The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-11-07
AcTIvITY Ar cRTPPLE cREEK.
New Strikes Are of Very Frequent
Occurrence.

OCCuIISliCS.
The Cripple Creek correspondent of
the Denver News says:
The entire camp has made such rapid
strides forward in the past six months
that little attention is now paid to new
| strikes in ground that never produced
a pound of ore, or the opening OF new,
wider, longer and richer ore bodies in
the old mines. All sections of the dis
| tries can now show bonanza properties,
and the number is being added to ev-
cry few weeks. When high grade was
found on the north slope of Bull hill,
! 1,500 feet north OF the Victor Buena
/ Vista vein, q few months ago, the an
! nouncement caused a rush to this por-
| ton of Bull. Very few people believed
| that high grade in paying quantities
had been uncovered, either on block Z
of school section 16, or on the Mitchell
| owned by the Pinnacle company. Those
who took the trouble TO investigate
were convinced that the strikes were
all right, and proceeded to secure
leases and bond if possible on ad-
joining properties. The whole section
is now being actively worked, and
block Z and the Mitchell are mines.
From the former about 70 tons has
been marketed, taken out in running
a drift some 40 or so feet, that aver
aged in the neighborhood of $50. This
ore did not contain any Of the high
grade streak, which is being saved for
{. separate run. The seam along the
hanging wall is only one-half inch in
width, but it is solid sylvanite, and
assays have been obtained on it run
ming away into the hundreds of thou
, sands. Alongside it are three feet of
good ore that is running from $40 to
$50. with little or no sorting. Occasion
al pockets OF high grade are found in
the main ore body that are as rich
as the small seam along the wall. An
other carload Is ready for market,
and a. new ore house and ore bins are
nearing completion. The block is
worked by Colorado Midland en-
ployees. The Mitchell has also made
good its claim to be considered in
the list of shippers of the camp. Up
to date, four carloads have been sent
out that went from $50 to as high as
S61 per ton A Cotton lot will be sent
away tomorrow that assays would in
dictate has value of at least $50
The Creston Leasing company. on the
Jack Pot, will be shipping double the
quantity of ore that is now being sent
out by the first of the year. Their
main chute has been opened for 250
feet, which has an average width of
two and one-half feet of ore, running
from $40 to $50. In the Wine which is
being sunk at the 300-foot level the ore
has Increased in value as depth has
been gained, while the width of the
streak has remained the same. It is
reliably reported that a cross vein was
entered yesterday in the drift, that Is
nine feet wide, and assays are reported
on the entire width running as high
as $40.
Majors & Co. sent out two wagon
loads of ore today from a shaft stu
ated on the southwest slope of Copper
mountain. The ore is reported to run
better than $50 per ton.
The Anaconda mine is now making a.
little money, while the greater portion
of the force is still kept pounding away
opening up the big estate. The produc-
ton daily is about 80 tons Of mill rock,
and every few days a carload of high
grade that has an average value of
$150 is also sent out
The rapid advance in Mountain
Beauty stock is accounted for by the
owners in this way: What is known
as the Fox vein has been opened on
the Minnie Belle within so feet of the
side line of one of the properties owned
by the company. This fissure is one Of
the strongest ever uncovered in the
district, and wherever a shaft has been
sunk on It, pay ore has been found and
plenty of it. There is little question
but that the chute will continue into
the Mountain Beauty territory.