The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-06
MINING NOTES.
PARK PATRIOT NOTES.
A Cyclone Uproots a Tree and Dis
closes Mineral.

| The long tunnel in the Cumberland
has attained a depth of 1000 feet. Pros
pect work is being done at presen
mostly from the 100-foot level of thu
| shaft, where a nice vein of highly min
eralized rock was opened UP recently
At first it was only a tiny streak, bu
with each shift it has grown widel
until it is now between II and l!
/ inches. The Cumberland has about 81
tons of good ore on the dump, but II
is not in hurry to send it to the mar
ket.
DR.. G. w. Shores, J. L. Thomas and
other stockholders of the Creole came
up from Salt Lake Sunday to examine
that property. Both gentlemen as
seemed to be a voucher for their
words. that they were pleased, in fact
delighted, with the mine and the excel
lent management of their foreman,
John Rhoden. Mr.. Rhoden, by the
way, is one of the California and Ne
vada Argonauts. He has worked and
has held responsible positions in some
of the best known wealth yielders on
the coast. The main shaft is now
down 800 feet. 1t will be timbered. A
new shaft for ventilation is being sunk
about 400 feet distant. When this is
sufficiently deep drift will be run
from the 300foot level to connect with
it and to explore the ledge also. The
Creole has a nice lot of ore at the
sampler ready for shipment. There is
also about 80 tons on the dump which
will not be moved until spring unless
the price of lead should advance. which
DR.. Shores thinks it will soon after the
advance agent of prosperity and Mar
Gus Alonzo Hanna take the chair-not
chairs.
There was no happier feeling man in
this camp last Saturday than 10 Nc
Gee of the Silver King. 10 owns
group of fine claims in Big Cotton
wood. This group is almost directly
west of the Valeo bonanza which has
created so much furry in the stock
market at Salt Lake recently because
OF an effort of some parties to give it
a black eye for their own selfish pur-
pose. Mr.. MCGEE has gone over the
ground from the Valeo to his property
in Big Cottonwood. He says that the
outcropping of copper can be traced
almost uninterruptedly all the way
While doing assessment work for 1896
on hillside, distant from a large tree
40 yards, a minia ture cyclone came
along and leveled that tree to the dust
In the uprooting it brought up consid-
cradle dirt and rock On examination
the rock was found to be highly min
eralized. The men concluded the
hole IN the ground was u good place to
sink shaft. The conclusion was put
into execution and one day last week
10 received a nice package of ore
taken out of said shaft at a distance
of 20 fleet. The assayer found that it
contains ounces in silver, 27.2 per cent
in copper and $1.03 in gold. This is a
better result than obtained at the
Valeo at a depth of over 200 feet. We
make this comparison because Mr..
MCGEE thinks he is on the Valeo ledge.
10 feels delighted over what
a large streak of good for
tune.
Morris Dusseldorf, superintendent of
the Con}>tock, left for Salt Lake yes
ter. He is more gratified than ever
with the Comstock property. Ore is
being added to the dump heap daily,
but none will be shipped until spring.
The flow of water which necessitated
a temporary suspension of work has
and the mine is dry
enough to work in the tunnel Mr.
Dusseldorf will remain in Salt Lake for |
a few days getting acquainted with |
MS old friends whom he has not seen
since last YEAR