The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-02
SHOWING IN THE VALLEJO.
The Park Records Review of the
Mines of the Camp.

The Park Records Review of the
Mines of the Camp.
The Ontario mill was closed down
Monday morning for the usual October
repairs, though contrary to the regular
custom the mill was closed down en-
tirely. The usual method has been to
close down one side at a time, but this
year the mill was in such shape that
it was decided to shut the whole plant
down and make general repairs. 1t is
expected that the mill will be ready to
start I'D again in about ten days.
Superintendent Daily has not yet be-
! gun the construction of his proposed
wire-rope tramway from the DAILY
West mine to the new Peck mill, but
the writer was informed that Mr.
Days recent trip east was for the pur-
pose of investigating the machinery
and making arrangements for its pur-
! chase Some definite information may
| be looked for during the coming week,
as the subject will probably be brought
UP at the next session of the city coun-
Gil.
Rasband Bros. and John Diem en-
countered a very promising vein of
lead-silver ore this week on their
ground in American Fork. Assays
made from blossom rock gave returns
of SO 1-3 per cent lead, ounces in sill
yer and a trace in gold. James Ras-
band informs us that with very short
! tunnel, not over so feet, the ledge, if
it continued down, can be cut at a
depth of nearly 300 feet. The tunnel
will be started at once and crowded as
rapidly as possible until the ledge is
/ proven up. The showing, he thinks, is
very encouraging.
| Smith Ehenger, E. c. Williamson, C.
D. Gregor and c. NJ. Wilson are work.
| ing a group of claims on Levigneur
! fiat in Snake Creek district in which
! they have confidence of some day de-
veloping a bonanza. The ground is
known as the Boulder Basin group and
was located several years ago. It is
along the line of contact between the
! heavy belts of lime and porphyry
which traverse that section. Its owners
expect to develop silver-copper ore with
depth and already fiave a Goupie-com-
partment shaft down some 80 feet.
The property is equipped with a good
whim, whinl-house boarding house and
other convenienceS, and supplies
enough have been laid in to last some
| time. The work will be done under the
supervision of Mr.. Ehenger, who is con-
fident the group will prove to be a
mine.
When the Record said last week that
it thought the Vallejo was going TO
prove a freak in the mining line there
was no evidence in sight of the sud-
den and rich development that the
property is showing today and which
three shifts are proving up as rapidly
as possible. Depth on the big vein has
opened up a remarkable showing of
ore. Some of the boys were coming
over to town during the early part of
the week, and as the bottom of the
winze was looking very fine, two
samples were taken without any
thought of getting big returns, but the
assay certificate showed 40 ounces in
silver and Is per cent copper for one
sample and 1,026 ounces in silver and
20 per cent copper for the other. The
ore, so the boys say, improves steadily
with every foot Of work performed, and
while the rock does not all reach up
to the thousand mark. the showing is
very fine and the mine is rapidly get
ting in shape to more than pay its
way. Shipments are still being made
and startling developments may be
expected when the big tunnel reaches
the vein. That tunnel will cut the vein
some 500 or 600 feet deeper than the
present works, and should establish
the value of the property at a very
handsome figure.
ORE SHIPMENTS.