Show I WESTER DEEP CREEK Review of the Operations in Miues for the Past Year The great Deep Creek country like that of every oilier L community has completed its years history and l while inl general point of view it has not advanced a great deal over those of past years it is Just that much nearer to the goal for which its inhabitants have labored so long The many mi ning districts embraced In the area of the Deep Creek country have each in turn done their Individual part in de veloping this country ns a whole and isolated as It is from a present market each day gives to it an Increased value and lessens the time when transporta lion will como within the reach of all 1 properlyowners hero The many mineral min-eral zones within the mountain ranges constituting this enormous stretch of country will l surprise the mining world some day Here almost every metal known to Americas mineral wealth is J found and it is not an unfrequent occurrence oc-currence to discover gold silver copper and lead within the same vein or deposit de-posit One of the great difficulties un del which this part of Utah and eastern east-ern Nevada have had to contend with has been on account of its urea being so large that very few mining men have ever had the lime or at least taken it to investigate It as a whole When this Is done and a recapitulation Is made the question of tonnage and value will no longer stand in doubt During the past ten years several I parties have visited what they have termed the Deep Creek country with a view of reporting its mineral possi bilities but In not one single instance have either tone of those parties do voted enough time to investigate any one of the twentyone organized dis tricls much loss the large amount of territory yet unorganized To give to this country that attention to which it i Is justly entitled it would take a well equipped party of experienced mining men not less than six months to do it I Justice In their research they would find hundreds of worthy claims owned I poor prospectors who for years past have only been able to perform their annual assessment work on the cheapest possible plan In Order to hold them under lhel law Many of those propel lies would undoubtedly prove to be bonanzas if worked with a view of developing minofr but as long as transportation trans-portation facilities remain as at present pres-ent so long will propertyholders be compelled to work In accordance with their limited means The CLIFTON DISTRICT Is twelve miles in width by eighteen miles in length with Gold Hill and Dutch mountain within its borders From these two fractions of the district dis-trict much ore has been extracted For a number of years at Gold Hill five Crawford mills were sucessfully I operated and produced several hundred thousand dollars In gold AVlth a view of greater development and the introduction I intro-duction of qther machinery and waterpower water-power which will when put In motion return greater rewards the owners have for some time past been letting their mines lie seemingly idle but It Is believed that during the present year a new management will reinstate the busy scenes of times past The values arc there and all that Is required Is loc I lo-c < its stocks put the wheels in motion and the results will naturally I follow Dutch mountain with Its gold copper silver and lead is like the balance I bal-ance of the district ribboned with veins from one end to the other From the I eastern foothills of this district to the Nevada lino the succession of ore veins attracts the attention of all mining men versed with mineral deposits The frequency of dykes ledges and contacts con-tacts and changes of country rock first from Hmc to norphyrlllc granite quart I alto porphyry and shale then back to I lime again and In rotation repeated over and over again 18 one of the peculiarities pecu-liarities of this great zone Gold and copper bolts alternate with sliver and I lead and frequently all four metals mingle together and when the question Ig a > ked AVhy Is It that you do not t show your values In shipments the answer must heml slated elsewhere I The present propertyowners are too J I J poor to obtain a paying depth until a market Is brought within their reach by I n cheaper mode of transportation or by i I the erection of smelters and reduction j I works at a central point to which this I I ore could be delivered This statement applies to all properties except where I gold alone Is the consideration J P i i Gardner A G Campbell S K KInney AV P Richards M Merrill L M i Bailey G A Henry L C Karrick I I T Ellcrbeek W Babcock J Edwards Garret Brothers Young Brothers J H i Wolcotl the Wilson company J M I Henry F Snivel N Dunyon and a host of others all have ore that by assorting I I as-sorting would pay as far as the assorted I assort-ed ore might go but the second and j third grades left behind which cost j us much to produce as the first grade 1 does Is where the rub comes In I Those gentlemen and many others I whose names are familiar to the people J of Utah represent property in the vail I 1I I ous districts here As an earnest of I their appreciation of