The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-12

uOdt COulu De picked up almost any
1 where, and even in the porphyry
where no one would look for the. pre-
! cioUs metal, free gold was often to be
found.
In the West mountains, also, which
were west and southwest of the Blue
and comprising three times the area
/ of the former. Mr.. Musgrove is of the
! opinion that during the coming season
/ some. very
VALUABLE DISCOVERIES
will be made. as the naturalization
! there is extensive.
1t is in the Blue mountains, however
/ that the most work has been done up
/ to the present time, and it is in this
range that the producing mines of that
region have been found.
Among these is the property of The
/ Gold Queen Mining company, of which
Ben Hayward of Corinne is the gen
eral manager.
This mine, according to Mr.. Mus
grove, is a wonderful piece of property,
and, to use his own expression, ''it is
safe to say that it is much richer and
more valuable than the owners have
the slightest idea Of
The deepest workings on the Gold
Queen are now down to the IS or S5-foot
level. and these have disclosed an i'm
mense body of ore which is free mill
ing and which averages SIS to $50 in
gold to the ton.
The tests en- the ore continued Mr..
Musgrove, were not only made by the
mana ement of the company. but as
says have been made by others, IN
known to the company, and the result
has invariably been about the same,
so that there is no doubt as to the
average value of the deposit. In the
development of the property no cross
cutting has ever been done and il is
hard to even estimate the extent of
the vein or deposit. and if it is proven
to be a deposit instead of regular
ledge. it viii be mammoth one in its
proportions"
Last season, as is well known by
Herald readers, the Gold Queen in
stalled a ten-stamp mill at the mine,
or near it, and Mr.. Musgrove states
that it is
ONE OF THE FINEST PLANTS
ever put up in this western country,
and in its erection arrangements we're
creased to % stamps at a merely nom
inal cost. A tramway has been con-
structed between the mine and the
mill, which works to perfection, and
the operation of the stamp mill gives
perfect satisfaction. so that it is anlici-
pated that the property will make d
great record for itself this year, and
that this company will be able to dis
tribute wealth among its stockholders.
At the mine and the mill houses and
other necessary buildings have been
built and everything is in shape for
effective work as soon as the season
opens, which has been rather backward
on account of the heavy SHOWS this
winter, which have been unusually
severe for that locality.
In referring to the mine, Mr. Mus
grove stated that in his opinion there
was enough ore in sight in the prop
erty to keep the stamps dropping in
the mill for five years to come.
Captain C. A. Jackson, who has quite
a reputation in Colorado as a success
full mining operator, is also heavily
interested in the Blue mountains. He
has a $4,000 bond on
THE GOLD DREAM MINE.
which he will take up without
doubt, as he has already been Of
fered $4,000 for the property. which !
he has declined with !
thanks.
On the Gold Dream there is an i'm
mense vein that is about % feet in |
width. The quartz is free milling and |
the rock carries average values of |
from $50 to s55 in gold to the ton The |
deepest workings on this ground is a |
shaft, which is down to the 40-foot
evel, showing high grade milling ore
al of the way, besides which the mine
5 developed by several open cuts on
he vein and number of short tun-
lels.
Captain Jackson has a five-stamp
prospecting mill on the ground. which
lie has been working nearly all win
er with gratifying success. Mr. Mus
grove was present during three trial
'uns, each of which were made on
i've tons of ore, and the results of the
,lean-ups were as follows:
No. IA saving of S2S in gold to the
on.
No. Eighteen dollars to the ton
md over
No. -Thirty-three dollars to the
on.
These experimental runs convinced
he captain that the property was a
one, and it is his intention to
PUT IN A 2O-sTAMP MILL
his season. and he is now in Denver
eceiving bids for the same from the
machinery men of that place {
Mr.. Musgrove also made mention of |
he Copper Queen mine, which is To-
ated north of the Gold Queen, in what ;
; locally known as North canyon. This :
near the nortn END OF the range, and
he Copper Queen is the only developed
roperty in the district in which the
re is not free milling. While Mr..
lusgrove has not made any tests him
Elf on ore from this mine, he has seen
eturns from tests made in Denver,
hich showed values of So in copper,
ounces silver and $3.50 in gold to the
IN; while other returns exhibited val :
es Of $500 in gold. This is a most
proposition and will be
orked in a thorough manner this g
Immer. The ground is owned by Law I
snce L. Peachman, John Robinson, (
lillian Wells. Mart Hobbs and Joe '
LcGalliard. a shaft that has been 5
INK on the Copper Queen ledge to a e
epth of % feet has disclosed a 4-foot G
Ody of ore as rich as the mineral r
Dove mentioned and now the boys are
living tunnel for the. purpose cut
ng the ore body at considerable