The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-06
WILLARD MINING DISTRICT.
Fine Showing Made by Mines III
This Locality

This Locality.
This district. whlcn is now coming to
the front ana winch oners the best in
uucements Tor the investment of capital,
says the Logan journal, IS situated four
leen mIie5 Instant from Oguen CITY, anu
LES Just east and norLh OF the preey
NIUE Town OF Wizard. Tho ralw e.ys-
tne oregon snort LINE ana the 0Oulnern
ft.cllic-4 an past the base OF the moun-
.1-Ii, ON WnItn, Tor the last ntteen years
Lhe pruspector has been SLeduIIy purSu-
ing ms oIIllmes weary quest. Tne eX-
.S.tnce or leau, gOIQ and SuVer has been
4Anown Tor many years, OUT II Is onIy
yYitnln the past year that systematic
mining has been fouoWed IN the District
LIE resull IS now Deing maze manifest
ny the rlch ore laIeIy. uIScoV ereu IN tne
superior, STANDARD, Eureka and other
properties. -Four regularly Incorporated
cOLipanleS-the AIpIne Otdnaard, Ameri-
can and SuperIor-naV We been and are at
work ueVeIopinS the various properties
owned by tnem, and in each instance
Nave prov ed the existence OF We'll deuneu
IeugeS. The Eureka NO. :, owned ny
the American company, has a tunneI
cunning IN 10 tap the ledge, and work
on 1t IS beng active prosecuted. 1t is
now some 20 feet and the company ex-
poets TO reach the ledge IN ABOUT fifty
leel more. An incline Snaft on the leoge
at its outcrop was sunk some 90 feet
sS19 10 $l50 per 1on in, gold, suVer ana
copper The Alpine company intend this
sprlng TO commence tunneling, and viii
prooaOly run $40 rect tor the purpose OF
uey coping Their leoGe, on which con-
siderable surface WORK has already been
zone.
The Standard has shown many speei-
mems OF rich ore, which have given as
says as hlgn as s22, TO the ton in gold
and silver. Whne Ihe Superior, last but
not least. has had over 5000 worth of
work EXPENDED on it, and Is now about
10 enter the field as a producer. Hun
oreos of feet of drift and tunnel have
SHOWN conciuSVely that the property
BIDS fair to become. a heavy producer OF
high grade ore. AS the leoge is now
thoroughly exposed and both foot and
hanging wall In pace are in sight, it is
only a question of time and money to
make the mine bonanza. The inten-
stock TO complete tunnel 800 feet in
length, so as to tap the ore 200 feet be-
low the present workings, and at the
same time drain the same. Ore taken
has aSSayed from $40 TO 5000 per ton,
principally in gold, and picked speci-
mems, fairly brlstLlng with the yellow
metal. have given as high as $4,000 as
say value per ton. Above and east of
the Superior property lies the Hawkeye
group, ON which three months steady
work during the fall has proved the ex-
istenCe of a strong vein of gold quartz.
The shaft on this property is down LOO
feet and has been sunk the entire dis
tance on the foot wall, which is a heavy
Dlu0 STATE the uduSIuS wall Is d green
stone. and the groupings of the ledge
nave been traced for over a mile. 1t is
impossible within the limits of this arti-
Gle to more than allude to the large
number of locations that now dot the
mineral hill of Willard. A score of min
ing prospects that if they were situated
IN some obscure or far distant mining
district would create furore of excite
ment are waiting mere a Ogden's uoor
for the capital necessary to turn their
treasures into golden dollars and make
of this city what the southern mines
have helped to make Salt Lake City. All
that Willard miners ask is inspection of
their property by men VINO AnoW what
mineral formations mean, and whose
word as to the existence of all the neces-
sary items which go to make up a sue
cessful mining district are to be found
in the camp be taken, that easiness of
access, abundance of wood and water
regular formation and high grade ore
exist within fourteen miles Of the city is
a fact which, so far, local capital has
steadily ignored. Let us hope that SO
will see in this direction much needed
change and that Ogden men will realize
what awaits only a little energy and
pnc CHI