The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-12-31
MINES OF CACHE
MAKE GOOD SHOWING
Some Important Developments
Recorded During the Year.

Logan, Dec. Zo.-Iecnnlcdlly spedh-
ing. there are no mines in Cache
county, as in no instance has suf-
ficient work been done upon a pros
pect TO make of it a producer worthy
the name of mine. There are in
Vulnerable prospects, however, and
the hills from the northern to the
southern extremities of the valley, are
studded with holes, where lie buried
the hopes and fond speculations OF
some farmer prospector, who for a
time forsook his pastoral pursuits to
seek wealth amongst the rugged giants
of the Wasatch.
The valley being rich and fertile, at
tracted the husbandman rather than
the miner, and this perhaps is the
main reason why the mineral resources
are still undeveloped. Each year,
however, brings to light some i'm
portant fact connected with the hidden
wealth. At one time, the idea of there
being any cyanide ore in this locality
was ridiculed, but recent discoveries of
large quantities CT ore that yields
readily to the cyanide process, have
dissipated that delusion.
Though mineral has been found in
all parts of the county, in the southern
end is the only place where districts
were regularly organized. The one
time famous La Plata district is
there dlSO QiSlIiCl- vi
late years but little has been done in
the former place, except the assess
ment work required by law. In the
once noted La Plata mine, a small
vein of copper ore was encountered
this summer and the owners who are
too numerous to mention are feeling
quite encouraged
In the Paradise district, the Blue
Bell, a copper, silver. and gold propo-
sition, mas attracted considerable at
tention this year. 1t is owned by
State Senator Joseph Howell, j. H.
Squires of Hyrum, John T. Squires of
Logan, and others. A cash offer of
$4,000 from John Tiernan of Salt Lake
was refused for the property last year,
and bonding proposition of $4,000
was turned down this year.
The Queen of the Hills, situated
on the same lead as the Blue Bell, and
owned by ]. r. Edwards of this city,
has come to the front the past year.
Development work on this claim is be-
ing vigorously prosecuted, and an ex-
ceJlent showing is being made About
$50 feet of development work has been
done.
The Blue Rock, situated near the
head of Logan canyon, has been work
ed nearly all summer. and a promising
vein of copper has been encountered
The ore runs 90 per cent copper and a
heavy percentage OF gold and silver,
but the vein is very narrow as yet H
c. Hansen of this city is the principal
owner of the Blue Rock
The Rich-Cache. owned by a Logan
company OF which L. r. Martineau is
president, is being steadily developed,
and several very fiattering offers for
the property have been refused, as
the owners believe they are working
on the main ore body About IFS
~
claim, which yields copper ore. Within
the past few days. word has been re-
ceived of the best strike yet made on
the claim. After tunneling in eighty
two feet at the base of the hill the
contact they have been seeking for
was encountered. A vein of ore was
uncovered which is walled en- one side
by gray lime and on the other by
granite. Work will be continued
throughout the winter
The Humbug and Mahogany claims
in the head of Logan canyon, near the
Blue Rock, are looming up as proba BILE
producers Speaking again of the Blue
Rock which has been mentioned, as
says upon some of their ore received
the past day or two, showed a value of
$500 per ton.
The King mine, the Boulder and
Copper King. in Blacksmith Fork
canyon are claims that have attracted
very favorable attention this year. p
A. Nielsen of Logan owns the King.
and Messrs. ]. II. Carson. ]. West, and
W. II. Jackson of Ogden own the
others. The Boulder is being worked
under a $1,000 bond given by Carson
and WeSs, to !. c. Thoreson and 9TH
ers.
The Horseshoe mine, located in
Logan canyon about two miles from
Logan, a gold bearing lode, owned by
Aaron Keysor and j. Z. Anderson of
Salt Lake. is being vigorously worked
and assays show as high as SIS in gold
per ton. The ore is reducible by the
cyanide method.
The Accident in Smithfieid, the
Hamlet. in Green canyon, the Golden
Gate in the same locality have all
made good showings during the year
past.
In addition to this several coal pros
poets are being worked. Carl Elvers,
backed by an Anaconda company, has
bored into the hills just east of Provi-
dence for nearly 800 feet in search OF
coal, and is still at work
William Cunningham and Willard
Hansen of Peterboro and Collinston,
respectively, have bored to a depth of
800 feet on the divide between Cache
and Box Elder. and have excellent
prospects of striking coal. Mr.. Cum
ningham is a coal miner of forty years
experience and he is confident of the
ultimate success Of his venture A
strike of coal is also reported from
Richmond, on property owned by Alma
Merrill Of that place. Altogether, a
very satisfactory showing has been
made in mining in Cache this year.