The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-24

highly elated of late over. the splendid
showing that is being made in the
property of the company, which is To-
Gated in Box Elder county, not far from
the Idaho line.
AS stated before in these columns.
some effective work is being done in
the development of the Century group,
and at the various openings in this
property there is magnificent show
ing o. ore. AT the present time, how
ever, long tunnel is being run so as
to crosscut the Century ledge at a
considerable depth, and when the con-
nections are made there is no doubt
but that this will develop into one of
the most prolific gold producers in this
western country.
This showing alone is in itself suf-
f1cient TO fill the hearts of the stock
holders of the company with hope and
expectation, but an incident occurred a
few DAYS ago that gave a more rosy
hue than ever to the future outlook,
and now it is believed that the prop
erty is more valuable than ever.
Soon after the discovery and location
of the Century group, surface work
was performed on several places on
the ground now owned by the COM
pany. The principal work was done on
the Century and Laura claims, while
on the Lizzie, which is located between
the two, an open cut was run on what
was believed to be ground that was
we'll mineralized, but, after doing about
ten feet of eXcavating, and before the
proposed tunnel was even fairly under
cover, work was discontinued so that
the DEVELOPMENTS could be concen-
trated at one point, and no attention
was paid 20 the work that had been
done on the Lizzie.
A month or so ago Tom Busby of this
city, of the firm of Wilson & Busby,
made a visit TO the mine, and on his
return he brought with him samples
of ore from all of the workings on the
property. including a sackful of the
mineral that had been taken out in the
work done on the Lizzie.
Soon after his return to Salt Lake,
ASSAYS were made of these samples,
with the exception of the sack of ore
brought from the Lizzie, and they all
gave favorable returns, but as it was
believed that the mineral from the
Lizzie was very low in grade, no one
thought of testing it for the gold that
was in it
a few days ago, however. an as
saver of this CITY wentAto the COM
pany for the purpose of buying some
of its treasury stock. Upon being told
that the security was not on the mar
ket az the present time, he asked for
SOll4e u Inc. OIt 10 ASSAY, dIlQ le was
given some of the product of the
Lizzie ledge. He took this away with
him, and after making the test he in
formed the officers of the company
that the ore carried values of 1929 in
gold to the ton. This could hardly be
believed, and check tests were made
by other assayers, with the result that |
the lowest assay gave values of $157 in
gold.
The ore is free milling, and since the |
discovery was made that it was high |
grade it has been examined more care |
fully, with the result that in a num- |
Der of pieces native gold can be seen. |
Del Wilson, in speaking of the new |
discovery yesterday, stated that there |
are two carloads of this gold ore on |
the DUMP and in sight, and as the |
ledge had been penetrated for dis
lance of ten feet without finding the |
wall, he is confident that the deposit is
practically inexhaustible.
1t is more than likely that a mill will
be erected on the Century ground some |
time during the coming summer, and
with the mineral now blocked out on
the property and the showing that will
be made when the long tunnel is COM
pleted, there is every reason to be-
ieve that the mine will soon rank
among the dividend-paying PROPOSE
tons of the state.