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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-12-27
Park CITY MAKES Usual STEADY PROGRESS nv Iso5.
Several New Propositions Launched on Large
Scale Being Pushed in Development
Ontario Practically New Nine and Daily Likely to Be
a Dividend Payer Again-Other Mines
That Promise Much.

on the east Of the Keystone tbs Bel
mont cOmpany's property, under the
management OF Pat Ryan, is being
steadily opened through a shaft which
is now down some distance below the
2O0-fOOt level. it has been well equip
ped with machinery during the year
and the expectation is that the next
twelve months VIII see the ore bodies
opened up.
Mining in City Limits.
Almost within the town limits OF
Park City. the Ninola cOmpany's prop
erty is being developed under the direc-
ton of A. H. Mayne. with the idea OF
getting the Silver King contact. East
from there on the Corona. he working
with the same purpose in view and the
close study which ne has given the
proposition. backed by the showing al
ready made. leads many men familiar
with the district TO believe that his eff
forts viii be rewarded by success. For
some little time past the Creole has NOS
been working. but it is understood that
operations win be resumed in the
spring.
East Of Park City and north Of the
line Of the great Ontario drain tunnel.
an active campaign Of developments is
being prosecuted on the East Ontario
and st. LOuis-Ontario properties. The
former is working through a tunnel,
while the latter is doing it's work in a
shaft that has been. nicely equipped
with hosting machinery during the
year.
North Of these properties the Cincin-
natl Consolidated mas very recently
completed the patenting of it's ground
and, with the appearance Of spring, it
is understood that equipment win be
provided and a good operating shaft
VIII be sunk to develop the Vein which
gives splendid promise, judging from
the showing that has been made in the
/ incline shaft. which was put down so
a depth of $50 feet before it was de-
cided TO patent.
Summed up. it may be said that the
year has been one Of telling Develop
ment work in Park City, and, while
sensations have been few, thg outlook
for important news from many sections
/ Of the camp for the coming year is
/ bright indeed.
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The Columbus Consolidated mine at
Alta possesses many Of the features
that make the mining industry so ex-
ceedingiy interesting. without Osten-
tation and without assessments, condi-
tions that frequently prevail. it has
achieved a recognized position among
the bona fde mines Of the state. It's
development has been short and de-
cisive while the results accomplished
have been seusationalIy substantial to
the extent that not only is ore being
produced NJ handsome profit. but the
showirgs are such as 20 fully justify
the prediction that the mine win be a
permanent one both for shipping crude
ore and for furnishing lower grade ma.
terial I'm quantities sufficient to give
employment for time indefinitely pro-
louged to the concentration soon to be
erected on the company's grounds. The
making of this mine also means the
revival OF a historic camp. noted for
The startling values &c has produced.
and which afterward in it's decadence,
slowly but surely approached complete
abandonment. The recent accomplish
ments were inspired and 60 O. great
extent brought about by the persis-
tent efforts Of one man VINO was with
out capital, save a practical education
in the worlds great school Of mines.
the course of study consisting largely
OF work by the day as a mine laborer
ana beginning i'm this same camp seven
teen years ago when he was a mere
Ia 4 d
rious mines Of Utah and Nevada.
Atlas Golden story.
The camp Of Alta is situated at the
head of Little Cottonwood creek on
both sides Of the canyon in the south
east corner Of salt Lake county.
tweuty-eight miles from Salt Lake
City and sixteen miles from Sandy, the
nearest present railway station 1t ex-
tends from the summit Of the Wasatch
range 10 the west a distance approxi-
mating three miles. and its elevation
varies from about 5000 feet to consid-
erably above 10000 feet at the highest
point. its productive period began late
fra the sixties ard continued for nearly
thirty years during which time the out
put is estimated 90 have been close onto
sIS.000.0O0 The extent of these figures
viii be better appreciated when it is
remembered that they represent about
one-half the present assessed valuation
OF salt Lake city with its busy and
progressive population Of 5000 people
The camp was among the very earliest
90 be developed in the state and it's
growth was rapid and continuous. The
ores were heavy i'm lead and carried
phenonenalIy high values in silver. The
riches taken from the Emma. the Flag
staff. the Toledo. the Grizzley and othei
properties of less note not only made
fortunes for original locators and loca
operators, but they attracted the at
1ention Of Investors from across the sea
who in time absorbed the principal
sources of production. Alta became th,
Mecca for fCrtune-seekers from every
direction. In the influx were capital
fists. miners. Adventures, tender fee
and bad men. a town site was laid on
and when the place reached Its zenitl
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district ore carrying several thousands
of ounces in silver to the ton, has been
opened UP within The past few weeks.
and the prospects of making q ricn
producer of the property during the
winter could hardly be brighter.
