The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-08-21
CACTUS MINE
OPENING Up BIG
Recent Disclosures Are Equiva-
lent to the Development of
a New Mine.
STRIKE MADE IN THE TETRO
CON. MERCUR'S QUARTERLY
DIVIDEND is POSTED.

Information from Newhouse. in Beaver
county. is TO the effect that the Cactus
property OF the Newhouse Mines & Smell
ters corporation is developing into one of
the biggest bonanza properties in this
country Lorin Morrison, manager Of the
indian Queen companys property near
the Cactus, came up from camp yesterday
morning and he declares that the world
mas not the least conception OF what
changes nave been taking place I'm the
mine during the last few weeks TO a few
months.
Il don't know whether l ought TO talk
ABOUT It or not" said Mr.. Morrison during
being made In the property at the present
tltne that am convinced that Mr.. New
mouse himself would hardly be able TO
appreciate its full significance. Recent
oeVelopments between the 400 and foot
levels have been such as to practically
mean the discovery Of an entirely new
mine What was previously believed to
nave been the granite hanging wall TO the
enormous deposit Of ore that had al
ready made the mine famous has been
cut through by Superintendent A ID.
Mo1fat and on the other side he is open
ing up what is apparently much great
er and far richer deposit than that which
mas been considered as the main lode
BUT that Is not all. In his recent re-
port Mr.. Newbouse told Of having pen
etrated the ore body for 149 feet below
the 6OO-foot level with diamond drills and
having found the ore passed through to
average az per cent copper. At the
depth stated the granite was struck and
the men operating the diamond drill
moved away to a point where it was be
heVed the ores would go deeper before
reaching the granite. The new hole is
going down to beat the band. and IL is
evident that the ore is still richer for
one or the men told me before | left
camp that, while he did not know how
the material assayed, the whole thing
appeared t. be metal
Then you ought to see how mining is
being carried on at the glory hole or
tunnel workings. The big steam shovel
has cleared away a large circular space
around the old 6OO-foOt shaft which has
been uniquely rugged up 20 permit of the
ore falling down 10 the tunnel level In
the top of this funnel the steam shovel
eeps clearing awav the overlap to the
ore in tiers and miners drill deen holes
Into the ore BODY around the slopug sides
all OF which have "A deep pitch toward the
smart, over which is placed griZZlyS TO
keep the larger chunks of ore from drop
ping before they are broken up. II is
nothing 10 see 600 TO Loco tons of ore brok-
en- down with one round of holes. So YOU
may imagine that IL is costing little to
mine IT, At the bottom of the shaft the
electric trains that ply between the bins
az the mouth Of the tunnel and the cnutes
through which the ore is drawn off a
busy scene is always presented. for the
trains are loading and pulling out with
such rapidity that one becomes confused
IN watching them. If the company is rot
mining and placing its ore at the mill Tor
= cents ton or less | miss nv guess.
Just watch the Cactus. 1t Is about the
biggest copper mine in this state today"