Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-06-01
Agent Of the Santa Fc Railroad
inspecting the Mines Of the
BulIlrog District
MAY EXTEND MAXWELL BRANCH
Purchase Of the Equitable Group by
lames Farrell and w. v Rich
OF This CITY,


RhyolItc Nov, May Gothic 20 II T.
hoIs,ng engine for tho Bullirog Ma
tionnl Bank Mining co, arrived from
Las VoRns today ana N being put In
place, This engine viii give them
power enough to carry their shaft down
300 feet, They are now drifting at the
100 foot cyol, The drift Ia 80 feet long
and N All IN ore, ore which has been
takon out of the shaft and drift during
the course OF development work has
been sacked and shipment VIII be
made this week to the smollors at salt
Lake CITY, An average assay Of The
ore which has been sacked gives inll'
cation that the ore VIII run $500 10 the
ton, The ledge ON the iullllOg Ma.
tlonal Bank has now been uncovered
for a distance of 100 feet, ana next TO
the Montgomery. Shoshono, W IN the
most forward state Of development OF
any Bulfrog property
Col Ed, Y, Brown, representing the
Santa 70 Rallroud company arrived ON
the card from Maxwell California the
nearest point ON the limo Of the Snuln
lc Railroad col Browns mission N
20 examine the country between here
aud Maxwell 10 advise nA To the prncs
tlonbility Of building u branch into The
BullfroR district lie IN also commits
stoned TO estimate the Tonnage that can
be counted ON for "A lino operating bee
tween tho minpA surrounding the town
~ Rhyolitc and salt Lake Cl,y, In an
interview, COT Brown stated TINT There
are absolutely no engineering diillculs
ties 10 be contcndod with IN the COM
struotion of tho proposed rond, Az 10
tonnage the colonel was of the opinion
that some ~ the gronloN mines ever
developed Nv the history NJ mining IN
this country would be dlaclosod IN the
HullfroR district after the FIRST ycnr OF
development work llc said that no
had never seen 80 many great prospects
IN 10 small n radius ~ Montgomery
Mountain Ladd Mountain and lonan'
w Mountain that surround the Bulfrog
district, and that when active dovol.
opmont work bcgine, he believes that
possibilities VIII be disclosed that have
never been demonstrated In any other
single mining camp M the country
mol excepting Lendyillc or Cripple
Crock The enormous ORC bodies that
are indicated by The surface showIngs
have Impressed him ana he VIII report
favorNbly 10 the santa Fo people ON
the road proposition,
on the property of the Shoshonc Ma.
tlonal Bank Mining company which
runs from Ladd Mountain 10 MOnlgom.
cry Mountain ana adloins tho property
Of the Montgomery Mountain Mining
company ana the lmllfrog National
llnnl Mining company development
work has already commenced without
n share Of stock having been offered
% any body \ SHAFT ~ bolng sunk
ON the chance claim, ana NJ n depth
of ilyo feet there has been encountered
n rock formation that requires blasting,
This formation shows quartz all
through &C. ana II IL given out that
the engineers IN charge believe tho
ledge VIII ho encountered within 80
days All Of the mining engineers who
have recently como into the liullfrog
district seem 10 bo unit that both
tho ShoehOno ledge which runa through
Montgomery Mountain and that which
runs across Ladd Mountain pass
through this property,
Tho llhyOllto Tovngltc company has
begun sinking their shaft IN the uppor
part Of town Ot tho base OF Bonanza
Mountain,
A strike II reported ON tho Amethyst
which ndJoine Tho Montgomery Nho.
thono on the northwest \ shaft n
down about 90 feet and IN IN vein
matter Major stanton, consulting on.
glneer, ~ Of the oplnlon that he has
uncovered the Hhoshono lcdgt,
cant j, ~ Blnck Of Salt Lake city
n inspecting several properties here
IN the interests OF eastern capitalists.
Ne pronounced this district surround.
INK Rhyolitc ns the greatest mineral.
tied belt he has over known, ana de-
claros that though h. thought prior In
coming into the Bullfrog district that
some Of the stories no had road were
exaggerated he has, since making on
nnnailone for himself como lo tho
conclusion that only n fraction Of the
truth has yet boon told
Twelve mon nro now employed on tho
Benny ll0geltmo property owned by
the nullfrog Bar Mnmg company
They have opened M four parallel
hedges ON this properly AZ intervals for
n dlWnnCo OF 1900 feet 'rhoy are now
sinking md drifting on one ledge and
the drift ~ 60 foot long and ie All I'm orc
that averages better than sea per ton
They are also sinking Il second SHAFT ON
this same ledge whlch shows ynluos Of
from $40 20 500 per ton and the ledge IN
shown 10 be o. feet wide,
ON the property Of the flkhurn Bull
frog Mining CO.. which Is 600 feet ro.
moved from peeN'R Montgomery
MonhlWln Mining goa lhlto NhlilN ol
men ARE AZ work and great activity pre-.
walls
George Lczinsky principal ownor VI
the EllShowl has had two engineers oN
aiming the liomcgl0kc property The
llomostaRc adinlns the Hold Bar nul
has groupings which indicate that tho
famous Bcnny lln2cllnc vein, that
runs through the Gold llar property
extends into the lIonoslnkc ground,
Tho Sankoo dir Mining CO., whose
property lies ON the Nat north Of tho
pullfrog National Bank Mining CO.'S
property b1B encountered bed rock M
doplh of 100 feet This rock " II VcrN
hard pink tale mNod with quartz The
company has ordered 20 II i, hoist
and this IL expected TO reach the
ground within u fortnight
rho purchase Of the Equitable Nour
ana the Morris aud philips group h,
James Farrell aud w. " Rice Of Salt
Lake Cay Ton n consideration said &c
exceed $500 coo IN The event " the wool
here, Mr. Farrell ana Mnlng Engineer
Shockloy who M IN the employ of IN,
Farrell Rice people both expressed
themselves natoundod NJ the trcmcn,
dOus ehoWlngs on Bonanza Mountain
whore this property lies n IL know
that al least three parallel lodges ARE n
place ON the Equitable and that IN,
famous Tramp ledge runs across lhl
property of the Morris and Phillm
group, The Gibraltar Mlnos syndicate
has been organized 10 develop the tive
propculos