The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-07-19

L. NJ. Lambert, or Doc" as he is
more generally known among his &C
quaintances and friends, who is one
of the pioneers of Stateline district in
western Iron county, is in the city on
his way to revisit old friends and
scenes at his birth place, Buffalo, N Y
Doc has been in Stateline ever since
gold was first discovered there, and
he has passed through all the vicissi-
tUdes, trials and hardships which are
the accompaniment of a prospector' S
life. Now, however, he is on velvet
and is walking on Easy street as he
has just consummated a deal whereby
he has sold his half interest in the
Gold Belt group, formerly owned by
himself and 2. Drake, to s. H. Court
ney, of Butte, Mont for cash con-
joying the pleasures and comfort so
justly earned after several years of
toll and labor
In speaking of the Gold Belt. which
the new purchaser proposes to develop
in a thorough manner, Mr.. Lambert
confirms the reports of an important
strike in this valuable property, the
strike, as previously mentioned in
these columns, being made near the
divide and on the apex of the ledge.
where a 50-foot shaft has exposed a
assure vein averaging three and a
half feet in width from the surface TO
the bottom, the gold values ranging in
the neighborhood of SIS to the ton in
free milling mineral, and Mr.. Lambert
characteriZes this as being the
BEST SHOWING IN THE CAMP. -
The walls of the vein are we'll de-
fined and regular, it being the intention
fnI1 Z = rr-Ii cfa
is being cut at the bottom of the shaft
and drifts viii be run both ways on
the vein.
Mr.. Lambert also spoke enthusiastic
cally of the Creole mine. which there
is a splendid showing of ore.
In this property an upraise is being
made to the surface for air from the
lower tunnel, the raise being made on
a four foot body of quartz carrying
average values Of $15 free milling gold;
while from near the face of the $50
loot tunnel so foot Wine has exposed
= body of ore five and a half feet in
width which viii mill So in gold on
the plates. so feet drifts having been
run on this ledge of pay rock both
ways from the bottom of the Wine,
and the lessees are piling up a large
amount of this grade and class of ore
on the dump ready for milling.
Mr.. Lambert also referred to the
Ophir in glowing terms and made the
statement tnat this property. the first
discovery to be made in the district.
never looked better than at the present
time.
The Ophir is being worked by NJ.
Sullivan, one of the owners of the
property, who is sinking a Wine from
the rs foot level in the west drift on
a solid body of ore from is to % inches
wide that assays $50 ounces silver and
IS in gold to the ton. and it will not
be long now before a carload of this
high grade mineral will make its ap
pearance on the Salt Lake market.
The Rice Bros, operating on Rice
Hill, up Right Hand gulch, are driving
a long tunnel from near the road in
the canyon for the purpose of cutting
the ledge at a considerable depth.
This tunnel IS now in a distance of $50
feet, and in $50 feet more it is calculated
the ledge will be encountered, when it
is the intention to drive on it both
ways.
Active operations are also in progress
on the Big Fourteen, or Sunflower, ad-
Joining the Rice Bros. claims on the
west. The shaft on this ground has
now attained a depth of 10 feet and
is being deepened as rapidly as posi-
BILE on a 20-inch body Of ore which
runs high in silver and about $1+ in
Another Rice Hill property with
splendid surface indications is the
Cripple, owned by the
INDEPENDENCE MINING COM
PANY,
at the head of which is A G. Bast.
formerly of this city. On this ground
a cross-cut tunnel IS being driven.
which. at rs feet is to uncover the
ledge at a vertical depth of $50 feet.
On this property. at the surface,
there is a seven and a half foot body
of spar with a foot of quartz on the
footwall of the vein the entire ledge
showing average values of Sc in free
milling gold TO the ton.
The Dood group, now known as the
Grand Central. is an extension of the
Creole on the south. This property
was recently purchased by Sam Ken
Won of this city, and is now being
worked with three shifts. The ground
is being developed by means of tun-
mel. which is now in a distance of 200
feet. and it is believed that in 100 feet
more it will cut the vein at a vertical
depth of 225 feet. There is a fine sur
face showing on the Grand Central,
and. in the opinion of mining men, it
is the making of a great mine
Another property of merit, and to
which Mr. Lambert also alluded in
words of praise, is the Crown Point,
on Drake and Lambert hill, adjoining
the Gold Belt on the south. The so
foot shaft on the Crown Point has
been sunk all the way on fine body
of mineral, and now drifts are being
run both ways from the bottom on a
good grade of free milling gold ore.
Mr.. Lambert also spoke of Pixies
diggings, previously believed to be in
"a. gIe Valley district, but which, it has
been determined, are in Stateline on
the Utah side of the Utah-Nevada line,
and the reports of rich strikes in this
locality of sate were fully corroborated
nv Doc" who looks for some very
STARTLING DISCLOSURES
in this section in the near future, as
the finds there are on an extension of
fhe Stateline zone. and the mineral is
almost Identical in its characteristics.
The north end of the camp was also
spoken Of by Mr.. Lambert, who stated
that there was most gratifying show
ing in the Confidence mine. largely
owned by DR.. G. H. Fennemore of
The shaft on the Confidence
has now reached a depth of 100 feet,
All the way in good rock. and now a
blower and air pipes are being put in |
and a whim installed, with the inten- |
lion of sinking TO the 300-foOt level, |
where drifting both ways on the ledge |
win be the order OF the day. The Per- |
severance, in the same locality, in |
which w. L. Cook and r. r. Tanner |
,f Beaver are interested, is also Show |
ng up well and is seemingly the maxi |
ng of big gold producer.
Mr.. Lambert states that the town of /
;tateline is steadily growing and now |
casts of good hotel accommodations, !