The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-12-27


lively. Within a length on the Sheba
contact Of less than 1000 feet, the
Sheba property has produced $500, 600
the De Soto 100000 and the Star Peak
5000. 600.
Abandoned nearly thirty years ago,
extensive operations were not resumed
in this wonderful district until some
two years since, when the Sheba prop
erty was acquired by Salt Lake in
vestors. The management Of the She
ba Gold and Silver Mining Company
includes Hon. George w, Barteh, OF
the Utah supreme court, who is presi-
dent and manager, Governor Heber NJ.
Wells, of Utah. other prominent busi-
ness men of Salt Lake and William II.
! Child. secretary and treasurer. Mr..
Child is a native of BOston and came
90 Utah some five years ago. where
/ he has since built up a successful stock
| brokerage business and has become
| identified with the development of nu-
merOus mining properties. His energies
/ however, have been. for the last two
years almost exclusively centered on
property situated in the Humboldt dis
I trict and to his efforts are due large
Is the work that has been done, both
/ in the way Of financiering, mill build
| ing and mine development of the She
/ ba the Morrison and the Nevada
Humboldt properties. In the promo
ton of the latter property he has been
materially assisted by Mr.. Edward
| Coplev. who is associated with him in
/ the brokerage and mining business.
Work on the Sheba.
The work that has been carried on by
/ this company in the re-opening Of the
J Sheba mine will soon be brought to a
/ successful elimination by the compile
] ton Of an S00-fOot tunnel, which VIII
/ tap the vein at depth and drain the old
mine. A concentrating mill has been
/ placed in operation and from which the
first run Of concen trates recently made
showed values to the extent Of SZ42 70
the ton. A large amount Of low grade
ore running from $40 to 80 per ton Is
, now on the dump and blocked out in
/ the mine, which viii give employment
\ to the mill for many months to come
] A considerable amount Of high-grade
I stuff has also been opened up in the
/ old workings. A further shipment OF
} ore and of concentrates from the She-
ba mine is now on the market. Those
/ interested in this property and best
! acquainted with its possibilities are
] basing their greatest expectation on
! the completion of the Sheba tunnel,
which now lacks less than forty feet
( Of reaching a point from which, II the
vein has not then been tapped, an up
raise can be made to a Wine, which
] IS known 10 COulu4ll llLll uLE AAAa
ore was left in the mine by reason OF
| an excess of water. BY the same
/ means a connection viii be made with
/ the entire upper workings, the mine
/ drained and an air shaft established
/ Among the other operating advan-
] tages of the Sheba company and most
/ unusual one in the state Of Nevada, is
water power. Both the mill and the
/ air compressor, which is being used
in furnishing power to the air drills in
the lower tunnel, receive their prOpell-
ing foce from the waters Of Star Creek
the connection being direct from the
water wheel to the compressor and
through the air pipe without the IN
/ tervening use of electricity. The hold
ings Of the Sheba company comprise
/ thirty-eight claims with $500 feet on
the Sheba vein and $500 feet on the
Mammoth vein The Mammoth prop
erty is a remarkable one in the inn
mensity Of the outcroppings.
Development of Mine.
From a few open cuts and short
tunnel run along the vein, over 100000
has been taken. The quartz ledge is.
ia places, over 400 feet wide and an
ore chute thirty feet thick has been
uncovered. A tunnel is being run to
cross cut this vein at depth. IT is now
within 100 feet of the ore chute and has
I2lTe4QX OUGHGu lD SENGAUl gnu DItAA
ing quartz lodges. one Of which is six
feet thick. and carries $7.20 to the ton
in gold.
The Morrison Mining Company has
recently resumed operations after a
shat down Of more than years dura-
ton. This property is situated four
miles from Hum boldt House. It's pro
duction is estimated at $4,000 which
was taken out while less than LOCO feet
of DEVELOPMENT work was done. A ship
ment from this mine, over year ago,
showed values Of Is per cent lead, 4Z9
ounces Of silver and 5000 in gold to
the ton Operations are now confined
TO the sinking of a dOuble-cOmpart-
ment shaft. although it viii be possible
% extract more Of the rich ore from
the hfty-fOOt level, by means of the
old incline. which has a total depth OF
ninety feet This property covers
about 500 acres and is traversed by SIX
well defined veins.
Humboldt Property.
south OF the Morrison. the Nevada
Humboldt company is running a cross
cut tunnel to tap the vein. This COM
pany owns a large group Of claims eX-
tending 5000 feet on the vpad. Accord
ing TO engineers reports this main
ledge apprOximates twenty-five feet in
/ thickness and discloses unusually fine
pies have given an average value of
more than $50 per ton. A tunnel 10C
feet long wiz tap this vein at a depth
of sixty feet. The work VIII then be
continued by drifting on the vein,
making depth of a foot for every foot
run. The tunnel is now about half
completed. This property is located
four miles from Humboldt House and
Mr. Copley is secretary and treasurer
of the company. At no place in the
Humboldt range are indications more
favor able for making a big mine than
here. The regulT rity on the strike Of
the vein. its continuity and the fact
that it has for a foundation. or foot
wan. the great porphyry dyke which
forms the crest Of the range. causes 4fts
mining men to make strong predic-
tions for its future Numerous cuts
! and shafts along the vein reveal The