The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-23

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Notes and Personals.
Yesterday a representative of The
Herald. in company with Professor w
H Tibbals of this city, made a visit Of
inspection 10 The Liberal and Red
Wing mines, which are located in what
is known as Markham gulch. almost
within a stones throw OF the main bust
ness. portion of the camp Of Bingham
a gulch which can boast of some OF
the richest producers IN West Noun
tain district, among the mines in this
locality being a number which, with
but little development, have made for
tunes for their fortunate owners, the
prevailing impression being that with
greater development and the attain
ment o. greater depth, some of the
largest as well as some OF the richest
bodies Of mineral to be found in the
west viii be uncovered there.
The first mine visited was the Lib
eral, which is just across the gulch. or,
in fScI- just across the road from the
noted Montezuma mine. from which
shipments of very fine ore have been
made, and which, ut the present time,
is making regular consignments to the
valley shelters, and there is no doubt
but that the Liberal is On an extension
OF the McnteZuma vein.
The Liberal is owned by company
bearing that name. and work has pro-
crossed so far in the development of
this property that the initial shipment
Of concentrates, as late as the frs of
tie present week, found its way to the
Salt Lake market which will be fol-
lowed by others as soon as the tunnel
being driven makes connection with the
ore body exposed in the upper work
. ings.
This upper tunnel has been driven
into the hill for distance of about 260
feet, ore being encountered at a point
120 feet from it's mouth, and continued
development demonstrated the exist
ence of large quantities of milling ore,
the vein being 10 feet between walls in
places, while stringers of high grade
ore exposed at intervals in the floor of
the tunnel led to the belief that the
tunnel level was just over the top of a
LARGE BODY OF PAY ORE,
that could be marketed without first
being run through a mill. In fact, some
OF this mineral carries values of from y
to Il per cent lead to the ton, and it was
for the purpose of cutting this zone of
ore that the lower tunnel was started
a short time ago, further down the
gulch. This work is now in "a distance
of 100 feet, and in 10 feet more it is
believed that the desired connection viii
be made at vertical depth of so feet
below the upper tunnel level. Dave
Teachenor, who is well known in Bing-
ham and Salt Lake mining circles has
charge of the driving OF the tunnel, and
is doing a fine piece of work, as the
tunnel is well timbered and shows that
a master hand is directing its course.
The Red Wing is located almost at
I, aIat,
side by side with the now famous Julia
Dean mine, owned by Dan Clays, in
which another most important strike of
exceptionally high grade was reported
week ago.
The Red Wing embraces a patented /
claim and a tunnel site within its en-
vircnments, and is owned by the Red (
Wing Cold Mining company, of this /
City
This property shipped 246 tons of ex-
cellent ore during the year 1897, the /
principal values being in gold and cop |
per- and previous to this time it had /
appeared on the shipping list a number |
of times. The mine is developed by /
means of three tunnels-the upper one, !
or tunnel No. l, being the original !
workings, from which most of the ore
have been made in the /
past but since the incorporation of !
The property, about 200 feet of work
has been done in tunnel No. ?, which is
now in a distance of $50 feet. besides
and drifts run on the ore,
ana in doing this work some splendid
bodies OF good milling ore have been
uncovered. through which there are
chutes of mineral running high in the
precious metals, some of which assays
as high as g. per cent copper, and
S8S IN GOLD TO THE TON.
The best showing Of all, however, is
disclosed in what is known as the Old
Iohn ssope or upraise. and Superintend-
ent Ed AIcCarrick takes great pleasure
in calling the attention of his visitors
to this fine body OF mineral, which
ranges from a foot to three feet in
width, and through which there is a
good pay streak; and il is from this
vein Of nice-looking rock that ore is
now being broken down for shipment
10 the mill, or TO the open market. and
f this consignment is successful, it is
he intention OF the company to follow
1 up regularly with others.
In the second uDraiSe. made from the
unnel level, from the 300-foot station.
here is another fine showing OF ore.
Thich shows values by fire tests of 81
yer cent copper, sc Der cent lead, 91.S
unces silver and 81 in gold to the ton,
While in the same locality there is an
isht-inch body OF ore that assays 12.G 1
ler cent copper. 30 ounces silver and
g. s. in gold.
IN order TO cut the ore zones showing {
q tunnel No. , at a greater depth. tun-
el No. 3 has been started nearly on the {
evel of the gulch on the ground 10 s
ated as Il tunnel site, and, as in the
ala Dean and the Amazon, just oppo- s
tie. the ore planes have attained great [
r size with depth, as well as gaining in I
letallic values. il is believed that when I
MS tunnel cuts the vein, a showing I I
III be made such as will make the
of the company exuitant, :
s well as assure another big producer q
) the camp y
The tunnel is now in u distance of 22O
aet. Work is being pushed with two G
hits of two men each. and il is con- i
IDENTIFY expected that within the COM [
X month the vein viii be cut q
The company has just completed the .
rection of an ore chute which will con-
ey the ore from the mouth of tunnel
o. TO the ore bin by the roadside in
lie gulch. and this win be utilized this S
eek. as a Seton lot VIII be sent down
ithin a few days. which win probably
E treated at Heaston's mill, al the
outh of Markham gulch. and an in j
1ection of these works goes far to- Il
ards corrcborating t
ALL THE GOOD THINGS $
hich have been said of late concern {
IL the merits of the plant and the ex- [
iE doing T.