The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-12-31

satisfactory nature, as it was demon
| Strated that operating with a concen-
| traitor of say 500 tons capacity, there is
an almost limitless amount of material
| that will pay handsomely. 1t is under
stood, however, that Captain De Lamar
failed to obtain a controlling interest
| in the holdings, which Colonel Wall
was not disposed to relinquish, and
! that the deal will soon be or is Off That
a large concentration will at no distant
| day be built in connection with this
! proposition, is almost among the GER
tainties. Colonel Wall is meantime de-
veloping the Tampa and other earn
fork properties. with reported satisfac-
tory results.
BUTTERFIELD COMPANY.
The largest holding of mineral land
in Bingham is that of the Butterfield
Mining company. covering probably TOO
acres, of which considerable part IL
placer ground, besides many lode loca-
tons. In times past considerable gold
was washed from along the placer
rims, but operations were limited by a
scarcity of water. OF the lode claims
the Queen, Northern Chief and Eagle
Bird are thus far the most important
These are showing large ore bodies and
the latter is regularly producing under
leases. The most important i'm
provement is the great Butter
field tunnel which, starting at
5000 feet elevation, has been run $500
feet northerly toward the divide be-
tween Butterfield and main canyons.
Its breast is said to be within $500 feet
OF the Old Jordan vein, and as it's direc-
ton cuts the big veins at nearly 1000
feet in depth it will ultimately be-
come a very important enterprise. 1t
encountered several veins of high-grade
mineral, with ore carrying as high as
400 to 700 ounces silver and one ounce
gold, besides copper and galena- The
veins of the Butterfield, in fact. all
carry high-grade mineral
The tunnel in its present state is
flowing 400 gallons of water per min
ute; at its mouth is a grand site for ex-
tensive reduction works, and that
works will some time be located there
is certain.
This property is owned by a French
company, which seems to have become
piqued by the unpleasantness between
the United States and Spain trace rela-
ton of France), and nearly all opera
tons have, since the war, been sus-
pended
Neighbors to the Butterfield holdings
are the Barstow and Old Times mines.
both high grade ore producers of prom
Use.
MAN GOOD MINES.
IL is impossible in this issue of The
Herald to particularize all the mines. of
Bingham deserving of mention Those
that are now actually in operation or
nave made records as ore shippers. in
dependent or the ones already re-
ferred to, number over 100. There have
been during the year upwards of thirty
companies organized to operate Binp-
ham properties, of which twenty-six
are active. either working or Temporal
rily idle. The others may not be fakes.
but they recorded high-sounding names.
sold stock. and that is all. to date. Some
OF them nave not even done assessment
work for the year. The balance of this
review will briefly touch upon as many
OF the good mines and prospects as
possible. numbers Of them deserving
extended mention.
PETRo.
Near the head of the list is the Petro,
that. during the past summer, has de-
clared a number of dividends and this
winter is busily developing old ground
and opening new, with the view of re-
Stunning dividends in the spring. Sit
uated on York hill, near the head of
Cottonwood gulch, it is in a locality of
heavy SHOWS. and the road thence could
not be shielded or kept open except at
this winter includes running a drift
Jointly with the York mine to reach
the vein LOCO feet below it's apex.
YORK.
The York, adjoining the Petro. has
been busy during the past summer, and
next spring will be ready for quite
heavy production. This winter a tun--
mel is being run to tap the vein west
OF the old workings, the vein having
been traced westerly distance Of over
900 feet.
PHOENIX.
The Phoenix. that has in the past two
years. until with two or three monthsy
been a large and profitable shipper. has
done great deal of development work
on two veins and will this winter be ac-
tive in further explorations, besides |
resuming the output next month. This !
property consists of five claims. has |
been since July or August under bond, +!
to expire this month. The manager.
Andrew Gebhardt, states that it will |
then not be for sale, but will be oper- |
ated according to it's merits
Neighb0rs OF the Petro, York and |
are the Agnes & Dana, Par |
nell and Leonard, and Minnie. all I'M |
der active development this winter and /
holding out good promise.
MoNTEZUMA.
The Montezuma. in Markham gulch,
we'll known as one of Bingham's sub |
stantial properties, during the past year
put in a steam hoist and pump and
new level shows twenty feet of fine
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