The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-07

from the surface. and has been fol-
lowed $50 feet, where il shows up strong
in the face of the 600-foot tunnel. All
along the vein is easily traced in the
roof, and its course is straight and reg
ular toward the south and stands nearly
vertical clr. Smell, who has been here
onl.r a few days, could not say what
valves the vein carries. Mr.. Smell
brought with him a
SMALL MODEL MILL.
which Will be placed in the old Dalton
mill and tests made as to best methods
of working The ore. The miilrace is
now being cleaned cut FOR the purpose
of obtaining the necessary power.
Several hundred feet above the lower
tunnel the vein now being followed, or
a parallel ledge, crops strong and regu-
lar. the quartz looking well. Your cor
respondent is gratified in being able to
denV current reports that the work.
incs OF the Dalton were being run
blind. The vein is in place and cas-
lily followed. but in this statement there
is no intention TO bull the stock al
though the tunnel is liable any day TO
-ierce a body Of ore that will again
'astonish the natives"
A. 1880 we bid adieu to the Dalton.
mounted our companions" and
sDrrreu on by unsatis1ied and raven
Gus ap9etites. proceeded over the hill
TO the southeast TO the Aurora cabin.
On the way down
HUGE SNOW BANK
had to be crossed on a steep hill side.
The four mot fore) feet of the Ht.le
lonS-eared equine slipped and down
went McGinty, and the widest
stretch Of the imaEination could not
nave warned the position of The Her
aid correspondent into one of dignity.
Joe Mass and George Haws, who have
tunnel contract on the Aurora, were
not in but the latch string was on the
outSlde, and we proceeded to sling
nash' for ourselves. I'd Serand is the
best dishwasher in the state. and The
Herald man is no slouch of a cook
Boston baked beans were excluded from
the menu because, in this altitude 10
Dob feet, ii takes days of cooking 10
MAKE the skin on bean crack. and il
e said 10 De difficult to make water
boil
After having filed the inner vacuum.
we climbed the hin to the Aurora. The /
world seemed brighter and the Horse
Heaven prospects bigger and richer.
even the Dalton. which we had just
leit look on more rOseate hue.
THE AURORA.
the south extension of the Dalton. crops /
on the aDex of the ridge. The vein is I
strong, strikes north ard south. with /
q dip Of nearly A degrees TO the west. |
4O-too- tunnel and a z0-foot incline I
from he tunnel on the vein. comprise /
me development work at this point. Mr. /
MOSS gave the result Of ASSAYS as fol- /
lows; Average across four feet, gold. 4
Slo.55: silver. 20 ounces per ton: selected /
samples run away uD into the hun (
ireds
Again we noticed the striking resen-
olance of the Aurora ore to the Gold .
Mountain product. The vein is a con- /
act between trachite and porohvrv.
anu the incorporated company which .
owns II has cause for congratulation on
the showing thus far made. A tunnel.
row in as feet. ard cross-cu: of %
-eeS. constitute the extent of the new
workings. and it is believed by the con
FACTORS thai the vein viii be pierced
afttln % feet
-Hst below the Aurora to the east a
'e~ hundred feet. is the Eagle. owned
~ joseph Moss and VIII G. Hogan
= salt Lake. H. w. Nesbitt of Ogden
ana Alma Straw and Harry King of
darysvaie.
THE EAGLE VEIN
rs the usual north and south strike
! the veins in this locality. and dips a
little more toward the vertical than the
AURORA The ledge shows about three
eet or hne-looking quartz. and mas a
,ich streak very similar 10 The Blue
Snr on Gold mountain. and gives re
urns Of $211 in gold; while picked sam
lies run into the thousands. Across
NO and a half feet. the returns are IS
sold and 2.45 ounces silver per ton.
lEese values are right at the grass
cots. as very little work has been done
- he claim.
Up the hill 10 the southwest and right
n the north base of Brigham peak. is
ltuated the Wedge claim. alike famous
or its extraordinary values and the
luDDorn legal figh- which is being
'aged for ownership. The mine is
apped by tunnel 20 feet long Where
ne ledge Is pierced it shows up fully
lgnt feet wide and assays $50 in gold
nd silver. The values just given in
ludes everything across the vein. The
est streak, at least TWO feet wide. will
ample quite $500.
w. H. Dougherty. who has charge of
he work is running a tunnel lower
own the hill 10 catch the vein. The
unnel is now in 100 feet and it is ex- {
ected TO pierce the vein within 20 feet
lore.
THE WEDGE
ears every evidence of the making of ,
great mine. On the whole there is
OF the slightest doubt as TO the in {
rinsic value of Horse Heaven as '
inning region. Only few of the prop !
rites have been described, many mer- [
orious claims being omitted for lack q
time and a due regard for the ]
rowded columns of The Herald.
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