The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-29

face over 100 feet wide and known tc
be the same as the Stewart No. vein
4 tunnel in one of the Maxwell claims
nearing this vein, shows at the face
rock strongly impregnated with copper
In another tunnel and in drifts, Mr.
Maxwell opened up large bodies of ore
which assay from 3 to 10 per cent cop
per.
Colonel Wall has obtained an option
on the property under conviction that
it will develop into great copper mine,
and proposes to demonstrate that his
theory is correct. He has put up a
blacksmith shop, and is preparing to
push developments, including the sink
ing of an incline considerably below
water level and atmospheric influence,
where the big vein can be found in its
virgin state Steam hosting and pump
ing machinery will be procured and
utilized as they are needed, and it is
| the intention before the summer is over
to have the group making a vastly diff
ferent showing than at present.
1t is currently understood that this
deal is a part of other mining transact
tons lately taking place in Carr Fork
| and main canyon, which will ultimately
| be recognized under one general head
and connected with extensive reduction
works. In fact, there are strong indi-
cations that in the not distant future
there will be one, if not two. outfits OPP
Grating in Binghamis copper belt in
some measure, rivaling the Importance
of the Highland Boy.
HIGH GRADE COPPER.
In the Starlus Wednesday a 16-inch
ore streak was encountered that is LA
bic to prove important. The mineral is a
handsome black oxide, and a test made
by Manager Lee shows it to contain
171a per cent copper. As we have here
tofore stated, present work in this mine
includes the running of a drift from
near the bottom of the main incline to
washed ground, short distance from
the surface, that is TO be used for drain
age and save hosting to the main tun-
mel level. The length of this drift Will
be about $50 feet, and SO feet had been
run when, without indications, the min
eral was suddenly broken into. 1t is a
well defined streak, Sandwiched in vein
matter, between walls, and cutting
across the drift, dips into the hill, at an
angle of about 80 degrees. While the
work TO establish drainage is contin-
ued, drifts are also starting on the ore,
which is sacked, hOisted and stored in
a drift off from the main tunnel.
Though it has only been tested for cop
per, it is without doubt a good grade
shipping proposition. So the Starlus has
a reasonable prospect of being a profit
able shipper within few weeks.
DIPS AND SPURS.
Standish & Jimpson company start
ed teams on Old Telegraph ore yester-
day.
a rumor was current yesterday of a
strike in the Ais Well. which had
opened I'D a large body Of good grade
copper ore.
A Pinch streak of solid galena was
encountered in the Julia Dean Tuesday
Manager Clays will have a three-car- |
lead lot of ore ready for market about !
June 10.
E. II. Wilson of Butte City, and a !
prominent Montana mining operator, is I
registered at the Hotel Roberts, and /
understood to be here on business con- !
nected with the Butte-Bingham Cop |
Per company.
The water in the Dalton & Lark was /
lowered to the 500 last Monday, and the /
mine will be clear in two or three days |
The lower levels will be cleaned out |
and mine in shape for lively business by |
the middle ot June.
The Bingham tunnel has now been
driven 500 feet by hand power, which is /
to be replaced by electricity as soon as
the current reaches camp. An upraise /
is to be made to surface, on account of
bad air.
From to u tramloads of concen-
tIdteS are being delivered at the depot
daily from the Old Jordan. Other ore
from the mines are nearly
at a standstill, and shipments to the
valley confined to from two to three
cars per day.
Prospects are good that before the
middle of June the lower workings of
the Dalton & Lark, submerged for over
a year, will be renovated and in active
operation. With the improved prices,
ores that could not be handled in 1896
will now be marketed at a profit.
II. a. Cohen, representative of Mr..
De Lamar, is gathering large number
of samples from Bingham copper belt
with a view of making an
test of the ores. We under
stand many claims will be represented
in the collection, which will be tested
by millruns at the Giant Chief mill.
Mr.. Van Pelt is arranging to resume /
work in the Mohawk tunnel, below the
which, in times past, has
more startling strikes than
perhaps any other Bingham property.
We trust further developments will
prove the Mohawk equal to all the
good things ever said of it.
Nelson 6 Co. recently obtained of
John Tiernan & Sons a lease on the
Silver Shield, very promising prop
busy with developments for the past
month. The vein is giving up hand
some specimens of mineral blossoms
at the Winnamuck assay office gave Ga
ounces silver, 6 40 per cent copper,
and one-kalf ounce in gold.