The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-30
BISCUIT COMPANY WILL
SOON BE BIG PRODUCER


That Cherry Creek is conner among
the Nevada districts there is nc doubt
1t will be a sort of second time on
earth for the district. which was one
of the oldest mining camps in the state
and produced millions when it was in
it's prime in the Cos. 1t was here that the
famous Star mine took out a million
and a half and the Biscuit, then the
Ticup, with a record of 81 ,225 900, and
the Exchequer which produced be-
tween $4,000 coo and 81 ,000 600.
The camp fell by the wayside because
of the transportation facilities. But 1T
has come into the limelight again and
it viii soon lead with the production of
gold, silver and other metals when the
energetic campaign which the COM
panies in the district are making has
begun TO have effect.
New Lease of Life.
The camp has now taken a new lease
of life as it were, and the properties
are showing even better results than
they did in the early days. On account
of the proximity of the railroad the re-
juvenation period is now at its height
there. and with the higher prices which
silver and copper are bringing at the
present time the immense rich re-
sources of this district are now being
recognized.
Salt Lake capital has been quick to
recognize the big results to be gained
in the district by continuing the only de-
velopment work of the pioneers in the
field. and those who have gone into the
district are already on fair way to
getting the fruits of their courageous
work in again opening up the district.
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trict is the Biscuit Mining company.
This company is one of the big ones in
the district, and conservative estimates
have placed it on the top notch as a
producer. The Cherry Creek district
occupies an exceptionally favorable po-
sition from a geological standpoint, and
| the property of the Biscuit company is
| In a position that is as good as any in
| the camp.
Location of District.
The district is located fifty miles
| north of Ely and forty miles west of
| the Utah state line. The Nevada North
ern railroad, which has been construct
ed recently, runs through it. 1t is near
the famous Steptoe valley, which is the
| longest in the Rocky mountain district,
and extends through Mexico and the
Isthmus of Panama. The district is
twenty-five miles long and five miles
wide and it is predicted by mining
men who have made a study of the
conditions which exist there that some
Of the most productive mines of the
state will be found here before the de-
velopment work goes much further
1t is only a matter of sinking OF the
| ore bodies which are known to exist
| in the district when the greatest gold
and silver properties will be disclosed
If it had not been for the fall in the
price of silver years ago and the trans
portation difficulties. the old miners
who worked the district before would
have still been in the camp.
Biscuit Group.
1 The Biscuit group consists of four
1 teen claims situated in the choicest
mineral ground that exists in that part
of the country; and the extent of its
mineral showing is practically in 4.50(
feet of contact between QuartZite and
limestone, the latter Gaping the for
mer. The veins encountered upon the
/ property vary from ten to thirty-f five
/ feet, and the past working history OF
the mine has demonstrated that the ore
shoots are from 250 to 800 feet long
and from two to seventy-five feet wide
Ore in these carries values up into the
thousands of ounces of silver, the char
acter being chloride and bromide, and
no sulphides having yet appeared.
New Engine.
During the year the owners have
equipped the property with a sixty
horsepower Fairbanks Morse gasoline
! engine and complete hosting plant
housed within commodious shelter, and
| have provided comfortable living quar-
tiers for the men. They have put in an
excellent assaying outfit. enabling them
to determine values quickly on the
ground. In every other way have am
pie preparations been made to prosecute
a splendid campaign of production and
development for 1907.
The old shaft has been cleaned oct
and retimbered to a depth of 500 feet