Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-12-09
MINES or coNNrn onrrK.
Development. In That section Of - very
Encouraging Nature.


There are strikes and rumorr Of
strikes. In fact one can scarcely no up.
ON the street without hearing " some
new nnd IN either the Cumora. Mclchcr
badger. or some other Conner creek
property. and the reports are not ex-
aRgctated In the least. either. In fact
II has long been the aim " the owners
" all the properties on the creek 90
keep out OF print until such tmc ~
they thought the development would
Justify looming the camp. but the new
discoveries 90 she past few weeks hay"
10 eiatcd the owners that the news
leaked out, and prospective mlilinnalrvH
are becoming AZ plentiful In Alhion M
Jackrabblta In Hardy Sears meadow.
The cumora continues 60 Improve -
rapidly II II Impossible to keep MP with
the good reports coming from thrre. the
latest being that there was over Ave
feet Of me ore In the face OF the tunnel.
with no hanging wall yet In sight, and
the quality ~ the ore Improves as depth
In attained The owners 81 the cum0rn
have IN View the formation uf a COM
pany. We understand. and placing on
the market sufficient treasury stock 20
equip the mine with the necessary
machinery TO open up the orc bodies at
greater depth. There are now SOW
oral thousand tons OF ore on the fevcr-
al dumps that viii average t25 per ton.
with thousands ~ tons more In nlEht.
Frank and Jerry LanFford are In salt
Lake. with a shipment " about ten tons
of Melcher ore TO have u treated ~ or
der o. ind out what method VIII work
the ore 10 che best advantage. There
are four men at work In the new nhnft
ON this prupeTty. and they are taking
out some rich ore. II the test now be-
ing made proves Hatlafaotory We are
informed machinery VIII at once be In
PRODUCED 20 handle tho water which n
sothersome. aud the mine will be-
worked 10 a depth where It's full worth
Will be- shown 10 the world. ficlng In
the rnme vein nH the cumorn, there II
no reason why. with sufficient depth. IL
should not show equally ms well.
The Golden Eagle. nimcialllc, Walton
No. 1. Walton No. .. Gold Hlll. Badger
cumora. Monarch. Giant, Mclcher, Alice,
Jennie, Mighty Dollar Horseshoe and
several other properties ARE all within n
radius OF about two miles. These Lodges
MI run northeast ana southwest md u
tunnel started In the Vicinity Of the
Cumofn mill would open every one ana
block out Stopping ground that II would
take years 90 work out.
lack cOmcrford. last week. shipped
about mine tons ~ badger ore 10 Kc-
aOn and win follow this w with an
other shipment about the 18th inst. 10
have a carload tu send 10 the smelter.
sponking Of the recent strike In the
Hadgor. Mr., comcrf0rd sod the pay
sireak had attained a width Of about
fourteen inches and that the greatest
width was Mt the bottom Of the drlft,
showing II improved with depth. Sew
erni men are 90 work on this property
taking out AMI saclIlng ore. although
thus far no stoning has been done.
The character ~ the ore II steel gnlenn
carving some cooper and considerable
pold values II this body ~ ore holds
out. md the chances are all favorable
for n 20 do 20, the iindger VIII soon he
n nermnnent and profitable shipper. ami
no one on the hill IN more deserving ~
rood mck than the owners N the Bad
ger.-Alhi0n, Ida, Times