The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-10-15
Splendid Showing Is Bringing
in Numerous Big People
for Investment.
CAMP LONG NEGLECTED
COMING TO FRONT
Several Mines Are Rapidly Civ
ing Evidences of Being
Big Producers.
specisl 10 The TrLhune

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FAY, New, Oct l4--Down on the
boundary line between Utah and Ne
vada, witbin twelve miles of Modepa,
on the Salt Lake Route, lies the old
camp of Fay, which has been for years
the center of a region known to con.
tain vast stores of mineral wealth. But
the camp has seemed fatcd. for where.
as the whole country is strongly min
erahzed, and large bodies of ore have
been opened up, yet for one reason or
another the district has dragged along,
ever seeming on the eve of prosnerity,
but always lust foiling of realization
Within the past six months, however,
developments have been made that in
dicate that the dark days are gone,
and forever, One of the companies
that has been foremost in develop.
lnent work for some time past is the
Jennie Gold Mining company. largely
controlled by Messrs Short, Davis and
Elliott, all well.known men in the min.
ing camps of Utah. Mr.. Davis is per.
haps the best known locally, being
identified with the local mining ex,
change, These men have always had
faith in the district in which they To-
Gated nearly nine years ago. and the
latest developments on their property
show that they guessed right
Last March a shaft was started
within fifty feet of the old workings
OF the McCuue property. and at sew
enty-eight feet a four-foot vein of
splendid ore was cut, this averaging
about $50 per ton in gold. The ore is
free milling and easily worked OF
course, this seemed TO assure success
tinued down with the shaft and at the
lO0-foot level crosscut to intersect the
vein. AT this depth the vein had
widened out, and they have about six.
teen feet of ore at this point, FIVE feet
or which on the hanging wall is ey-
ceedinglv rich, assays from a sample
taken across this FIVE feet showing
S235 to the ton IN gold and silver. The
ore Is of beautiful character, showin~
Tree Tree gold In profusi.on and both horn
and native silver. About four feet on
the tootwall will assay $50. and the
remaining seven feet Of the vein as.
SAYS about $l6 to the ton. As the vein
shows at present there is $4,000 tons
OF this ore In sight Work is BEING
pushed, both for depth and drifting on
the vein in both directions. and it is
the opinion OF men conversant with
ores of this character that this will
prove the biggest thing of the year in
Utah g mining history; in fact it is
stated that it is probably unsurpassed
10 showing anywhere in the intermoun.
tain country.
Messrs, Short and Davis returned
from this camp the latter part of the
week and at once commenced necotia.
tlons for mill to treat the ores. Tt
was found. however, that the high
grade could be better treated by shin
ping to Salt Lake, and this was de-
clded upon. As there is now on the
ar e
ore for large shipment, this will be
made at once, and il is certain that
the proceeds of such a shipment will
create turore In mining and invest.
ment circles. It is almost impossible
to keep such news from leaking, as js
shown by The fact that within few
days OF the strike a Los Angeles con.
esrn had It's representative in the field.
Within few hours he succeeded in
tying up a number of valuable ada,
cent properties.
where and is marked by exceedingly
strong and we'll defined lednes of
quartz, cropping continuously for long
Instances. There seem TO be three
distinct belts of these quartz crop.
pings. the property of the Jennie Gold
Mining company lying on the central
one. To the west are a number of
properties, having splendid showines at
the present writing, which have lust
been acquired by New York syndi.
cate, headed by Cen Huston, at one
time Secretary of the Treasury. This
syndicate will immedia tely proceed to
open IFS ground Systematically, enough
exploratory work having been done to
demonstrate that a mine is to be made
here. On the east belt are several pron.
critics that are fast showing their
worth. and the whole country is iust
on the verge Of boom which will
make the old.timers wonder why the
country could have been held back so
long.