The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-14
GOLDEN GATE OPERATIONS.
Magnificent Body of Ore Disclosed In
the Sacramento.

The Mercur Mercury. in it's weekly
round up Of mining news, says:
The underground force at the Col
| den Gate is being added to steadily
and will continue to be increased
until 40 miners are on the pay roll.
With few exceptions, all the old men
are back in the mine, and Superintend-
ent McVichie is making every effort TO
discriminate in favor of home men as
| against men from outside camps. He
is specially DESTROYS to favor all miners
resident of the camp who have fami-
lies, and if such men will call at the
office of the company. their names will
be placed on the list, and they will be
put or as soon as their turn comes.
y great many mining companies
prefer single men, but the Golden
Gate manag cement inclines to the
opposite belief, and with them the fact
that a man has wife and children to
support will weigh in his favor. instead
of against. The statement so often
heard in this camp that there are more
hay shovelers than miners at work I'M
derground is fatty contradicted 10y Mr..
McVichie, who, to a Mercury reporter,
stated that he had never mined in any
region where there was such a prepon-
derance CT No. l miners on the paw
roll.
Under Superintendent Flynns man
agement. the Sacramento mine is max
ing a great showing, and the owners
are just beginning TO get an idea of the
extent of the immense ore reserves
which the property contains. People
who want 10 see something great in the
way OF an ore body, are invited to visit
the miEe and see the breast in the up
per vein, which is being developed by
open pit work. Commencing actually at
the grass roots, this immense aurifer-
Gus deposit extends downward to a
depth of 10 feet Gall good milling ore),
and rests on a footwall of shale. which
also forms the hanging wall of what is
known as the lower vein. another i'm
mense deposit of ore of good grade. The
method of mining above referred to is
very economical and safe, as it does
away entirely with timbering, makes a
great saving in powder and in time.
as much less drilling is necessary. Su-
perintendent Flynn is working the mine
in an effective and economical manner.
and is highly spoken of by the men
under him for his efficiency and the
care taken looking to the safety OF the
has spent years in the mines of Mon
tana and elsewhere ON. the coast. and
his knowledge and experience is prov
ing OF great value in the DEVELOPMENT
of the Sacramento.
On the other side of Rush valley
there is a cropping very similar in
a appearance to that OF the west dip on
the east side of the valley. and it has
an exactly opposite dip, which is one
of the indications upon which the the
DRY is based that the ore body underlies
the entire valley. A chemist has been
over on the west side for some time
testing the rock, and it seems that he
has determined that it composes the
same vein as the west dip, as Z. p.
Catch, in whose interest he has been
has purchased Is claims there.
from sam McConkey. Pete Anderson.
J. c. Jones and others, at a goodly fig
ure. ana viii commence work thereon
in the near future.
j. H Conrad, who is greatly i'm
pressed with the opportunities which
the district presents. is preparing TO
operate extensively under the super
vision of his local representative. C. NJ.
McEntire. On the Jack Green group,
work is now in progress on a deep shaft
which will thoroughly test the ground.
while on the Double Standard group,
between Ophir and Dry canyons. a
whim was put in place this week. and !
he ground is to be thoroughly pros
3ectad.
Great Improvement in values is noted |
his week in the lower vein of the Gey- |
ier-Marion, where an average of $40 |
% $12 ore is being mined Individual as
;ays, of course, run much higher. This |
over vein promises TO become the big |
rest and best ore body in the mine.