Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-05-04
A WEEK IN GOLDFIELD.
Several Utah Men Are Making Their
Fortunes In New Camp.

Probably the most important develop
ments at Goldheld during the week oc-
CURED in the lease of j. f. Bradley on
the Red Top, near the base OF Column
bla Mountain, says correspondent OK
the Tonopah Miner The shaft when
was started in the discovery trench last
week Is now down is feet, and the vein
shows i6 feet of ore giving average as
SAYS OF S22 with several streaks carry
ing good shipping values, A new
trench is being run about 40 feet below
and to the north Of the shaft, and has
exposed q large body of ore even richer
than that in the shaft. 1t looks as IL
the ledge at this point would prove to
be at least 30 feet wide. Capt, Brad
LEWIS lease is 300 by 600 feet In area, and
all who have examined the new discov'
cry believe that he has fortune In
sight. The Red Top Mining company Is
running a trench on the south end OF
the claim, preparatory to sinking
shaft.
The lease Of Kendall, Reilly, Jones
and Patrick on the January Is main
tanning It's position as the banner pro-
ducer OF the camp. There are now
8. 900 sacks Of ore piled up awaiting
shipment, and there Is enough ship
ping ore on the platform to III another
thousand sacks. on account OF the
difficulty in securing teams 1t Is i'm
possible to reduce the quantity Of ore
awaiting transportation. II is esti-
mated that there IS fully 5000 tons Of
milling ore on the dumps, and every
thing coming out of the workings car
ries values, no waste whatever being
raised.
eddie, Ickes, Ray and others struck
| the ledge Tuesday In their suitcase on
A In pt nv a "a dGnth nf a hptit On fact
! The character and the trend OF the
ledge indicates that It is the extensldn
| of the Combination. The Mornings
| show good values, and the outlook Is
| very encouraging, Judge Ray left To-
| nopah yesterday with n within, which
! viii be Installed on the lease imme-
| diately and sinking will be continued
with renewed energy.
In the Combination the drifts from
the 1876 and the lS5-foot points are be-
ing pushed with the usual results,
! and large quantities. Of ore Of excellent
grade are being produced,
The Hinn lease on the Jumbo con-
tinues TO make a fine showing and as
! predicted last week. has already been
added to the list OF shippers, and ore is
being sacked for shipment.
Myers, Ramsey, Forman and Nixon
nre getting some very fair rock from
the Mohawk, which lies between the
! Combination and the Red Top, Good
Mornings are being secured from the
trench which is being run on the Mo.
hawk No, /, and this property Is look.
ing good.
eddie & Gardner have opened up a
4-foot ledge I'm their lease on the Sand
storm which shows assays as high as
$500, The ledge Is widening out with
depth, and while Il cannot be hoped
that the high values obtained wher,
the ledge was narrower will be main.
tanned, II seems quite certain that the
lease will develop into a flrst-clasl
shipper
The most disappointing news OF tn,
week Ia the announcement that ]. +
Harvey the representative OF PATS
| Clark, has thrown M the bond on tn,
Vernal at Dlamondneld. owned b,
Jack Davis. At the time OF the aban
donment the shaft was down about G
feet and a drift had been run 30 feet
There Is large amount OF high grad
ore already exposed, but the showlnl
was not sufficiently encouraging, ii
Mr. Harvey's opinion, to Justify hin
In making the accruing payments
| Mr., Davis, however, IL well satisfe
with MI llarey's action, for he be
lleyes that he can ship enough or
from the ground already opened IN I
net him more than he would have re
ceived II the terms Of the bond ha
, been carried out