Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-05-24
PARK CITY'S GOLD STRIKE.
Tho Ledge Widening Out as Depth
Is Attained.
Prsueut Condition OF the vaIeo Mine
silver CITY and Now Her
Mines Arc widening,

Commenting on 0perauohf III
camp the paat week the Park Record
says that the heavy rain showers the
past few days have interfered with
work at the new discovery on tho Con-
steIlatiop, only about elk feet havi1g
been eunk since last Saturday, which
makes the new shaft about q feet deep.
In that elk feet the ledge has widened
out to six feet and still dipe to the
north, the foot wall being almost per-
pendiculsr. what appears lobe
strong copper stain now shows In the
white quartz matter, which embodies
on an average about four feet OF the
vein. Toe balance, or two feet, IL the
ppy streak, nnd II lies close to tbs
hanging wall. In pi ces IT bnrrows up
to ten ncbeH, aud then wi1eDs out TO
two feet, II is not the intention Of the
management to sink the new shaft
much deeper Tor the fact .c already
esta blished that the vein reaches
depth. The drift from the 300 level
OF the main shaft 10 within $50 feet OF
the gold ledge and work OH that IL
being prosecuted with vigor. The
value and extent OF the ledge can be
determined from that source much
cheaper and quicker than by sinking
from the surface, and the outcome VIII
he awaited with keen expectancy. 10
say that the owners are gratified at
the outlook for their property 10 but q
mild manner of expressing their &C.
tual feeIings. The Records represent
tative visited the property yesterday,
and from the bottom OF the new shnit
picked n hand.sample OF the pay
streak. The material was gathered
from point close to the hanging
wall nno there was nm abundaucs
from which to select. 1t ID an oxid Esd
brown quarz and Ia strongly I'm.
pregnateu win chlorides. The cam.
pie was handed to Assayer Bird, With
the following rssultt: Silver, 2,7S
ounces; gold, ZOO ounces--vaiue al s "
per ounce. sl4.
1t 10 given out upon the word Of
Superintendent Chambers that the
Marsnc mill will not resume operations
before the first Of the month aud pessl.
bly, not than. AT the present writing
the question of starting up the great
mill In the immediate future is In
uoubt, and II 10 altogether probable that
the low price OF silver has everything
to do with 1t. The ore bins at the mill
arc being rppidly filed, while those al
the minc are In o similar condition.
That goes to show that the mill's con-
tinued iulsness IL not the result OF u
scarcity OF material upon which 10
work. 1t 10 u great pity that the man.
moth enterprise must remain inactive
for a considerable period from canses
over. W hich the management has 20
costr0I.
James Kervin, the new superin,en .
dent OF the Valeo, visited that property
Thursday, and Intercepted as to how
the niue was looking, responded tnal
the showing today was quite as good NJ
1t was last fall, when the property wa
creating 30 much Excitement. Tht
lower tunnel had been driven away
from the vein, and consequently Q
whole lot OF labor and money mai been
expended uselessly. Now the progra m
OF operations 10 changed, and a cross.
cut Ia being run to the north, almost
directly opposite to the trenu OF the
tnnnel. Yesterday o force OF meD was
put to work In the original workings,
IRON which point shaft will be sunk
to connect with the oross-cut from tue
lower tunnel. There Is a heavy tom
age OF ore in sight at the point OF
original discovery, and q lot of 1t will
be extracted and shipped. Now that
development work Is proceed ing under
Intelligent direction, the future OF the
Valeo will be watched with keeneBi
interest both by Interested anu dist
terested parties. Competent judges
are sanguine that the VaIe0 will deveI.
op Into the mining sensation OF the
year.
Tho work OF renovatipg the old An.
Choir concentrator Is making rapid
progress. A force Of fifteen men Ii
employed, and 1t 10 thought that the
plant, with the new Ellis concentrn
tore, Will be In operation by the 10th
Of June.
The tunnel in the Steele property II
approaching mineral depSsit II indi
cations are to bs taken for anything
Yesterday a six inch streak OF white
tale was cut, which in this district u
an almost infallible Indication OF the
proximity OF carbonate ore.
James Bpeduon left yesterday for
American Fork, where, with J. J.
MePhee ami Z. Il. Bates, he Is In.
teeested in some hne looking mining
property adjoining the Live Yankee
mine. The gentlemen iutana TO dc
considerable development work on
their holdings the present season,
which will be commenced ae soon as
Mr.. Sneddon arrives upon the ground
A party of Park City miners, con-
sisling OF J. McAllister, Ed McAllis-
ter, Frank Rogers, J. j. Conroy, j, g.
Savage, Mike Leary, IL. q. Bacsus,
w. E. Buys, Jack Donohue, p. Nc
Polin anu John Aim, LOTT yesterday
afternoon for Custer, Idahc, to WORK Ia
the Lucky Boy mine. Transportation
was;fuTnished the boys, anu they viii
start work immediately upon arrival
at their destination. They will bt
paid IS and $3.50 per day each, tn,
machine men getting the latter figure
Following are the ore shipment
from the Mcintosh pampier Tor tn
week. Silver King, l,0OI $50; Silve
King concentrates, 2SJ,S20. Tots