The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-09-15

w E. Hubbard, the well known and
successful mining operator. has re-
turned from I.eesburg, Ida, where, as
announced in Mondays issue. of The
Herald he purchased the Italian mine
embracing a group Of six claims, the
purchase price, as indicated in the
Leeshurg special to this paper, being
$4,000.
The Italian is considered as being
one of the leading free milling gold
mines to be found in that portion of
Idaho and in the past has made an eN-
cellent reputation as a rich producer
of the yellow metal.
Mr.. Hubbard is enthused over his
success in obtaining possession of this
property. which is equipped with q ten
stamp mill, and is today on a good
paying basis, and he is confident that
With further development and increased
milling facilities it viii rank as one Of
the heaviest producers of gold on the
Pacific slope.
This mine has been owned and
worked by Italians for a number of
years, and during this time they have
not only taken out q mint of money,
but they have also developed the prop
erty TO a considerable extent, and in
doing this have disclosed and blocked
out mammoth bodies of
FINE MILLING ORE
as well as mineral that Will pay we'll
to ship, despite the fact that the mine
IS quite distance from railroad facili-
ties.
While Mr. Hubbard did not have time
to describe all the workings and i'm
proYements on the property, he stated
that the main tunnel was in q distance
Of 61S feet. the face being in a large
body Of good ore while for 400 feet
along the course of the tunnel the en-
tire working we're in mineral that would
carry average milling values of $40 to
S22 in free gold to the ton, While there
were places in the ore zone where the
values would run up into the hundreds.
Besides this q 200-foct drift has been
run from the main tunnel at an angle of
about as degrees, in Which the entire
workings are in a mammoth body of
fine ore, and crosS-cutS from this drift
Of u and Is feet have failed to find
either wall, besides which q WinZe has
been sunk from the tunnel level to
depth Of 40 feet ali the way in ore and
drifts both ways from the bottom on
the vein have uncovered breasts Of ore
that are y feet wide, in which the gold
values run way up.
There is also an open cut on the group
exposed, which will carry average mill
ing values of at least $40 ton. besides
which there are numerous openings in
the property. all Of which show good
deposits Of the precious metal, so that
il would seem that in the Italian Mr.
Hubbard has
SECURED a BONANZA,
or least a piece of property that would
soon develop into one With Intelligent
development and careful management.
As stated before. the mine IS equipped
with 4 ten-starnp mill, which is in con-
slant operation, the eleanups showing a
recovery OF from $40 to 500 in gold to
the ton, with So a ton remaining in
the taiIings, and of these there are from
4,G00 to 5000 tons in the pit that can
be worked at a profit by concentration
or by the cyanide process, a recent
test by the latter process showing a
saving of 20 Der cent of the values.
The plant is run in the summer time
b. water power. and the capacity of
the water mill is sufficient to run so
stamps. while in the winter time steam
is used, the engine being capable of
operating from % TO so stamps 50 that
it wfll he seen that the mill is well
equipped in the way of power Besides
this i Saw mill gees with the property,
which is used in various ways in and
1DDUl Tue NN4AS AiQ HI4II, anu III the
way Of conYeniences the mine is we'll
fixed in the way of a boarding house
and other structures. which are ar
ranged and equipped in a f1rst-class
manner.
The formation is 4 contact in granite
and slate. while the country around
about abounds in wood and water
A number of prominent Salt Lake
business men and several capitalists of
Dubuque, Ia, are interested with Mr..
Hubbard in this enterprise. and an
early Incorporation is probable. Mr..
Hubbard IS in possession of the mine
and the mill is being run to its fullest
capacity. while the development Of the
property Is being continued. 1t is more
than likely that a concentrator VIII be
put in this mill and next spring the
capacity or the m.l VIII be increased
BIZ the addition Of ten stamps.
The Herald is not at liberty 10 pub
lish the names Of the other interested
parties in the purchase of the italian,
but they are men Of means and expert
ence, and under their management and
control the mine is sure to make a great
record for itself IN the future.