The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-05-13
YOUNG GENERATION AT WORK.
Famous Old District Being Restored
to Great Activity.
Special TO Tho Trihnnc.

Special TO The Tribune.
SEARCHLIGHT. May 12.-The remark
able attention that Is being drawn TO Mob
Hill of late is fully justified by the actual
development work that Is being done at
this camp. Almost every week reports
OF new strikes in its many mines have
reached here. all vouched for by the own
ers Of the mines themselves That Mob
Hill. as mining camp. will be perma-
nent fixture in the Senrchlight district
there Is no question of a doubt. as the
energy displayed by the operators there
has shown the place TO be the equal of
Searchlight. The camp was worked years
ago and tons of highgradc ore shipped,
but Indian troubles compelled the chiorid-
ers to abandon their rich holdings. They
have now been acquired by younger
generation, who are doing everything In
their power to place this once famous
camp on the same basis OF production
that 1t enjoyed In years past. Then.
with no mining machinery of any kind.
II proved good producer, and now with
Its modern machinery, quick transporta-
tion facilities and general activity. II will
not be long before Mob Hnl Will be heard
from as one OF the big paying camps In
the Golden Triangle"
Notable among the mines now working
Is the old Silver Legion, now being worked
by the El Dorado Nevada Mining COM
.pany, OF which f, J. Roberts is general
manager. Here large camp has been
established and two shifts of men con-
stantly working The ore Is rich in sui
phldes and Will make a good smelling or
concentrating proposition.
The presence of sulphide ore In the vein
of this mine with Its porphyritlc forma-
tlon is good indication OF Its strength
and consistency Its lentlcular character
shows the value carrying lenses to be
connected and continuous. overlapping
each other regularly from wall 10 wall,
and maintaining average values with the
walls constantly widening with depth. In
this kind of a formation 1t Is seldom, IL
ever. that 81 fault occurs, and as depth
Is attained there is no diminishing OF the
values, 1t Is hardly possible to determine
the age of this formation until a thor
ougn geological examination OF the coun-
try has been made, Mob Hill Itself is,
as its name denotes. n knob-lilSe granite
mountain OF the Archaian period 1t
would be necessary TO corellate the pro-
phyry with that OF the neighboring dis
tricts, notably Ell Dorado canyon and
and to determine It's age, but 1t is evi-
IDENTIFY of the Devonian period.
Such is also the case with the Gold
Legion mino ado ming the Silver Legion
the Gold Legion Mining company. Of
which ho Is manager. Considerable dem
onstrative work Is to be done OH this
property and II 1t proves as good as Its
neighbor will be another record breaker
They have three well-deflned lodges Of
sulphde orc on their seven claims
About six miles south of Mob Hill and
twelve miles north of Searchlight Is To-
Gated the Dardanclles group. upon which
two shafts are being sunk and two shifts
Of men on each shaft are at work One
shaft is down thirty-seven feet on a
smooth hanging wall with no present evil
dence OF foot wall The ledge on the
surface can be traced through the length
In conformity with the trend of the veins
In the surrounding mines. The ore as
says we'll on the surface and In the two
shafts and Is free milling.