The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-24
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Fine Ore In the Gold Dust-The
EAGLE and Snowstorm.

Gl4C C4S LII the OO1Q OuSC-In6
Eagle and SnowstoTm.
Mercur, Jan. 23.-S. L. Dean has two
shifts at work on the Snowstorm and
the incline is going down at the rate of
live feet per day. 1t is confidently eX-
pected thai pay ore Will Be reached
within the next thirty days. The Snow
storm people are having the same eX-
perience as the Daisy, La Cigdle and
others on the West Dip experienced.
While in the Daisy ore was found at
the surface, it was not until a depth of
200 feet was reached that a vein of
sufficient size and value was found. In
the South Daisy it was not until $50
feet had been reached that milling val
ueS were discovered. 1t has been esti-
mated that pay ore cannot be expected
inthe Snowstorm until the 300-fcot level
is reached. Arrangements have been
made to survey the property and pat
ent it as Soon as possible. The company
owns over $50 acres of ground, and
have about $500 feet on the strike of
the vein. Mr.. Spooner will put 10000
shares on the market in a few days,
and 60, 200 shares will be left TO do the
prospecting, so that there is little dan
ger of an assessment being made, for
some time, if at all.
In the Eagle, the new strike is show
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high as $500 are found. The size of
the vein is as yet undetermined, but
there is no question it is a large one.
The force has been increased, and de-
velopment is proceeding vigorously.
At the Rover work is being con-
tinued and h indications are favorable
A contract for 100 feet of drift work
has just been let to L. E. Cone.
A magnificent body of ore is being
nnQnQ6 I'm in tho Cold nI1Gf 6riff
has penetrated it a distance of 100 feet,
and average values of from Sc to SO
are found. Superintendent Hannahs is
highly pleased with the results of his
labors.
The Juneau company has some men
at work on a group OF claims near Box
Springs, and are finding some good
values in the ground.
Superintendent Hunt of the Peacock
group, in Skull valley. is in camp for
supplies. He reports the sinking of a
shaft and the driving of a tunnel $50
feet. A 4-foot vein of ore has been IN
covered, in which gold values are found,
as yet not sufficient to make a milling
proposition, but with good encourage
ment for continuing work, and his will
be done throughout the present year.
Mr.. Catch has one back to Boston.
but will return in February. In regard
to the country Mr.. Hunt says there is
a big field for prospectors and surface
indications are good. 1t will remain
for some one to do considerable work
there to demonstrate the value of the
vein and this the Peacock company
propose to do.
A man named Walker, employed by
the Jordan Narrows company, had a
close call for his life. He touched one
CT the wires carrying the electric fluid
and but for the presence of another
workman would have paid the penalty
atty of his oversight with his life, he
jerked Walker back from the wires,
breaking the connection.
The Telluride company are busy
transporting the machinery to increase
the capacity of the plant to it's desti-
nation in Provo canyon
A Chinaman named Jim while lift
ing a beer key in Weber's saloon today,
let it fall on his leg, breaking it be-
tween the knee and ankle.