The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-13

Fed by the same immense porphyry
dyke that undoubtedly gave life and
existence TO the great gold mines OF
Mercur, there is every reas on to be-
neve that the leading properties on
the west dip of Camp Floyd district
will, in time. make records as wealth.
producers equal to that all eady estao-
nsted by the Mercur mine, the Golden
Gate. the Sacramento and Geyser- Mar
ion. as like conditions generally pro
duce like results, and there is no DIM
Guilty in demonstrating the fact that
the mines Of the west dip are almost
identical reproductions of the older
properties but two or three miles to the
east. as the crow flies.
Much has been said regarding the
mines os the west dip, of the La Cl-
gale, the Omaha, the Daisy, the South
Daisy, the Snowstorm and the Edna
May, all of which are on the line of
the great vein which cuts through that
locality in a northerly and Southerly
direction. but it was not until day
or two ago that representative OF TINS
paper had the pleasure of personally
inspecting the west dip country for the
first time, the occasion icing his visit
to the. Daisy- mine and mill.
The Daisy, as is well known by the
residents of Camp Floyd district, adj
joins the Omaha group on the south.
and the company owns 1000 feet on
the vein. the environments Of its hold
ings embracing 100 acres of valuable
ground.
The first object of interest that
strikes tie traveller from Mercur down
Lewiston canyon to its mouth is the
Daisy mill and hoist, the plant being
enc of the best ever erected in the dls-
,nraf q nd
advantages go, as everything possible
is done automatically, and every labor
saving device is employed, the conse-
uuence being that the results are eX
ceuent, and expenses of operation have
been cut down to merely nomlnaI
figure.
The hoist raises the ore uD the in
cline shaft in a steel skip. the mineral
being dumped automatically into the
ore bins, from where it works its own
way to the crusher, then on to the
rolls, and finally uD an elevator into
the bin for prepared ore, from which
the teaching tanks are filled, the plant
having a capacity of treating 100 tons
of mineral daily.
The precipitation tanks are also most
conveniently arranged, and the entire
works are model of perfection and
monument to the builder.
The descent down the shaft is easily
ing substantially logged and timbered
from top to bottom.
Ore was found on the Daisy almost
at the grass roots, and the incline was
sunk on the ledge on its dip almost
at an angle of As degrees, the workings
now having reached depth of 410 feet,
having been sunk all the way on fine
grade of milling ore, and on an ore
body ranging from 20 to q feet in
width.
The principal drifts in the mine so
far have been run on the 122. the 224.
the 22s and the 440 levels while be-
tween them considerable STOPPING is in
progress. the ore being dropped down
several different chutes, and from them
into the cars, thus saving rehandiing.
The first level has been run north and
south on the vein for several hundred
feet, the drifts on the second still fur
Their. while on the third the vein has
been followed for a distance of $50 feet,
the average value of the ore from top
TO bottom ranging in the neighborhood
of Sc in the yellow metal to the ton,
while, as greater depth is attained, the
ore zones are steadily gaining in size.
while at the same time values Nre well
maintained. an Improvement being
noted OF late in the faces of the sew
eral workings Of the mine.
The ore from the mine, so far as
demonstrated. is one of the best leach
ing minerals vet uncovered in the dis
trict. although occasional deposits of
tale have been encountered, the test at
the mill. which was started up in the
latter part of July last, showing re-
covery of values of from so to IS per
cent of the gold. and while but rs tons
daily is now the amount being nut
through the tanks, it is expected short
ly that the plant viii be handling at
east 100 tons daily, the tankage capac-
ity being sufficient for this tonnage,
The addition of solution being all that
is required to bring the works up to its
fun limit. and these are now being
put in.
The first shipment of cyanides was
made on the 18th of August, and the
product was equal in value to the best
grade of cyanides yet sent out of the
district On the End day of September
another consignment of 154 pounds of
cyanides was sent TO the sampler. the
lot being sold on assays showing values
OF S3S.l5 TO the pound, and A. H. Mayne,
the manager and superintendent of the
company, who extended the courtesies
of the Cay to the representative of The
Herald, stated that it was the expecta-
ton to make another shipment on the
18th or 18th of the present month.
In fact, such progress has been made
since the organization of the company
and the beginning Of active work in
the development and operation of the
property, the building of the mill and
the making Of other improvements that
the company now finds itself with a
fine mill in operation, free from debt.
and with money in the treasury, the
expectation being that by the first of
the year the payment of 1-cent divi-
dends, or So 600 month, will begin. and
while the distribution of wealth will
doubtless be steadily maintained, the
company will make ii a rule to keep a
good surplus on hand.
In a short newspaper article it is al
most an impossibility to call attention
to every point Of interest in connection |
with the operations of any mining COM
pany. With the Daisy it is unnecessary, |
as the prime factors in the successful |
operation of this property have already |
been referred to; among them being |
the seemingly inexhaustible quantities |
IL good teaching ore uncovered; the |
hoist and reduction works in satisfac- |
tory operation. and the successful gold |
recovery recorded, and the fact that the |
company viii soon be on a dividend |
paying basis.
Besides the mine and mill, the COM /
pany has the necessary buildings for |
the successful and economical opera /
ton of the mine, such as the boarding |
house, which is presided over by NJ. ?
Germo, so long connected with the |
White House Of this city, while Fred /
Redmond has charge of the assay office |