Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-12-21

WnCn QTltifB NeiUis as SOihc NNis Hl-
Kidneys OF copper ore have hetn found
in the shaft.
o. X. EXTENSION.
Prospecting has been systematically
continued on the o. X. Extension dur
Ing the past summer, with .airly salts
factory results Two shafts have been
sunk 90 feet and 10 feet ana the show
.ng Is sufficiently encouraging 10 war
rant an active campaign next year
OLD BEN CLAIMS,
1he Old Ben Mining and Milling con-
pany has bcen operating two claims
north OF the Skyark IN Beaver Lake
with fair success An Incline Is now
down l4j feet and 25 feet of driltns
has been done at the bottom AZ tne
depth Of 81 feet a drift has nten run
rrout 100 feet and some very good leat-
idycr ore has been found which assays
az higll az 10 ounces silver ANA - Ia
5 per cent lead, Several tons Of ose
Gr5 on the dump md the outlook Is
quite promising. The vein Is about
ihrer teet wide q. tho bottom OF tfs
,haft. W. ;. Foster, Of Salt Lake, IS
president Of the company and II a. |
Br1ugh IS treasurer with u. G. H0l. |
,om5 secretary. One claim was bought /
from John Murray, of Gold Mountain /
and the other was located by the com
paliy. r. NJ Lane is foreman,
THE CACTUS,
Interesting as are the developments |
in other Beaver county mines during |
the ri esent year. nothing comes up u |
The Wonderful slowing made IN the |
Cactus group recently purchased ivy |
Samuel Nowhouse for nearly quarter
Of a million The magnitude of the ore
body developed there during the past
few months Is astonishing to those who
have been accustomed 70 seeing small
veins Of silver-lead or gold ore. On the
Cactus, however, the ore chute is nearly
100 feet between walls and while a COM
parauvely small amount Of work has
heeen done owing to the expiration Of
the option, enough has been done 10
disclose what Ia perhaps the most re-
markable deposit Of copper ore In the
state, Years ago Professor Luce eX-
posed the vein by running a 4iO-foOt
tunnel on Its strike, For nearly all its
length the tunnel exposed a perfect
Jewel box Of chalcopyrlte IN altered
granite AT places patches Dornite
and high grade ore was encountered,
but the whole mass Of the ore exposed
"A crosscut was also run across the
vein from the tunnel over 100 feet and
the same conditions were found
as had been previously dis
covered by running the tunnel
on the strike OF the vein. This
tunnel Is not 100 feet below the SUI
a Int al |
body of magnificent dimensions. The
owners at that time were Frenchmen
who, concluding that bonanza was
in their hands, put up the money for
the erection OF smelter and mill. The
Frcnchmen were not destined to reap
the harvest. however, as complications
arose and the mine was shut down.
The mill was source of trouble. Ii
appears to have been unsuited to the
ore and the values went into the tall
lngs. This was largely owing to the
fact that the ore was crushed too fine.
The smelter was operated for a short
time, as Indicated by the Stag dump
For many years, however. the plant
has lain idle and the boilers and tables
In the mill no less than the smeltel
rl1nt bear silent testimony with many
similar plants TO the danger Of too
much haste in the equipment Of a
mine.
When the option was secured which
was recently taken UP by Mr. New
house II was decided to prospect the
mine with as much thoroughness ana
dispatch possible, a triple compartment
shaft Was consequently started a short
distance from the entrance to Prof
Luce's old tunnel. IL was expected that
the vein would be encountered on ito
Zip, but its discovery above the 10U J
K iel is said to have been surprise
Ia those directing that work Since
hen the shaft has been pushed down J
10 the 800 level, where a water flow OF J
about 1000 gallons a day has been en- :
'cuntered. Since the option was taxi
m Up the property has been closed
Down excepting the surface work nov
J4lug done II is expected that little
work win be done underground until
he snaft Is sunk COO feet. Contracts
have already been let for this work ana
he splendidly timbered shaft will be
,ushed down the remaining 300 feet as
apdly as possible. Brief Gs was the
inc allowed under the terms OF the !
option for exploration purposes some y
400 feet Of drifting was done in adj
iition to sinking the shaft 800 feet. on |
he 100 level about 700 feet Of drifting o
Mas done which includes a cross cut
IF about ESQ feet TO a second vein Of !
'hlch there was evidence In the old I
uhnel This second vein was run into '
! few feet2and body Of ore Of I'M !
;Eown dimensions but Of similar char I
cter 10 the main vein, has there been
li'tlosed
Tho drift on the strike OF
he main vein on the 100 8