The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-09

Well-known mining men who have
visited the Northern Light mine, on
Lion hill, in Ophir district, three miles
north OF Mercur, concur in the opinion
so often expressed that this properly
will prove to be one Of the greatest
gold producers in the west; and that
Lion hill is the mother Of the mineral
ization of the surrounding country, in
which so many mines have been sue
cessfully worked for years.
AS it is, the Northern Light, or Mon
arch and Northern Light, by which
title it has been known for many
years, has had a remarkable reputa-
ton as wealth-producer, butRn silver
only, and fortunes have been made
therefrom by men who have worked 1t
from time to time on a. royalty, among
whom were the Walker Bros, Colonel
NJ Shaughnessy, the Brim Bros. and
others of Salt Lake; but during all
these years the workings have been
confined to near the surface, where
immense bodies Of very high grade sill
yer ores were uncovered and marketed.
In mining for silver no one imagined
or suspected that below the silver de-
posts there existed. large zones of gold
bearing rock, and this discovery was
not especially agreeable to the owners
of the property, as the ore was Of too
low a grade to admit of shipping; but
it was solely on account Of these low
grade gold bodies that this ground was
purchased by the Northern Light Min
ing company, and recent developments
have in a measure demonstrated the
fact that the mine will more than come
up to the most sanguine expectations
of the new purchasers, for, as work
progressed, new and larger and richer
ore bodies have been uncovered until,
from all appearances, it is evident that
this property will soon become for
midable rival to the great Mercur gold
mine.
Some time ago the management of
the Northern Light sent mill-run Of
gold ore TO the NJ Arthur Forrest cy-
anide people at Denver for an expert
mental test, and yesterday word was
received from them by wire that the
ore was admirably adapted to treat
ment by the cyanide process; in fact
it was about the best teaching ore that
they had ever tested, as it was free
from sulphur, arsenic and other dele
teriouS and rebellious substances, and,
that from the samples sent they had
been able to save 80 per cent of the
gold values and 60 per cent of the
silver.
This report is more than satisfactory
to the company. so much so that it has
already announced that it is the inten-
ton to erect a 100-ton cyanide plant at
once; especially as the new tunnel, now
being driven. is expected to cut the
ore deposits almost every day now at
a vertical depth of about 1000 feet,
which will give an immense amount Of
good STOPPING ground to work on, and
also give an excellent working outlet
for the mine.
Messrs. E. H. Airs, f. E. Crooks and
DR.. E. D. Woodruff. who are the heav-
lest holders Of Northern Light stock,
and who are also officers of the COM
pany, were in excellent spirits yester-
day over the good news received from
Denver, and now that all doubts as to
the chara cter and treating qualities of
the new low grade gold ores have been
demonstrated, they will not rest until
mill is built and the property placed
On a paying basis.