The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-12-15
THE LA CIGALE NINE.
Magnificent Showing In This West
ern Slope Property.

crn slope Property.
]. c. Conklin of the Omaha mine,
who returned Sunday from visit to
the western slope, in Camp Floyd dis
trict. where this valuable property is
located, informs The Herald that the
showing III the La Cigale mine is some
thing worth talking about, as this
/ property is rapidly approaching the
/ time when it can be claSsed as a big
milling proposition.
In this ground c. II. Schue is sinking
/ an incline on the ore body on its dip.
/ This incline is now down to the 90-foot
/ level. and although ii has been demon
strated that the ore chute is all of 10
! feet wide, it is not known as yet how
/ large it really is. The incline is down
all the way in pay ore. and the values
are increasing as depth is attained.
/ As work progresses in the develop
| ment of this property, a sample of the
rock is taken from each bucketful of
ore as il is raised from the incline. This
is thrown into a box. and at night the
whole is thoroughly mixed, so as to
make an average sample of the days
work, when an assay is made of the
product. While Mr.. Conklin was at the
mine an assay was made of the sam
pies saved from last Fridays work,
and the result showed average gold
u
an excellent showing and the outlook
for the property is surely most en-
cOuraging.
At a meeting of the officers of the
Omaha last week a resolution was
passed authorizing the resumption of
work in the development of this prop
erty, and it is now the intention to be-
gin work on this ground within the
next few days.
Mr.. Conklin states that a large
amount of work is being done at the
present time on the Daisies and that
this property is showing up in a most
encouraging manner. He also states
that within the past week A H. Mayne
has found the vein on the Edna claim
which lies north of the La Cigale and
this at depth of only a few feet
c II. Schue of the La Cigale is also
working quite a force of men north of
Ophir canyon with good results.
MI. Conklin corroborates the state
ment that there is wonderful activity
on the western slope at the present
time, and that work is in progress all
the way from the mouth of Lewiston to
the mouth of Ophir canyon. and that
the hillsides are becoming dotted with
houses and other improvements which
is good indication of the growth of
that portion of the district
Among the properties on the slope
IndI are coming 10 the front with good
showings of ore is the Vanderbilt in
which Hon. Thomas G. Merrill is in
terested, and it is stated that in this
ground some good values are being
obtained. Work is also being pushed !
in the development of the Snowstorm
group, owned by Messrs ConkIin. |
Latham and Sorenson. A II. Mayne
is doing $1,000 in work on this ground
for onethird interest. and it is be-
lieved that before this work is COM
pleted the property will come to the
front as one Of the nay propositions
on the west dip. as il on a continuation
of the Omaha ledge.
The western slope has quite number
of advantages to boast of that are not
enjoyed by the Mercur side of the hill
among them being the fact that water
is nearer and that in the winter time
the slope is not covered with as heavy
fall of snow as is the case on the
east slope.
If indications count for anything.
there is every reason to believe that
in time the west dip will show I'D as |
many big dividend paying mines as are |
TO be found in the camp of Mercur.