The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-10-22
nator. has returned frorn cold Moun-

! AudlOr, mas returned from Cold Noun
! tain mining district where he has been
( for the past three and a half months
( experimenting the operation of one of
! his machines at the Holland mine, and
! he states that the results have been
most satisfactory.
/ During the time specified the cleanup
4 Of the dmalgamator has been close on
! to $1,000, and this would have been
much larger had the ore been crushed.
/ but as the above amount represents
1 only about per cent of the assay value
! of the ore taken from the mine it is
! very creditable showing, the modus OPP
erandi being to run the loose dirt and
! deconposed quartz through the ma
/ chine as 1t came from the mine. the IN
crushed quartz being piled on the dump
! and of this class of ore there is now
! from 1,50o to 1900 tons stored that car
| ries average values of from SS7 to SOL 80
/ in gold and silver to the ton, the gold
predominating.
In referring to the operation Of the
amalgamator Mr.. Mitchell stated that
! 1t recorded a recovery of 9S per cent
of the free gold contained in the stuff
Which went through 1t, and had the ore
been crushed a heavy output would
have been chrOnicled for the season,
which is not through with as yet, as
Mr. Mitchell viii return to the mine
within few days, and although there
IS now foot of snow on the ground
there at the present time it is believed
the season viii remain open until
Christmas or the first Of the year, and
if 50, operations can be continued until
the elements prohibit further work for
the year.
During the past month ". z. Snyder
and his associates, the owners of the
Holland, sent in Is ounces of retorted
gold, and Mr.. Mitchell brought in with
him a small amount of amalgam, the
result of a few days run, besides which
he is the custodian of 81 sacks of ore.
the gold contents of which win run in
the neighborhood of 5000 to the ton.
Mr. Mitchell is most faVorably I'M
pressed With the mineral resources of
Gold Mountain district. and he states
that in time this is destined to de-
VelOp into wonderful gold producing
camp At the Holland. as soon as the
operation Of the amaigamator is over
for the season, il is the intention of the
/ owners of the property to start long
tunnel which is TO be run into the
mountain for a distance of 1000 feet,
( the object being to cross-cut the Hol-
| land ledge, and also extensions of the
Sunrise, General Conner and Sewer
veins, which run through the Holland
group. In doing this it is believed that
some surprises viii lac sprung on those
u no are uAdCQ TAINTED with the wealth
of this section. and when the General
Conner extensions are cut something
| big is anticipated, as from surface
quartz on this property ASSAYS Of S77
in gold have been obtained. This tun-
mel scheme is biz undertaking. but
It Will doubtless prove the permanency
and continuity Of the ore zones Of that
section.
In the immediate vicinity of the Hol-
land important disclosures are being
made from time to time At the
breckenridge Mammoth. James Long,
IT, continues to open up large reserves
Of high grade gold ore the Annie Lau-
RE is running 4 100 foot tunnel for the
purpose of cutting the ledge on the
Senator Stewart claim. embraced in the
Annie Laurie group, While the Silver
hing and the Golden Star are shipping
some high grade truck.
The General Conner, mentioned
above, which Mr. Mitchell desfgnates
as being one of the biggest and most
valuable propositions in the district, is
owned by Colonel p. g. Sewers and E.
r Lynch, who have been heavy deal
ers in Mercur and bingham PROPOSE
tons.
1t is generally believed that in the
spring the Holland people will build a
mill for the treatment of the ore they
now have on the dump as We'll as The
large reserves exposed in the mine,
which has been worked by means of
tunnel, and the probabilities also are
that next season win also witness the
erection of several mills in the district.