The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-02

number Of years ago Hon. Frank
j. Cannon, Utah's favored United States
senator. was deeply imbued with the
idea that from the treasure vaults Of
nature he could wrest great wealth
and though but a youth he was
not afraid of hard work. and with his
own hands he was confident that he,
like other men of his acquaintance
could uncover deposits of precious met
ais that were to be found in the noun
tain ranges of wondrous Utah.
In the hills just back of Ephraim he
made his initial effort in this direc-
ton, and 1T was there that he set his
corner stake, erected his discovery
monument; and, we might say, became
imbued with the principles that bimei.-
allism was right and just; and to his
early labors there, may be attributed
the inception of his advocacy of the
cause Of free silver that has since made
him q strong and ardent champion for
its restoration to the minis.
In this mining venture he was joined
by Sep. kenner, now the editor of the
Great Campaign Together these two
men worked faithfully, but not wisely.
With blistered hands they chuI1ned llle
drill and manned the windlass, but
tickle fortune kept aloof, until dGscour-
aged they began developments in an
other place, but with the same results;
and at last, convinced that it cost 81
for every ounce of silver extracted from
the mines. and that often the deluSiye
ounce was never found, they turned
their faces homeward fully convinced
that however willing they might be,
they never would make shining lights
as miners; and time has proven the
correctness of this decision, for since
the discovery of the Bullion-Paris mine,
in the same locality, the fact has been
disclosed chat the first shaft had been
sunk but a few feet distant from one
side OF the ledge, and that the second
shaft a few hundred feet further on,
had been driven about an equal distance
from The other side of the ore body, and
that had shot been fired in either
shaft on the side next to the ledge. a
fine deposit of mineral would have
been uncovered.
For TIN years or more the Cannon
claim rear Ephrain, had been aban-
doned, when one of the well known Gilt
liens Of that pretty town happened to
be prospecting in that locality. About
midway between the two shafts he
found a large boulder against which
he leaned 10 rest. With his tommy
nocker he broke off d piece Of she rock,
and he was surprised, upon examining
the sample 10 find that it was a piece
Of steel galena, and when the boulder
was shattered by q blast, it was found
TO be nothing more or less than a solid
chunk of ore. And this led to the dis
coveay of the Bullion-Paris mine.
NJ. F. Murray, the genial and efficient
editor OF the l.phraim Enterprise, who
was in the cdGy yesterday, and from
whom the above facts were CLEANED, in
forms The Herald that the Bullion
Paris shaft is now down a depth of
sixty feet, the bottom showing twelve
feet of vein matter in which there is
from five 90 six feet of pay ore.
The mine is now being newly equipped
with new buckets, windlasS. etc, and
two shifts of men have just been put
on, making three in all, it being the in
tendon to develop the property in
thorough and scientific manner
There are about 100 tons OF good ore
Oh the dump, and It is learned that the
owners Of tine mine are talking of
putting in, a. concentration for the treat
ment Of the low grade ores.
There are other promising properties
in the same locality, which are owned
largely by Ephraim people, which viii
he worked as soon as harvest is over,
among them being the Good Luck
group, the Galena Hill group and the
Iron King.
With development the mines of Epf-
RAIN promise TO become heavy produc-
ers, and The Herald is assured that
the mining interests of that region will
NOT be neglected from now on.