The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-30

plOyed in the Ben Butler in the lower
tunnel during 1900. IN this time the
tunnel has been driven in 400 feet. In
addition. some 500 feet of cross cutting
has been done and 200 feet OF work IN
IN the upper tunneL. William Mcqueen
assumed charge OF the property in Sep
TENDER. Up TO that time it had been
in control of J A jacobsen
About the first of December three
feet Of milling ore was disclosed near
the fOOtWaH of a vein which is now
being crOSs-cuJ in the hope of enCOUn-
teIing a better showing on the hang
ing wall. A crOss-CUt OF forty feet has
so Tar failed to reveal the hanging wall.
The vein is d contact proposition.
MAST & BENTON.
D. H Ferguson. manager of the Mast
8, Benton. has had fifteen men at work
almost throughout the year. The prop
erty Is owned by the New England
Mining & Milling company. In the
ueighborhOCd Of $1,000 worth of high
grade milling ore is being taken out
every month.
Considerable second-cIass ore is also
being opened up. This the company
proposes TO treat in d mill Of its own
which viii be erected on the property
some time turing the first year of the
new century. The lowest tunnel Is
now in 1909 feet. At a point 1000 feet
E from us fflDNtt liltlE IL . olot VAA '-'--le
good ore which is from six inches To
two feet thick and carries high values
More than $500. 900 was taken out OF
tins mine some years ago
! WEST MOUNTAIN.
The West Mountain company was or
gained a short time ago 20 develop a
group of eight claims in Freeman gulch
! Several tunnels and shafts in various
sections of the property are being
worked To advantage Most attention
+ however. has been devoted to tunnel
( which is being driven to Il point where
the mana cement hopes the old Monte
yuma vein viii - intersected-
Excellent ASA n re recently been
obtained from the > nd in this tun-
mel They show val. as of 225 ounces
silver with some gold and lead me
management Is confident that the Mon
/ tezuma vein viii be struck and that q
great future is before the West Noun
tain.
. COPPERFIELD COMPANY.
Much work has been done on thC
Copperfield during 1900 From the
north end of The Dana claim 300 1901
tunnel has been run in vein matter
From this a crOss-Cut has been run
which intersects another assure and q
contract has been let for fifty more
fees OF tunnel Wo---.
Manager Schofeld expects TO tap tbs
9 Agnes contact vein within the next l2'
/ feet. There are no values as yet in tht
tunnel but punches OF pyrites OF cOppeI
and ealena nave been encountered II
/ the shaft state Senator Charles Guy
of New York is president of this com
Tany.
Among the. other Bingham PROPOSE
tons which seem destined 10 become
profitable producers are the Greeley
VespasIan- HOOgIey. Copper Glance anC
Louisa s In all Of them considerable
work was done in 1900. the ore taken Gu
of each being sufficient 10 pay the cos
of the explorations
The Dewey mill at Bingham has ruf
continuously throughout the year, anC
has paid its owners a good proht- sly
( tons per hour are handled The mill Is
under the Copper Belt railway and ass
under the tram SO that the expense %
lsbandHng the ore is done away with
( il being dropped into bins from TN
/ cars and passing through them bl
gravity.