The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-08-05

in Carr Fork Canyon, and Joins the
Stewart No. on the northeast. The
mines are the Champion, National
Greenback, PactOlus, Domingo.
Flyer. Iron Clad, Grand Secret, all
lying IN a group, and from their sit
uatlOn can be very advantageOusly
developed by tunnels. The Cham
plon Is opened by one shaft eighty
ieet and another 100 feet, the vein
having been struck in each of them
at about thirty-five feet down. and
the shafts In ore all the way down
fIom this point. The Ore-bOdv
proves to be from forty to fifty feet
wide and assays across the vein
from $40 to $50 gold per ton. The
main tunnel is in 20 feet following a
well defined vein, the latter being
from twenty-five to seventy-five feet
wide; the assay value of the ore in
quality about the same as that
found IN the shaft. The Pactolus is
developed by tunnel SeVenty-fiYe
feet and shows the same width of
VEN and about the same quality OF
ore as that uncovered in the Cham
plon. The National Greenback has
an incline down forty feet, follow
ing well defined vein all the way.
This vein, when first cut, was eight
feet wide but has rapidly widened
as Gepth was attained and is now
eighteen feet wide in the bottom,
the average assay value across the
vein being SO gold. A tunnel was
started IN from the east side of the
mountain and has now advanced $50
feet. This tunnel, when driven 100
feet further, will connect with the in
cline and tap the vein at vertical
depth OF 200 feet. On the Domingo
tunnel has been driven rs feet
and IS in ore all the way; the entire
breast being filled with the vein. AS
no prosecuting has been done it is
impossible to tell the exact width of
the ore-body, but from the small
amount Of prospect work done at
other points it is supposed to be
thlrty-tive to forty feet wide. The
Flyer is developed by a seventy
foot shaft and the vein opened up
for forty feet. The ore averages in
quality with that encountered in the
Champion. The formation in these
mines is the same as that found in
the Stewart No. 2, and be-
ing surrounded by properties
which have returned thousands
upon thousands Of dollars each to
their owners, it is but reasonable to
say, with the present showing for so
little work done, that the prospects
of the company are even brighter
than could be expected with the
depth already attained. Another
favorable point is the remarkably
even assay value of the ore tested,
and few thousand dollars expended
i'll further exploration will doubtless
prove the property among the most
valuable Of this great gold belt.
THE COMMERCIAL MINE.
This is decidedly the best gold
property, for the amount of develop
ment, that we have ever seen. The
main incline is down 200 feet on the
| dip of the vein, from which the
vein was crOSs-cut at the depth Of
10 feet, and found to be 155 feet
wide About sixty feet from the
mouth of the tunnel an air shaft
was started for the surface, and
shows ore ali the way. len feet
from the bottom Of the incline a
drift has been run seventy-fve feet
On the vein, with the face in. excel
lent ore. This mine, as sampled by
Professor Newberry, averaged S42
gold, and estimating twenty cubic
feet to the ton, there is not less than
100000 tons of ore in sight, the &C
tual figures being 116,25O tons. Moth
ing but ore greets the eye from the
time of entering until your exit
from the mine. The ore is decom-
posed quartz, and the formation
limestone and quartzite. Hand
samples have been obtained which
showed, by fire test, over $3.50 gold.
The mine is admirably situated for
further exploration. for a tramway
half mile long will connect it with
the narroW-gauge railroad in the
canyon below.