The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-19


borhood of S14. 600.
A few more weeks and arrangements
| VIII probably be completed for the en-
larging of the GeySer mill The work
IN the mine IS opening up a great deal
OF ground of good value and an en-
larged plant has become a necessity.
Inc GeySer- Marion promises to riN al
the Mercur before the close of the sea-
son.
Jim McEvoy was down from Lion
Hill yesterday, and brings the news
that Notwithstanding the snow, quite a
number OF parties are preparing for
work TIE roads are being cleared and
old tunnels being fixed up. and within
the next ten days at least $50 men
viii be at work on Lion hill, and be-
fore the end of the summer consider
able more than that number will be
! employed.
Matters at the Hecla are looking bet
ter than at any time in its history, not
! as much from the fact that ore of a
good value is being found in the work.
/ lnSs, as that is an old story. but on
account of the methodical manner in
! which work is being prosecuted When
/ matters looked at its worst. those most
Interested went to the Brickyard in
cine, which is all in ore of good values.
and made careful survey, running a
/ line in the same direction as the in
cline. This brought them 212 feet north
OF the shaft, and another calculation
showed that the vein would be almost
400 feet deep at the same point.
The drift on which work is at pres
ent being prosecuted runs north from
the shaft, and should cut the vein at
IL feet. or sooner. The face of the
drift is now 10 feet from the shaft.
and assays made the other day showed
values OF 1925. The values seem to be
increasing rs they proceed towards the
objective point and there are good in
cieations OF their being likely to cut the
vein before long.
Tests We're commenced on the Daisv
CO n few days ago. A small teaching
plant was improvised, and ore from the
dump vas put in soak" No crushing
was done. and some Of the pieces were
as large as good-sized apples After 4S
'''i- l"aohinG it was found that 9S
per cent of the ore had been IAachea
"'.t alter it was found that the
cyanide solution had penetrated TO the
center Of the largest pieces. The ex-
pertinent was successful in every par
ticular
The Daisy incline is down 80 feet
and the vein is still increasing in width.
A. The Iz2-foct level drift is run to
the north and is now about 100 feet
long. At the 124-foot level. another
. IS run south, which is now about
40 feet long All the workings are in
ore, of an average value nf 81 40 Da.-
ton. Eight men are employed and
about ten feet per day is added to the
workings. 1t has now heen definitely
decided that a mill will be built on
this property early in the summer
Drifting from the bottom of the new
shaft on the Edna May and the indi- (
cations for an early strike are favora-
bic.
The shaft in the Dalton is about $50
feet deep The property is located just
west of the Omaha.
At the La Cigale the shaft house has
been taken down preparatory to build .
ing the mill. and it is expected that
the first of the material VIII reach Mer-
cur Tuesday or Wednesday Arrange
mentS for building a comm Diious cot
tage are completed and work viii soon
commence. II viii be fitted up with all
the modern conveniences. and il is
for the use of stockholders
who may wish to visit the property.
Quite number of lots have been solo
and buildings win soon be in course of
Workmeu are busy cleaning out the
on Lion hill. and this old
producer VIII he worked during the
season. Gill Peyton is one of the
principal owners of the property.
Samples from the Chesapeake show
considerable mineral and strike is
looked for at almost any time.
Ike NeihoUr and Jim Kirk left here
'or Cold Creek a few days ago. and
Frank Davis and George Thompson
will leave in a few days for the same
ocahIy. Other prospectors are think
ng of going uD to the Seven Devils
country as soon as the snow is gone off.
Colonel Heffron was in camp yester-
lay, looking over the ground He is
me of the heavy stockholders in the
Gladstone, and is well satisfied with the
outlook for that property He visited ;
ne west dip and thinks it a great !
and one that is bound to .
make stir as it becomes better
known.
Work on the Mollie Gibson is pro-
-ressing under the direction of Mr.. :
raft and associates. A drift is being
un north on the vein from the bottom ,
f the shaft and is now IS feet long and !
5 in very fine body of ore, although {
alues as yet are low. a drift to the {
outh will be commenced shortly 2