The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-12

Frisco. Utah, Aug. 9.-Strikes in the
shaft being sunk on The Beaver Lake
Copper Mining company's property are
SO numerous that it is difficult 10
chronicle each one. The shaft is about
SO feet deep now and las been cutting
parallel veins of ore so rapidly that the
shaft has not been out of ore fer more
than four feet at time since work
started The bottom Of the shaft is
now in as nice a class of ere as has
been had No assays have been had
but look al the ore is convincing
that il VIII run 70 per cent copper.
Some very pretty specimens OF peacock
copper ore are being taken out. but
the greater part is a red oxide of cop
ger
Z. NJ. West, president Of the com
paily, visited the property last week
for the arst time. Mr.. West had H.
vested his money upon the advice Of
lflcnGs VINO were Impressed with the
merits Of The ground, and his personal
examination caused him to state that
his friends had been very conservative
IN expressing their opinion. He does
not believe the English language can
do the property justice. Superintsnd-
ent Getchel took him over 10 the
Martha claim to show him a small
streak II peacock copper. West ex-
pressed his desire TO see some rock On
one side removed, which Getchell took
out, exposing fully &c inches Of the
ore.
Work IS progressing on the Galena,
and every bucket Of dirt hoisted shows
some ore. The bottom OF the shaft is
in soft, irony ledge matter, through
which are spots of ore, and a pay
%
President Anderson ana Directors Bar
ret and James visited the property
yesterday and were more pleased than
ever with The showing and Indications.
WORK on the Wasatch is said to be
progressing nicely, with indications
that the property viii be en- a paying
basis soon.
Aessrs. Adams and Humphreys OF
the True Fissure were down a few
days ago and placed men to work
upon their property.
) ..Sckholders' meeting OF the Cop
per Mountain IS called for Aus. 16,
when It is anticipated that arrange
ments viii be made to resume work
upon this property. The Copper Noun
tain company owns six claims lying
parallel with the Beaver Lake Copper
com2any's property. The claims are
on a ledge that crops for % feet in
width and 1900 IL length. In the bot
tom of a 1l0-foOt shaft is ore that VIII
assay as much as 40 per cent copper.
Several cars of ore have been shipped
from this property to local smelters, /
which, while not netting much profit,
owing To the ore not being carefully
sorted, showed good values in copper, /
gold and silver.
A company is to be formed TO absorb
ground in Star district belonging TO
Charlie Adams and Hays Cook. The
property consists of three claims which
show a large ledge from which some
very high grade ore has been taken. !
Two years ago a banker from Mt. !
Pleasant named Erickson extracted 2S !
sacks Of ore from one Of these claims /
that yielded $4,000 in gold. Strange as
il may seem, no work has been done TO /
strike more ore of this kind. Messrs.
and Demuelle have a prop /
erty adjoining. upon which a large /
body OF rock that VIII average S1S in /
gold is said to be showing.
It is reported in Frisco that B. w.
Rice of Milford has struck placer I.
ground in the fat below the Cave mine, /
in Bradshaw district. He is said TO I
have bored a hole 20 feet deep. from /
the bottom of which particles of gold /
and quartz mixed with gold were
brought W.
If new properties continue to open
up. Beaver county may lead all the
state in : few years in her production
of mineral.