The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-14
THE NEVADA GOLD CAMP.
Coming to the Front Rapidly and
is Winner.


is a Winner.
A gentleman just in from De Lamar,
New, states that the foundation for
a large and permanent camp has al
ready been established in that dis
trict, and, considering the distance
from railroad facilities, De Lamar is
making a magnificent showing.
The town of De Lamar already num-
bers 900 souls and it is steadily grow
ing. The place will soon be lighted
by electricity, and buildings are go
ing up on every hand.
The De Lamar mine is steadily
worked and development is being con-
Quoted through a series of seven tun-
nels. all of which are connected by
wines and upraises The lower or No.
10 tunnel starts just behind the mill.
This tunnel is the main working open
ing and through it the ores from the
mine are delivered directly into the
mill. while a 2,2O0-foot tramway is
used to transfer the product of The
Jim Crow tunnel to the reduction
works. Large bodies of high grade
ore are exposed in the mine, and de-
velopment work is constantly kept
ahead of ore extraction.
The mill operated by Captain De
Lamar employs combination Of the
chlorination and cyanide processes.
The capacity of the plant is one hun
dred tons Of ore daily, but this is soon
to be increased to two hundred, when
the cyanide process alone will be used.
At De Lamar it has been demonstra-
ted that three large and distinct min
al 1ade n 10 f1-XT
in a northerly and southerly direction.
They are the Monitor. April Fool and
Jumbo, which are distant from each
other about nine hundred feet. The
veins are assures in quartZite, crossing
which in an easterly and westerly di-
rection, is a large porphyry dyke. and
the richest ore is found near the in
tersection of this dyke with the veins
The April Fool property is developed
by three tunnels, two of which are
quite extensive and large body of
good ore has been blocked out in the
mine The owners of the April Fool
have just completed nine-mile pipe
line, which is regarded as the best
system of Waterworks in the district.
Four good springs are owned by the
April Fool people, but only one of
them is drawn upon to supply the
present demand, the capacity of which
is thirty gallons per minute. Should
occasion require all four springs could
be levied upon and the flow increased
fourfold Messrs. Dooley and Wilson,
of the April Fool. are now in the city
for the purpose of securing a mill for
this mine. and the contract for the
same will probably be closed this
morning The mill at first will be of
ten-stamp capacity, but can be en-
larged to twenty if desired. The pro
cess of treatment will be a combination
of copper plates, which will catch all
the free gold, after which the tailings
will be treated with a cyanide solu-
ton, and the remaining gold precipita-
ted on zinc shavings. Upon the COM
pletion of the mill Messrs. DoOley and
Wilson expect to get down to mining
and steady business.
There are two other pipe lines in
De Lamar. One is the De Lamar wa
ter line. which is supplied with wafer
from the Meadow valley wash. The
other is owned by Nesbitt Bros. who
derive their water supply from Cedar
Springs, and it is reported that it is
their intention to erect a custom mill
at an early day.
1t is expected that work will be re-
sumed at an early day on the Mag
nolia mine, which is rich in the yellow
metal
The Flagstaff. little south of the
April Fool, which is an Incorporated
proposition, in which T. NJ. Osborne,
J. r. De Lamar, the Nesbitt brothers,
and ]. A. Dutton are the principal
stockholders, is now under lease to
A Depauli, who is working small
force in it's development. There are
three strong lodges on the Flagstaff.
| High assays have been obtained and
the property shows large bodies of low
grade milling ore.
Herman Mclaughlin has a lease on
the Gold Cup. which is the south ex-
tension of the April Fool.
At Phoebe William Lloyd has a lease
on the Yuba mine and is taking out
gold ore, while F. P. Swindler, who
has a lease on the Poorman, is doing
In Comet district. sixteen miles
north of Phoebe, the Trendenthal
! brothers are working the Linden ninG,
! from which they have made several
shipments of 5000 and 5000 ore.