Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-10-18
Interesting Description Of This
Great Park Property.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Facts Taken nom President Days
Last Report, witch was not
Printed.

N New York contains very Interest,"
INK account OF the nniy-wcat mine. ac-
companicd by Illustrations and maps.
nhowlng the relative location Of the big
properties IN that vicinity az Park city
ST. Warren says DO part.
Park city uintah mining district.
summit county. Utah. was nrst given
reputation hy The ontario mfho. In re-
cent years tho camp has been comparn-
lively qulot On July 1898. Park city
was almost wiped out by a Ute. but a.
now ruhatantlnll. rebuilt Since the
Ontario closed down. IN 1897. tho Silver
King has been The only reliable pro-
Queer an recently Tor today the camp
ia thriving, employing almost na many
mon in mining orr ms In ita paimy days.
The present revival 10 mainly due TO tho
achievements Of the palg West and
onilflo's gradual rcawakoning. at least
in 10 production of smelling ore. Tin.
tab and the adjoining districts of
which Park city Ia the business cun-
ter have other good mlnou both old
and new. but the present review la linz
tied 10 nm outline sketch Of the Daily
West Park city minos nru icad-ailyor
producers ana Daiy-wcst Is no exocp-
ton.
The ontario veln-whlch from tho
portion iu ontario territory maid over
ila.aQ0NO 90 dlVldcnd8-la nsaurc ln
quMNiir passing on "a rnuthweaterly
strike through the ground of the paiy
ana DAILY Wrat The dlp IL towards
the north 20 degrees from the horizon
20 nearly vertical a quite general im-
preston prevails that this extension
~ the ontHrlu-Daly nssuro On tho Daiy.
West vein from which the present orr
la mined, While o carries good values
10 nnlys West territory and n liable.
ON furthnr exploration. 10 prove an i'm
pntinni factor IN The mines future. It
has no considerable ore bodies opened
in this ground. Tho paiy-Wcst vcln
proper r. % contact vein with a quarts.
tie foot wall ana nfllue hanging wall.
IT, strike " uouthoastrrly.nurt
crly with dip 10 tho north N 10 de-.
rreca from the horizontal 60 90 degrees
Ur more.
"a throc-compartmont vertical shaft
pcnctrntea this ground a depth of 1 40
iget or 20 feet below tho a. 0O.lovel.
There are but three levels driven. 900.
LEGO ana 400. Ore was nfat cut on
thr p0p-lgtcl. az which horizon tho
chlef exploration was carried on. Here
'ff HNNH NAM NMN ~ n MNNNANA MNlNAa
q distance ~ 1880 feet from the shaft
atntioni had ita existence been known
before hand Il might have been cut
within 800 feet Of the shaft Tho
ore zone here " opened $50 foot
lnterally along the strike. The alp
~ light from 10 10 20 degrees. In thick.
ness the ore varies from 20 30 feet. ana
~ may prove more nt points. nH layers
u barren cherry lime occur In tho roof,
above which other good ore seams sg
20 feet thick were found. aud this
u liable 10 occur again. There are
number 81 Slopes opened on the p0o-
level ana those on the outer edge ~ the
present development show no evidence
or ore exhaustion
From the a00-lcvel ~ an uprnise ~
100 tcrt upDnlnE into the vein Nhero
some uno slopes arr exposed. one *.
tending " foot ~ the dip above the
top ~ Tie uprniae This uppsrmost
stops. The highest working IN ore. has
"a uno showing u mineral. From this
horizon, owing TO the conngurntion uf
tho mountain range, the vertical dis
lance tp the outcrop OF the ledge IL
about 1900 feet. "a hint of the probable
worth % the unexpiored upper ORC
hodirs. Drifting from this uprnlse has
proved the orr auno lutcmlly 600 feet
along the strike % the vein. and the
limits are not reached. Driving woat,
the workings of the Anchor were brok.
en- INTO ln huge stopr some 90 foot
beyond IT, line on DAILY West territory.
showing that no this point nt icnst the
or" zone extends 10 The Anchor bound.
ury und beyond, Ia thickness. churnc-
TOR ana values the orr roarmhlcB that
on The 900-lovol
"on thc lioo.loyel tho ore gone was
cut september 10th, 1893, about 100 feet
iuith from the ahuft. Al This point mo
vein 10 Well defined ana strong. but
low Eruds. Here thc dip la dn 10 60 de-.
grpgs. Exploration "A being advanced
on THIS level. The i200-loycl cnrres-
ponds 20 tho Old ontario drain tunnel.
With ita mouth above Park City-not
The new long drain tunnel. which IL AZ
the horizon. 900 foot inwpr-nnd
~ "a continuation ~ this tunnel. on the
l,2lO-lcvel the Ontario naiy nasurs.
standing nearly vertical n oNpoaed
The paiy mine has mined thi4 hasurs
w 90 the boundary plane ~ the Daily
West, "a vertical distance of COO fcrt.
exposing face %. body or good mill. /
lnr ore, concentrating 10 the zoo 10 /
lanl-leN'lH, had the Dnly-Wort such |
workings. The reader viii unlrrstnnd /
that the ouiuriO-Duiy assures enter |
/ pay. Wet territory on the east which |
~, Wa l,,, y. b,lly-Wcat contact vein l. cx-
pl1llel ON lhe western portion ~ the /
gruund adjoining the Anchor.
'Heiore HpclkIng NJ the Inauguration !
of inc prrront active cnmpniTn Ia ]
Alufch, 1913. 10 VIII be woll 10 Hny "a word /
1f thr ORIGIN OF thu plly-Wcst Mining |
company ana what tho property has /
achieved pH0r 60 tho recent nrflnlan-
Ton. The mll'ut facts are taken from
.hc lani annual report NJ profliout DAILY /
.1 thn Hhlrc-oWnvrH, on February goth. !
sgd which WnH not printed. The DAILY
West holdiugr consist OF 20 patented
lode claims 70 fore the company was
.lrmsd uu undivided one-half OF the
ground was owned by M,TarA j. ID.
IinHglu George Hearst, n. g.. Cham
lDlf, ,t nl. the other oue-hnlf by John
!. DAILY In October 1898 hlr DAILY in-
'orporntVd hlH undivided ono-hllf under
Pie style of iht nHly-Weat Mining COM
lany with capitalization ~ SliU0. 900
~ $40 shares, under tho laws OF Utah.
About tho Same time the other uno-half
interest was acquired hy "a California
corporation known nH the Iyauhoe Min
nF company Attempts 90 unite these
intlFouiftlc companies were made on
'eVofm occasions, but none were suc-
.efsful tlll thc past winter on january
Not. 1899. tho Incorporation articles uf
he blly-WoHt Mining company woro
lWondpi, tho number OF shares being
Increased from r 900 90 100 000 each 0e
: par value OF 500. the additional 5000