The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-17


cause excitement, for the simple reason
that he knows it is going to take depth
and considerable of tito prove up his
group. Jack is one of the Parks old
est prospectors, and is convinced that
Bald Mountain, at the foot of which
his group is located, will one day prove
to be the mother of all the mineral yet
discovered in Park City. He not only
feels that way, but can give good, clear
that Bald Mountain will one day have
more hosting plants than the valley
haLogy
WEST ONTARIO LEASE.
There has been a slight hitch in clos
ing up the lease on the West Ontario
group, but the tangle was Strengthened
out this week and the papers were all
signed, and Messrs. Hancock and Dun
conlibe are now in charge. They put a
force Of men on Thursday morning and
Will push the work of catching up tile
cave in the big shaft, and pu6ling it in
working order. AS soon as that is COM
pleisd the property will be thoroughly
examined and the course of future de-
velopments determined upon Messrs.
Hancock and Duncombe are satisfied
thai they have a valuable lease and pro-
pose to handle it to the very best posi-
BILE Advantage It is the writer's opin-
ion that the present shaft should be
continued on down to the 1000 level, at
which point, if not before, good ore viii
certainly be encountered.
Mining Notes and Personals.
Under the New York people the Shoe
fly is to be equipped with machinery
and put down to depth. bond has
been secured by the same parties on
the Haidee, one of Senator Shoupe'S
poperties Western Mining World.
r. S. Collett came home last Sun
day. While out he made a deal with
Leadville parties for the sale of the
ore taken from the Big Four mine.
The ore is very rich, or it would not
pay expenses for shipping such long
distance The mine will be worked
and the ore shipped as long as it con-
tinues to pay expenses.-Vernal EX
press.
The old Peck mine in Arizona. which
has produced over a million dollars and
has furnished many surprises, has
again surprised the owners by another
strike of a rich body of ore where they
did not expect it. The strike was
made about fifty feet from the vein
and right on the surface where it had
been trodden over for at Least twenty
five years. A good sized vein has been
ton
Mr.. David Keith, the well-known
Utah mining man, who is the owner
of the Silver King a Park City, ar
rived on the train last evening. Mr..
Keith gave out the information that
all the machinery necessary for the
deep sinking operations on the Con-
solidated Virginia is en- route to Baker
City from Virginia City, Nevada, and
will arrive here ir a few days. The
machinery consists of hosting works,
boiler, engine, etc.-Democrat, Baker
City, Oregon.
Since 1856 Grass Valley and Nevada
City, Nevada county, have produced
$14S,000,000 in gold, says an exchange.
This is not by any means the whole
of Nevada county's contribution. The
Bloomfield district and the Idaho-Mary-
land group and other famous districts
of that one county have turned out
millions. East of Wolf creek, includ-
ing the Empire (Which is down 1900
feeD the yield has been over $40, 900, 600
wealth yet to be developed and Ne
vada is but one of the thirty-seven
counties of the fifty-seven comprising
the state. The belt on the east side
of Wolf creek, not including the Idaho
Maryland group, but taking in the EN-
pire and the mines to Slate creek, also
the Mozambique and the Shamrock
has produced 81, 1852 42. The Empire
is down 1900 feet, being the deepest in
the group of seventy gold mines.
The Gold Dust mine at L.aesburg
Idaho, under the management of Ed.
Magner for Utah capitalists, is again
in full operation. The main shaft IS
down but seventy-fve feet, but is all
the way in ore. About 400 feet Of
levels are run from this depth. The
force of men is employed mainly on de-
velopment work. making preparations
to supply the mill which will soon be
started up. In recent interview with
Mr.. Magner, who is a, well-posted min
( ing man, he said: The district aroundi
Leesburg is attracting a great deal Of
attention from outside capital. In
the district seventy stamps are now
dropping on ores that run from $40 to
$50 per ton in gold, and this number
is likely to be materially increased in
the near future. A syndicate of New
! York capitalists has taken a bond on
the old Shooly mine which in the sum-
mer Of '76 yielded over $4,000 to Fred
Phillips of California. A five-stamp mill
was the only implement Of reduction,
and the material that was milled was
selected from a lot of loose boulders.
E. E. Crooks, stock broker, Al West