The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-18

Otto Hudson, one of the owners and
the manager of the Silver King Ex-
tension mine in Mineral Fork, Big Cot
tonwood canyon, mas moved his family
to this city from Lehi Junction so that
he can give his entire time to the
management of this property, which,
from all accounts, promises to develop
into one of the heaviest producers of
the precious metals to be found in Big
Cottonwood mining district.
MIR. Hudson informs The Herald that
with his associates he is now employed
in the erection OF a boarding house at
the mine so that the property can be
operated all winter. At present from
6 TO u men are employed at the mine,
and this force will be increased as soon
as possible as it is the intention to
continue ore shipments from now on
until spring, and with this in view Mr.
Hudson engaged three additional teams
yesterday for the winter. Already
three teams are on the road hauling ore
from the mine to the Taylor & Brunton
sampling works and it is stated that
with The present force at the mine
that it will keep the freighting outfit
busy in taking the ore away as fast as
it is mined.
Work has been pushed for some time
in the development of the Silver King
Extension, and Mr.. Hudson states that
already there is a large amount OF
ore exposed 20 view in this property
that will run from to 10 per cent
lead - to Il ounces in silver and $3.50
to SIC in gold to the ton by the car
load lot: and he says that he is conf
dent that this is the making of one of
the biggest mines. in Utah, and. as the
owners are making it pay from the
start, there will be no difficulty in de-
veloping it in a thorough and system
attic manner.
In speaking with Mr. Hudson regard
ing his Big Cottonwood property, he
stated that a test would soon be made
on the ores of this mine with the Will
liam Sutherland chemical process of
ore reduction. This process, he states.
IS patented by Mr.. Sutherland, of Lehi,
the originator, who has a small eX-
perimental plant at Lehi Junction,
where he has been making tests on
different ores for the past four years,
during which time he has demonstrated
to his satisfaction that he can treat
gold and silver ores at a saving sf 80
per cent Of the assay value. and at a
cost not exceeding 20 cents a ton.
Mr.. Hudson Is cOnVerSant with the
process, and as there is large amount
of ore at the Silver King Extension
mine that carries gold values of from
So to So TO the ton, an effort will be
made to see if it can be successfully
treated by the Sutherland process, and
in order to thoroughly test this ore Mr.
Sutherland will go up 70 the mine next
week and camp there until he has made
exhaustive experiments on its prod
uct, which. ii satisfactory, viii result
in the erection of a 100-ton mill at the
mine. and as there is an abundance Of
water for milling purposes, there is no
reason why the enterprise should not
be a success and soon find place on
the list as a dividend payer.
There are number of big mining
propositions in Big Cottonwood canyon
that would bear investigation and
which, with development, would soon
fall into line as wealth producers; and,
with the cheapened processes of ore
reduction inverted within the past few
years, there is no reason why they
should not be looked after and worked
al q profit