the mineral worth i of tho great Deep Creek country they I j I have been keeping up their assessment I I I work on hundreds of claims for the J I past six ten and fifteen years and I I some of them for a much longer period I The owners of the Midas group of gold IIi II-i I claims on the southeastern slope of Clifton district are at the present time I I hauling In machinery lumber etc for I the erection of a mill for the reduction i of the giant body of ore exposed there i I As soon as possible the sound of the I mill whistle vlll be heard in that part I of the district In i SPRING CREEK DISTRICT I Aside from the usual annual assessment I assess-ment work which has been completed 1 tho Ibapah Mine and Milling company owners of the Queen of Sheba group I have erected a new gold mill upon ground where the old one was destroyed 1 de-stroyed by lire over a year ago The I mill is constructed for twenty stamps I but for the present only ten stamps S are In plane Its power consists of both steam and water steam 10 horsepower horse-power water 130foot head furnished I i a loOOfoot pipeline The ore bin has a capacity I 50 tons Four extra fine copper plates 120xJC Inches will take the place of the old ones A fine sawmill saw-mill is attached with power sufficient to furnish all dimension and mining timbers required At the present time the mine has aboue 1300 feet in tunnels and Inclines and 300 feet In slopes Anew A-new threerail tramway 1720 feet in I length running from the mouth of the tunnel to the ore bins below and f > 00 fef > t of new rails in the tunnel have I been laid At the present time the mill and mine give employment to about forty men At the Keystone group in I DOLLY ArARDI5N DISTRICT Frank L Sizer manager for AV A flnik has within the past two months erected a shafthouse a boarding and I bunkhouse and a blacksmith shop preparatory pre-paratory to future permanent work At the present time from fifteen to twenty twen-ty mon are employed upon this silver lead property As soon as greater depth Is attained a larger force willbe given employment In this district S J Hendry Samuel Cloutlor David Cable Frank McCurdy and others have un oarthod some fine gold copper silver and lead ores during tine past year The promise for this district for 1901 looks very blight In AVILLOV SPRINGS DISTRICT the Cedar Mountain group of sixteen claims the Babcock group of ten claims owned and controlled by AV Babcock and New York parties and the I Wilson group of ten or twelve Maims all deserve favorable mention The ores from these properties are all abovi medium ant much of very high grade Oothor properties in this district dis-trict undoubtedly as good have not been reported upon during the year In Dugway Granite Forber AVhito Horse Kinsley Pleasant Valley and other districts adjacent no extra development de-velopment work has been done during t ho year except the orlinary annual oxactments Past reportr having reference refer-ence to these districts for many years well establish their right to stand inline In-line front line as being a part and parcel of the rest In fart the formations forma-tions of ore being to nearly identical with the 1 other makes the whole one Immense mineral zone Coupled with those great mineral up heavals arid as indispensable parts thereof are the agricultural valleys laying between and along the mountain slopes Here many ranches arc to be found from which the mining fraternity frater-nity arc annually supplied with all kinds of farm products Hay grain beef pork poultry butter eggs and vegetables are readily supplied at figures fig-ures far below that which would have to be paid if brought from a distant market This important consideration has made It possible to hundreds of prospectors to search for and procure the hidden wealth of the mountain ranges who otherwise could not have provisioned themselves while thus pursuing pur-suing their avocation A word hers having reference to the large tracts of rich agricultural lands in the Deep Creek valley w ill not be inappropriate inappro-priate Twenty large ranches are now watered from Deep creek and its Intersecting In-tersecting mountain streams Arhile these ranches and those from adjacent valleys have been sufficient to supply the demands in the past it Is apparent that this condition will not hold good much longer From a fair estimate there Is not less than 30000 acres of the richest and best lands in the valley hat cannot be utilized under the present system of Irrigation To surmount sur-mount this difficulty an Incorporation has boon effected under which all of those lands can and will bo brought under subjection by a proper system of reservoirs and pipelines The surplus sur-plus water which annually goes to waste from Deep crook Johnson Fif teenMile Stoves and Sams cjcekc is more than sufficient to irrigate every available acre In the alley as well as to give an ample supply for smelters mills and towns whenever such a demand de-mand Is required The present year will chronicle the construction of at least one reservoir which will cover half the area named and as the future may demand subreservoirs will fol low |