Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-12-15
STREAMS OF GOLD, COPPER AND LEAD

out and retmbered the old Alamo tun-
mel and is now driving into the noun
tain on the strike OF the vein, About
100 feet OF tunnel work has recently
been done, which has developed a fine
breast OF ore some twelve feet wide,
which VIII average per cent copper
I'm addition 20 silver and gold values
Some of the ore carries 80 per cent cor
per with 3 10 6 ounces silver, The gold
values are uniform around SLIGO per ton.
The ore IA said to be specially adapted
for pyrltlc smelling and II is quite
probable that a fifty-ton smelter may
be erected on the ground In the spring.
THE TIEwAUKEE.
A little work has been done on the old
Tiewaukeee group by leasers this year,
but the owners are now figuring on
more active campaign during next year.
The property, as every one knows, con-
sists OF thirteen claims in one Of the
best parts Of the camp. II has produced
over half a million from surface work.
ings in past years. and It Is very prob
able that another record would be made
by the property were the main tunnel
pushed In a few hundred feet more, In
order 20 tap the back veins. The prop
erty has not been fully developed, and
there Is no doubt that il will again take
place In the list OF Bingham ship
pers.
THE BEN BUTLER.
The Ben Butler company has en-
ployed from Z 20 men In the lower
tunnel during the past year. This tun-
mel has been pushed In about 400 feet
during the year About 800 feet Of cross
cutting has also been done with about
200 feet Of work In the upper tunnel on
September l5tp William Mcqueen took
hold Of the property which was In
charge Of j. a. Jacobsen previous TO
that time. About a month ago some 3
feet Of milling ore was encountered on
the footwall Of a vein which the man
agement Is now prosecuting with the
hope OF encountering a good showing
on the hanging wall At the present
time a crosscut Of 40 feet has failed to
disclose the othew wall, The vein Is a
contact
MAST AND BENTON
From twelve to fifteen men are en-
ployed at the Mast and Benton claims
owned by the New England
Gold Mining and Milling COM
pany Under the direction Of d. II.
Ferguson the company is taking out
about $1,000 OF first-class ore per
month. At the same time a great deal
Of second class Is being opened up which
the company will handle with mill
In the near future. The property has
been opened up by tunnels the lowest
Of which Is now In some 1900 feet. Al
q point about 600 feet from its mouth
the management Is upraislng on a
streak of very good ore which varies
IN width between inches and three
feet. Something like 5000 600 was taken
out Of this ground years ago.
THE GREEDY PROPERTY.
The Greedy company's property con-
slstlng Of the Mountain Gem. Greedy
and Sacred claims. Is being worked by
Messrs. Heacock. Bliven, Morris and
Romberg under lease, About Is or 80
tons OF ore have been extracted during
the summer which netted the leasers
an the way from IS to Sl2 per ton. II
Is the intention 20 resume work In an
old tunnel which is expected 70 tap the
vein az greater depth within the next
100 feet. The prospect OF the leasers
opening up good ore In this lower tun-
mel is said to be very good.
WEST MOUNTAIN.
The West Mountain Mining company
| Is among the new Bingham corpora.
lions and was formed to develop a