The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-01-01

brecciated matcria! from the enclos
ing wall-rocks, together with quart
and earthly infltrations and oths
silio Gus material as result from sait
infiltrations.
The ore in most OF the mines il
milling ore. There lie smelling ore
however, appearing as carbonate
and sulphide of lead The milling
ore appears as chloride, sulphideI
and native silv-r.
The leading mines Of this district
are: The Ontario Silver Mining Com
pany's mines, consisting OF the On
tario, Banner, Last Chance. Switzer.
land, Henrietta, Eudora, Saw Mil,
Great Eastern, Orient, Oocldens,
Union Tunnel mines and the great
Ontario nsw tunnel for the develop
mens Of all the company's property.
The Ontario, assure vein, between
porphyry and Qusrtzte. explored to a
depth Of ]. 600 feet, and to consider
able distance by eight levels. rum
ming eas. and west at perpendicu-
lar distance of 100 feet from each
other. This mine ic worked by .
force of $50 men. Attached to the
mine IS saw mill forty stamp
mill. This forty stamp mill has q
ESQ norse power engine. with four
boilers to supply the motive power;
eighty men are employed at the mill.
The Ontario is stocked for SIC, 600, i.
COO. Tbs mine is at present
drained through 3 tunnel 5 763 feet
long, which ssid tunnel taps the
mine on the 600 foot level At shaft
No. 3. On tns 800-f1ot lsvsl il
stationed pump, which throws g..
600 gallons of water TO ne 600 foot
or tunnel level. Tho Ontario tunnel
from its mouth to the shaft is 5 feet
by z in the clear, exclusive of fume
on the floor Is inches deep by feet
vide. The grade is half an inch to
the rod, or 1874 feet per mile. The
G00-foot level has been run 800 feet
easf and ], 400 feet west on the vein
which is here from S to 10 feet wide.
The distance from shaft No. 2 to
shaft No. 3 is 1, $50 feet on the vein.
The ground, owned by the Ontario
Silver Mining Company, and con-
tanning the Ontario vein, as traced,
is one mile long. This magnificent
vein has produced to the owners of
the Ontario up to date. November
30th, 1888, ST., 976. 265. 80; probable
production of December, 1888. will
be Isl 600 ounces of silver. From this
paid in 80 dividends the sum of
$5. $50 600. The production of the
Ontario during November. 1888. has
been 147 ,000 ounces of silver.
Next to the Ontario, working on
the same vein, is toe McHenry mine,
owned by the Nederland Msatsc-
happy tct Exploitat:e van Silver
mignen, headquarters at Amsterdam.
Holland.
Attached to tbe McHenry mine is
q 20 stamp mill.
The Flagstaff, owned by a Michi-
gan company, is extensively devel-
oped. Attached to this mine ia the
Marssc 80 stamp mill; the mill con-
.ains dry orusher, $50 horse power
engine, 10 pans, 5 settlers. A 80 inc2
Howell rotary rooster has capacity
IF roasting 40 tons Of ore per day.
Che mill works at present the ore of
he mines Of the Crescent Mining
Company, under the able manage
n ent OF E. P. Ferry. The mines of
he Crescent Mining Company con-
list of the Pinyon and Pinyon Ex-
ension. Rebellion. Mulkahy, Shamus
0'Brien, Hecla, Asns, Tidal Wave,
Climax, Senator, James A. Garfield,
Bible Back, Samuel. Fallon ard
,ther mines. These mines are de-
'e!oped by the Rebellion lower tuu
lei. 1900 feet long; Rebellion dis
overy tunnel, $50 feet; California
unnel, $50 rect; snowdrits tnnnel,
90 feet; Cabin tunnel; 800 feet, Cli-
max tunnel, 1900 fact; Pinyon Main
unnel, 450 feet; Bible BACK tunnel.
80 feet; Tunnels No. 1873 and from ;
10 to 100 feet each; Walker and ,
Walker tunnel, 700 feet; Walker and
Buckeye, 900 feet long and of 900
eet in length OF drifts, levels, shafts
md inclines to a depth of $50 feet. +,
me ore deposit is a so called blanket 6
ein Of an average thickness of from I
5 to 20 feet dipping at an angle of
Inclination Of Is degrees northwest {
rIy. The force at work at the mine 8
onsists ofsixty men, producing at tan
versge 40 tons per day; the to al pro- /
uction up to date is 1000 tons OF q
35value per ton, from which $3.50, 900 Q
las been been paid as dividends. {
!. P. Ferry is also the owner of the ]
lip Top, Jeremiah. Woodside, HUI :
on. Tendertoot. San Joaquin. Vir- q
mia, Arms. Journal. Wolverine, L
nois. Ravine, Triangle, Dark Horse,
Jack Chandler, Lincoln, Nero. Ida
sell, Stoke, Oh .mpion. Boss. Ruby, D
uperior. Jeanette and Thayne mines, D
II OF which mines are in very ad- r
anced state OF development. g.
r. G. Chambers owns snd is in D
crested in the Union. Centennial, n
'hio, Central, Narrow Gauge, Dred- Fl
augbt, Province, Kervin, May o
lorar Olive Rrsoch Goodall