The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-06
DALTON e. LARK PLANS.
Great Amount of Exploration to Be
Done at Once.
Especial Correspondence.)

Especial Correspondence)
Bingham, July 5.-On the train from
Salt Lake this morning were c. O..
Whittemore and P. T. Farnsworth, To-
cal representatives of the Boston and
New York syndicate which holds an
option on the Dalton & Lark.
Before leaving for the mine Mr.. Whit
temore told your correspondent that
he had succeeded in securing an extern
sion OF time on the bond till the first
day of October, and that an immense
amount of development would conse-
quently be done at the property during
the next three months.
The mine is now clear of water,
said Mr. Whittemore, land we antici-
pate no trouble whatever from that
source in the future. l came out with
Mr.. FarnSworth, who is directing the
work of -. elopment, to take look at
the mine and see the work of sinking
inaugurated. Three shifts are to send
the shaft down to the 1,000-foot level
just as fast as powder, steam and
muscle can accomplish it, for we are
going to try and do loco feet of drift
ing on that level before the option ex-
pires.
We have d big undertaking ahead of
us for during the coming three months
we have got TO determine, as far as
possible, the amount of ore the mine
contains, its character and the best
method for its treatment or reduction.
The work we have SO far been able
to do shows the ores in the upper lev
els of the mine TO contain an average
value of something over 80 a ton in
gold. silver and lead, and we have
taken out some ore which contains from
to 5 per cent copper. On the S50-toot
level, which we have just reached
through pumping, l am told the tim
bers, etc. are all deeply stained with
copper, and it is reasonable to expect
that copper values will increase as
depth below the water level is at
tanned.
If the propositions turns out as we
expect il will, ii means the working or
the property on a large scale and re-
duction works will be erected capable
of handling at least 500 tons of ore a
DAY. The mine can be worked to a
depth of 1850 feet through tunnel
which will no doubt be run if the syn
dictate which l represent takes the prop
erty. As the vein is a very strong true
assure, averaging in the neighborhoOd
of twenty feet in width and explored
through the Yosemite Nos. l and ,. and
the Dalton & Lark for a distance of
more than 5000 feet. TO an average
depth Of 700 feet, it can readily be seen
ground Will be opened up when the
ledge is tapped at d depth of 1850 feet"
The Dalton & Lark shaft. as is gener-
ally known, is down on the ledge $50
feet. al which point the vein has been
explored for a distance of 80 feet
north and $50 feet south. On the 800
level there is a north drift extending
500 feet, and one south 800 feet from the
shaft On the old 70O-foot level about
1000 feet Of work has been done. From
this point down the water problem had
TO be met, and it is for that reason
that the mine was not extensively
worked 10 a greater depth. There is a
150-foOt Slope in the south drift on the
soc. and a 15-foot Slope in the north
drift and after 1000 feet of drifting on
the 1000-foot level has been done,
quite accurate knowledge can be had of
the worth Of the property, as it will
not only determine the extent of the
ore reserves above, but also form
splendid basis for judging the extent
character and value of the riches buried
beneath.
When Mr.. FarnswOrth took hold of
the property as manager, everything
about the works was in bad shape,
boilers, engines. piping and everything
else was on the verge of becoming
worthless and it has been the almost
endless amount of repair work which
had to be done that has SO retarded the
work of draining the mine, but as that
gentleman is bestcwing the same intel
ligent attention to operations at the
Dalton & Lark which has always mark
ed his long and successful career as
manager of the famous Horn Silver
mine at Frisco, there is no question but
what he will prove just the man the
syndicate needed to show the worth or
the Dalton & Lark as an investment.