The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-12-07
LION HILL DISTRICT.
me Northern Light Is a Great
PrODerfy

Mercur, Dec. 6.-The average side
walk prospector and street corner
miner, who take pleasure in tell
ing now soon the leading mines of
Otah viii be thing of the past. and who
seems to think the mining industry is a
very insignificant matter in the stare
could get an important lesson by paving
| visit to the Northern Light and taking
Trip around Lion HILL Your CORE
spondent had the pleasure of being es-
| corted through part of the mine by that
genial gentleman, Superintendent Frank
n MOST OF the morning was spent
IN visiting various properties along the
iHcn Hin road, and just as we reached
the Northern Light boarding house the
DoYs came in for dinner, and we did ample
Chefe Myer ~
After dinner, armed with a candle each.
we passed through the blacksmith shop.
into the old workings of the Monarch
We passed along through winding tunnels
in the workings of % years ago looking
with interest at the gophering made by
gazing at the holes where Walker Bros.
found the rich pockets of silver that did
much TO lay the foundation of their
wealth, Here too, Shaughnessy found his
ore and so rich was it that he is credited
with saying that he would ship nothing
carrying less than 100 ounces of silver
FROM this mine Walker Bros took no
less than half million and Lawrence
and Shaughnessy made their hundreds of
thousands. and yet they only followed the
richest streaks and LETT ore that with the
cyanide process will yield millions of
dollars to the fortunate owners of the
property.
The Northern Light mine as it is at
present, comprises the Northern Light.
Monarch, Winter Quarters, Chance and
some others. in all ten claims, and three
fractions, and covers about $50 acres of
ground Nearly, if not quife all of this
contains ore, the vein varying from 10
feet to 70. and yielding values that vary
a great deal, according to locality. but
all carrying good milling values in gold
and silver The mine is located on the
antecline, part of the ore dipping toward
the east and part toward the west Cen
orally speaking. the eastern slope car
ries higher values in silver and low in
values are higher, while silver values
decrease AT one part of the mine a
body of ore is exposed covering an area
OF about ten acres, that has an avera &c
depth of u feet and carries &c ounces
silver and s5.6S gold per ton In another
part of the mine the ore carries 16 ounces
of silver and S10.S3 in gold.
In the old workings there has been
little attempt at scientific mining. A
great deal of work was done by leasers,
and as the ore was brought to Salt Lake
in wagons only the highest grade was
taken. Ore of fabulous riches was found
From one small pocket, it is said, Walker
Bros. took out $S0.0C0 worth of silver. and
even now although ore carrying less than
50 ounces will not pay for shipping, ship
ments are being made.
About two and one-half miles of under
ground workings are on the property
all of it in ore, and the present company
has spent most of its time in connecting
them. This is done by the Woodruff tun-
mel, which runs below the footwall and
through which all the ore will be car
ried to the mill. The first station will be
209 feet from the mouth of the tunnel
Here will be a large ore bin. and from
two levels will be brought the ore from
Winter Quarters. The ore here has from
IA to 16 ounces of silver and so in gold.
A second station and ore bin will be
Woodruff tunnel. which will connect the
workings at the Iron and Whip shafts
and the Tollman tunnel. Were there no
other ground to work but these there is
sufficient exposed here to last the mill
at least three or four years.
A third ore bin will be located at a
point where connection is made with the
workings in the Monarch and Northern
Light claims which will be done by tun-
mel % feet long. This is all the space now
unconnected with the Woodruff tunnel.
How many years it will take 10 work out
the ore in the mine is rather hard to say,
since it is estimated that II will take six
years to work uD the ore taken from
drifts in blocking out ores and widening
the old workings so that the ore cars can
be run along. Some of the drifts are
al present filled up with ore all ready to
be put in the car and run. to the mill
To the Woodruff tunnel the ore from
every part of the mine can be brought
on the down grade. 1t was not neces-
sary to throw a shovelful of it uphill.
The immense saving of labor in this ar
rangement will be appreciated by mining
men. The tunnel is far enough above the
mill that the ore will be dumped in a bin
from which it goes down hill TO the
crusher and still lower to the tanks
Even there its downhil course will not
stop, as the dumping ground is below the
mill site.
likely thing by the way, there is room
enough in the tunnels to work force of
500 hands. The Mercur handles go tons
daily with less than 100 men. and the ar
rangement of the Northern Light is such
that the same amount of labor can be
done with much smaller force, so that
there is no danger of the mill having 10
shut down at any time in the next ten
years for lack of material.
With the exception of setting up the
machinery the mill is completed, and as
some of it is at Mercur and more has