The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-10-13

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Frisco, Utah, oct 1.-THE Copper
NIouutain looks like a mine Four feet
OF ore is showing in the bottom Of the
shaft, which IS now about 125 feet deep,
that win average 10 per cent copper, Y
ounces silver and 50 sold, while two
feet WIZ average % per cent copper
30 ounces silver and 81 gold When tie
reorganiZcd company commenced work
on tins property ten days ago Two feet
OF ore Was showing; nov there are four
feet and only one wall showing When
it is considered that there are So feet
or more Of The ledge to crosseut Yet,
the possibilities of this property can be
realized.
The choicest ore vet shown from
Beaver Lake district was taken to SAT-
Lake d few days ago 10y Mr. J. J. Tren-
man, vice president and general man
ger oi tho Ben Harrison Copper Min
ing clmu2uy The ore is d peacock
copper and As moved in ones hands
exhibits al the eo!crs 81 the rainbow.
The ore should carry well in sold and
silver rs Wen as copper. Mr.. fireman
states this are comes from the ben
Harrison claim and fully Is inches as
good as the samples is showing.
on the Galveston claim. owned BY
the same company, q native copper in
lhe form OF wire is found. The Ben
Harrison company owns several claims
which show large leads and good ore,
and an the strike OF the c Il ledge.
one car OF ore shipped from the c. K.
Is said 20 have netted $500, A grey cop
per exists in this ledge that runs very
high in silver. Ii is stated that MIR.
Campbell recently said that he was ne
Sot.ati~G ~ sale % the O. X. on the
basis of $4,000; it is to be hoped that
something win soon be done that viii
cause this property TO be operated SUI
Neient ore is said TO be showing to jus
tify the erection OF a mill at once.
4 Whim is being placed upon the
Kate SacRelt, The property OF the
Beaver Lake Copper company, and
when IN readiness sinking VIII be re
sumed and drift also run to cut the
veins ia the north of the shaft Mr.. a
s. Anders IN, vice president OF the COM
pany. picked sample yesterday from
a new vein that shows Il per cent cop
per. 80 ounces silver and So gold.
The Miner. and Higgins group, adj
joining the Beaver Lake Copper on
the east. is said 10 be showing good,
having cut the Beaver Lake copper
ledge
G :. Carver. the king of the district.
reports that in doing assessment work
on me l0idnCnt ne mas SlIuLh d VEN VI
peacock copper. This claim is on the
Copper Mountain ledge, being the con-
meeting link between the Copper Noun
tain and the Milan 3.
Henry Collins. Il heavy stakeholder
and superintendent of the Skyiark. re-
ports y feet OF 4 tunnel driven last
week AID he expects TO encounter a
vein in another % feet; the tunnel VIII
then follow this vein to the main Vein
in the contact The Skylarh group en-
braces six OF as promising claims as
can be found, and the presence of Gin
nibar causes many TO believe that fair
average values ia gold will be had. An
assay OF Sl4 il gold is said to have been
had out Of the contact, while from the
lead assures in the lime as high as S200
in gold can be secured.
The Beaver Blade notes that q Chi
cago company has out q prospectus for
the Carbonate property, about three
miles northwest of Frisco. which indi-
Gates that operations will be resumed
on this magnificent property If the
Carbonate starts, 100 men would be at
forded employment by il in q short
time