The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-12-31
MINES OF STOCKTON
a ENJOYING A BOOM
But Two Idle Properties in the
Camp-Much Development.

With but two exceptions. every mine
in Stockton is now being worked.
The Honorine. which, in years gone
by was the biggest producer in this
county, is again being worked The
Honorine Mining company of Boston
has given Charles Scheu a lease and
bond on this property and 6 force OF
men are now sinking shaft 500 feet
in the tunnel to get under the water.
which caused the trouble in the old
diggings. They will then drift under
the ore bodies A large new steam
pump and air compressor will be put
in the mine. when thirty or forty men
will be put to work. z. ]. Rarratz is
superintendent of the works.
The Catherine, the mine from which
Jack Robinson and Mr.. Carter took
out a fortune some fifteen years ago,
is again shipping ore. A two and a
half foot vein OF galena has been sup
plying sufficient ore TO make ship
ments quite frequently for over two
months. This ore is worth $50 per ton,
and the vein will no doubt increase in
size and value as depth is gained. This
mine was purchased from a Chicago
firm three years ago, by a local COM
pany, Messrs. L. B. Crftchlow. ]. p
Kitchener and James Collins being
stockholders in the mine. having leased
it from the others They expect to
put III q SdcOllLc llOtSl dtlQ 4l4dAc OtACL
improvements
The Argent is another shipper This
property is owned by Jack Conner, but
he has taken in with him two moneyed
men from Chillecothe, Mo-, Mr.. Perrin
and Mr.. Bell. They are working six
or seven men and have just made their
first shipment of twenty-five or thirty
tons of $50 ore. They have three-foot
vein on the 600-foot level.
The Lion Consolidated Mining COM
pany Is working a group of eight
claims. They now are asking for bids
for a 300-foot shaft on which they ex-
pect to put a new gasoline hoist. This
will be done in order to get. at the
ore cheaper than it is now being
handled in the old diggings. There is
plenty of ore in sight to justify this
extra work. eleven twenty-ton cars Of
S35 ore having been shipped by them
this summer. Besides this, large
quantities of milling ore have been left
in the mine until the new hoist and
shaft are ready. II will average in
the crude state IS per cent lead. 10
ounces silver. and 80 per cent iron.
This company may put in a custom
mill next summer, as there is plenty Of
this ore in the camp TO run mill the
year round.
Henry Trenun is running a tunnel at
the Ben Harrison.
Alex Mays has seven men at work
on the Silver Coin property
The Hercules has been making ship
ments right along for the last eighteen
months.
Sam Mcfarland has ten or twelve
men working at the Galena King and
has been shipping all summer. The
King is an old producer and has re-
Gently been purchased from the
Neideringhaus company. 1t used to be
known as the Silver King.
The No-You-Don't owned by c. B.
MARYLAND. is taking out $50 ore. Hans
Peterson is superintendent.
The Bunker Hill is the making of a
good mine. 1t is turning out ore that
will run as high as so ounces silver.
26 per cent copper and 90 per cent lead.
Joe Reynolds is superintendent. and
Jones and others are stockholders.
The May-bell and Black Diamond
are the only idle properties in the
camp and they are bonded.
Four hundred people are now in
Stockton and times have not been bet
ter for ten or twelve years than they
are just now. The camp will boom
next summer
OPHIR HILL PLANT.
Had it not been for the delay in
getting building material, Senator
ClarkS large mill, Wnlcn IS IN course
of erection for the Ophir Hill mine at
Ophir, would now be completed, as it
is it will be finished by Feb. Is. 1t
will have a capacity for turning out
100 tons of concentrates daily, which
means the handling of 800 tons of the
crude ore each day. The millsite is
the same as that of the old Ophir Hill
mill; the new one is, however, very
much larger, the dimensions being 800
x125 feet, and will cost about 100000.
Greater values will be taken from the
ore than by the old mill; the concen-
trates then averaged about 500 per ton,
which nettcd the owners. after all
expenses were paid, s1.15 per ton With
these improved conditions and noun
tain OF ore to draw from it will be
readily seen that Ophir is to have a
prolonged season of prosperity and
Senator Clark's wealth will be con-
siderably increased by his new acquisi-
ton in Tooele county.
Henry Pollicott OF Salt Lake City
still continues to periodically ship
from his property in this camp.