Salt Lake Tribune | 1914-02-13 | Page 9 | Good Showing in Deep Creek Mines

GOOD SHI I ' DEEP CREEK MINES Florence Shaft in Fine Gold Ore at Depth of One HunHre Feet. Reports from the Clifton district of trio Deep Creek country say tho shaft of the Florcnco Gold Mining company is now down 100 feet and ls bottomed in gold ore of a nlco shipping grado, desplto the heavy expense of the. long haul to tho railroad. In the same distrlot tho King mino is said to havo made a good atrlko of cop-uor cop-uor and lead oro, tho showing consisting consist-ing of from two and a half to throo feet of solid oro -which, has been followed fol-lowed for forty feet Tho discovery was ade Jn an incline shaft which la now apwn 200 feet. Tho ore is of good shipping ship-ping grade and somo of It will bo cent to market as soon aa spring opens. 01-llo 01-llo Young and Frank Ldttlo are on the ground and with thorn in tho ownership aro associated somo Salt Lake people. Arthur Sutherland, who is operating in tho Forber district, is loading a car at "WTondover and writes to tho owners, "W. M. Bradley and associates here, that they have a great proporty. Several cars havo been shipped this winter. In the Willow Springs district, JBagley Bros, aro doing some work in Shcop Creek canyon and havo some good all-vor all-vor and copper ore. Thoy have been much encouraged by tho rocont disclosure disclos-ure In tho ground of tho "Western Pacifio Copper company, which is near them. In Dry canyon, in the Bamo violnlty, the Carson people are working a forco of men and have a nice showing of free gold ore. Tho "Willow Springs Mining company and the Babcocks. whose properties are between Dry and Sheep canyons, aro working steadily. Tho Deep Creek people, In spit of hope long deferred, aro now looking to the future with confidence. Tho now auto line from Wondovor will help much to make tho district moro accessible, and the latest railroad story is that tho building build-ing of tho Western Pacific branch Into that rich region will not bo long delayed.