The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-02

a representative of The Herald had tn,
pleasure of making an inspection of thu
Chloride Point mine, which is located
on the south end of Lion hill; in Ophil
mining district.
Mention was made a few days ago il
these columns that the Chloride Poin
Consolidated Mining company had JUS
| filed its articles of incorporation, the
basis of which incorporation was the
/ old Chloride Point mine and six ad
! joining properties, all of which have
had records of having at one time
| figured on the shipping list to a greater
| or lesser extent but ii was to the pos
! session of the Chloride Point, with its
mammoth bodies of Gre exposed, thai
the company attached the greatest i'm
portance.
In this old producer, which has made
more than one fortune for its fortunate
possessorS, the tunnel has been driven
in a distance of over 700 feet, and in
their search for the high grade ores
the owner of the property or the
lessees paid no regard to straight lines
or the uniformity of the workings, but
| instead, they followed
THE RICH ORE BODIES
in any and every direction, and in so
doing disclosed to view immense bodies
of low grade gold and silver ores that
carry values of from 20 to 40 ounces
silver and from 81 to SIS in gold to the
ton, while in several places in the mine
there are breasts of mineral which
show assay values of from 100 to 140
ounces in silver and from 81 to S. in
the yellow metal to the ton.
One feature of the Chloride Point
mine that strikes the visitor in a most
fOrcible manner is the similarity of its
formation and ore deposits to that of
its near neighbOr, the Northern Light
mine, and this uniformity is seemingly
an indication that this property, with
development, will prove to be a coun-
terpart of this great producer which,
as soon as its new mill is completed,
is slated for place on the list with the
dividend paying mines of the state.
The similarity of the product of the
two mines is most pronounced, and if
the ore of one of them
CAN BE SUCCESSFULLY TREATED
with the cyanide process, there can
be no doubt as to what can be done
with the other.
In his inspection of the workings of
the Chloride Point mine The Herald
representative was accompanied by Gill
S. Peyton, of Mercur fame, and the
showing of high and low grade ore in
this property was a surprise alike to
both; and Mr.. Peyton, whose expert
ence with the ores of the Mercur mines
has given him the distinction of being
a competent judge oil such matters,
was free to state that in his opinion
the product of the Chloride Point could
be treated to better advantage with the
cyanide process than can the product
of the mines of Mercur, as they are
chloride in character and free from all
deleteriouS substances.
In the Surprise mine, which is en-
braced in the group now owned by the
company, a four foot breast of ore is
exposed in the face of the lower tunnel
from which average assays We're OBJ
tanned showing 4.3 per cent lead, 94.60
ounces silver and S5.37 in gold 10 the
ton, and there is every reason to be-
lieve that es depth is attained this face
of mineral Will gain in size and value.
In the upper tunnel in the Surprise
there is also a fine showing of ore,
while in the workings in the Clark
good shipping ore is in sight ready TO
be worked down for the market.
From average samples of ore taken
from the Chloride Point mine assays
as follows have been obtained within
the past few weeks:
No. l, l per cent lead, 1880 ounces sill
yer and Sab in gold; No. 2, LIS per
cent lead, 1877 ounces silver and $4.54 in
gold; No 3, 4.6O ounces silver and SO
cents in gold; No. 4, gray quartz, 1890
ounces silver and $3.50 in gold; No. 5,
waste, 5 per cent lead, $3.50 ounces sill
yer and S2.06 in gold.
While there is no doubt but that the
will
MAKE A SPLENDID RECORD
in the future as it has in the past in
the way of it's production of high grade
ores, it is largely for the treatment of
the large bodies of low grade mineral
in sight and TO be uncovered in the
future that the company was incorS
porated, and in this respect it is be-
lieved that this property will in time
rank as a close second, in point of
value, TO the Northern Light.
In the space between the workings of
the Chloride Point and the Surprise,
the ground presents the appearance of
a huge stone quarry, and it is stated
that this is accounted for from the
fact that in the early day thousands
upon thousands of dollars were taken
out at these points in horn silver and
ores almost at the very grass
roots, and there is every reason to be-
lieve that with development large
DOQleS OF TINS rlcn ore would be 1OunQ
with but little difficulty.
In connection with its group of seven
valuable claims, the company is the
owner of sonic fine springs of water
with capacity sufficient for all milling
and other purposes, and these springs
are SO located on the ground that they
can be piped to the mill site at a
expense.
The short distance of the Chloride
Point to the railroad at Mercur-oniy
three miles-is an important point in
its favor, and another is the fact that
there is a good wagon road between
the two places. which gives easy access
to the railroad
FOR THE SHIPMENT OF ORES,
Or to the mine when the mill now in |
is erected.
The consolidated properties are in /
the hands of strong company, at the !
head of which is d. E. Burley, general
passenger agent of the Union Pacific |
while George Crismon, who !
stands high in mining circles as a sue
cessful mining operator, is heavily in
-erested in the enterprise, which, from
Ill indications, is destined to come to !
The front as one of the paying propo- !
sitions of the west.
At the present time the company has /
/ force of five men at work in the |
oected that a shipment will be made |
within the next few weeks.
FIELDS FOR INVESTMENTS.
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