The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-21
THE suNBEAMs CONSOLIDATED.
Old Silver City Producers to b.
Worked Once Again.

worked OnSe ASIln,
The old Sunbeam ledge at Silver
City, Tintic. which has been a wonder
full producer of high-grade ore in its
day, is now to be developed and work
ed in a most thorough and scientific
manner
On the Sunbeam ledge there are sew
eral mines that have been noted as
wealth producers. These mines, which
are known as the Twombley Sunbeam,
Lawrence Sunbeam, the McHatten
Sunbeam and the Beaman Sunbeam,
have been paying propositions from
the grass-roots, but not depth has ever
been attained by any of them, the
deepest workings not exceeding 800
feet, and, what is mostly of note, in
every instance work was suspended on
body of ore in adj these mines.
1t has been intimated in these
columns that a big deal was in pro-
gress which involved several valuable
Silver City properties, but it was fear
ed that mention in detail of the pro-
posed enterprise might queer it, so the
facts were withheld; but The Herald
is now free to say that the proposition
was to consolidate the properties on
the Sunbeam ledge above mentioned.
This has been successfully done by
Professor NJ. E. Jones and his asso-
ciates, who intend organizing a COM
pany for the thorough development of
the group. Work is now in progress
under the direction of Professor Jones,
and it is believed that at an early day
the Sunbeam Consolidated will find a
place on the shipping list from that
end of Tintic. district
The Sunbeam, in the porphyry, like
the Swansea, promises to make a, re-
cord for itself at no distant day. The
Swansea, the first mine in that region
to cut down through the stratum Of
iron pyrities, is now in a, magnificent
body of solid galena ore that carries
good values in silver, and it is be-
lieved that after getting through the
pyrities on the Sunbeam ledge, that a
similar body of ore will be encountered.
On the ledge south of the Twombly
lode is the Elmer Ray ground. The
workings in this mine are down 300
feet, and in the bottom of the shaft
there are six feet of pyritic ore, and
1t is the general opinion, that, like the
Swansea, a body of rich ores under
lies this pyritic formation. The Elmer
Ray has recently been sold to eastern
parties at a good round figure, and it
is thought that work on the property
will be resumed this summer.
The WoodmanSe claim, on the north
end of the Sunbeam ledge, is now the
only obtainable piece of ground on the
lode. This is claimed to be very vaiu-
able property, and is certainly in a
good locality, as it winds up in Dragon
Hollow, near the Dragon Iron nine,
which is believed to be the feeder for
adj the mines in that locality
The Sunbeam ledge is the key to the
naturalization of that portion of the
country and in its immediate vicinity
there are old producers of note, in
Guiding the Undine, the Shoebridge-
Bonanza and the Showers group.
The consolidation of the Sunbeam
! properties means a, good deal for the
mining interests Of Silver City, as
! deep mining there will now be the
/ order of the day, and a. few pioneers
IN this direction will prove, to large
extent, the mineral wealth of all the
ground on the Silver City porphyry
! belt.