The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-20
PARK PATRIOT NOTES.
Indications That the Valeo Tunnel is
Near the Ore.

The latest report from the Valeo is
to the effect that the new tunnel is
through the porphyry formation an6
that a white pebbly limestone forma-
ton similar to that which surrounded
the ore body in the old tunnel has
been encountered. This similarity ir
the formation leads those who have
examined both tunnels to believe that g
big ore body will soon be found in the
new tunnel. Should this surmise prove
true. it goes without saying that al
that district around the Valeo will be
worked this year.
The owners of the RandSburg and
adjacent claims believed to be equally
as good as the Valeo, and by some
thought better. will put a force of
miners to work on that property as
soon as the snow disappears. The
/ Boulder Basin group is being worked
on few small strata of good ORE
| Late reports from the Beaver Creek
mines, II miles east of Park City, are
to the effect that they are looking bet
| ter than ever before. One mine has a
large quantity of ore on the dump All
the ore taken out of the Beaver Creek
property thus far is in boulders as no
continuous ledge has been encountered.
The indications point to the close prox-
unity of a ledge.
Mention was made in the Patriot
lately about very promising prospect
near Murdoch Springs at the point of
the mountain, at the entrance to Pine
canyon. The claim is owned by G. H.
Brunnell. Chemical assays made
this week show copper, silver and gold.
Two other prospects are being worked
in Pine canyon about a half mile from
the Brunnell claims. 1t is expected
that with the disappearance of the
snow along about the list of May that
several others who own apparently
good claims in that canyon will do
work on them.
The contract for doing 100 feet tun-
mel of work in the Dutch canyon min
ing claims owned by Hon. Abram
Hatch and others in Dutch canyon was
awarded recently to Will Smith. 1t
will be the extension of the old tunnel,
which is now in 500 feet.
James B. Sullivan, James Muldoon
and NJ. II. Breen, all of Park City.
own a group of fourteen claims in
what is known as the State Line. 1t is
comparatively a new camp. Mr.. Null
doom. who resides at Frisco at present,
divides his attention between managing
a wet hardware establishment and the
development of the State Line proper
ty. In one of his recent trips to the
property he picked up samples of ore
and brought them up to Salt Lake to
have them assayed. The samples were
taken indiscriminately out of three
workings in as many claims. The fol-
lowing is the assayer's report: Mon |
tezuma, 50 ounces silver, S46666 gold; |
Silver Dick, 1S9 ounces silver $3.50 |
gold; Golden Eagle, silver 131 ounces, |
gold s40S.33. The assay was made by |
MI, McVicker at Salt Lake. The pres |
emit plan of the owners of this property |
IS to put a force of men at work on it
IN early spring and push development.
At present the nearest railroad point is
IS miles, but according to the survey
the proposed Salt Lake & Los Angeles
road will miss the property only about
nine miles. When that great road is
built the owners of the Montezuma,
Silver Dick and Golden Eagle will be
financially able to build a short con-
lecting line of their own.