The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-12-25
Ashbrook mining District.

This camp is situated in the north
west corner of Utah. about fifty-six
miles from Kelton, a station on the
Southern Pacific railroad. It's future
being so bright and Ogden so near by
the supplies would naturally come from
there to supply the wants of this dis
trict. There are eight patented mines
which are as follows: Homestead, Ma
hogany, Champion, Clipper, Lexington,
Argenta, Black Lods and Sentinel.
The Argenta has been a good pro-
ducer in ore which run from $50 to $500
per ton in silver and gold and has
yielded about $4,000 all told, and this
has been done from a small amount of
work, the deepest of which is not to
exceed 100 feet. The vein is a true one.
varying in thickness from one to three
feet wide. The Lexington is one of the
same vein as the Argenta, in lime for
nation, and has produced ore to the
value of about $4,000, the average of
which was and is about the same as
the Argenta. The Champion, Mahog-
any and Homestake claims each have
well defined veins of from one to three
feet thick and which will run from $50
to $50 per ton. These claims have not
been developed to speak of, as the
deepest workings are only down about
twenty-five feet. The Sentinel mine.
which is in porphyry formation, has
produced some ore which after payine
all shipping expenses to the smelter
at Salt Lake netted $400 per ton. $50 of
this being gold and the balance silver.
The developments on this claim. the
same as the whole in the camp, are
confined to the surface, while there
is good paying veins in all going down.
The Black Lode which is between nor
phyry and lime walls, has groupings on
the surface which are 125 feet wide.
and can be traced for 500 feet in length
along the course of the vein. An aver
age sample of this taken clear across
shows six ounces silver and 81 per ton
in gold.
A shaft is being sunk on this claim
with two shifts which are making from
three to four feet per day of twenty
four hours. This shaft at a
depth of twenty feet passed through
vein OF second class ore which is ten
feet thick and assays twenty ounces
in silver and So in gold per ton. At
the present writing the shaft is down
sixty feet, and when the 100 level Is
reached a GROSS cut will be driven to
the vein of ore, which was cut above.
1t is almost certain that the value of
this ore will increase to at least s5n
per on on he 100 level, as all ore does
as depth is attained in this camp Judg-
ing from the groupings on this claim
it is safe to say this vein is continu-
Gus for 800 feet in length.
The first seven mines mentioned be-
long to and are operated by the Union
Mining. & Milling company, of which
john A Shettle is general manager
The company have a small mill in the
camp which has a. capacity of twenty
tons per day, that will be started IN
soon. There is an abundance of wood
and water enough to furnish 200 horse
power, which would not require but a
small outlay to use the same. There
district in addition to the patented
mines, and the balance of the camn
is open to the prospectors, with good
showings on the surface for good
mines. The nearest postoff1ce is Alamo.
Ida, which is fifteen miles from the
district There is a stage line running
from Kelton to Alamo.-Ogden Stand