The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-18
THE MAMMOTH STRIKE.
Important Disclosures Are Made In
Practically Virgin Ground.

The report that two important strikes
had just been made in the Mammoth
mine il Tintic district was the topic
of general discussion in mining circles
yesterday. and although detailed &C
- counts of the finds had not been re-
caiVed w To last night, enough was
known to justify the belief that the
Mammoth had secured another lease
on life. and also to prove the correct
ness of the opinion often expressed that
the company really knew but little of
what was contained within the environ
ments OF its valuable property.
According to The Herald's informant,
the discoveries were made about !, 100
feet north OF the Mammoth shaft. one
being made on the 200 level, while the
other was disclosed in what is known
as the Finn tunnel, the two workings
breaking into ore within 4 few days Of
each other and at a vertical depth on
the dip of the vein of about SOC feet,
and what is significant is the fact that
the discovery is due to efforts being
made on the part of the company to
trace its vein to its side line, under the
suoposition that it ran into the ground
being operated by the Grand Central
company.
Already the new finds have been run
into FOR a distance OF 20 or so feet with
out determining their extent, the prob
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chimney similar to those which have
made the Mammoth so justly famous
in the past, and ii is reported that the
ore is high in grade and that in some
of the mineral free gold is to be seen:
the indications being that this discov-
cry is fraught with Importance and of
untold value, and one would be led TO
believe that similar deposits VIII yet
be found all the way from the Mann
moth to the other side of the mountain
to the Eagle, not far from Eureka.
The discovery also demonstrates the
existence of two parallel lodges in that
section, one being the Mammoth Eagle
vein. while the other begins with the
Centennial Eureka. on the Eureka side
of the divide, with its southern ex-
tension still undiscovered, the proba-
bilities being that on this ledge some
wonderful discoveries will yet be made
between the Centennial-Eu and
Silver City.
The existence of these two parallel
veins win doubtless be shown by the
forthcoming United States geological
survey. and recent disclosures in Erintic
district emphasize the necessity for
joint survey of the entire range on
which are located the districts of Tin
tic. Camp Floyd and Bingham which
undoubtedly are on the same mineral
belt different sections being marked
Dy ulilSlS CIT pHdSeS oi NATURALIZATION,
and it can be truthfully said that
three-fourths Of the gold, silver AID
lead output of the state can be credited
to these three camps, while it is be-
heved that if the joint geological sur
Veys We're made, as mentioned above.
the metal output of these three local
tiles and their intermediate connections
would be much more than doubled.
AS it is, the magnificent disclosures
made of late in the Mammoth and the
Grand Central should stimulate pros |
pecting in that locality, the chances
being that several other splendid pro-
ducers will yet be found there.