The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-01
THE DALTON MEETING.
Stock Well Represented and the
Meeting Harmonious.

the Dalton Mining company was held
yesterday afternoon in the secretary's
Office in the Central block A large num-
Der Of stockholders were present, and
34O,229 shares of stock out of a possible
1886 were represented.
The voting for a new board of direc-
tors resulted in the election of f. A.
Druehl, E. G. ROgnon. O. r. Young, c.
n. Garrison, E F. Crooks, w. j. Bate
man and DR. A. c. Ewing.
After the meeting the directors met
and elected the officers for the COM
pany to serve for the ensuing year, as
follows: F. a. Druehl, president; Z.
E. Crooks, vice-president; z. G. Rog-
non, secretary and c.. n. Garrison.
treasurer.
1t was decided at the stockholders
meeting not 10 levy an assessment on
the property, but in its stead, the di-
rectors were authorized to sell enough
treasury stock to pay the indebted
ness OF the company and defray the
operating expenses Of the mine until
such time when regular ore shipments
could be made. The treasury stock on
| hand amounts to los, 644 shares. which
has been accumulated by the sale of
delinquent stock from previous as
SeSSments.
The meeting also directed the board
to appoint committee to inspect the
mine at an early day, and as the
| owners OF the Bully Boy and Webster
mine in Bullion canyon had made a
proposition to treat Dalton ore at a
saving of 81 per cent of its values, it
was ordered that this committee
should be Instructed to ascertain the
probable cost of a wire tramway from
the mine TO the mill and also to in
Quire into the merits of the best sys-
tenn fer this purpose.
1t was also ordered that hereafter
the secretary Of the company should
make no charges for the transfer or
issuance of stock.
The secretary's report showed that
the indebtedness of the company at
the present time amounted 10 $2,OS5.49,
and that the operating expenses for
the year, not including the january
pay roll. had been S3.S4776.
The report of Superintendent Reu-
ben De Witt was read. in which de-
tailed account of the work performed
during the year was given In his
report Mr.. De Witt advocated the ex-
tension of tunnel No 1 or No. 2, so as
20 tap the main vein at a greater
depth; ''and then" he said. he would
stake his reputation as mining man
that the Dalton would become a great
producer.
The meeting was a most harmonious
one and all seemed well pleased with
the results thereof.
Following is the report of Mr. Rog-
non on the condition of the mine when
inspected by himself and Mr. Crooks
some time ago:
Salt Lake City, Utah, Jan. 81, 1896
Mr.. F. A. Druehl. President of the Dali
ton Gold Mining and Milling Com
DanY, Salt Lake CitV Utah
Dear Sir:-I herewith comply with
your request to submit to you re-
port Of the condition of the company's
property because Mr.. Crooks and 1
were the last members of the board
Of directors to visit the mine On our
last visit We remained at the mine
about four days and made a thorough
inspection Of the property.
We found in the old workings a large
quantity of ore in sight which will
pay to work when better facilities are
provided for getting the ore from the
mine to the mill There is one particu-
larry strong vein four feet between the
walls in the face of the shaft running
off from tunnel No. 2.
The new vein recently uncovered be-
low the old workings was opened in
six places with small shafts or cross
cuts, showing that it is extended al
most entirely across our claims, vary
ing in width between the walls, which
are well defined, from two to five feet.
Sample No. l, which was assayed
by Mr.. officer, was taken by us from
the bottom of the deepest shaft on
this new vein, about fifteen feet from
the surface. being an average sample
of an eight inch streak, assay, gold,
1444 ounces: silver, 10 ounces: total
value $401.
Sample No. was taken from the
same new vein, a few feet to the west
where the vein is about two feet wide,
and was an average sample of the
whole vein from wall to wall, no
selected ore being taken. Assay, gold,
142 ounces; silver, 1913 ounces; total
value, S4157
Sample No. was taken about 200
feet to the west at the bottom of
twelve foot shaft sunk on the same
new vein. Assay, gold, 9.64 ounces;
silver, 59.S ounces; total value. S7510.
Tunnel No. 8. as we'll as all the rest
of the tunnels on the property, have
/ been run directly. toward this new
vein. and the 1000 feet or more of this
tunneling, which has been done, can
be well utilized merely by continuing
! the same and striking this new vein
at different depths. BY continuing
! tunnel No. about 400 feet the vein
should be cut at a depth of about 500
| feet. and by continuing tunnel No. 2
about 800 feet the main vein should be
! cut at a depth of about $40 feet from
! the surface.
Tunnel No is supposed to have cut
! this same vein at depth of about 100
feet midway between the two shafts
on which the highest assays We're got
! ten
The last sample sent from the face
of this tunnel, assayed by Mr.. Officer
on the oath of this month, showed a
value of $25.S5. If the sample Of the
pay streak only was taken it would
probably run much higher.
| 1 Judge, from the ore that was on
the dump and sacked while we were
there, and estimating the amount that
! has been taken out since, that we have
at least a car load of ore that would
pay to ship when the snow melts
sufficiently to handle it economically.
We did not take samples of the ore
that was sacked, but was informed by
the foreman who made the assays,
that much of that sacked would aver
age over $10o per ton, and that none
was being sacked that would run less
than $50.
By sinking on these two shafts where
the vein is strong and the values high,
enough high grade ore should be taken