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

mine. on the 1,5O0-foot level a CHM
ney of ore was penetrated for thirty
i've feet which carried an average OF
$40 a ton. There are thousands Of tons
of low-grade ore i'm the mine, carrying
a small percentage of copper some
silver and gold, for which Manager Nc
Intyre is seeking a market. The Amer
lean Smelling & Refining company
treated some of this ore, and it was
over ii settlement for IL that the tr0u-
bic arose.
New Contract Likely.
The Bingham Consolidated. recent
/ purchasers Of the Eagle & Blue Bell.
/ are believed to be willing to treat this
ore on terms that win be satisfactory to
, the management, and unless other ar
rangements are made before Feb. I,
when the present contract with the
American company expires. it is quite
probable that a new contract .win be
made that viii permit the company 10
market a large tonnage. which carries "a
gross value Of about Sl2. In addition to
the ore in the mine and on the dumps
the old taiings ponds at the mill are
. being sampled. their further cOncen-
tratiOu to be determined by the values
disclosed. which are said 70 be consid-
cradle, the mill process not having been
entirely successful. An idea of the
value Of these tailings can be gained
from the offer made the company Of a
royalty Of 81 per ton, which was re-
fused.
The Mammoth is the oldest mine in
the lime belt of Tintic: il has been
producer Of high-grade gold, silver, lead
and copper ores for thirty years, and
for a long period was a regular distrib-
utor of profits. From the surface down
ID g. 81
continuous, and il is the best illustra-
ton of the possibilities Of mining in the
district.
At the Victor the ore channel has
been developed to the 500 level. and
about 1000 tons of ore marketed. Like
many other Tintic mines, the Victor
has much lOw-grade ore in the old
slopes for which It viii be able to find
a profitable market IN the near future.
During the year some fine bodies OF
copper ore We're mined, with every in
dicatiOu that the values can be depend
ed upon to increase with depth.
The Victor is known to contain the
same rich assure thai has been so pro-
ductive in the Star Cons, during the
year, and IS one of the established
mines OF that section.
Stars Good Record.
over at the Star the rich assure that
made golden history in the early days
has been very productive during the
year. Within three months eight men
mined ore that netted the management
$4,000, paying off all the Indebtedness
Of the company and aftcrding the man
agement the sinews OF war for an ex-
tensive campaign Of development work.
The strike that made this record pos
sible was made on the 300-fOOt level,
south of the shaft and almost directly
under a stOpe that produced q like
amount Of money on the upper levels
nearly twenty years ago. Assays from
selected specimens showed sensational
returns IN gold, running as high as IS
ounces. q crOSs-cut from wall to wall
showed a breast Of quartz thirty-fve
feet across, which shipped $500 per
ton. SO regular were the values that
stopping operations were conducted with
machine drills, permitting the market
ing Of the entire deposit at a small
cost.
From this ore body a single car wae
shipped containing 371a tons that Melted
S9.361G0. the values being confined al
most exclusively 10 the yellow metal.
From the 3O0-level a Wine has been
sunk $50 feet in ore. and connections
are now being made on the 600-fOot
level. During the first ten days in
October $1,000 was realized from the
shipments since January / We're SO cars
containing about 800 tons, nearly all
Of which left the mine since April l.
The star is one Of the oldest pro-
duceus in Tintc, and has been worked
continuously for many years. 1t was
originally opened by tunnels. Of which
there are three that have been driven
into the big ledge for several hundred
feet. These tunnels chow a vein, or
deposit, averaging thirty feet between
walls, carrying values clear 20 the sur
face from which half a dozen fortunes
have been taken I'm pockets where the
values ran very high. The siliciOus
quartz that has been left contains an
average value Of $500 per ton. and is
valued at a million dollars. So thor
Oughly and completely has this ledge
been opened that there is little left to
do but break it down with the aid Of Z
machine drills and load it on the cars. /
Branch Road Wanted.
The New East Tlnuc ore railway |
passes within half q mile Of the mine. 4
and could easily and cheaply be ex-
tended 70 point below the lowest /
tunnel surveys have been made to /
the Star and the Dragon iron mine. and /
the management OF the latter is urging 1
the construction Of the line. which /
would also reach the Victor When it 4
Is considered that the Dragon is ship /
ping in the neighborhood Of $4,000 tons I
q year, with a contract that is only
limited bN the capacity Of the mine. /
and that tHo star can be depended up /
on for a considerable tonnage of low
grade ores with cheapencd transporta- 4
ton facilities, it is fair to presume that /
the building OF this branch. which
would pay for itself twice the first 4
year viii not long be- delayed
The Carisa. lying north of the Victor
and on the same ore channel as that 4
mine and the Star, has prodted by q j
favorable contract on low grade ores. b
Of which the old workings I'm the Spy
ground are filed. Shipments were
commenced in Move mber from some old /
dumps. and when these are exhausted
the old slopes viii be drawn on. The
contract calls for any part Of 2.000 tons
"a month, from which Manager Joseph /
expects to realize a net profit OF $500. 4