The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-01
SIAIELINE AND PIXIES DIGGINGS

Smaller lodges parallel this ledge and
all are of a milling grade
Homestake's New Plant.
East of the Irus and adjoining il is
the Homestake group belonging To the
NeWpOrt-Nevada Mining company
This property is equipped with thirty
ton mili, and during q portion Of the
year, under the direction of @. r.
Ie2rSley, was very successfully opeTat-
ed The ore bodies have been worked
out above the tunnel level. and there is
nothing being done now at the mine
but a campaign OF development at
depth is promised FOR the early spring
The erection Of hosting plant with
compressor, etc, is planned
Two other properties on the Deer
Ledge side deserve special mention for
their fine ShOWiDEs. the FaWn group
and the Cold Bug The former is owned
by Judge Henry BeQnet. one Of the pio-
neers of the cam0. and has immense
cTCppiuSS with good values. Seams Of
rich ore are found in the ledge. and
work is ROW being prosecuted to deVel-
Op them.
The Cold Bug IS an immense ledge
cropping on the surface for over half
d mile. and in some places yielding phe-
nc menal values. Ore has been found on
this ledge that runs into the thousands
in gold and silver values The deVel-
opment work has been confined to an
adit tunnel and has shown UP a strong
ledge carrying from 81 20 SO in values.
At Fay are the well known Horse
shoe. Ross and Buck and Snowflake
mines, all OF which have passed the
prospect stage and are rated as big
mines The Horseshoe has been idle
since May on account of the failure of
the Shawmut- Nevada company. which
had been operating it under bond This
company tried 10 do too much and over
reached itself, with the inevitable re-
sult-failure- A large amount Of liens
have been placed on the property and il
is lying idle. The writer assisted some
time ago in an eXam}na ton of the mine
and was surprised at the amount and
quality of ore in sight. On the 4OO-fOot
level no stopping has been done. The
south drift * entirely in ore that runs
IS to $40. ON the 350-fOot level the vein
Is over twelve feet wide and runs about
s.. IT has scarcely been touched vet.
and added to the resef YES on the 800
and 200 levels make a showing that as
Sures long lease of life to the proper
~.
The mill has a capacity OF $50 tons per
day, and with few changes would be
ready to turn out dividends for long
time
The Ross and Buck lies a short dis
lance east of the Horseshoe and il. too
Is idle on account of litigation What is
known the incline shaft has been
sunk to a depth of 125 feet this year
and considerable drifting and stopping
~doue- Several shipments of fine ore
base been made 10 the Salt Lake smelt-
ers, running from SEQ 10 $500 per ton. It
Is expected that this property viii be
opened no on a large scale as soon as
the litigation is settled. which viii no
doubt be in January. when court meets
at Phoebe.
Snowflake Litigation Ends.
Lying south of and adjoining the
Ross and Buck group is the now IA
nous Snowflake property. famous on
account of its great ore bodies and the
fierce litigation that has been carried
on during the summer over it. The
case has been decided during The past
week and the property awarded to q.
A Short and G. w. Elliott the plain
lifts in the case. VINO brought suit 10
quiet title. These = ntIemen have
plans made to develop the property
a big SCa,e GuriRS the coming year, but
are not prepared to give them to the
pubic a the present time. The de-
. VelOpmsut of the property VIII mean
much to this southern country and to
I Fay in particular
Passing into the Pixies DiSgiugs
country are found p bunch or fine prop
critics. which Includes the jennie group
the Independence, Drake, Amethyst