The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-04

The Morgan City Mirror, just arriv
ed, gives the following account of prop
critics in Hardscrabble canyon, in which
many Salt Lakers are interested:
Hidden treasure is being discovered
every day in the Hardscrabble dis
trict The write-ups that appeared in
the last few issues of the Mirror seems
Ito have given an impetus to that en-
terprising district and stimulated pros
pecting to such an extent that hardly
a day passes that some one does not
come into this office with valuable ore
specimens that produce rich mineral
ASSAYS.
PRINCE OF DENMARK.
Messrs Hunter and Madison, the
owners of the Prince of Denmark
mine, located in the Hardscrabble dis
trict, had some ore assayed one day
this week by Professor Burgon of Salt
Lake which, while it assayed high in
gold, produced an amount of platin-
UNI. nickel, bismuth and cobalt that
was a surprise to its owners. The COM
bined valuation of the different met
ais amounted to $406.02 per ton.
THE COAIMUTATION TUNNEL.
The Morgan Gold Mining and Mil
ling company have commenced work
on a new tunnel about a month ago.
They have progressed 40 feet on the
new tunnel which is known as the
Communication tunnel. The object of
the tunnel is to strike the Bell vein so
as to get air for the mine. IT will be
r--T1ea
to strike the main tunnel Twelve men
are employed in the new tunnel, work
ing three shifts of eight hours each.
The dimension Of the tunnel is 6x6 feet,
clear of timber.
RICH CAAIPsIE GLENN.
Campsie Glenn. which has received
greater development than any Of the
other claims in the district, has pro-
duced ore that has assayed from $3.50
to $500 a ton. Gold, silver, platinum,
bismuth, nickel ard cobalt are found
at Campsie Glenn. An air shaft of 125
feet deep extends from the top OF the
hill down into the mine. The Com
mutation tunnel viii also serve as an
air shaft for Campsie Glenn.
One OF the first claims up the hill
about 400 feet from Campsie Glenn,
struck three years ago, rendered $3.50
per ton on a single gold assay, but
rich in other minerals.
TIE BELLE VEIN.
The Belle vein, which has taken its
name from its discoverer, joni B.
Belle. onc of the board of directors of
the Morgan Gold Mining and Milling
company, is a rich vein, nine feet in
width, of unknown depth, that has pro-
duced ore that has assayed as high as
$12 to the tor
A FIFTY-ToN ORE MILL.
Mining in the Hardscrabble district
has long since passed an experimental
stage, and attained steady practical
growth This is fully demonstrated by
the amount of developing work that
has been done and capital invested
during the last three years, the Nor
gan G. NJ. & NJ. Co. alone having ex-
Dended several thousands of dollars.
So fully assured are the pro-
motors Of the Hardscrabble dis
trict of the permancy and future
prospects of the camp that they have
begun the erection of a mill that will
have a capacity Of handling fifty tons
of ore daily. The work of construction
on the new mill was begun in January
last. The machinery is expected to ar
rive in a weeks time, when the plant
will be in full operation. The building
is so feet long by 20 feet wide. The
mill will have nine tanks and will use
the Burgon process, which will separ-
ate the minerals by chemicals and cleo
tricity The mill will have an assay
department.
The Fowler Bros were the original To-
Gators of the claims owned by the Nor
gan Gold Mining and Milling company.
The company was Incorporated Octo-
Der :, 1893, with the following officers:
John B. Cummock, president: A. S.
Fowler, secretary; directors, Thomas S.
Fowler, Frank Fowler, John Fowler,
John B. Belle and John B. Cummucl1,
all of Salt Lake.
The company own eight incorporated
claims and five that are not incorpor-
ated. The incorpcrs ted claims are the
Lizzie, Isabella, North Star. Happy
Boy, Good Boy, Copper King, Campsie
Glen and Lucky Cheil
Cobalt City, the townsite of the camp,
about a mile above the mines has been
surveyed and staked off. The new
camp presents a thriving appearance
with its three hotels, which are filled
TO their utmost capacity. A great
many new arrivals are expected next
week, and as soon as the summer sun
melts the snow the hills will be thick
with prospectors. The territory from
Porterville to Pennington, embracing
an area of between twenty-five and
thirty miles, has all been staked off in
claims. A stage line, under the man.
agement of Toomer & Littlefield. makes
daily trips TO the camp. The fare for
the round trip is 81.
MARDSCRABBLE COMPANY.
Another energetic company that is
claiming considerable attention at pres
enf is the Hardscrabble Gold Mining
and Milling company. This company
has done 165 feet of tunneling in one