The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-26

district will be given to show how
rich the country is
There is a mineral belt reaching
! from a point a few miles south OF
Albion southwark to the state line
/ Ihere are number of districts al
leaoy known, out the principal de-
Felopments are IN that known as Con-
ner creek, which is some nine miles
south of Albion. The leads are found
/ on the conner creep slope of the noun
tam. they have a northerly and
southerly trend. The formation is
michacist, commonly denominated
shale and in this the veins are found
as true nssures, though one or two
are thought to be contacts.
A series of veins are found within
a belt that is from one and a half to
Two miles wide. In the Conner Creek
district proper there are two principal
groups of claims about one and half
miles apart. OF these the most de-
veioped is the most easterly. 1t is in
e,Is mat the Comora. Melcher and
4 olheTs that have shown themselves TO
De rich are located. The ore carries
gold. silver and lead, and much of it
is high grade
A brief description of some NJ the
more important properties will give an
inteIilgent idea of the character. ana
promise of the district.
THE COMORA.
Prominent among the properties of
the district is the Comora, belonging
TO j. j. Story, B. F. Mahoney and the
Jordan estate. Four shafts or inclines
nave been sunk on this claim. The
deepest is 100 feet and the others about
~ 1eet each. The vein is from three
10 SIX rect in width. At the bottom of
tne ten foot shaft ii is five feet wide
The richest ore is streak eight
inches in width. From the 40-foot shaft
ON the north end ore has been taken
assaylng S16S in gold and $50 in silver
and lead. total of 1924 Five tons
shipped from this shaft brought S4725
a ton.
An adjoining claim called the Satel-
lite belongs to the same parties. On
this they have started a tunnel to cut
the vein in the Comora. 1t has been
driven 40 feet and will reach the lead
In $50 feet farther, cutting it some 200
1eet deep The owners have a bond
and lease on the Melcher : and will
drive this tunnel to connect with the
workings on that property.
Ihere are two distinct varieties of
ore in the Comora. One streak is a
galena carrying silver and gold. and
the other a gold quartz Captain
Story states that the highest assay in
silver on the property was so ounces
and the highest per centage of lead
a. The lowest return in gold was So.
while many assays run into the hum
dreds He took an average for 12O
feet on the surface and got S23 as the
value
The same men own a claim called
the Horseshoe one mile east that makes
a good showing.
The owners. of the Comora have
erected five-stamp mill on Conner
creek. 1t is all ready to run and will
be started UP in few days. II is
equipped with plates and concentrat-
ing tables. The quartz will be worked.
While the galena ore will be shipped.
THE MELCHER.
The Melcher lies directly north of
the Comora and has the same vein. Il
belongs to Major w. NJ. Stokes. Will
lam Langdon and o. H. Melcher and
is bonded to ]. J. Story. B. F. Ma
honey, John Hansen and the Jordan
estate. There are three shafts on the
claim. one so feet deep. one 10 feet
and the other so feet A drift has
been run 80 feet from the bottom of
the S0-foot shaft. There are two
parallel lodges dipping towards each
other.