The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-03


received from the Northern Light mine
on Lion hill are of the most encourag-
ing nature, and it is now confidently
believed that this property, when the
new mill is completed and in running
order, will rank IS one of the best
dividend payers in Utah.
Work in the construction of the mill
is being pushed as rapidly as possible,
and it will not be long now before the
building viii be entirely enclosed, when
there viii be 10 difficulty in finishing
the structure so that the reduction of
ore can be commenced by the first OF
the year, or soon after. For the past
few days five teams have been en-
ployed in hauling lumber from the
railroad at Mercur to the millsite, and
as fast as it has been delivered a force
OF 30 men have handled it so quickly
that it would hardly be unloaded before
it was in place on the mill structure,
and as u more teams viii be put on
today, it Will not be long now before
everything viii be in readiness for the
machinery
From superintendent Frank Hines,
who came in from the mine Sunday
night, ii is learned that within the
past few days the lower tunnel has
made connection with what is known
as the Iron shaft and it's connections,
which gives stopping ground of about
u. 800 feet on the vein. exposing enough
ore to run the mill for a period of at
least three years. and this ore, ac-
cOrding TO Mr.. Hines carries as much
gold to the ton as the Mercur ores,
besides an ounce in silver for every
dollar in gold. In $50 feet more the
lower tunnel viii make connection
with the large bodies of gold ores ex-
posed in the lower workings, thus Civ
ing full connections with all of the
workings of the mine so that the min
eral can be handled through the lower
working of the tunnel and giving di-
rect communication through the noun
tain from one side of the hill to the
other.
Besides the ore exposed in the diff
ferent workings OF the mine it is es-
tirnated that in the old dumns on the
property there are over 100000 tons of
ore that will carry average values of
u ounces in silver and $3.50 in gold to
the ton, and all of this can be worked
by the cyanide process to advantage
and at a profit.
In speaking with Mr.. Hines regard
ing the late discovery made on Lion
hill on the Northern Light ground
while building a road or dugway to
the millsite, he states that the men
uncovered fine ledge of gold and
silver-bearing ore, and that the dis
covefy is Of such Importance that he
will DO considerable work in its de-
velopment. as the lode is undoubtedly
a permanent one, and a valuable one.
as the lowest assays, at the surface.
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good value. in gold. while the highest
assays run as high as so ounces in sill
YER and $3.50 in gold TO the ton The
new find is located just above the mill
site. Lion hill, according TO Mr.. Hines,
is one mass of mineral, and especially
is this the case on the old Monarch
lode. from which he states. he viii
extract ore from the surface by bench
ing. instead of working underground
by means Of shaft or tunnel
When Manager E. D. Woodruff came
In from the mine last Friday night he
brought with him a bar of gold and sill
yer bullion that weighed nearly
pound, the product of about three tons
OF ore that had been treated by Mr.
Hines for experimental purposes. and
It has been demonstrated in a most
satisfactory manner that the ores of
the Northern Light can be most sue
cessfully treated by the cyanide pro-
cess.
Lion hill is already becoming quite
a populous place as shown by the fact
that few days ago, at a meeting
held on the hill, over 20 men were
present.
Several other promising properties
are being worked on the hill A new
store is one of the recent acquisitions
of the camp, q stage line is now run
ming between that place and Mereur
and now a petition is in for the estab-
l:shment of a postofice there