The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-01

suffered a slight infringement Thurs
day in behalf of the Records repre-
sentative, through the courtesy of
President Elof Johnson. When the or
der excluding visitors was first issued
1t was quietly whispered among the
knowing ones that the ore BODY in
the mine had pinched out, and that
the owners did not want the fact to
reach the public But such was not the
case. There were so many applicants
for admission to the mine that great
inconvenience was occasioned to the
workmen by their presence and the
work of systematic development cor
respondingly retarded. It was to put
stop to this abuse that the manage
ment concluded to close the property
to the public. The Records represent
atlVe visited every portion of the mine.
When the Wine in the upper workings
reached depth of 60 feet a drift was
started on the vein to the west and
was run for distance of 135 feet, all
the way in ore, the vein varying in
width from five to ten feet. It bears
every evidence of being a true fissure,
the walls being strong and well de-
fined, the hanging wall being silicious
lime and the footwall black lime The
work of sinking the Wine to a greater
depth has been resumed and is be-
ing vigorously pushed. The vein grows
IuQnel
IS making good progress, and the end
of the month will see it reach the 300
foot mark. Every days work gives
increasing evidence of the near ap-
proach to the vein. The country rock
through which it is being driven is
strongly colored with copper stain, and
fine stringers of ore leading from the
mother vein are widening with every
blast. Not only the owners of the
mine, but the men employed in driv-
ing the tunnel, are a unit in the belief
that it is as good as settled now that
the Valeo is a bonanza
THOMPSONS DISCOVERY.
Hans P. Christensen returned We'd
nesday from the scene of the mineral
discovery recently made by c. w
Thompson. It's location is in the Raft
mountains, Rosebud mining district,
Box Elder county, Utah, about Is miles
northwest of Terrace, on the Central
Pacific railroad. Mr.. Christensen is in
terested in the new discovery. He spent
two days on the ground and made a
careful inspection of everything in
sight. From what he saw he is con-
WINGED that the discovery is really an
important one. He has no doubt that
Thompson has uncovered the vein, for
with pick and shovel he himself eX-
tracted some fine specimens of ore from
IT, thompson is on the ground with
six men and is pushing Development
work as fast as the force at his dis
posal can do it. The party is we'll
equipped with tools and other essen
tails for several months work, and by
spring it will be definitely known
whether the find is OF any consequence
or mere blowout. Fourteen claims
have been located and they will he
known to lame as the Snow King
group.
George Stafford, the well known jig
ger, returned from Rosebud district
yesterday, where he went to examine
some property. Mr.. Stafford is a con-
man who thinks before he
speaks. L visited the scene of the |
discovery" he said, land
have this to say: From my observa-
tions l am not favorably impressed !
with the outlook. There is no doubt |
that the ore exhibited in Park City |
came from Thompsons ground as
there is plenty of the same kind now
on the old dump that has been piled |
up for years, taken from a shaft about |
% feet deep. A ledge is exposed on the |
surface for distance of 100 feet, and |
in character it is identical with the |
rock Thompson brought to Park City. |
If the ground were mine l would GER
tainly put in a few months work on |
it, but 1 saw nothing to get excited |
over, and wouldn't be if l owned the |
entire district. 1 made no locations,
and have no prejudices one way or the |
other