The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-25

ping In good style the moment railroad
enters the camp. Colonel Ellis has a
large force Of men at work blocking out
ore, feeling certain that Senator Clark
VIII have road into Phoebe next year.
on course. interest is mainly centered on
the operations of the Nevada Utah Mines
q Smeltlers corporation, at Phoebe and
JACK Rabbit, which has been engaged
che Consolidated properties for produc-
ton again. Colonel Weir and associates
nave been spending lot of money down
there, and the work they have been do
Ing ing is or a permanent character, too.
Iney certainly mean business or else they
would not be putting so much cash into
the enterprise. Several old shafts have
been or are being retimbered, old work
ings are being put in shape again, and
1t seems to be the purpose to operate
the mines upon a very extensive scale
The Nevada-Utah company owns the
Quartzite, Meadow Valley, Raymond &
Ely mines, besides other properties in
Phoebe proper. The three mentioned
have been worked to the depth of 200
feet-the water level of Phoebe; and have
produced upwards of $60,OO0,O00. At 1 200
1eet, the ore changes from a chloride to
sulphide and zine came in so strong
that in those days it was considered out
OF the question to treat it. That is why
the mines were not operated deeper than
the 100 level; not the presence of an
over abundance of water as many have
machinery used in those days was not
TO compare with what we have now, the
water situation could have been taken
care Of without any trouble at all
In the Raymond & Ely mine, at 200
feet is exposed what is known as the
black ledge of Phoebe. 1t has been proved
up to the length of 800 feet and the vein
averages from to 10 feet in width. A
Winze was sunk in it 300 feet and cross
cuts run there show a width of from %
to 30 feet.
The character of the ore is sulphide of
zinc and lead, with some silver The
ore ASSAYS about . per cent zinc, 10 to
10 per cent lead and from 80 to 40 ounces
in silver. 1t is noticeable that below wa
ter level zinc values predominant.
The Meadow Valley mine has been
worked to the depth of 500 feet and is
said to have produced 100000. The Sill
yer Lode, another Nevada-Utah property,
has been worked down to the water level
of the camp and has exposed at that point
a shoot of ore 400 feet long and five feet
wide that will probably assay $40 to the
ton. Right in line with the other proper
ties mentioned, all of which are located
along the porphyry dixie of the camp is
the Yuba, with a production record of
81 100000.
Still further along is the Yuba East
mine, which is in litigation. Colonel Weir
has nothing to do with this property:
but the porphyry dixie and disclosures
made there in the past proves a con-
lance of over two miles east of the Ray
mond & Ely mine. Still further along is
the property of the Boston & Phoebe Min
ing company and then again, are the
Scranton, DAILY East and Alps which
have contributed 100000 to the enrich
ment of the world. The DAILY East and
Alps are now held under bond by George
Arbogast and Robert Mulhall.
Il consider the Linevada group, owned
by Senator Simon Bamberger, an inter
esting piece of property. 1t covers a
porphyry dixie for a distance of 1900 feet
The Meadow Valley No. shaft has been
timbered three hundred feet This con-
tains three compartments. The Meadow
Valley No. is timbered to 600 feet and
contains four compartments. The Nevada
Utah company is sinking several wells
in Meadow valley. Near these will be
selected a site for an electric plant, which
will furnish power to the mine and re-
ductiOn works. The Day al Jack Rabbit
fifteen miles from Phoebe, and another
property belonging to Colonel Weir, is
ready to produce an iron and manganese
ore containing about Is ounces in silver
A narrow guage railroad connects the
Day mine and the Nevada-Utahs Phoebe