The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-05-28
Immense Bodies Exposed In This
Famous Tintic Mine.
WHAT THE TUNNELS SHOW
INSPECTION OF PROPERTY BY A
HERALD MAN.
Company Could Market Fifty Tons
of Shipping Ore Per Day-Win
Become One of the Greatest Pro-
ducers of Tintic-Old Mines to Be
Reopened.
(speclal Correspondence.l

Mammoth, May 2f.-There Is out one
way to be able to obtain anything like
a correct and accurate idea of the con-
dition and possibilities of the properties
owned and being worked by the Star
Consolidated Mining company, and that
is to make a thorough and exhaustive
examination of the tunnel workings be-
fore any attention is directed TO the
diggings worked through the new
shaftway. Such an inspection viii con-
sumo anywhere from six to eight hours
! time, if the visitor views the entire
workings partially and intelligently.
Permission is easily obtained of Super
| intendent VIII Lawrence, who bluntly
puts it that there isn't anything about
the premises they are ashamed Of"
The writer had the pleasure of his COM
pany.
For the information of some people
| who are pleased to term the Star Con-
solidated promising prospect, and the
writer has frequently heard the term
| applied but invariably by individuals
| who have never seen the surface hold
| ings, and could not be induced to ven
ture underground, the following brief
| facts are submitted relative to the
! ground in question:
The Star Consolidated Mining COM
pany owns fourteen claims of patented
ground, comprising an area of nearly
| 1870 acres, embracing, practically, all
the territory extending from the
Dragon Iron mine to the eastern and
southern possessions of the Ajax COM
pany.
1t is the writer's province to speak of
what has been done in the company's
various diggings, and not what is con-
templated. The various claims, or many
of them, have been continuously work.
ed, with possibly infrequent periods of
idleness, since April, 1870, producing
some of the richest gold ores ever found
in all Tintic district, yielding many
hundreds of thousands of dollars, and
not until the present management as
sumed control was there any pretension
of deep or legitimate mining.
The writer has enjoyed the privilege
OF inspecting every mine of consequence
in this district, with the possible eX-
| ception of one big proposition, and be-
lieves that the ore bodies today ex-
posed in the Star Consolidated group
are unquestionably greater in extent
than those of any single or group of
claims in all Tintic. The idea pretty
generally prevails, and the claim is
generally conceded as to the magnitude
and extent of the ore visible, the incor-
rect assumption being that it is all. or
most all a milling grade of ore. While
! 1t may be true that until some months
| ago the greater part of the ore in sight
was of milling character, because of
! the fact that the leasers had pursued a
search for the richest ores, that it not
the case at present. However, in eX-
tracing part of the whole of the vast
and almost unreasonable bodies of
milling ore, it is but fair to suppose as
has been the history of all the old tun-
mel workings, tiatmuch rich ore will
be encountered.
AS seen in the tunnels. comprising
hlf &c lrr1O
Goodo and Gundry, the present plan of
operations is confined mostly towards
defining the extent and courses of the
three big ore chutes. At a distance of
265 feet from the mouth OF the upper
tunnel big chute of ore was encount-
cred, the spot being designated as the
Senate Chamber. When this area was
no larger than an ordinary room. a for
tune was extracted, the ore averaging
$50 in gold. Now the chamber has as
sumed vast proportions, measuring 80
feet across, fully 20 in length and vary
ing from 40 to so feet in height The
floor, walls and ceiling show a solid
facing of copper ore. At or near this
point winze has been sunk to the
Gundry, or lower tunnel, a distance of
2I5 feet, through the same grade and
character of ore. Going east of the |
Senate Chamber the slver-lead vein Is
just being opened in this tunnel that
nearly 800 feet below cuts such an i'm
portant factor in the mines resources |
In the lower, or Gundry tunnel 400 |
feet from the entrance of the tunnel |
after cutting three big ore chutes. this !
silver-lead vein is tapped, but the width |
of the zone is not measurable with the |
present prospecting. A Wine has been |
sunk through it 275 feet. and three |
drifts run both ways across, disclosing |
ore thirty feet wide. One car recently |
shipped showed a net profit of 81. 700. |
Between all three tunnels innumerable |
upra1seS, slopes, wines and drifts have |
been cut, and in each and every in
stance silver-lead or copper ore was
continuously in sight.
Off from the main shaft, which. by
the way, is now 565 feet from the collar.
on the 400 level, 103 feet south of the
station, what is termed their east and |
west vein is cut, showing a width of |
twelve feet in copper ore. the copper
values in recent shipment giving 80 I
per cent returns.
About seventy-fiv feet south of the
east and west vein on the 400. the lead
and silver vein, as first seen in the up
per tunnel, is again met. An upraise of
thirty-five feet. with drifts both ways
shows continuance of galena ore
which, according TO the smelter settle
ment sheets, shows the following val
ues: $l1 gold, 23 ounces silver and % per
"
this ore is broken now.
Two hundred and twenty-five feet
from the shaft, in an upraise, a body
OF fine shipping ore was cut on which
a winze was put down continuously in
ore to the 400, this mineral in 600-ton
lot showing valuation of $37 gold. 20
ounces of silver and per cent lead.
Two cars of this shipment Melted 81. 800.
Two features in connection with the
owningS struck the writer
as being strikingly peculiar, notably,
the seeming Indifference as to what
anyone may know of the capabilities
and the ability to preserve the resolu-
ton adopted some time ago of acquir-
ing the desired depth before exploiting
or cutting ore in any great quantities.
With ample force the management can
easily cut fifty tons of shipping ore a
day. The idea of doing it would, to the
person, have delightful charms
and grave temptations
Some months ago. when Mr. Hugh
Rippeto was detailed by Walker Bros.
TO make report on the mine he took
from various portions of the old work
ings 375 samples of ore, excluding the
rich mineral and shipping ores which
gave a net valuation of over ST. per
ton. Later, when asked how many |
thousands of tons of ore he believed to
be exposed, so that a computation
might be made. he replied that he
thought anyone who would try was a
fool.