The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-26

llcOIy, tHe owners OF the properties
mentioned are doing some Intelligent
success
The theory of the central zone has
been borne out recently by the sue
cess IL the Grand Central and in the
Lower Mammoth, on the opposite of
Mammoth Hollow. The search for the
ore bodies in the
GRAND CENTRAL,
was long and trying one The Grand
central Mining company developed the
81 Ourd on lease and bond and ex-
pended $125,O00 ere their persistent faith
was rewarded. In this mine are two
distinct veins, one of high grade silver
on the 400 level. and four-foot vein of
gold 200 feet from the collar of the
shaft. The last strike is very rich ore,
and is said to be of the same character
as the celebrated "Betsey'' stope. in
the Mammoth, from which a fortune
was taken. Ed Loose is the manager
of the property, and is also a heavy
stakeholder. He has had supreme faith
in the mine, and never allows an op-
portunity to pass to add to his hold
ings at a reasonable figure.
Across the gulch the shaft in the
LOWER MAMMOTH
is in good shipping ore, and several
shipments have been made. In the lat
ter part OF November a strike of copper
was reported in this mine similar to
the ore found in the Ajax. The mine
was recently equipped with a steam
hoist, and has a brilliant future in
store for it.
One of the "lone-felt wants of the
district has been a custom mill Messrs.
Peyton and Snyder appreciated this
fact and leased the Farrell combination
mill at Robinson, which was erected
by the Sioux Consolidated Mining com
pany For several months they have
kept its 20 stamps dropping constantly
on ores from all parts of the district.
and have successfully treated ores from
the Bullion-Beck and Mammoth dumps.
and from the Humbug, Swansea and
North Star mines. The average weekly
shipments are one bar of bullion and
three carloads of concentrates
THE DRAGON IRON NINE.
This is one of the most notable for
nations in the Rocky mountains. 1t is
d great mountain of valuable fluxing
iron, and is operated in quarry fash
ion. For the past Is years it has been
a regular shipper, and since last March
has yielded monthly product of over
900 tons. 1t was the third location in
the district, the second being the Black
Dragon. The Iron mine has been pro
ductive of considerable very rich silver
ore in small pockets, and is believed to
be the center from which the ore bo-
dies OF that section radiate. To the
north and east of it lie the Black ORA
gon, Governor, Boss Tweed, Red Rose
and the North Star; to the west are
the Swansea, South Swansea, Four
Aces, Picnic, Iron Duke and Yankee
Girl; to the south the Rabbits Foot,
Primrose, Rather, Martha Washington
and the famous old Sunbeam, the Joe
Daily, Undine and Antelope. and to the
east, the Alaska. All of these have
produced rich ore from the grass roots
to the barren pyrites, and many of
them below it. In the
BLACK DRAGON
about 10 men are employed, under the
of ]. G. Marx. The
shaft is down 270 feet, and some good
looking rock is in sight. Several veins
of ore were cut in sinking and drift
ing, but it is the policy of the company
to sink some distance further before
exploiting the ground. The mine pro-
duced several thousand tons of rich ore
from the upper levels in the early days,
and has been worked spasmodicallz
ever since.
THE BOSS TWEED
is also one of the old-timers. Twenty
five years ago. under the name of the
Diamond, it produced a fortune in gold
and copper for San Francisco parties.
It is now the property of the Boss
Tweed Mining company. and is being
worked under lease by Seth Tonga
baugh Several carloads of ore have
been shipped from it during the year,
and q new strike of very good gray
copper was chronicled within the past
so days.
THE GOVERNOR
is the property of John Beck, the presi-
dent of the Bullion-Beck & Champion
Mining company. It was worked dur
ing the summer on q lease by OlesOn
brothers of Bingham, who took out a
few carloads of ore, and gave up the
lease.
THE RED ROSE
is tied up by litigation. 1t is the prop
erty of the Groesbeck Bros. of Salt
Lake, but is held by Nels Sandberg on
a lien for several thousand dollars
Some work has been done by sub-leaS-
ers during the year. and an effort is be-
ing made by some reliable parties to
secure a lease from all of the inter-
Red Rose will again become a regular
shipper.
THE NORTH STAR
has been worked some by leasers dur
ing the year, but the Star Consolidated
Mining company has operated the prop
erty on an extensive scale. A new hoist
has been erected, and water service Sc
cured from the Mammoth Mining COM
pany. The past years production
to about $4,000. Considerable
of the ore has been treated at the Sioux
mill superintendent Lawrence has the
mine in excellent shape, and large
profits are in sight for 1898.
THE SWANSEA
continues to pay regular monthly divi-
dends of $4,000 The shaft is down $50
feet, and is in ore Drifts have been
run from each level, and a few weeks
ago a. strike of gold quartz carrying a
value of S120 was reported in drift off
the lower level. When questioned con-
corning the report, the management
preserves g sphinx-like silence.
The Swansea, under the management
of William Hatfield of Eureka, was the
first mine in the porphyry district to
sink below the barren cap-stone of sui
phides.
THE SOUTH SWANSEA,
which adjoins it on the south, though
lust in it's infancy, has record of
$75. 900 in dividends The shafts on
both properties are within a few feet
of each other, and have attained about
the same depth. In both, the ore bodies
grow richer and larger with depth. In
a drift a short distance from the shaft