The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-10-25
a NEW EXCITEMENT.
Discovery of High-Grade Gold, Silver
and Copper Ore

Inc lark RECORD, IN lis weekly
roundup of mining news, says:
II has grown to be an annual occur
renee in Utah just before winter sets in,
for some peripatetic prospeetor to re-
port having made an important mineral
discovery. The latest evidence of this
comes from Snake Creek mining dis
trict, about a mile and q MALT beyond
Bonanza Fiat One day last week John
FaYcett, a former employee of the
Lucky Bill Mining company, While out
hunting in the locality indicated above,
found what appears to be the outcrip
ping of a rich mineral deposit. He is a
resident oe Midway, and when he re-
turned TO his home he impaired the
news of his discovery to a few of his
friends, among them Joseph Hatch.
president Of the Lucky Bill company
The following day a Veritable stampede
was made for the locality of the find,
and sure enough the mineral outcrop
ping was found to exist lust as Mr..
Fawcett had reported. The discovery
was made on the ground known as the
Hamilton group, which adjoins the
Southern Tier property on the north
In the course Of d very few hours all
the ground in the Immediate vicinity,
whether patented or unpatented, was
covered by location notices. and
freShly-cut stakes were in evidence on
every hand. The early part Of the week
Tim Malta got wind that his ground
three claims-had been staked off. and
Thursday he went over and found the
situation as reported. Tie notified the
parties to remove their stakes. and his
! orders were obeyed. II is quite unlikely
that any great friction will ensue from
! these promiscuous locations. as at the
! time of the discovery there was very
! little uncovered ground in that end of
| the district, and as soon as the new
( locators become aware of that fact
they viii remove their stakes and no
tees without unnecessary delay, The
! extent Of the new discovery is not
( definitely known. but the ore-a lead
/ carbonate. carrying gold, silver and
! copper-is of very high grade. Joseph
Hatch and associates have men at work
! tracing the Lead. while number of
! others are engaged in the same work,
ana results are awaited with much in
} terest.
Matters at the Ya!eo this week have
( taken on a slight change. Work in the
tunnel progresses as usual, and Sup
erintendent Gervin says he does not
! propose TO relax for a moment until
! the ledge is struck. Work in the in
cline from the upper tunnel has had to
! be discontinued Tor the present on ae-
count Of bad air, though the ore body
! every foot gained in depth The in
. cline has now reached a depth of 150
! feet from the tunnel level and shows
signs of the ledge Strengthening up a
| little. The management feels no dis
couragement, hut ara naturally inn
patient at the delay occasioned by the
bad air. e the ledge is not soon en-
( countered. it IS more than likely tho
company viii put in q fan to furnish
! air il the incline and again resume
work there.
The finding of the same character OF
! ore in the Superior which the Valeo
has. has stimulated work in the sec
ton between these properties and
Snake Creek. and active development
! work is progressing at many points A
/ great deal of locating has also beer
done OF the Snake Creek side during
the past few days. and it is reported
( that good gold-coDDer ore has beer
( found on the surface at two or three
/ new points. The Daily Vests mill viii
| soon be IN shape to run. and though
( no official information can be obtained
/ an impression prevails that if silver
holds up as it has been doing for sew
eral days the nil viii be started up or
the ore that is already mined.
The darsac mill run On tailings wa.
so satisfactory that it is reported TO bt
the intention of the company to ge
the mill in shape during the winter L
put through the tailings dumps as sooI
in the spring as the weather VIII al
low. This work viii. however. depend
greatly on the price of silver.
The Silver King, the Record under
stands. intends to erect the other hal
Of its big air compressor at once in or
der to better facilitate the immens
amount of development and explora
tory work that is now being done il
the mine.
1t was rumored on the street thi
forenoon that the Silver King peopl
were about 70 begin grading for III
erection Of a new MIL, which was 60
ing TO be erected this fall. Inquiry 4
the office of the company fails to con
firm the rumor. MT Lamb informed
the Record that no plans had been pre-
pared for a new mill. and that no prep
arations we're being made to erect or
that he knew anything about. Shoui,
the company contemplate doing sucl
work he felt quite sure there would D.
no secret about it. Some preparation,
work might be done this fall. but In
erection Of a new mill this year he IVA
quite sure was not within the realm O
possibility.
CAMP CROSS-CUTS.
1t is thought that inside Of two week