The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-12-31


i States court last June and bid in for
Webb of the New York Central rail-
road. Consideration, about $4,000 But
a small force are employed, and they
are kept constantly employed in run
ming tunnels or doing work that will be
beneficial in the future. 1t is not ex-
pected they will find anything until
after next February. when the period
of redemption expires. A large force
may be at work next summer.
Wedge Extension.
This company has six claims that
join the east end line of the Wedge and
| extend south. Two parallel veins cross
the property lengthwise. One Of the
veins is about four feet wide at the sur
face and at one place on the other it
| is about thirty feet wide. Both veins
carry gold, but as they have not sunk
on either vein their values are unde-
| termined. On the surface it is neces-
sarily low. About S400 was expended
the past season in development, mostly
on a tunnel, but as they have not gone
far enough to tap the vein nothing as
yet has been demonstrated Judging
from surface indications this should
become a valuable property.
Aurora.
! This claim is located about $500 feet
north of the Wedge. 1t has a we'll min-
eralized vein about three feet wide,
from which some high-grade ore has
been taken. They are now sinking on
the vein and this shaft is down about
| thirty feet. The past season they erect
ed a cabin and blacksmith shop. In all
they have expended about $500 in devel-
opment.
Glen Eyre.
This was known in the past as the
Chattanooga 1t has produced some
wonderfully rich ore. One season Jake
Sargent did: the assessment work for
what ore he could take out of a ten
foot shaft which he was to sink and il
we are correctly informed he never was
as well paid for that amount of work.
This property is now owned exclu-
siveiy by Milan Packard of Springville.
who purchased all the other interests.
A force of men has been constantly
employed the past season in running
tunnel and sinking a shaft. A new
steam hoist is nearly completed to ia
cilitate work on the shaft. The build
ing is erected, all the machinery is on
the ground and mostly set up and will
be running full blast in day or two.
Their tunnel is finished about 300 feet.
Much good ore is exposed In both the
shaft and tunnel.
Besides erecting a large steam hoist
they have also built large commodi-
Gus boarding house, bunk houses and
other buildings necessary for the OPP
Grafton of mine on an extensive scale.
Mr.. Packard has been very successful
in his mining ventures, and if he has
made mistake it is not known. The
best evidence of what he thinks of this
property is the money he is spending
in its development. He owns large in
terests in some of the best mines in the
state and he intends making this a
great producer in the near future.
surprise-Perjue.
This property joins the Wedge on the
south. They have a large vein crossing
the claim and assays taken from the
surface give good values. They have
been running a tunnel to cross the vein
at depth of about 100 feet. but they
have not tapped the vein yet. They
have expended about $500 in develop
ment the past season. They think the
end of this tunnel is close to the vein
and will, no doubt, cross it when they
are able to go to work again in the
spring.
Eagle.
This claim lays about 1000 feet north
of the Wedge. They have run two tun-
nels the past season and have a shaft
started which is down about twenty
feet. 1t makes most excellent show
ing. They have vein of ore about
fourteen inches wide which shows
through the tunnel and in shaft. Ore
taken from this vein has assayed as
high as $500 in gold to the ton The
owners of this property expended about
$1,000 in development the past season.
Webster.
This is one of the old properties and
has quite an extensive history. In early
days they shipped a large quantity of
had haul it in wagons to
Juab, the nearest railroad point,
a distance of ninety miles. They
have tunnel that follows their
vein in a distance of 1,700 feet. Be
tween walls the vein is sixty feet wide,
but the ore in width varies greatly.
There is ore all the way along the tun-
mel, which passes through three chin
neys. About quarter Of million dol
lars worth of ore was taken from this
property in early days and large guam
titles left in the mine. They have a
ten-stamp mill down in the valley, but
were unable to save values sufficient
to justify it's running. Milan Packard,
J. A. Odbert and w. E. Holderman
have recently secured two years bond
and lease on this property, agreeing to
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dump. Lumber is now being hauled up
there for that purpose. They will en-
ploy a large force of men as soon as
they get this mill built and will put
on small force this winter when their |
boarding house and cabins are finished, |
to take out ore. They are working now
on this building. When the mine gets |
to working full force it will add great !
ly to the prosperity of this part of the |
country.
Iron Ore.
]. A Colbert of Lincoln, Neb., has |
been here most of the past summer.
A ledge of iron ore passing across the |
valley about two miles north of this |
town attracted his attention, and as it |
was open he located number of claims |
along the belt. The ore has been tested |
and found to be suitable for use in |
shelters. In fact iron ore they must |
have to treat certain other ores After |
finding a market the price they would |
pay would not be sufficient to meet all !
the expenses of getting the ore to the
smelters, including a haul by team of |
nine miles to Belknap, but. since the I
coming to the Vale is an as
sured fact this promises to become a |
great industry. He has had number
OF men at work for several months |
opening it up to see how much there |
was of it. The vein widens out rapidly
as they go down and now enough work
has been done to demonstrate the fact
that he has almost an unlimited quan-
tity. The ore, too, is of a very high
grade-almost as pure as 1t is ever
found. This promises to be another
big thing for Marysvale.