The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-06-04
Development Going On at Hope Mine
In Tintic.
STRIKE In RABBITS FOOT
LIVELY CAMP SPRUNG UP AT
SNYDER CITY.
Business Houses Opened at the New
Neutrality-suspicious. and Min
ing Men Going Into Gold Noun
tain District on Every Train
From Other Camps.
Especial Correspondence

: Especial Correspondence
Silver City, June 3.-Just above this
town, in what is known as Chicago
gulch, and on what was at one time
known as the old Mammoth trail, is
located what many people believe is
| destined to become a very prosperous
bunch of claims. They go by the title
of the Hope Silver-Lead Mining & Mill
ing company, but back in the '70's,
when they were producers of some
splendid silver ore, giving value re-
turns as high as 1.500 ounces TO the
ton, when an ounce of silver meant
something, the group was called the
Chicago, later the Lancaster, then the
Cleveland. Subsequently, when the
present owners came in possession of
the group, firmly believing that the
name of Cleveland would hoodoo any
proposition. they adopted the present
name Looking over the ground, one is
easily prepared to believe, from the old
dumps and excavations, both in the
way of abandoned shafts and tunnels,
that the former toilers must have been
handsomely rewarded for their labors.
1t is also easy to believe that they i'm
bibed the idea that when the sulphide
ores were encountered it was time to
look for other diggings. an idea, in
fact, that wholly prevailed hereabouts
| until William Hatfield had the courage
! of his convictions to dispel it in the
| South Swansea. So il was that this
ground was bat practically surface
skinned and left for the present COM
pany to delve for One of the peculiar
features of the case is that three large
Veins, running parallel. cross their pos
sessions, none of them being farther
than fifty feet apart. OF course, it is
reasonable to assume that when they
come together which. to certainty,
they will do, ar possibly 600 or 700 feet
below, a great big ore showing will be
made. With that object and belief in
view the work is being carried forward
under the mana cement of Mr.. ]. G.
Sawyer in the way of an incline. dip
i ping at an angle of fifty-one degrees
not following the course of the vein,
but simply to be used as a hoistway
when the lodges are cut. Mr.. Sawyer
is employing a double shift force, and
is properly supplied with steam and
modern appliances. Along about early
fall, possibly sooner, this property. quite
likely, will render a good account for
the summers work.
Above the Hope, on the west slope of
the mountain, lies the Molly Bawn
group, property well thought of, but
idle at present. and further up the
gulch. north. is the lone. being worked
ny SOIIlc lpCdl parties. y
strong and massive vein traverses this
locality, outcropping at intervals, and
continuously strewing the hillside with
porphyry and vein matter. A number |
OF valiant spirits have tapped the ledge, |
and it is hoped that some of them may
disclose its hidden treasures.
People in this locality who ara not |!
directly interested in the outcome of |
the explorations being carried on in the |
Plymouth Rock. other than a general |
interest concerning the whole district |
are regretful that the manager Mr. |
Horatio Orem, and the directory of the |
company do not deem it prudent to ex-
pend some of their time and money in |
searching that portion of their ground
the western part. naturally supposed to |
contain the Swansea vein, in place of |
pursuing drifts eastward, where there
seems so little probability of encounter
ing any mineraliZed belt. While it is
true that the Rabbits Foot-CIarissa
vein, for which presumably they are
drifting, may exist in the lines of their
possessions. 1t is more than likely that
an lncaicuiabie amount of exploiting in
hard, barren country will prove il
lusory and Improbable. If. on the
other hand, the Swansea vein is not
faulted or DETECTED in its southern
course, the Plymouth Rock people
should be able to locate it in their
claims. Nos. s, 9. 10 and u. on the south
ern extension of the Picnic property.
BUT The wise onZ may be in error. and
tne owners of the Plymouth Rock NAV
be richly rewarded for their nerve and
industry. 1t is devoutly TO be hoped
that such may be the result
speaking of the Rabbits Fooi if
would appear as if that property had
passed the line of classification where
IN II can be termed a prospect any
~ more: me cutting of the ore chute on
the ZOO which has again been tapDed in
larger and more valuable bodies on the
800, apparently has determined the fin
lure OF this ground, which, for n long
Tune, mad TO meet many adverses. as
wen as large sized law suit thrown in. ,
by way of good measure. Satisfied with !
the encouraging quantity and grade of ,
ore IN sight. and that the recent suit ;
settled in their favor by decision of ,
the supreme court will quiet their title.
the company is charging their shaft ,
mouse and making preparations to inn I
nedlately install a steam hosting plant :
AT present they are lifting ore and I
waste from the $50 by means of a wbim :
two horses in the service I
III expensive, unsatisfactory and time
method. More than car Of
,Acelient copper ore is ready for ship
nent at present.
The owners of the Garnet group.
three claims. Garnet. Home |
Nule ana Guardian, nothing daunted .
ire hammering away to see what for
une has in store for them. 4 portion C
i their ground on the north end crosses
ne sunbeam ledge. but work is being ?
Prosecuted on parallel vein Just be- I
heath tremendous upheaval or blow 9
'ut winch reveals big crevice at a +
'olnt where the incline on the vein is /,
'eihS sunk. The owners have erected
uitable surface buildings and seem {
ngly, believing that it is just as well
o make provision in advance. they
ave constructed an ore platform on
which, by the way, is a small lot of n
of a lead carbonate character.
nolcatlns, however, a rather narrow ic
ay streak. The vein appears to be Il
ippinS strongly to. the west. =
AT SNYnEP CTTv