The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-10

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sion of operations in Copper gulch by
the Cactus company has caused
great many clouded faces in Frisco
However, an optimistic view is taken
by all familiar with the property. II
is not thought possible, after erecting
mill and making other improvements
that in the aggregate must amount to
! 100000, that the company will allow
the suspension to be long continued.
1t is claimed by employees that Pro
fessor Luce, the manager, stated that
operations would be resumed in May,
when a greater supply of water could
be obtained.
Some hold to the view that the prop
erty cannot be made 10 pay, but there
is no foundation for this. An ore body
stripped for 400 feet in length, 50 feet
in width and 300 feet in depth, aver
aging GA per cent copper, 81 in gold
and 8 ounces in silver can be mined
and milled at a profit if there is such
a thing as successful mining. The
Cactus company has this ore body in
sight. This is almost twice the value
of the Anaconda Mining company's
average of Montana ore, where it is
seldom this average of ore treated for
d year IuHS per cent copper.
If the Cactus company does not care
to resume operations, there are sew
eral capable parties who would be
glad to secure a bond and lease on the
property.
The only ill-effects of this close
down will be to throw 40 or so men
out of employment for several months
and to retard development of other
properties in Copper gulch.
Of hQ
severe a blow to Manager Luce as
anyone Ever since the beginning of
work last October he has given his
entire time TO the company's affairs,
not even visiting his family in Salt
Lake.
George Anderson has completed his
last contract on the Cupric The boz
tom of the incline is in the sevenite.
Some very good looking matter is
found intermixed with the seyenite.
An ore body is supposed to be near
at hand, but it is not probable any
cross cutting will be done for it until
another $50 or 200 feet in depth is
gained.
Mir. Farnsworth and the Sharp
brothers are expected down soon to
arrange for future work
William McHale believes he has the
Cactus company's ledge on the east
side of the range, but will do no work
on it at present.
w II. joseph and Joseph Douglas
nave gone to Beaver, Lake district to
sink 10 feet deeper on the Banty.
The Herald had an article a short
time ago on the question, Does Gold
Grow" If the one who composed this
article had interviewed John Murray
OF Frisco or r. S. Lipscomb of Salt
Lake he could have had the fact
proved to him that gold does grow.
Messrs- Murray and Lipscomb To-
Gated some ground in Beaver Lake
district for the copper values. While |
on the ground one day Murray's ewes
espied an old pocket knife. Picking it |
up, he was surprised to see yellow !
flakes of some substance on the blade |
which was open. Looking closer. he |
found the same kind of spots upon all
the steel parts. One side of the wood |
en- handle had decayed and the iron |
mere uncovered again showed the yell |
low lakes. Murray carefully Wranned |
the knife in his handkerchief and |
brought it to Frisco. He was fearful
lest the fakes would wear off bv CON
tact with the handkerchief: but they
were still on when he UNFRAMED II
NJ urray Immediately made the claim
that the flakes We're goll. Jim HEDGES
= Isputed and pronounced them mica
M urray offered to wager the drinks
that nitric acid would not remove the
spots. and Hedges accepted.
hedges lost the bet. Nitric acid only
gave the spots a deeper yellow, and
Nhere it touched, the old rusty iron
even uncovered more spots that had
not before shown. -'''u
the problem now with Murray and
Llpscomb is to get water on the
3rouno Tor irrigation. Gold is not a
Try product. Their intention is 70
blow up the ground and sow in noclxet
Knives, and in few years time tbresb
,ut the gold. -'-e III esh