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Show : Deep Creek Country Is Scene of Mneli Action Because of Railroad Numerous Out-croppings of Rich Ore Indicate Section Will Soon Be in Class of Biggest 1 Producers of the State. THE Deep Creek cotuitry, well, hut not favorably, known in the fifties and sixties as the roughest, wildest and dryest section of the old overland stage route, and also known as a vast inaccessible region of large high-grade ore deposits, is about to come into its own. Old time prospectors have handed down legends about the finding of dead bodies of white men full of Indian arrows ar-rows and their pockets full of precious metals. Outline maps aro in existence, showing the trail from some prominent stage station to a lost and forgotten bonanza from which some old time prospecting party had loaded a pack train with the yellow metal, returned to the nearest settlement, sold the ore, "blowed in,J the proceeds, and never returned. But none of these exceptionally rich deposits have ever been found, although al-though many thousands of out-crops carrying car-rying good commercial values have Veen located and worked to such an extent that the future of the mining industry in this region is now assured. Settled by Cattlemen. The valleys between the different mountain ranges, wherever there was water, were settled up at a very early period by big cattlemen, who made use of the unlimited range both winter and summer aud built up an extremely profitable business. 'I he cattle were superseded by sheep and the ranches became farms. The. east side of the Deep Creek range is principally noted fur alfalfa seed production, twenty-three bushels to the acre being an average yield in good seasons. The west side, being too cold, with short summers, produces hay, grain and potatoes in large quantities, which find a ready market among tho near-by minps and llockm asters. Experimental dry farming has been , going on for some time and has proven so successful that many thousands of acres of dry land w-iil now be brought under cultivation, which will open up a new source of revenue for tho country. coun-try. The new railroad branch being built from Wcndover pierces the heart of t his mineral anil agricultural dist net and makes possible the development of 1 h3 natural resources to the "full extent, ex-tent, Clifton Mining District. The Clifton mining district is, at the present time, tho center of attraction, not only because the terminus of tho railroad' is situated there, but because of there being more numerous outcrops of ore, more and better development work and larger financial backing than in any one ot the other districts in the Deep Creek country. This district has some exceptionally fine showings of gold, silver, lead and copper, and evidences have been found of a great variety of the rarer metals. Both tungsten and bismuth are found here in paying quantities, and also molybdenum, although none of the latter lat-ter 'has been shipped up to the present time. There are many thousands of tons of this character uf ore on the dumps of the Seminole Copper company com-pany awaiting concentration, besides a large amount that has been blocked out by the Wilson brothers on this same property, which they control. The most important shipper from this district up to the present time has been the Western T'tah ( opper company, which owns the Gold Hill mine. Manv adjacent claims have developed to such an extent that the railroad branch is j being built principally on the showing made by this group. Bamberger Interests. The Bamberger interests have been making regular shipments for the past year and have been blocking out their ore and getting ready to take advantage advan-tage of the first train that pulls out, The Wilson brothers have been steady shippers of 60 per cent tungsten ore. Copper-gold ore and considerable bismuth bis-muth have also been shipped from .their properties. Young & Little, owners of the King mine, have recently made substantial shipments from their propertv and are getting in shape to draw regular dividends. divi-dends. Charles Mordutf has shipped successfully from the Spotted Fawn, g- and with the railroad within a mile of his dumps will undoubtedly be a source of revenue to the railroad company. The Hudson brothers are also contemplating con-templating some heavy shipments, of silver-lead ore from their mine west, ot the city, while the Polar Star group, which was recent lv acquired by 1'it tv bui'g parties, should be pouring out wealth with a lavish hand be tore another an-other leap year. The Gardener interests inter-ests have also maui felted their intentions inten-tions of taking advantage of the chea per freight rates and of placing their names on the shipping list. Most of these companies have been shipping in spite of the inadequate transportation transporta-tion facilities. Goodwin Is Dry. Goodwin City, named after Judge C. C. Goodwin of bait Lake, deserves special spe-cial mention. From a coyote incubator to a bustling mining metropolis it has metamorphosed in a day. Occupying a central portion in tiic Clifton mining district and at the terminus of the railroad, rail-road, it has sprung up mushroom-like even in winter. Business men have taken advantage of the small price asked for lots and now permanent business blocks of ail descriptions have been constructed. The I town is absolutely dry, except when it rains or snows. The geological construction consists of a late central eruption of monzonite, cyenite, granite and some of the lighter accidie lavas, which lifted the sedamen-tary sedamen-tary rocks, consisting of the a'.gonkiau quart:-ntes and the doonian limes, to an angle of from o0 tu 4j degrees, dipping in all directions from the center. These sedamentary ledges have been disconnected discon-nected at irregular intervals by a scries of step faults, ami in the bedding planes between the quartzite and lime, and even out in the lime itself, secondary replacements of high grade ores have taken place. The eruptive