The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-12-26
THE WESTERN SLOPE.
What the Mercur Has to Say of This
Locality.


A reporter visited the west dip the
first of the week. and examined the La
Cigale and other properties. At the
La Cigale everything is going on in
a substantial but pushing manner. At
the south shaft, known as the Lillian
Russell, where the ore was first en-
countered, a shaft house has been
erected and the shaft equipped with a
whim. The incline is down about so
feet on an incline of about degrees,
and the work is in a sea of ore, with
no footwall hanging wall, or anything
to indicate the limits of the vein. The
work here is being. pushed rapidly
ahead, and the property will soon be in
shape to furnish a mill of large ca
pacity. Around the shaft a number of
houses have already gone up, board
ing house, bunk house and several
residences erected by men working in
the mine. AT the La Cigale shaft, on
the northern part of the property, a
shaft house has also been erected and
force of six men are pushing the
work. Here the wash was much deeper
and it was not until the present week
that the vein was encountered. The
work thus far done consists of a 100
foot shaft, nicely timbered, a 80 foot in
incline and a drift of about 80 feet, in
the latter of which the vein was en-
countered. The ore is not as yet as
high grade as that of the Lillian Rus
sell shaft, but it is of milling value,
and has ali characteristics of a large,
permanent vein. Everything about the
property is being done in substantial
enterprising manner and the indications
are that superintendent Scheu will
make of the La Cigale one of the model
mines of the camp.
AT the Daisy a number of substantial
buildings have gone up, including shaft
house, assay office, bunk house, board
ing house. etc. They have been follow
ing the vein with an incline, of about
so degrees, on what they thought was
the foot wall, but at depth of about
co feet the ore made into foot and now
they are sailing ahead with ore on all
sides, and with no knowledge of the
thickness of the pay ore. The values
continue to hold their own and there
is every indication of the property de-
veloping into ansimmenSe bonanza.
Captain w. c. Mcfarland and j. B.
Thompson are developing the South
Daisy. and have started a shaft through
the wash to intercept the vein on its
dip.
A visit was paid to the Charlie Ross
group, owned by J. II. Hughes and
others, where the miners were found
just breaking into the vein, which had
d very lively anu promising appear
ance.
On the Pocket and Sego Lily groups
work is being pushed and the operators
are meeting with every encourag cement
On the big Snowstorm group Mayne,
Latham and SorensOn are sinking a
number of shafts in various places, and
by their manner OF procedure evidently
mean business.
On the south side of the canyon
large force of men are at work on the
Syndicate and Granite mountain
groups.
In every direction from the proper
ties named both south Of Lewiston can
yon and north past Ophir canyon to
Dry canyon the scene of activity con-
tinues, so that in one short afternoon
it was impossible to cover more than
small fraction of the vast field now
under development
]. r. De Lamar, by his superinten-
dent, George Kislingbury, located S.
claims in Rush valley yesterday morn
ing and already there is a notice posted
calling for bids for doing the discovery
work on each claim. We understand
that it is the intention to put a drill
hole down and prove the values of the
vein that extends from the La Cigale to
the west.
The Wonder shaft has penetrated a |
body of vein matter which looks very
promising, but we have not learned |
as yet whether it carries any values.