To the east Of these properties the
Park City Gold & Silver company is
through shaft workings while to the
north the Park City Superior company
is driving for the main contact in O
highly mineralized assure.
Several other properties along the
southern and eastern eXtremities of the
older developed portion of the camp
are doing conscientious work and IN
practically all of them conditions are
a long way from being discouraging.
Out in the southwestern portion oc
the district, which reaches over the di-
vide into the Big Cottonwood district,
steady development is progressing la
Great Western. Mountain Lake, Steam
boat and Big Cottonwood Gold & Cop
per companies properties.
In the Thayne canyon region, fnclud-
ing Scott hill, a great deal Of work IS
going on. The COmstOck company has
begun the developing of its ore bodies
at a depth OF $50 feet below the collar
OF its SMART, While the silver Bell CON-
pany Is opening up its mine which lies
to the north of the ComstOcz through
workings extended from the California
tunnel. Good ore exists in the prOperty
and within a short time it is expected
TO tap the main bodies at the point
where the upper workings Of the prop
erty have indicated they should be
found.
To the west the Scottish Chief is rap
idly developing into a heavy producer
the shipments from the property dur
ing the past season attesting the worth
Of the proposition.
East from the California, which has
not yet cleared itself of indebtedness
and got down TO business, is located the
Keystone. From the inactivity that
has characterized it for q greater pOr-
ton of the year. it is presumed that
those in charge have an idea of eithe-
augmenting the cOmpany's holdings ol
| else dispOsing Of what il owns.
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uries. TO go through these mines, to
see the ore bodies and note the perfect
system which prevails in their conduct
could not fail to impress the most skep-
teal Of their magnificent worth and
permanency.
Little Encouragement in 1903.
Commendable spirit and energy has
been displayed by the companies which
have undertaken the making of new
mines in new territory and the results
Of the years operations have been any
thing but discouraging. To make spe-
cial mention of each in the limited
space allowed for this review would be
impossible but attention may be called
TO few, at least.
The Liberty company, composed
largely of local talent, has undertaken
the proving up of the territory lying
east of the NaildriVer and AvOndale
possessions. A long tunnel is being
driven almost parallel with the lodges
that are known to exist in the ground
and, when a sufficient depth has been
der Of the day The company has erect
ed all necessary buildings for the ac-
commodation of its men, put I'm splen-
did power plant and three shifts. using
machine drills are now driving the
tunnel at a rapid rate. Results are eX-
pected during the coming year.
The J.. I. G. company, backed almost
entirely by New York and Scottish cap
ital is developing q fine group Of claims
adjoining the Little Bell on the west.
The working shaft has gone down to a
depth of 500 feet. where the showing is
such that Manager c.. ID. 3. Turner Is
confident of tapping extensive ore
bodies during the next few months
The Little Bell company has reached
the 700-foOt level and explorations are
now in progress at that depth. AdjOin-
/ ing the famous Quincy and covering the
same ledge system. the management IS
most sanguine OF the future.
Looking For Main Ore Body.
In the South Quincy good ore has
been uncovered and the management
; is now searching for the main ore
shoots that it is confident viii be soon
/ opened in the splendid fissure now be-
/ ing followed.
The Wolverine company has just
about solved the geological problems
which presented themselves in the
ground which it is developing just east
of the Southern Tier and st. Louis
Vassar, in the Snake Greek district, and
good news may be looked for from the
property IN the near future.
