The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-02-28

owned by the Delmues Of Round Vs-ley
and Vietti and Fanchini of De Lunar L.
A foot of ore running as high as - H 4fS
Been opened up on the proper II on 1'i =
small rich ledge now nearaaas the W
/ foot mark, which is about 500 IeeI horIh
/ of the late strike The tSuseS gre par
aliel and both viii be d-Veloped from the
shaft. the new strik. from cross-cuts to
/ the south. The PoTe IS IN rich territory
and the strike is - surprise TO those Ia
and Buck and snowflake properties for
| neighbors on lhe east, south and west,
all with shoNings of big and rich Bodies
Of ore. Tne ore from the new strike is
| literally sprinkled with free gold
The Ross group is being orened up by
a tuDBel which is expected to cut the
rich ere bodies that excited the country
a few years ago Two men are at work
there and the same force is at the Pope.
me principal work going on in the
camp now is being prosecuted by Short
q Elliott and the interests they repre-
sent. The Uvada Gold Mining company
has started tunnel which Will cross-cut
three claims and give considerable depth
en- several Lodges that enter the ground
from the Snowflake and Jennie proper
ties, which adjoin it on the south. No
property in the camp is more faVorably
located than the Uvada for the making
OF big mine. The company has had the
property all surveyed during the past
two weeks. and t is the intention Of the
management to proceed to patent the
The Jennie Gold Mining company IS
sinking shaft on it's No. z claim and
doing considerable surface prospecting
and also surveying all the claims Of the
group. Some fine ore has been lately
discovered in the Jennie ground, running
Up In the hundreds in value, but the man
ogement is not giving out anything to
the public at present. or until the values
ere known at least a new ledge is being
opened on the ground that Is about seven
feet wide that viii run through the prop
eIty for over loo feet So far as opened
1t shows well and carries values that
guarantee it to be Of good milling grade
The Amethyst property is still idle
pending an adjustment of the difficulties
existing between the two factions in the
company. An effort is being made to
settle these difficulties now in Los An
seles, the headquarters of tie company
Snowflake Trouble Settled.
The Snowflake troubles have been set
tied as far as G. Pray Smith and Short &
e jC+t are concerned. anI it is expected
tina the property will be opened up at
an early date by Short & Elliott on one
portion of the property and by Boston
capitalists on the other. The latter
crowd expect to operate the Ross and
Buck property also in connection with
their Snowflake holdings.
R. NJ. Johnson would not enter into any
arrangement to settle the difficulties Of
the snowflake group and intends to
prosecute the litigation as far as pos
arrangement between Smith and Short
< Elliott viii not be affected by any
further litigation of the property and will
permit active development to proceed tt
is to be hoped that this is true for #
viii mean much to the entire country to
have this big property developed. A num-
Ter OF rich bodies of ore have been found
II the past year on the property by Short
q Elliott. which. added TO the number of
medium grade lodges Of large size, make
the property one that has few EQUALS
snywhere in the west
Work Is being prosecuted in the Indiana
tunnel Of the Deer Lodge Mining & Mill
ing company at Deer Lodge. and the face
is now in several hundred feet
The Irus property is to be worked
again and the ore milIed at the Home
stake mill at Deer Lodge. Moody and
DamrOn, the owners are getting the mill
in shape now to handle their output
They have large DO Hes of $40 ore that
they can mill at a handsome profit and
II IS their intention to transfer some of
the yellow stuff IN the mine TO their
pockets instead Of letting it lie idle.