The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-09-22

j. H. Conrad, who has made fame as
wei as baar'sf of money in his mining
operations in ca:s western country, but
who is free 20 state that Mercur rs the
grSeteet gold camp in the known world,
WUs in excellent snigGts yesterday over
the nsTccf-ed important etrtle III the In
dependence gToup of claims on the west
dip and north CT OIaldr caaycm, uDon
wh1oh he has been doing some inteli-
gent development work during the past
few mocI-lae
The discovery was made a day or two
age, but Mr.. Cs-cad first heard of it
yesterday. but frotm che nature cf tG1e
Strike he is confident that With his as
s'1ciatets he hes one OF The greatest
1iAiTgs irl that end of the district.
When interviewed on tae sUi3iect of
che strike yesyal GAy Mr.. Ger. "a stated
Tint ii was made at the bo'toom Of 4 100-
foot shaft, and tll2lS sQ-goe the discovery
CT asle s5otj-y Of nAilet-ai the Sitllft had
beea ee11.tz n pay GRE for a distance of
Is Gu 50 lcsst, whehGrE e.lCounterdng the
fCoe W1M cC lie vein. VIXEN first IN
covered e.n assay was made from am
ave- age SAMPLE CT the ore which
shovel yG-ue.s of - ounces in sill; er
and good milling vaiues in gold, bur
since grSaaeT 1aDfh has been obtained
the runner comes in from the mine that
the ere bcay carries values of $500 in
oliver and gold to the ton The cz-tel1.
and value of Che DEPOSIT WIFI probably
soon be determined. however, as
eSi2al1les in 3rofusicn wdll be received
By Mr.. Conrad today.
La comm emitting on the new find. Mr.
Conrad said:
The finding of ore at this place,
which is three miles and more north
OF the La Ctgale on the west dip, in
Camp Flo4d district, and ON the same
mineral bait. proves this to be the
greatest mineTaliZed zone ever discoY-
cred, and the Indications are that in
the neer future many heavy producers
Of sold and silver VIII be found between
the Independence and the La Cfgale.
Inc Independence is located at the foot
Of q gnauE1- Gerl. near the top of which,
iIae.e above, are located some CO the
greatest silver producers of OpllfT dis
1rict. The, Independence vein is wllet
night be termed a blanket in it's for
nlat1cA, and is very similar to the mag
nAficent deposits of Nfercur.''
AIr. Conrad VIII go cut to the Inde-
pt.aEealCe this 5ncr1Lngg with the taterl-
eis'n embarrassing the force at the mine
and he states that he viii prospect the
ledge en- the group by shafts in a mum
ber G. n1lCes. Ee rs NOW working
Ifgse sllects ct the scene of the dlscov-
ely, Nnioh is AL shat cam be handled
uEilal gVSWter depth IS gained aGd DRIFTS
run 0n the Gre body. when the number
Of men will be increased, and When the
fun extent Of the ere zone is determined
it is more than likely that a mill for
its reduction VIII be evso.sd in the near
vicinity
The large amount of development
work that Mr.. Conrad and his acco-
ciaiss are NOW dplnr in Camp Floyd
and Optir districts would indicate that
these Two districts would more clann
deuble Thsir mineral output in the near
future, as these gentlemen are doing
some heavy and extensive work on a
large number of groups throughout the
sections OF country named, and it IS
their intention to employ a. large num-
beT of men in the Immediate future.
This important discovery in the In
dependence Dle2ns much for the camp,
as it demonstrates the permanency and
cantinuity OF tais mammoth chute or
Vein OF ore, and VIII serve as a guide
fer others who are operating along the
course cc is strike.