AT the st. Louis-Vassar, on the west
about the richest ore ever found in the
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it was a typical mining town OF 1000
people with a preponderauce of gamb-
ling houses, dance halls and saloons
That il was a wide open community
is apparent from the fact that at an
election Of mining recorder at that time
the most important Office Ga the place,
some 200 votes were cast. a perfor-
nance that indicated a system Of re-
peating quite unanimously observed
Had the day been longer or the election
officers more expeditions with their
work, it Is stated that the vote would
have been corresp0ndinsly greater.
Series Of Bnsfortunes.
In 1878 a disastrous fire destroyed
most OF the business ard residence
buildings Of the town. Following this
occurrence an IN fate seemed TO rule
the camp until it was deserted to the
extent that even the postoftice WAS
abandoned except for the convenience
of those who sought the place as a
mountain resort during the summer
months. A contradictory state Of af-
fairs is shown in the history of the
transportation facilities furnished the
community. just as the place was at
its best a tramway. with cars. pro-
PEELED by mule power was completed
from Wasatch, q summer resort eight
miles below, where connection was made
with a branch line of the Rio Grande
Western railway from Sandy. Passen-
gers and supplies were thus hauled up
the line while the ore shipments de-
scended by gravity. As business de-
Cnnrd the car system became unprOdt-
able, the tracks were neglected until
they were worn out and unsafe and just
as the camp began TO show signs of
returning life the operation Of both
roads ceased with the summer Of 1902.
/ The c0utributOry causes to its down
/ fan were as numerous and as positive
as those that built it up. The price OF
silver began to decline and the COM
panies mostly controlled by English
capital. were unwilling 20 continue OPP
erations at a reduced profit. The best
I Of the ores from shallow workings had
| been exhausted: reports of richer finds
/ In newer fields. notably in Colorado
/ caused the greater part OF the poDuia-
t tiOn TO 20 elsewhere. other causes OF
! discoura cement were the occurrence OF
copper as the workings attained depth.
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district go about making mines. and
Its success Is morally certain.
other Prospective Bonanzas.
shn another example Of the same
kind of work is that being carried out
by the Naildriver company. Like its
neighbors, the Wabash and New York
Bonanza, 1t 10 doing deep and perma-
nent work. In the old Naildriver tunnel
workings It had good ore exposed and
il is now preparing TO tap what VIII, il
is believed, prove to be a continue
ton Of the same shoots. at a depth of
200 feet. The property was splendidiy
equipped with powerful hosting ma
chinery early in the year and, il predic-
tons are verified, 10 should develop
dividend-payer during the next twelve
months. The New York is developing
what is known to be the same ledge
system and adjoining it on the west
and recent developments indicate that
good bodies Of ore win reward the COM
pany's efforts. The Wabash has done
tremendous amount of work during
the year in its property adjoining the
NaildriVer and New York on the north
and while it has found more or less ore
in, upper levels IL is now pounding away
70 learn conditions at 1000 feet and
more in depth.
Great Producers Of Present.
The greatest present-day bonanzas
If the camp, the Daly-Wcst and Silver
King. need no introduction to the
reader. The wonderful records they
are making speak for themselves. Ev-
cry week their output Of crude ore and
concentrates is made a matter of rec
ord and every month its value is en-
phasized by the dividends paid to the
fortunate shareholders in the compa-
MES. The mines have been developed
to the stage where to speak OF strikes"
and new ore bodies are never thought
of-not that they are not made or
opened, but because Of the fact that SO
well has the "lesson of the rocks" in
each OF them been learned by the
brainy men who operate them that it
has become simply q matter Of math-
! ematical calculation to find them as the
different levels and slopes are opened
for production. Years of ore are known
/ to be ahead in each mine and, with the
same attention to business principle
/ that prompts the merchant to keep his
/ shelves constantly laden with goods
( the managements Of these mines see
/ 10 1t that development is always long
I dist9nce ahead sc extraction Through
/ all 7ne ups ana do@as OF the metals
and share markets these properties
continue to pay the regular dividends
and add 90 the surplus of their treas
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stood to be very favorable to such an
outcome.
