The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-27
THE SOUTH SWANSEA MINE.
One of Tintic's New Dividend Pay
ing PROPOSITIONS.

Inc plaSure OF making an examination
of the South Swansea mine. near that
place. and he was also right royalty
entertained by the officers of the COM
pany while in the camp,
1t is the opinion of those who have
inspected the South Swansea that il
is the biggest little mine in this west
ern country, and it is agreed that ii
is the making of one of the most pro-
/ ductive propositions in the camp, al
though as yet the operations so far
have been confined to development
work.
The company is scarcely more than
a year old, and vet within this time
it has erected and paid for splendid
hoist and water line, besides which it
has paid
sS7,5OO IN DIVIDENDS
and in the mine large reserves of good
shipping ore are blocked out and in
sight
In the development of this property
the shaft was sunk through the sur
! face wash a distance of As feet before
the solid formation and the ledge was
encountered, and fortunately the bot
] tom of the hole struck the ore body
I fair and square. This shaft is now
down to the 500 level. where station
] is being cut, after which drifts Will
be started on the vein and the work
of sinking Will be resumed
w. P. Lynn and E. r. d. Thompson,
OF this city, were with The Herald re-
porter when a visit was made TO the
underground workings of the mine.
The first stop was made at the $50 foot
level. the descent being made in the
hig steel buckets with which the Gre
and waste is hoisted from the mine.
the party being under the guidance of
Rome Wheeler and L. E. Ritter. On
the $50 the work has been confined to
DRIFTING ON THE VEIN.
The north drift leads to the South
swansea and Swansea endlines, where
the workings of the two properties
connect for air. but the passage is
closed by a door. which was locked
The distance from the South Swansea
shaft TO the endline is about so feet,
and the body of solid ore as disclosed
in the roof of the drift is from two to
three and a half feet wide. The drift
TO the south from the shaft is now in
a distance of about 300 feet, the ore
body showing the entire length with
the exception of a few feet where a
fault occurred in the vein, but when
the ore came in again it had changed
from a sglDhide to a carbonate and
carried higher values. while its aver
age width is from two to three feet,
although in places il widened out to
six and a half 1t was after the fault
occurred that the
EXCEEDINGLY RICH SILVER
ment in mining circles at the time.
This streak occurs on the hanging wall
of the vein, and while the general run
of the ore is so hard that il has 70 be
shot down, this streak is much softer
and can be broken with q Dick. In
this streak of high grade ore little |
pockets are innumerable, and in these !
pieces of mineral are often found that |
are coated with native silver in such /
abundance that it looks as if they were |
sugar coated. Assays of this have been |
made and values of over - geo ounces /
in silver 10 the ton have been OBJ
tanned. No stopping has been done on |
this class of ore. but the indications |
for a distance OF 20 or 30 feet along |
the vein are that either by sinking or
at this point large chimney.
of this rock would be uncovered. In |
the face OF the south drift on this
level the ore body
Is HOLDING ITS OWN
in excellent shape as work progressed
and the management is feeling elated I
over the showing in this direction.
From the $50 the visitors were con-
Quoted to the 400 level, the showing in
which was almost a counterpart of the
workings above, only that the south
drift on the ore body had not been
pushed as far in. Connections had
oeen again made with the Swansea
On the north and in this the vein had
not only held its own. but was larger,
while 10 the south the fault from
bove had been encountered at about
he same distance from the shaft, and
he ore had been caught again in about
he same manner that it had been
ound above. and the evidences were
hat it was larger and that with the
extension of the drift the same class of
higher grade ore would come in.
on the 400 there is the only stoDe
hat is being worked in the mine. as
Ill of the energies of the company are
icing concentrated in the development
# the property rather than the extrac- ]
ion of ore. Two men are employed in
his u9raise. which has been worked
or distance of % feet, and it is by
n examiGat ton of the ore in place in
he stone that a faint idea can be
btafned of the worth and
MAGNITUDE OF THE NINE. {
n this stope the breast of ore varies :
rom two feet TO three and a half in
.idth. 1t is Il solid body OF mineral, !
ONE of which is high in grade. which q
an De 6XlIaIleQ easily dtlntSl Tree 4
rom waste. q
on the $50 the development is not as e
ar along as in the two upper levels 6
lst mentioned. but the same body Of q
re has been found here, only that the 7
eposit is seemingly larger The north r
rift has not reached the Swansea end n
ne, but as far as driven the ore holds \
s own. and when the connection is y
lade there is no doubt but that il viii !
e found that it is the same ore body =
eng worked by this older company, h
hose shaft. which is only a few feet n
ON the dividing line between the two =
roperties, is now down to the 600-foot .
vel. where. if all reports are true the Y
orkings are in a magnificent body \
mineral. Il
On the 500 of the South Swansea. as n
oove stated. d station has been cut, i,
the ore, but as nine shots !,
I'd Just been fired in this portion of n
lie workings it was not thought ad- RI
sable to go down and inspect it. o
The Swansea formation is north a,
I'd south assure in porphyry. and all n
dications go to show that with depth NJ
e deposit will grow larger and high es
in grade. n,
On the top the new hoist of the COM 81
my came in for inspection and ia re
rable comment. The engine and ST
achinery are of the ii
LATEST IMPROVED PATTERN Sc