rocks are transversed by large fissure veins, which as a rule carry much lower grade material, but with concentration will be the future big dividend payers of the camp. Tho Willow Spring? mining district, which adjoins the Clifton district on the south, is also awakening. The Bullion Bul-lion -Bagley Mining company has recently re-cently had its claims surveyed and placed men at work cutting out for a hoist which it expects to put in at an early date. Silver-Lead Ore. Good eroppings of high-grade silver-lead silver-lead ores occur here for seven miles in length, with an average width of the ore zone of 50U0 feet. The ore forms iu huge irregular bodies in an altered limestone, which in some places opens up into large caves, very similar to the Tintic. district. Eruptive porphyries have broken and fissured these limes just enough to allow al-low for the replacement of large bodies of ore. The Willow Springs Mining company has a force of men at work in Dry canyon, can-yon, and the Carlgren Bros, are "doing some work on the Apex, from which they shipped ore several years ago, hauling it to Salt Lake by team. n IVeiley canyon near the south end of the mineral zone, the Western Pacific Pa-cific ('opper company has been developing develop-ing all summer and has opened up some large bodies of copper-lead ore. In this property large caves have been encountered, some partiallv filled with ore and others with beautiful stalactites and stalagmites of unusual size and peculiar pe-culiar shapes. This property has also made shipments ship-ments and had to pack its ore five miles on horses to the wagon road. A wagon road to the mine is now being laid out, which, when completed, will give easy access to the property aud onlv a fifteen-mile wagon haul to the railroad. Copper and Gold. A mile east- of this group are the Tripp-Sutherland claims, caiTving good values in copper and gold. 'This prop-i prop-i crty contains three fissure veins in qtuirtzite, each six feet wide with strong ' eroppings on the surface for 61)00 feet I iu length. Pach vein dips at a differ-! differ-! ent angle which, if continued for a thousand feet in depth, will bring them all together in one large vein. Several cars of ore are on the dumps awaiting transportation. Twenty miles south the Trout Creek Mining company has been slowly but surely developing large bodies of zinc ore and some small veins of high-grade silver lead ore. Native bismuth also occurs here, and with good milling fa-i.'ilities fa-i.'ilities right on the ground should, if properly handled, be payiug dividends soon. This little spot is a geological law unto itself, as far as the surrounding country is concerned, aud consists of micaceous schist, bedded quartz-porphyry, hornblende, rhyolite, bedded qua rtzite, Cambrian and silurian limestones,! lime-stones,! with the ore forming on the upper and lower contacts of the lime, connected by small cross fissures. Fish Springs District. Thirty miles southeast of the railroad rail-road terminus, nestling between outlying outly-ing hills of basic lava, lies Pish Springs, the old reliable dividend-payer of the Deep Creek country, which tor twentv-three twentv-three years has never failed to divide a surplus profit among its few stockholders. stock-holders. This is the past history of Ihe Utah mine, which is now working under the leasing system and still paying royalties roy-alties and profits. The Galena and Emma mines helped in former times to swell the profits from this camp, but at the present time both are shut down but are still considered great future possibilit ies, as but little systematic underground prospecting has been done. Dugway District. Lying a few miles east of Fish Springs is the famous Dugway district, which contains the old Buckh'orn mine, f rom which .Samuel Gilson took $100,-000 $100,-000 worth of horn silver ore in the early nineties. The same man later discovered discov-ered and gave his name to the Gilsonite beds of Uinta. With the completion of the Lincoln highway from Granite mountain to Gold' Hill, this district will have a short cut and a splendid road for ore hauling to Goodwin City. This granite mountain is cut through on its north end by a large trachyte dyke, and , where this dyke intersects the massive granite a lead-silver-copper and gold vein has been opened up for severai miles, and some splendid ore has been exposed at different points along the strike. Heavy Producer. Quite an important adjunct to the Deon Creek country is Tunsstoria on the west side of the Ibapah range and about fifty-two miles south of the railroad rail-road terminus. This camp has been a heavy producer of tunpstic acid for the past year, and has had a mill in constant con-stant operation. Just north of this and under the shadow of Mount Ibapah, 12.101 feet high, is the Queen of Sheba. This mine has been in operation since 189-5. North and west of Deep Creek proper is a small range of hills, on the south end of which is the Kinsely district, which contains the Star mine, well and favorably known in the eighties and nineties as a high-grade silver producer. pro-ducer. This is a highly mineralized range from end to end, and easily tapped by the present branch line. Northeast of Kinsely and near the transportation trans-portation line is Ferber district, noted for its large veins of copper and lead ore. This district has been shipping for some time, and without making much noise has drawn the attention of i conservative investors, and bids fair to : rival Clifton in the production of the j red metal and lead. The Ferguson district, just north of Ferber. is not being neglected, as Lyman Ly-man & Sons and F. M. Johnson are continuing con-tinuing to work. Gold, silver and lead predominate also in this district, and shipment sare expected on the first train. Just west of Ferguson is a branch of this range where the Dolly Varden district is located. Very little development develop-ment work has been done here, not enough to show the continuity of the veins, but much is hoped for.. |