The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-09-03
BIG START MADE
IN La SAL REGION
Activity of Mine Owners Shows
That Money Has Been
Interested.
SEVERAL CONTRACTS
FOR WORK MADE
Shippers Preparing to Send
Output to SmelterS of
Salt Lake.
Special to Tho Tribune.


BASIN. La Sal Mountains, Sept, a.
Mining interests throughout the La Sal
country have taken a remarkable and
most encouraging change within the pas,
week, and II begins TO look now as II q
stnrt was being made that Will be per-
manent in It's effect. Most encouraging
OF all is the starting OF several new
companies in. the Basin district which
means that the country is receiving the
attention Of outside capitalists who are
advancing money for preliminary devel-
opment work and advising their repre-
sentativcs here TO secure at reasonable
options and cash figures what property
they can, in conjunction with the prop
erty already attained. Tho idea seems
TO be that acreage is what is desired for
the promotion OF large companies and to
be reasonably within the limit OF present
developing properties. In particular the
High Ore company has successfully cor
rallied all the ground possible on MIN
eral mountain. by long options and cash
payments
The improvements being made at the
Basin stamp mill by l.. T, Long & Co,
nre something worthy OF notice. They
have gone far enough in sampling by
actual mill runs enough OF the different
ores from the properties TO know that
the values are here, and for this reason
are going to a big expense in putting
y,
building, digging q ditch large enough
to carry all the Basin creek water for
power, and otherwise preparing for op-
erationS as long as possible this fall ana
probably all winter. Mr. Long recently
returned from Salt Lake City, where he
went to get the necessary machinery TO
be used In connection with the three
Frue vanners he purchased at Marys-
Vile. Utah. This machinery is partly
here and being put in place, while the
Perkins freighting outfit is now on the
road from Cisco with the rest OF the ma
chinery. II Will require about two
weeks time 10 get the building enlarged
and the machinery in place, when they
will start up and keep going day and
night from then on. In the meantime a
lot OF ore will be packed from the Michi-
gan group, on Castle mountain; the Tor
nado, on Gold hill; the Skylark, High
Ore, Florence and Golden Sceptre, on
Mineral mountain. sample OF twenty
tons from Beaver Basin, and run Of
10 tons from the Old Grand View prop
erty on Horse mountain. This supply
Will keep them busy for at least two
months. when they will settle down TO
regular shipments from the Tornado TO
keep them going as long as practicable
this winter
Messrs Thomas b. Crawford and Fred
G.. Shaffer of Denver arrived in camp
Increasing the force on the High Ore
mine and the Castle gulch wagon road,
also TO arrange for the building of Win
ter Quarters in Castle gulch, for which
they have ordered 1000 feet of lumber.
A fine body OF high grade copper-gold
ore has been opened UP In the west drift
OF the High Ore mine, and the shipping
ore Is accumulaung so fast on the
dump that something must be done with
IL before snow flies; consequently, they
are rushing work on the wagon road to
meet these requirements as soon as pos
sible. They have arranged for having
their own teams on the road between
here and Cisco, and, as near as can be
learned, the ore Will go to the Salt
Lake market.
The first shipment Of ore to the mill
will come from the Michigan property,
on Castle mountain, the pack-train hav-
ing started in yesterday. On account or
the distance from the mill only two trips
can be made daily, while from the Tor
nado they average six trips. II is in
tended TO have run made on fifty
tons of the Michigan ore, and when this
Is completed the owners of the property
Messrs. Peavey, Proper and Argubrlght
Will begin the erection of buildings in
Castle gulch. preparatory for winter op-
erations. This will give Castle eulch
quite n start for young mining camp
When the Hlgh ore people have finished
their buildings, and being just over the
hill-a mile north of Basin-will make
things quite lively for winter work in
both places,
There are four 100-foot contracts going
on in the district now. viz. The Brook
lyn. owned by G. c. Fay, on Horse noun
tain, the Florence. on Mineral mountain,
by Davis and Wolfe the Basin Belle.
by Robinson and Mcdonald, on Gold hill;
and the Automobile, by r. ]. Thomson,
on Deep creek. These contracts Will
keep number OF men busy until up
into midwinter. The Grouse Mountain
company will start work the coming
month on 100foot contract on It's prop
erty, while arrangements are being made
for extensive development on the Corsalr
property. on Pilot mountain.