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Show II All Operators Waiting j for Railroad Branch r Lines to the Mines ; I A renew of tho j-car of the various 1 mining districts embraced within'1, the 1 radius of tho Deep Crook country is not ( possible except that its com'uI:ition should bo riven tho apace of an entire I fepo,cial edition. When tho districts of I pllj Vnrdcn, Mizpah, Ferbor. White I Horse. Ferguson, Kinsky, lied Moun- tain and Aurniin. Ln Nevada, and Clif- 1 ton. Willow Spriug3, Granito Mountain. ! DEEP CREEK HAS GONE RIGHT ON ; i -. By a A. HENR Y srr . Spring Crock nnd Pleasant Valley in Utah, aro considered as a part ami par-I par-I col of the. Doep Creek country, it can i bo readilv figured how difficult it would I bo to writo a detailed report when I either one in tho lisr, named could 1111 ' tho space here occupied, , Since the completion of tho Northern j ' Nevada railroad, skirting tho western , rim of the territory mentioned, and 1 tho Western Pacific railroad on the north, a most wonderful chaugo in conditions con-ditions has occurred during the past year, but with the contemplated con-uLriiotidn con-uLriiotidn of branches and spurs, pene-J pene-J rating the works and mines, which will bo put in active opuration during tho present year, tho additional difference will bo very much greater. A wonderful difference between now and a yoar ago in tho area namod has placed the scores of mining properties in a condition to show their values at greater depths than in any ten years bivfore, and vas a natural sequence tho porccutngo in values val-ues has increased with ovory foot of depth, whother in shaft, tunnel or incline. This statement docs not apply ap-ply lo any particular district, but to all alike. Of tho districts named, D0II3' Varden, in Nevada, and Clifton, in Utah, have taken the load during tho yoar, with Ferbor, Mizpah and Kinsley following in their wako. Dolly Varden. lu Dolly Vardou district and Dolly Varden range, the year has shown a groalor improvement' than either of tho list enumerated in tho Nevada part of tho Deep Creek country. Hero not only assessment, but development work has progressed with unabated pace from the moment the eyes of tho old year were oponod until the dawn of tho now. Many meritorious strikes have been made in all of tho four motals gold, silver, copper and load as monthly communications to The Tribune have described, as well as frequent shipments to tho Salt Lake smelters have oxemplK fiod. Hero from grounds that were virgin vir-gin five months ago, the M illicit brolh-eds brolh-eds company have oponed up three ad-.joining.groupB ad-.joining.groupB lying along the mineral zone on tho eastern side of tho Dolly Varden range, from which largo piles of sacked ore, taken from tho outc-op- I ping down, show a splondid -"-vnitt or the vim and energy ovJ:lbttod in tholr I work and couJids.-o In tho district. From onr oi' these Rrouir kuoTi Co tbo 'ooln. tho Gr?aio Woun'-ain Mine und Development oompany haa bao. formed, with Frank C. SfnHh, K. W. yinith and William J. Mcud of Donvor, and Stiurioy, J. A. Lloyd and Frou boVotfc ci aalt Lake Ciij as ofJlcora and dlreators. With this combination oi Gsperieccad mining mon "'Id'jiuS. tu ( hoinir QivuitM. c.hsi . oontr oat down 1 1 and winter supplies aro being hauled into camp for tho purpose 01' having tho development go on regardless of j the spook of ISM appearing again. All j property owners who nave devoted their labor lo tho development of their ; grounds in this range, which includes j tho Mizpah portion, lying along tho I northern and northwesCern rim, havo ! been amply paid. Here somo enornioiiB-! enornioiiB-! ly rich strikes in gold, copper and silver liavo been roporled. This character of j oro continucu"southorly about six miles, until ronching tho Victoria and Mooro and McAuloy groups, where highor grades of coppor and 6ilvcr intcrvonc. Thus, indefinitely, 0110 Ktatomeut aftov another, giving" flattering assays and dofinito information regarding each of a hundred lino claims and groups, could bo given. Mizpah District. This district is situated four and a half miles from Mizpah siding .011 the Nevada Northern railroad, and fifty milos from Cobro on the .Southern Pa- j citlc. Tl is a continuation of tho Dolly , Varden district. This mineral belt is about ton miles long by three miles in width and is the beat m'moralis:cd zone in this part of Nevada. Tho formations and ores nre similar lo thoso of Butte, Mont., there being immense fissures in tho granito from ton to fifty feel in width, and in places much greater. These aro traceable for from 3000 lo G000 foot in length. Here tho principal values aro gold, silver and copper. Tho ore chutes occur along the contact of porphyry dykes in the granito and in tho majority of cases will pay to work for their gold and silver contents alone, iudepoudout of copn" ",iio original discoveries dis-coveries hero rf naJo v liannigan Sc Brad" L. ". jrr 3 - iplumbor of ic; r:.:co vrhkii Moo i-mnenso ernp-pjGffe ernp-pjGffe 3? rich fno c ''d, silver and copper cop-per t'"" hftVr- '-'(. 