The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-05-21
ENTHUsED OVER BULLFRoG.
salt Lake Engineer Says the Camp
Is Sure to Make a Record.

About the most enthusiastic man
that ever came out of the Bullfrog
country is J. r. Jensen. the mining
engineer and late manager of the Pho
ugCr Sampliug compaHy's work i'm this
valley. who returned from a months
trip Friday night TO remain "a few days
only.
Il have never been accused. / believe.
of growing Tightly over mines and
mining properties. though L have had
experience i'm "a number of camps where
excitement ran high. But for once
acknowledge having become enthused
over what L have seen During my
months absence I have visited num-
her of the Nevada camps including
Battle Mountain. TouOpah. .GOIdfeid
and most of the camps to the south.
] went i'm from the north and came out
10y way Of Las Vegas
You can just set it down that the
EullfroC country Is worth everything
that has been said about 1t. Every
discovery down there has been made
uu a permanent ledEe-eitheT q contact
or a nSSuTe-aud so strong and highly
mineral lied are most of them that no
miner cor mining engineer viii hesitate
10 predict their future prodUctiveness
and value This cannot be said of all
the districts of the state. OF any state.
for that matter. but / have no wish
10 draw comparisons
'Rhyolte Is the coming town. in fact
ii is the town now The town of Bull
frog Is so close 10 it that both must
shortly be merged. Beatty. three miles
ur 50 away. is going to be a little
slower, but that, also, IS sure to make
town. The feature Of RhyOIite Is that
the mines so far discovered almost sur
round it.
What the Mines Show.
AT inc NT,rr-or-arz-- ~bosHo7a
found one Of the strongest lodges [
ever saw DO any camp. When I was
there 10 had been croSs-cUt for twenty
five feet and the hanging wall had not
been reached To me il seemed that
The vein would prove To- be from eighty
To- eighty-tivc feet thick This vein
crops boldly Tor 5000 feet and, wher-
ever pruspected on the surface, It has
shown up remarkably strong
D H. PCerys property. the Mont
ETmeTy Mountain. carries the ShOShone
ledge without q shadow OF doubt The
tunnels being driven on the latter are
only a short distance from the Sho-
eGoue working and in my humble judg-
meHt there Will be news coming from
there shortly that viii more than bear
out every prediction made for the
ground I have not the slightest per
soual interest i'm the property. but 1
would just us soon have il as anything
III that region
The ore recently shipped from the
Shoshoue came from d streak of ore
ON the footWaU side of the vein nine
feet thick This streak rests ON ten
inches of 'eouge,' and any miner will
tell You that such conditions are not
found In lodges of uncertain strength.
All Of the rest of the ore in that vein
Jill run from so To 500 per ton easy
enough If that is not good enough
in a seyenty-hve-foot ledge. tell me
what is.
The Denver property Is mining IN
eight feet of $3.50 ore and the Tramp
Is doing as well The National Bank
has a ledge of fine milling ore 100 feet
wide. while the original Bullfrog is
making a mine Of splendid worth
Prospect OF Railroads.
1T was reported at camp before I
left that Senator ". A Clark had
bought into the boraN mines with
'BoTaX' Smith and that they intended
10 join forces and build a road from
Las Vegas to the Iborax mines and then
on to BuIlfrog- Everybody from salt
Lake hopes that this will prove to be
true, as II VIII help this end of the
line UNNECESSARILY At the same fiD7.
it is understood that the Santa Fe is
preparing 10 build I'm from Ivaupab
and in that event the trade would an
20 10 LOS -AllEtltS- NdlufdI lN- Los An
Ecles money Is largely interested i'm the
BuilfTOg country. and Salt Lake win
have TO make struggle TO get its lust
proportion of the business that will he
obtainable I'm that wonderful country
During his absence Mr. Jensen was
able TO get hold of some good ground
close in to where the bonanza mines
are being made. and il is To consult
with parties here i'm relation to the
claims that he is now I'm town F4a mill
leave again during the next two On.