The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-07-29
ESTELLA MILL HAS
BEEN ENLARGED
Beaver County Plant Capacity
Increased by Addition of
Twenty Stamps.
Special to Tho Tribune.

Special to Tho Tribune,
MILFORD, Utah. July 2S.-L. A. Tar
bet. superintendent Of the Estella Gold
Mining company, returned this morning
from q trip 10 Salt Lake. whittier he
went on mining business three days ago,
Mr., Tarbet has Just completed the en-
largement OF the mill to twenty-five
stamps and will start the work at full
capacity on or about the first of August.
The success which attended the work OF
a i've c-stamp mill during the last year
and half justihes the management in
enlarging the capacity of the mill TO
twenty nve stamps. There " an abun-
dance or orc that will average from
$40 TO $12 to the ton on the dump,
blocked out and in sight In tho mine
down to tho 150-foot level to keep the
enlarged mill running for an indefinite
length of time.
The further development Of tho mine
Is being pushed with vigor, The main
working shaft Is down 300 feet, at which
depth station has been cut and drift
is being run south to cut the great por-
phyry dixie, which courses through tho
Star district easterly and westerly, dis
tant from tho shaft 40e feet The drift
now in between forty and nifty feet Is
being driven on small gold veins or
stringers leading to the great contact
vein which lies between the porphyry
and granite, The drift Will encounter
the yoin at considerable depth. and Will,
without question, open up the largest
producing gold mine yet found 10 Beaver
county. One encouraging feature OF this
mining enterprise. as managed by Mr.,
Tarbet, is that the products frdn the
mill, which Is built on modern scientific
lines. the purpose being TO save the
greatest maximum percentage of gold
possible, Will far exceed In value the
expenses incident TO the running OF the
mill and opening up and development OF
the mine, The Estella Is one OF tho
mines that Is being worked exclusively
for the wealth OF gold which 1t contains.
The company is close corporation.
There is no stock for sale. The few peo-
pie who comprise tho stockholders know
they have good thing, and that in the
end, which is not far distant, will reap
rich financial rewards for the money ex-
pended In their Beaver county gold min
ing venture
King comPanys property is progressing
In most satisfactory and encouraging
manner. At distance Of thirty feet
from the face OF the tunnel, which has
been driven distance of $40 feet
drift was started 10 intersect the con-
tact vein, the ore In which ia rich in
silver and copper and carries $50 In gold
to the ton. This undertaking is about
accomplished. as 1t is estimated that
within short time the vein Will be
reached, at depth OF over 200 feet
This drift has been run some 500 feet
and as the ore vein is being approached
the formation materially sottens, and for
some distance back is impregnated with
ore. an indication that the object started
out TO be accomplished will be realized
TO a nicely. II Is not an unreasonable
hope that when this great contact vein
shall have been opened up tho Wasatch
htng VIII produce greater volume OF
rich ore than any yet developed In Beaver
Lake district.
1t is gratifying to note that the Sky
lark company's property is improving
with every shift Drifting north from
the 200-foot level. the formation, which
is mixture OF decomposed white lime
and Iron intermlxed with ore indicates
that when the contact Is reached a tre-
mendous body OF ore will be opened UP.
There Is no doubt but that development
work. rightly directed. will demonstrate
for the Skylark what fits many friends
have always predic ted-that within its
confines is one OF the biggest and richest
ore bodies IN southern Utah, a strong
contact or assure vein courses through
the property In an easterly and westerly
direction for a distance OF 6000 feet 1t
lies between limestone and porphyritic
granite. 1t Is at or near tho west end
OF this strong yoip where the shaft has
been sunk and from the 200 level of
whicr drifting Is being done, as above
described