Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-12-28
SUPERINTENDENT TATE
Reports his Labors to the Dir ec,ors OF
the Deseret Gold aud Silver
Mining and Milling 10.

Mining and Slilliug company IL pub.
lished for the reason that some OF the
News readers are heavy stockholders
In the concern, and that 1t hiss been
requested by some Of the officers Of the
company:
MARYsvALE, Dec. IA, 1892.
To the Board Of Directors of the Des.
sret Gold and Silver Mining aud
Milling company:
0entlemen--I beg to submit the fol.
lowing statement Of facts OF tho WORK
dUne by the company under my super.
vision, and the present condition OF
the oompauy's properties:
Tho company own eleven mining
claims, one good mill site and a tow a
site. Tho Branch, Elsie, Dalton,
Mary, Hill Side and Big Fraction
InIm q group OF claims on tho north
slope OF tho mountain, and on the
south side OF Pine creek and near the
county road. Tho Calico, daisna aud
Lucy Morrish lay TO the southeast OF
the Branch and on tho same slope.
The Branch miue IL Q large flssure
which shows Ut places where It has
been crosscut, TO be fully forty feet
wide, between well defined walls. The
strike or courss OF the ledge 10 nearly
north and south, with q strong,
bold outcrop traosable for more
than q mile. The inclination or
dip OF tho ledge Is 20 the east
about eight degrees. The formation IL
quartzits, potphyry and tracnyte. Ore
veins show along the surface Ia this
outcrop OF the leuge which assays from
$40 to 800 in gold and silver per ton.
The Elsie, Branch aud Mary are on
this same ledge, making about 1000
feet OF ground on this valuable lode
belonging to the company.
My work for the company, for the
year ending with this month, has beon
In developing tho Branch niue, ons OF
the many promising mining claims
owned by the Deseret company. Mainly
the work Of opening the mine has been
done by adit levels. The position Of
the hill being favorable, adit levels
driven IN on the ore was the most
economical way to do tho work. Five
tunnels have been driven on the 10 igc,
Including ths main or working tunnel
ct the foot ofthe hill. The main tunnel,
or tunnel No. I, has been driven IN
400 foet. Tunnel No. 2, ninety feet
above No. I, In In 100 feet and con.
nected with No. by shaft and also
connected by shaft with tunnel
No. 8. Tunnel No. Is In 80 feet;
tunnel No. 4 10 In % feet; tunnel No. o
10 In 81 feet. All OF the tunnsls have
been driven In on ore. In the upper
tunnels, Nos. 3, I and 8, the orc vein 10
regular and In from twelve 10 twenty
fivo inches In width, aud IL good
quality, Rssaying from 10 to 300 ounces
In silver aud from s. to 800 In gold 60
the ton. In addition TO this vein OF
orc partially opened by tho tunnels 3, 4
and o, there arc three other veins OF
ors In the outorop Of the ledge. One
OF them nearest the west wall OF the
ledge 10 IL inches In width, which
shows an average assay value OF $50 In
gold and silver per ton. Between this
vein and the one opened by tho tun-
nsls 8, 4 and 9 there are two strong
veins OF ore, each two feet In width.
The average assays from these two
veins OF ore run 20 ounces silver and S.
In gold. These ore veins are well de-
fined and separated by quartz, more or
lsss impregnAted with manganese OF
Iron. II has been demonstrated by the
work In the main tunnel, or tunnel No.
j. that these four ore veins have con con-
tsstod into one large ore vein, This yer.
lies Prof. Clayton's opinion, who made
4 ysry vood rcport on this property. Ia
further ouot. his rsport. n. said the
ore was rnlit or strat,fied on tan: that In
dspth the ora would ooncentrate in
one ore bodv and when wat,r l,vrl ia
reached high grade ore would DO GU.
oouptered, and l believe this IL Mr..
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known as tunnel M. 1. was start.d
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