Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-03-30
MINING, BUSINESS AND STOCKS

concerned This strike will stimulate
interest and result IN renewed activity
on the Blue Bull, Hat and other claims
where extra good values have already
been found
There 10 the same good old story
from Kendall Patrick and Jones lease
on the January Fifty men are now
working here, The main shaft Is down
100 feet and the value OF shipping and
mill ore remains about the same. The
drifts from the 50-foot point are In 30
feet each way and are both In good
shipping ore. The second shaft Is down
20 feet and the whole shaft viii average
So TO the ton. One hundred and forty
sacks taken out Tuesday went s2Q0.40
for the coarse rock and $3.50 for the
screenings. Three hundred sacks were
filled Wednesday which went about the
same. In the two months since the
lesses started work on the January
they have shipped POO tons OF high
grade ore and there are about 1000 tons
OF mill ore showing gross value OF at
least $4,000 on the dump OF the jan
uary, throws an interesting side light
on the statement IN the Bonanza last
week that up TO the 10th of the month
the Combination had produced approx
mately 100000" That amount simply
represents what they have shipped and
had been paid for up to that time. but
as they ship no ore Of less value than
5000 per ton, II In no sense approx
mately" or otherwise, represents what
the mine has produced" Four times
SEQ 900 would he much nearer correct,
for the production Of the Combination
to dote.
Active development work has begun
on the Red Top and from the surface
showing, location, etc, II Is predicted
that this will make great mine, The
Red Top adjoIns the Jumbo on the
north and lies directly between the
Mountain. On the south end Of
the claim n trench. three to eight feet
In depth, exposes fully 60 feet OF quartz
while another ledge on the property IS
30 feet wide. In the trench 10 feet OK
the ore averages Si2 per ton, 10 feet
goes SO, and the remainder from ~ 10
s. per ton. Sampled In smaller sections,
the results went from s2i to $40. 4 sec
ond trench run across for 80 feet In the
middle OF the trench shows quartz
throughout the entire length and the
average assays without shooting into It
We're s. so per ton. The owners believe
that the Red Top viii make big mill
ing proposition, producing an enormous
tonnage. The Red Top Mining company
of Goldfleld has been Incorporated, with
c. ID. Taylor president; Frank NJ. lsh,
vice president, Dick Colburn, secretary:
These three. with ]. u. Menardi and
George McClelland, constitute the board
OF directors.
Henry II. Land VI San Francisco has
bought three claims at the foot OF CO.
lumhia Mountain from Tom Robinson
and II. ]. Reilly. Consideration, $4,000
The Tonopah- Kansas City Mining
company has bought the Challenge
group, four miles southeast Of town and
close to the Schuman group, from My
ers and Grlswold.
The Combination company has taken
an option from Murphy and Myers on
group of claims, with valuable water
right, at Stonewall Mountain. IL Is be-
lived the sprIng here Will develop three
inches Of water, and the Combination
people need II for the cyanide plant,
which thoy Intend to erect.
Curt Kendall has sold his interest In
the lease on the Sandstone 10 t. l..
Oddie. The shaft Is down 30 feet and
is being sunk In the porphyry, which,
however, assays az high as $3i.
Harry Stlmler, J, =. Hennesy and
CLAY Peters have bonded group at
Palmetto, a miles southwest. from
Henry Jaggles The ore on these
claims Is a white quartz, and while the
paystreaks are small, they are very rich
and show much free gold
Murphy. chute and Elliott are open
ing un good looking ore on the Com
mOnwealth group, east or the Blue buli
Paintings indicate values up TO sloo' put
the ledge Is broken up ana not III pace
where opened.
King and Yeiser are In 50 feet IN the
crosscut which they are running on
their lease on the Deserted quartz, III
panning recently they got quite
large piece Of free gold.
Innd and Ramsey have bonded d
group OF three claims lying east OF ths
Commonwealth, to ), Il, Nermilyea OF
Tonopah, 40, 400,
J. G. Mcbride has opened up AZ foot
ledge In his lease on the Uncle sam
claim on the east slope OF toluillula
Mountain. He has not done much WORK
AS vel, but gets good paintings from
most any portion OF the ledge.
lanes T. Harvey reports that the
shaft ON the Verna IL down 90 teet
and win be sunk % feet further before
rrosscuttng to the ledge. the drlils
from the 7O-f0ot point In the DAISY
shaft are in 10 feet each way with me
values rather unsatisfactory AT 'he
present time. ,o,,, IN
Schwelble and Erickson are down 81
feet on their lease on the spearheau
group. The shaft was sunk on me ioV'-
wall Of a good strong ledge, out the
Iessees will crosscut for parallel ledses,
as well as drift on the ledge now ~
sight Sanders and Imam are down 20
feet on their lease, with just about the
same showing as Schwelble ana Erlch-
son. - ,,o,,s
more about mining than many miners
of the opposite sex, has taken seVeral
options on different properties OF late
ana expeCts to begin active ueVelop'
ment on one or more Of them shorty
George j. Bancroft, one OF the most
prominent mining engineers IN wv
country. IL looking over the ulsulv"
While he has not made careiul eA,
animation as yet, he ACKNOWLEDGES lhat
the combination Is q big high grace
nroperty, and that there are more prop.
critics with pay ore than he had 'housh'
were here
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