The operations Of the Daly-Judge
company, which owns the old Anchor
mine and a vast block of UneXplored
territory has spent the entire year IN
building and perfecting a great mill
ing plant, reconstrUcting the long tuD-
mel and 1,600-foot shaft, and In placing
the old mine workings In shape for sys-
tematic mining and the exploration Of
new ground. The task has been Il
much greater one than was at first ex-
pected, but today it may be said that
everything is in readiness for the open
ing Of a career that must eventually
place the property in the first ranks Of
the great camps producers.
Another company which a couple OF
years ago took hold Of several old
properties and has since brought them
to q stage of production, is the Kearns-
Keith company. Besides opening the
mine at depth and blocking out a large
tonnage of ore. it has, since the first
Of The year, built a new mill that went
into commission about the first Of the
present month, and during the coming
year it is expected that the proposition
viii be placed on a dividend-paying
basis.
Work Of New Companies.
A new company was recently formed
TO take over the old West Ontario and
Diamond and Nimrod groups, lying to
the north of the Daly-West and DAILY
Judge properties. It has equipped, it.
self with a fine hosting plant and is
now engaged in sending a shaft down
to the deep. The combination is q
strong one financially and, while it will
| likely take a year or two to reach thai
stage of development where results viii
| begin to show, those familiar with the
property are sanguine that it, too viii
make a mine the peer OF the best in
the district. The organization is known
as the Diamond Ninlrod company, and
is backed by Colorado and eastern cap
ital
The American Flag company Is an
other organization that has spent the
year IN development work on a mag
nificent block of ground. q portion OF
which was productive in the early days
from workings near the surface. IL
has been exploring its lodges and de
velOping the ore bodies at depth and
/ the good work is still going on, very
satisfactorily to the management, IL 4,
understood, though TO splurge is beins
/ made over the results being attained
/ This C0mpanys operations are another
/ example Of the nerve and persistence
with which operators in the Park City
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- Years Operations in Dixie -

Down in the Dixie mining district.
below st. George, operations during the
year have been confined very largely
10 the Eastern q Utah company. 1t is
true that some little development work
has been done on other properties. but
just at the present time most Of the
undeveloped ground of recognized value
is tied up under bond to A. 3. Lewis
and other parties.
The Utah & Eastern cOmpany's old
Dixie mine has responded generously
TO development at depth and Manager
DOOlittle declared, upon his recent visit
TO this city. that at no time in its his
tory had the mine looked SO well. The
smelling plant has been brought up TO
high standard OF efficiency and, judg-
ing. from reports, it viii make a great
record for production during the COM
ing year, while operating expenses viii
be materially reduced.
The cOmpany's smeiter, on account
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ing" period safely and later ones may
be classed as enjoying very good
health, while all give excellent prom
ise of growing into sturdy eXpOnenCs
and representatives Of the magnificent
parentage responsible for their being.
Some Of them are going to graduate
this coming year and begin the reim-
bursement Of those who. at greater or
less expense. have nurtured their
growth, while number Of the older
mines. which have had their arteries
filled with new blood. win have shown
that their youth has been renewed and
that they. too are prepared to again
add a liberal amount to the world 8
store Of indestructible wealth.
In the latter class is the famous old
Ontario which. in the years past, has
given to it's shareholders nearly $15,-
100000 in dividends and added more
than twice that sum TO the wealth OF
the world. The old mine has been
opened to a depth Of 1000 feet and the
various levels from the 000-fOOt down
have been placed in readiness to re-
spOnd with a large tonnage Of ore. The
old amalgamating mill belonging to the
company has been converted into an
up-tO-date concentrating plant which
is now ready to begin the treatment
of the sulphide ores found on the lower
leVelS IN great QHahuty- IL IS not eN
pected by the management that the
plant will be brought up to capacity
for possibly two or three months. as the
various characters Of the ore win have
to be experimental with. OF ultimats
results, however, no fear is expressed
and for many, many years to come the
old bonanza viii be found producing
steadily and at a fine profit.
Days Fresh Promise.