'trfd in differ-fit differ-fit -n- ,.t. -. u the Cop-- Cop-- jt.',i clelr.. 1 -'aunigan & Brad: ero"T a sbrt l''-'-. " :.urik upon and aim; tho hutigir'C; "i-'t ' a forty--uOo JodRt ;.n trhJ ) ." ;.::!ing ore srcjis from t'5 tu -J r . . in gold. On tho BUe iso. f. s tbt '.hirty-ihreo '.hirty-ihreo Toot with thirly tbree ?crtt of drifting, all in e1 vrrz.i.n. iiom t tn o -sro ru., jQuyjt. from wt'lab will .m 36 pw oent ooppuT, $12 in gold and ioTjrtacxi oat 5p rllvnr. On Lao ,lnm- bo nine foot of a thirty foot ledge, snin pled by mining cngineors, gave averages from $17 to $3.r gold, silver and copper. cop-per. Other assays from this group go as high as 53 per cent copper and $150 in gold. Fisher & Co., 011 tlic north end of the district, havo immense deposits of low grade oro that can be profitably worked 'by the cyaniding and chlorina-tion chlorina-tion process The Copper Kiug company, com-pany, of which Charles Young is superintendent, super-intendent, has sixty-llvo Ions of oro upon tho dump of excellent copper oro now ready for uhinmeut. This com pany is now making preparation to drive a -100-foot, tunnel, which will tap their main ledge at a depth of 1100 feet. Shetler & Darlington, on the Novada Northern group, are putting in a gasoline gaso-line hoist, to push development work during the balance of tho winter. The Contact group, Mizpah Gold aud Copper Cop-per company, nnd many othors who deserve de-serve credit fou their year's work, would be enumerated if apneo permit-tod, permit-tod, w Currie, a new town created by the completion of the Northern Novada railroad, is the shipping point for over two-thirds of tho districts hero named. From here is where all mining supplies are received and distributed. From hero is whern passengers and mining men radiate to all camps north, east and southwest. As nu index to tho value of Currie to the Deep Crock country coun-try the following statement of carload lots of goods and supplies will speak for itself. During the past four months twenty-nine carloads of ore. wool and stock havo been shipped from this point, as against sixty-five carloads of hay, grain and merchandise roceived anil distributed under the management of Charles D. Sill, agent for tho Nevada Northern railroad. This is equivalent to .'5200 tonB. Mr. K. B. Sloom is now shipping to tho American smelter forty tons of oro por weok under n contract of four months continuation. Clifton District. Clifton district, on tho Utah side, has been greatly bettered since a year ago. Tho hundreds of meritorious claims that have been worked with a view of revealing reveal-ing their values, as soon as tho promised prom-ised railroad colinoetion from tho Western West-ern Pacific could reach a pnying ship-ping ship-ping point, havo lost nothing from tho I development made during tho present vear except a temporary disappointment occasioned by the slump in copper. Tho early months of the year, whon tho 1 Cold Hill part of the district was work-' work-' ing a good forco of mon, all prope,rt3' owners alike wore elated, causing one 1 to vio with tho other in showing to tho outside world that tho long promised revelation, as to what would be unearthed, un-earthed, was about to be revoaled, when, just then, tho slump, or downfall . of 'copper, caused a halt, all along tho line. ! All prospectors and property owners ' have boon in camp over since, but not ! idle. Among tho most notablo discoveries is that of tho E. F. Woodman company com-pany of Boston. This company owns n group of thirteen claims, located in the center of tho district. It is a part of tho holdings of Colonel Woodman, so favorablv known all over Utah and also in "Chicago, whero hifl( last dayH woro passed away. From this group of claims most wonderful results havo boen ' shown in both gold and coppor. As-savB As-savB running in many thousands of dollars to the ton have been reported j I in recent issues of Tho Tribune, an enumeration of which, while soeming j fabulous, would be also true. Adjacent Section Made up of Utah ! : and Nevada Camps is f ' a "Wonder. I i groups of claims, ouch as ih r J Pole Star, Star Winn i Jjncy L I Ollio V-oung groupH ffi G?SB?riK ' nnd a host of others, show SW0'1 A P in tho lour metals Rh vlue -elf iMsrSS; "Ives it. ' dins of tcrritorv anvwherC ,nVlM that can equal'tho d?BtricU1lmp0Iri?a tho four "ictalsKold siiLr me(1 ,n and lead-considered as a Not a. s.nglo condition in count rbolV ib found wanting. Thoir rnnfe rock perfect; tho several ranges ar" lama . have tho same gone?al t?LR?' 1 granite, quamte, porphvrv d:, quartz and lower SlnriJk rnV,alc- about equally divided f rom n & I to tho other. MUnnTmVili1 and Aro rock are found V11- occasional necessitv for 7M t."" whore, travel froin one ranT t10' ' i other is made. Re to a- I |