The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-12

obtained anywhere along the mineral
peit, which embraces an area. of about
Two miles wide and. three miles in
/ length
The Bold Belt is the leading mine on
| this hill. This property is owned by
Lambert and Drake, who have de-
veloped il by means of a tunnel, which
! IS now in a distance Of Us feet, expos
! ing splendid face CT high grade free
milling gold ore, and from the mouth
| to the face Of the tunnel rock can be
broken from off the ledge which will
show gold in the native state. Further
4 west, on the same group, is the Louise
tunnel This is 125-foot, in
which there is a good showing of
milling ore. and Mr.. Bast states that
on the Drake and Lambert group there
are six narallel gold lodges. all of
which are strong, crop boldly and give
every evidence of Dermanency. the
formation of the gold zone of the camp
being true assures in porphyry
Still further west is the group of
three claims, the Young Utah, the
Rising sun and the Summit owned by
DICK Rich and others. There are fine
surface indications on this ground and
the owners are now beginning thorough
development work.
1t is at this point that there is seem
ingly the dividing line between the gold
the west is the Ophir and the Ophir
No. >. and also the Burro, which are
considered as being the leading silver
producers Of the camp, while to the
south and east of these prospective
White metal bonanzas is the Sulphide
group of gold claims, which is owned
by Clark, Lynch ct al. This group is
opening up remarkably well, and while
Mr.. Bast was there ledge was found
a short distance below the discovery
workings that was all of nine feet III
width, which PANIED we'll and in which
native gold was found
1t is on Rice hill that the Big Four
teen group is located. This is q most
promising proposition and carries silver
IL large quantities. as well as gold
The Rice mine. on this hill. is in the
heart of the gold belt and the 125-foot
tunnel in this property has been run
all the way in pay milling gold ore
Mr.. Bast made particular mention of
the Jumbo ledge, on Rice hill. which is
owned by Mr.. Rice and his associates
This ledge is over ~ feet in width at
the surface ana assays from average
samples al the grass roots demon
Strate the fact that ii carries values of
SIS in gold to the ton. This is Won
derful statement. and there will be
many who viii not believe it, as it
sounds too big. but Mr.. Bast states that
as Yet there IS hardly a man in Utah
who has any comprehension of the i'm
mense mineral worth of the district
In speaking of the needs of mill for
the district. Mr.. Bast said that if a
nillman would 30 in there with the in
sentien of putting in custom mill he
could make all the contracts he would
care for: and in making an estimate of
the amount Of mineral to be depended
nDon Mr.. Rast calculated that the
Creole had 200 tons of milling ore on
the dump and from 10000 to u 600 prac-
tically blocked out in the mine; the |
Gold Belt tunnel had $50 tons of ore on |
the dump and 10000 or $1,000 tons in |
sight in the mine. while on the Rice |
ground the ore could be mined at the |
surface almost in the same manner |
that the Mercur mine is being oper-
ated.
State Line offers almost every ad- |
vantage and inducement for the pros
pector and the miner, and as the ore is |
all free milling, its distance from the
railroad cuts but little figure as soon as
mills are established and in operation
Al first the claim-holders asked mine |
prices for their prospects, but now they.
are more reasonable and are willing to
give the man of means a chance to get
in at something like present face
values