mines until now he has many hundreds of feet in shafts, drifts and tunnels completed. com-pleted. Both mines lay side by side, not over 150 feet apart,' and both deliver de-liver to the owner about equal value and variety ef ore. At a depth in one shaft of 25 feet he is taking out the finest quality of silver glance, bromide and steel galena. 1 have soino very fine samples of each owe of these qualities qual-ities of ore, sufficient in themselves to make the eyes of an old miner water. These mines could not be purchased from Mr. Mai tin at any price. He sVs he has "no mines for sate." OKNEKAL F,WS NOTES. T f Ti..:.. Ti !... , ,. - u . v. ('ci nic, iua'xii a pi ioi niaakoi , general store keeper, uotary public, and horse and cattle dealer, is about to become be-come the father of a town. He proposes, pro-poses, and is now making arrangements to plat and lay out about KiO acres of his valuable lands into town lots, streets boulevards anil public parks, and at the same time holding in reserve a large donation of city property as a gift to the first railroad coming into Deep Creek valley: In a social point of view, Deep Creek valley is far ahead of many older settlements. set-tlements. On Wednesday evening last one of the most pleasant entertainments entertain-ments ever enjoyed in tho valley was celebrated. It was the sixteenth birthday birth-day of Miss Cora Suiveley, the daughter of 'Sqire F. Sniveiey. A ball and supper, sup-per, with excellent music and the attendance at-tendance of almost tho entire population, popula-tion, marked the occasion as one of extra ex-tra consideration and will, no doubt, remain in the memory of Miss Cora's life as one of the brightest events of her maiden days. The farmers in this valley are now in the midst of their harvest. " Their crops are superior to those of many years in the past. To the miner, the prospector and tho consumer, a market is here ready and awaiting their demand for anything in the lino of hay, grain and produce purchasable anywhere else. trict from croppings that have been passed over for the past thirty years by the "old time miners," as being not worth looking at. From one of the veins upon which two locations have been made the ledge matter is as above described. After tha removal of the capping from this ledge an immense deposit of gray carbonate was discovered discov-ered and at a distance of 5 )0 feet on the same ledge a similar deposit was found, the only difference being in the color, the second showing a heavy purple pur-ple tinge, instead of silver gray as found in the li rst. At a distance of about one mile and a half from these two locations, a third was made, where the cropping is shown to be of a deep green, or black green color, under which the honey-combed cells are found to be filled with dark brown carbonates- These claims are all pronounced here to be very rich in silver, carrying a smaller per cent of lead than either one of the two former mines in this district, the ISig Chief or the Ked Cloud. The Clifton district, from which this is written, seems to be making more rapid progress in the matter of general improvement than ever before. Among the most prominent, outside of new discoveries being made, is the erection of a gold stamp mill by Messrs. Dunyon, Martin & Co. Until within the. past week the only existing doubt was as to whether a sufficient amount of water could be secured to operate the number of stamps desired. This difliculty has been overcome by the opening of a larger vein of water than was eveu Note. Since writing the above I have been shown samples of ore taken from a new find in Spring Creek district dis-trict owned by J. C. Dov ino, upon the surface of which the richest native silver sil-ver is shown in quantities indicating assay as-say which will probably run into the thousands. Of this I will write more fully in future. anticipated. From an aireaoy wen-supplied wen-supplied spring a tunnel has been drifted drift-ed into a neighboring vein which now re-inforces the first to that extent that a permauent supply for a mill of almost anv capacity cau he had. This mill has greatly enhanced the value of gold property in this and other districts hero. This will bo located about U miles from Clifton, in the heart of the gold bearing belt. Through the kindness of Mr. (1. W. Brown, the recorder of this district, a visit was made under his guidance to three of his mines located about three miles to the southeast of the town, the names of which are respectively the ltully Iioy, the Great ltepublic aud the Pocahontas. These are three of the oldest and most important mines within this district, which by reason of stormy weather when here before wore Dot visited, and consequently not described in former commudications. Tho first two named, the Bully Hoy and Great Ilepublic, are located upon the same |