The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-08-12
WHAT THE coMsrocK SHOWS.
Ono of the Park City Papers Does
Not View the Outlook FavorabIy.

During the past week some eN-
tremely flattering reports came in
from the Comstock, one of the Parks
promising properties, and upon his
return from the camp Judge Loot
bourrow brought down some samples
from the vein, which were taken out
by himself. Assays of these speci-
mems made by the Union assay Office
gave average returns of so per cent
lead, seventy-four ounces silver and
$500 in gold. Manager Dusseldorf re-
ported that the vein had widened out
from seam to between three and five
feet, with the Improvement more
marked every foot of driving done.
In consequence of these reports and
the showing made by the ore the
stock of the company went booming
and members were offered as high as
80 cents for their holdings. Only COM
paratiVely few shares came out even
at that price and some of the stock
holders declare that so well pleased
are they with the showing being made
by the property that they would not
dispose of their stock for less than
$50 per share.
Now comes the Park Record and
throws cold water all over the prop
erty, for just what reason, it attempts
to explain in the report of the mine
made by its reporter 1t is not very
flattering view taken by the Record
and somebody must be away off
wrong. In view of the sampling done
by Judge LOofbOurrOW personally it
must be the Record man who has
over jumped himself. The report is as
follows. being prefaced by The Her
aid with the statement that Manager
Dusseldorf, who is not at this time in
the city, has always said that the
Record did not give the property
fair show. for reasons best known to
the editor thereof:
There has been much talk for the
past year concerning the Comstock.
and recently the Salt Lake papers
have contained many flattering notices
of q strong vein and rich ore which
is being developed in the property.
These notices have appeared with such
regularity that the Record decided to
investigate matters and see just what
the showing was. notwithstanding the
fact that the last visit its representa-
tive made to the mine he was refused
admission.
To begin with, the Record hopes
that the Comstock will find mine;
hopes that the vein now being followed
will make rich ore and lots OF IL, ana
that those who hold stock in the cor
poration will receive healthy and fire.
uuent dividends, but the writer fails TO
see how it is going to come about. Our
mining reporter visited the mine wed
nesday afternoon and was SHOWN
through by Mr.. Dusseldorf The whole
property was closely examined, and
cigar box full of samples gathered from
the dirt broken down by the last round
If holes fred in the face. Mr.. D u s.
seldorf gathered a portion of the rock
himself and said it was a fair sample,
and pointed out what he called numer-
GUS particles of sulphurets of silver
This rock was fairly mixed and sent 10
A. H. Lubbock, aSsayer for the ontario
COMPANY. and the following returns
given under Mr. Lubecks signature,
which is a guarantee that the rock was
fairly tested: Silver, trace; lead,
trace; zinc, $40 per cent; gold, a trace
We confess we were surprised, for 1t
was expected that the rock would
show a few ounces in silver and a fair
per cent of lead, but it didn't. We
want to say, however, that some pieces
Of quartz can be found scattered here
and there in the vein that show
sprinkling of galena, and would prob
ably show a reasonable assay.
'sThe vein is quite strong, it is true,
but it is the same conglomerationc cut
by Rosscamp & Glenn in the White
Rock tunnel, and upon which Mr.. Lee
Compile and others spent so much
money with such poor success two
years ago. Try as they would, the
rock could not be made to pay, and the
vein now being followed in the Com
stock is heading almost straight for
the White Rock tunnel. Again, the
footwall, or country rock, is massive
and in places has we'll defined dip
to the northwest, while the vein and
the hanging wall wherever it has been
dip to the southeast,
and the wall is badly shivered up.
This condition shows a slide. and is
evidence that the vein is not in place,
and we called Mr.. Dusseldorfs atten-
ton to the plain showing. He claimed,
however, that it was a natural condi-
lion for a assure vein, but the aver
age miner will probably take strong
ssue with him on that point
''The Record would like to see the
Comstock turn out to be a bonanza,
and does not desire to put a stone in
is way, but as many inquiries have
been received from many parts of the
country concerning. the property, that
t feels called upon to publish it's can
lid opinion of the mine and its show
ng, and can only hope that its judg-
nent viii prove TO be at fault, but the
writer will gamble, notwithstanding
he big reports in the Salt Lake pa
1ers. that an assay cannot be picked
nut Of the face of the vein tomorrow.
sunday, August 18th, that will show