The DAILY, also. holds out fair promise
of coming TO the front again. New
ground is being explored and, whilC
/ the management is not ready TO ac-
/ knowledge that a new mine will result
from The work. deNeIonment Is under
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1ATITH the same steady, unfaltering
wv step that has marked the advance
ment of the camp for each recur-
ping year from early in the '7Os, Park
city and its mines have pushed along
Hrough the past twelve months, gain
ang a stronger foothOld and a more
Commanding position in the mining
World with every step. With dividends
amounting to S2.677OOO to its credit, a
tremendous amount Of development in
Did and new properties, the building OF
.hew mills and launching of new enter
prisess it has won it's spurs and is. as
usual, wearing them with becoming
mOdesty.
1t is hardly necessary, in reviewing
Rhe accomplishments of the year, to re-
Ter to the physical peculiarities Of the
district. That has been done so often
that even the reader not directly inter
Rsted in mining has a general under
Btanding of what they are. 1t may be
stated, however, that the developments
of the year in the newer portions of
The camp have shed a great deal OF light
On underground conditions and. with
the knowledge thus gained OPERATOR
viii be in a position to do some telling
work during the year, the Threshold
of which the world IS now approach
ing. Nothing is done by halves by
companies operating in this field. The
mines, with rare exceptions. are all
made at depth, and knowing this the
companies or combinations OF capital
formed TO operate there usually make
preparations in the very beginning ia
face a long siege Of heavy expenditure
and patient, persistent work.
Several Recent Enterprises.
The year 1902 witnessed the launch
Ing of a great number Of new mining
enterprises in the Park, and the pres
eut year has witnessed the birth OF
several more. The 1902 crop has beer
generally brought through the teeth
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of the scarcity of water near the mine,
had TO be located several miles away.
on the opposite side of the mountain
from the mine. This necessitated q
circuitOus route for the teams engaged
in hauling ore to the smelter and an
uphill pull for a portion of the dis
tance. In order TO reduce the distance
and make it possible for the heavier
loading Of the wagons, the company
has ordered the building Of a tramway
from the mine to the top of the noun
tain on which it is located. With this
installed a loading station for the
teams will be established at the upper
terminal and the ore forwarded from
that point to the smelter.
With duplicate furnaces. an auXii-,
larry steam power plant and other con-
veniences at the smelter. the Utah &
Eastern company viii very materially
increase its output OF copper bullion
during 1904.
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low grade ores-fOr be il remembered
that q profit paying mine in Utah with
out some means Of reduction on the
ground is of exceedingly rare occur
reuce-he began the great undertaking.
with odds against him, which has been
crowned with such signal success OPP
tions for the purchase Of several claims
about the desired point TO be worked
were obtained and work on the tunnel
was commenced. From this nucleus,
without single change Of the original
plans and without a loot of superiluous
or dead work the mine has been made
Backers for the enterprise were OBJ
tanned but one after another they
became discouraged and abandoned the
promoter Three times he was hanging
as 10 We're by a single thread and as
many times the thread broke. But the
plucky miner ia sQUarely on his feet
disposed Of ali his holdings. blew in
the Drocee6s. exercised his credit to
the limit and tackled the proposition
with renewed vigor and finally won
out.
Ore Soon Found.
At a distance Of but sixty feet from
the mouth Of the Columbus tunnel. a
body Of ore fifteen feet thick was en-
cOuntered and cross-cut was run
twenty-five feet. all in ore. A Wine
same encouraging condition still pre-
vailing A shipment Of the ore WIS
made 20 the gmelter and the returns
disclosed twenty ounces OF silver TO the
ton, - per cent lead and 20 per cent
zinc. The lot brought no profit ON aC-
count of the charges for the presence
Of zinc. While this experience was dis
COuTaglng from he standpoint OF ready
cash. 10 proved that the values contin-
ued downward into the quartzite con-
facts, while The zinc could be eliminat-
ga by concentration. the first cOnClu-
sive argument i'm favor Of erecting a
mill The next run was long and cost
~. 1T continued through hard rock q
I distance Of 1000 feet from the tunnel
mouth. where a siX-inch streak ap-
Ieared which showed from assays 500
ounces of SILVER 80 in gold TO the ton
and "a per cent copper. This was not
followed on account of its small size
so the tunnel was driven $50 feet far
Their. where a assure carrying ore was
encountered. This assure varies ia
width from five 30 eight feet and forms