The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-13
THE HUMBUG ORE BODY.
Possibility That it May Be on the
Richmond and Anaconda Ledge.

"cHmOnd and Anaconda Ledge.
The Mammoth strike of rich ore in
the Hurnbug mine, on Godiva mount
ain, at Eureka, Tintic, has been the
cause of great deal of favorable com
ment throughout the district, and as
work progresses the wealth of ore I'M
covered is simply marvellous.
After running a 200-foot tunnel on this
ground, Jesse Knight and sons of Provo
opened up a twenty fve-foot breast of
solid ore, large portion of which car
rled values of from 400 to 600 ounces
silver and from SIC to $40 in gold to
the ton, while the lead contents as
sayed % per cent lead and upwards,
and in certain portions of the vein the
gold and silver values are much greater
| than above stated.
Soon after the strike was made the
owners were offered $4,000 for the
property, which was refused, and ar
rangements were perfected to open the
mine in a thorough manner; a road was
built to the claim, houses erected, and
now everything is in readiness for ac-
tive work
The Humbug mine is joined on the
south by the Utah Consolidated group
of mines. The Richmond and Ana
conda claims join It on the west, while
on the north is the Mayday, and still
mine, which is one of the richest par
TALLY developed properties to be found
in the district.
There is no question but that a NAM
moth body of ore extends clear through
Godiva mountain in a northerly and
southerly direction. The Utah has cut
this zone and SO has the Godiva, and
the new strike of the Humbug is fairly
on it.
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ledge crops boldly for a long distance,
and has been prospected in several
places sufficiently to determine the dip
of the vein. The ledge on this ground
crops on the top of steep mountain.
It's strike is north and south and the
dip is to the east after a depth Of a
few feet.
Situated further down the hill, adj
joining the Richmond and Anaconda
on the east, is the Humbug claim, and
it is not far from the side lines of this
started to the west, and therefore the
body of ore is not far from the Rich
mond and Anaconda sideline.
Since the big strike in the Humbug
claim owners in that locality have been
paying more attention to their bound
airy lines, and prospective purchasers
have also been running lines and MAX
ing surveys; as d result of which it
has been whispered about in mining
circles that there is a possibility that
the Humbug strike is in Richmond and
Anaconda ground.
1t may be that the Humbug ledge is
a separate and distinct ore body that
parallels the vein that is so prominent
ON the Richmond and Anaconda
ground. 1t will take considerable work
to fully determine this matter; but if
there is only che ledge running through
the country in that locality, there is
but little doubt that the Richmond
and Anaconda has and can claim the
apex 10 the ore body on which the
Humbug is now working.
It is to be hoped that this is not the
case, and that the HunIbug vein is
separate and distinct from the Rich
mond and Anaconda ledge. Should the
opposite be the the case, there is a
good showing for a lively apex lawsuit,
or a compromise by all parties inter
ested.
The Humbug strike is all of 500 feet
below the Richmond and Anaconda
ledge, on it's dip, which fact would dem
onstrate that the ore bodies increase
in value and size with depth.
The Richmond & Anaconda Mining
company is the owner of nine claims
divided into two groups. The ground
has been surveyed for patent, and the
titles to the claims have been kept
perfect by complying with the mining
laws of the United States as to yearly
assessments, etc.
The company is capitalized at 100000
shares, of a par value of 81 each. For
several years past the stock of the
company has been somewhat scattered,
butEwithin the past few months a, con-
trolling interest has been gathered up
by George H. Robinson and Franklin
Farrell, and it is understood that now
there is but little floating stock on the
market.
From all that can be learned Godiva
mountain promises to show UP more
great mines than can be found in
similar scope Of country in any part
of the west. The Utah is one of these;
the Godiva a second, the Humbug will
find a place IN the list and the inter
vening ground will prospect equally as
we'll.
Tintic seems to have secured new
lease on life this season, and it's future
greatness will doubly discount its pre-