Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-12-19

watch a daily stage line Is operated.
AAU wagon rUtu Is good one and
1.l tne miDeg OF the district arc easy ~
aeUess. The town lies az an altitude Of
pLOat 1000 feet, and ds the accompany
ns illustration indicates, 1t is very
pleasantly located Tor a mining camp
She climate Is agreeable and work may
be Prosecuted throughout the year
without Inconvenience from snow or
hcaL The hills are covered win pinlOn
pine and cedar and good fire wood IN
cheap and plentiful Two small streams
OF water, sufficient for milling purpos-
co on moderate scale flow through the
town The Johnny mine is productive
OF Il large volume OF water, and besides
supplying It's own mill and works, de-
riVes q good revenue from this source
by furnishing II to the citizens OF the
town.
sTATELINE'S MOST ACTIVE MINES
The most active mine in the Stateline
district at the present time Is the
Johnny, which Is equipped with COM
hination cyanide and amalgamation
plant. This mill was placed In commits
sion during the present year and has
proven to be a success, 1t is the inten-
ton OF the company at an early date 10
increase the capacity of the plant with
the probable adoption OF machinery for
the more economical treatment OF the
slimey ores The present capacity OF
the mill is from 80 to 30 tons per day.
The Ophir mine and mill have been
closed during the most of the year
pending an adjustment OF the COM
panys financial difficulties Until this
matter Is Strengthened out the proper
ties win undoubtedly remain In idle
~ Tho Is.btg q Iona hlV n
proposition Of merit II has expensive
equipment. A resumption VIII probab.
ly take place during the coming year.
Good progress has been made with
development at the Margaret mine, OF
which Judge Grant H. Smith Of Salt
Lake Is manager, and it's likelihood OF
becoming one Of the principal producers
of the camp Is exceedingly bright. The
group covers extensions OF some OF
the most productive veins operated in
the Johnny mine. Two shafts have
been sunk one OF them double COM
partment, to a depth OF $50 feet. This
latter shaft has penetrated good body
OF milling ore, the vein averaging from
three to eight feet in width II contains
considerable high grade ore. while the
vein as q whole will average $40 to the
ton. IL IL estimated that I'm the Mar
garet mine is at least 5000 tons of ore
OF a milling grade blocked out.
During the past year work has been
prosecuted only in a small way In other
properties. Among the most important
among these are the Hope, Venus, Gre
ole, Wlllowvale and Rice, and may be
the scenes Of unusual activity next
year.
ORES PRINCIPALLY GOLD.
The ores OF the Statellne are princi-
paly gold bearing; however some
portions of the district are productive
OF much silver. This Is particularly
true of the Ophir veins,
VEINS OCCUR IN FIssUREs
The veins of the camp are assures;
occurring In the porphyry The main
body Of the porphyry Is hard, sillcious
and iron stained, and reddish or purple
lsh in color; II covers the central por-
ton of the camp, including the Johnny
and Margaret, where the values run
principally to gold The other porphy-
ry belts, lying further to the west, are
lighter In color, looser in texture and
| more feldspathic. This is the section
where the veins show a predominance
| in silver
| SUPPLY POINT FOR INDIAN PEAK.
Stateline Is headquarters for the
| mines Of the Washington Mining dis
| trict, In the extreme southwestern part
| OF Beaver county. In this district the
| Blue jay Extension mine has been I'M
| der development with results quite sat
| isfactory to the Salt Lake syndicate,
under whose direction the work has
been prosecuted The Washington dis
| triot lies In the vicinity OF the noted
! Indian Peak mountain the section has