The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-16

Judge Henry Rives. who is the west
ern attorney for Captain j. R. De-
Lamar, returned Monday night from a
short visit to the great gold mining
camp Of DeLamar in Lincoln county
New, which the judge says is the
greatest gold quartz camp in the west
between the Sierra Nevada and the
Rocky mountains, as there are greater
: values in its ores than are to be found
anywhere else in the west
According to the judge, the DeLamar
mines are making a wonderful show
Ing, and the bullion output is some
thing enormous, which will be mater
tally increased when the new 300-ton
plant, now in course of erection, is
completed. The process of ore reduc-
ton used by Captain DeLamar at his
Nevada mill is a secret that is known
only by himself and employees, but it
is slower than by the cyanide method,
taking at least seven days to extract
all Of the values from the ores, which
are free milling with the exception
of a trace Of copper. Therefore, to
treat 300 tons of ore daily, a large
tank capacity is required, and to meet
this demand there will be large
number Of wrought iron, riveted tanks,
which, when in place, will cover an
area of several acres. At present, on
account of the scarcity of lumber, the
new plant so far as constructed is
practically out into the open air, but
as time progresses this defect will be
remedied.
In the construction of the DeLamar
plant every effort has been made to
secure economy in labor and expense,
and great pains will be taken to pro-
duee automatic action when possible.
Formerly the ore was hauled from the
mine to the mill over nearly half
mile of tramway, but now this entire
expense has been done away with, as
with the completion of tunnel No. 10,
the mouth Of which is located just
above the DeLamar mill, the ore from
all parts of the mine is delivered
Through the tunnel right into the
crushing hopper, and from there di-
verted automatically into fifteen Crit
fin crushers, and from there by gravity
into cars and then into the tanks.
The DeLamar mines, as every we'll
Informed person is aware, are among
the richest gold producers in the west,
ana while Judge Rives would not
state the average values OF the ores
in this property, he was free to say
that they run from $50 up into the
thousands in gold to the ton. The
ore channels at DeLamar are of man.
moth proportions, the ledge being
true assure running in a northerly
and southerly direction through
duartzite and cutting in its course nu-
merous porphyry dykes.
The Judge is enthusiastic over the
formation at DeLamar, and says that
both north and south Of the DeDamar
holdings there are a number of pro-
perties located squarely on the rich ore
zone, which, if only developed, would
be transformed into veritable bonan-
zas. These claims, he says, are held
mostly by poor men who are unable
to open them up as they should be,
and he is Of the opinion that they
could be secured on easy terms on
working leases and bonds, and that
the parties going in on proposition
of this kind would come out with bar
rels of money.
THE BULLION SHIPMENTS.
The product of the De Lamar mill
IS in the shape of gold bullion, which
IS cast into a bar Weighing from 300
to 500 pounds. The shipments to Mil
ford are made in bullion coach. The
bar of gold is placed in a steel safe,
which is fastened to the bottom OF the
vehicle. Three armed guards accom-
pany the coach, and the driver is also
well heeled. Four horses are hitched to
the precious load, and they are put
on the run, relays being made
along the route. The trip is made in |
daylight the first stage of eighty miles
being from De Lamar TO Deseret |
Springs, in Iron county. Here halt
is made over night, and the next day !
rhe balance of IN, trip is run. This |
trip is made every eight or ten days.
The driver, captain and guards of |
the bullion coach were in the city the
first of the week, and during their stay |
here the captain and his guards at
tended the wedding of the driver, VIM.
II. Perry, to his former wife, from !
whom he was divorced in October of
last year.
In De Lamar there is little mining
going ON outside of The De Lamar
and April Fool properties. The April /
Fool, now being operated by Frank /
Wilson, part owner and lessee, has its
ten stamp mill nearly ready for work,
and IS in the market at the present
time with shipment of high grade ore,
with another consignment on the way.
The only other property in the camp
on which much work has been done
Is the Magnolia, and this mine has
lain IDLE for two years or more The
Magnolia is owned by T. r. Jones of
this city and Messrs. Eisenman and
Vietu q De Lamar, and just before
Judge Rives' return to Salt Lake de-
velopment work was begun on this
property.
THE LINE DISTRICT.
Dessret Springs, eighty miles south
Of Milford, is the nearest point to the
New Line district in western Iron coun-
ty On his way home Judge Rives
lourneyed some distance with John
Lynch, the owner of the Desert Springs
ranch and who is also the possessor
of valuable mining interests il the new
arstrlct. Mr.. Lynch is doing some
rnoroagh work on his Line district
properties, and now has FIVE or six
tons OF ore on the d,smp running 1,200
ounces IN silver to the ton and about
Sho IN gold, and it is his intention to ]
Ilake Two carload shipment of this
race OF ore within the next three {
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