The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-09-06
Biscuit Mining Company Has
Been Quietly at Work
Cleaning Up.
RAILROAD HAS SOLVED
THE HARDEST PROBLEM
Large Tonnage of Silver Ores
Awaiting Shipment to the
Local Market.


reason Of the great revival of mining in
Cherry Creek than Salt Lake, this city
containing scores of investors or oper-
ators whose interests in this wonder
fully mineralized district of White Pine
county, Nevada, are legion. Among the
most fortunate must be counted the
stockholders In the Biscuit Mining COM
pany, from whose possessions several
Salt Lakers of prominence have just
returned, A party consisting of A, L.
Hyde, Jr., F. j. Cannon, Q. Weiser
and John Dorius has returned from an
inspection visit to the Biscuit proper
ties, and the members are greatly
pleased over the showings made in this
group.
Mr.. Hyde stated Wednesday that the
Biscuit properties could no longer be
considered in the prospective class, the
developments of the past few months
tive terms the fact that the Biscuit
company is in possession of one of the
greatest mining propositions in that
State. The group consists Of fourteen
full claims. and cannot be considered In
the category of prospects even had the
present season of development not been
attempted. The property was one of
the earliest and heaviest of White
Pine producers. and has paid to former
owners a total of $1,200000 as diyi-
dends The group is surrounded. in
fact by properties which have records
of heavy produc tion, and whose diyi-
dends amount TO the sum mentioned up
to seven millions of dollars.
Long and Rich Vein.
Mr.. Weiser, under whose superin
tendency the campaign of development
will be crowded from now on, stated
Wednesday that the formation of the
Biscuit ground was ideal in every way
to make a great mine. There crosses
the group for distance Of $500 feet
the contact vein from small area of
which, and from shallow depths at
that, the former owners were enabled
TO pay dividends under the hard condi-
tions then existing. The values in sill
yer on this group have run from 200
ounces to $4,000 ounces per ton, and
the company at this time is working
in ore which will average between 100
and $50 ounces in the white metal.
When the Nevada Northern railroad
became certainty, the Biscuit com
premises, the old workings were eX
plored and placed in a condition for
future heavy production, and while
practically nothing has been said about
these operations, great amount of
good work has been accomplished. The
deepest working upon the group is an
S00foot shaft and on each level there
of there is an abundance Of ore car
rying silver which will be productive
of most remunerative campaign un-
der the present transportation facil
tiles.
At the lowest level of this shaft the
vein shows extremely strong, being bet
ter in size and values when compared
with what was disclosed on the upper
levels, The company is breaking down
ore from several different levels, and
when the shipments to the local mar
ket begin, they will be maintained with
a faithfulness that will distinguish this
company even among the magnificent
propositions with which it is surround
ed The only vein which has been
explored up to the present time is that
upon which the former owners worked,
but paralleling this vein is a second one
whose appearances show that equally
as much can be expected from it as
from the one already demonstrated.
Own Big Gold Property.
This Cherry Creek proposition is the
property of Salt Lakers, the present
owners having had it in their possession
for the last fifteen years. The same
people, but under different company,
own group of twelve claims, known
as Luc w ulte IuG Milling ana AIllluH
group, upon which considerable devei-
opment work has shown an extensive
deposit Of gold ore. There is ready
for the market at this time a great
tonnage of ore which will carry from
$l8 to $64 in the yellow metal. Mr..
Weiser will have charge of this prop
erty also, and under present conditions
the company can begin marketing
vast resource, whose values were long
under ban,, owing to the difficulties of
transportation,
There are few regions in the West,
stated Mr.. Hyde on Wednesday, that
can present q greater historical charm
than Cherry Creek. One can drive for
twenty-five miles through fascinating
ly interesting country, and see on all
sides ruins Of old mills, whose former
owners are preparing with all their
might for the present reopening of the
district. Within the district are points
made famous through historical char
acters like Generals Rosecranz and
O'Connor, while one can visit battle
field where the white and the red man
strove for supremacy during the early
days of that region.