The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-08-07
SALT LAKERS POSSESS
SOME FINE GROUND
Vanderbilt District Is Scene of
Successful Effort of LO-
cal Talent.

The Vanderbilt Gold Mining and Mill
Ing company is the namo OF n corpora
tlon doing business near Lcastalk; the
junction of the Salt Lake route with
the Santa Fe railroad In California. Tha
company Ia composed OF Salt Lake busl-
ness men, of whom A. W. Wlnbcrg, Jr.,
Is president. William j. Adams, vice.
president; Max A. Jaensch, secretary
and treasurer. These, with Louis B.
Moore and George E, Settle, constitute
the board of directors.
The company owns eleven claims In
the Vanderbilt district, about one mile
north OF the Santa Fe and three and q
half miles distant from the Salt Lake
route. The property Is being developed
by the sinking of two shafts. The shaft
on the Star claim Is down to depth
of seyenty-flve feet, the bottom of which
is all In ore. carrying gold, silver and
lead OF tho average value of over $50
per ton Not being practical miners,
the officers Of the company engaged the
services OF n competent, practical min
Ing expert in the person OF Hugh II.
Tarbet TO examine and report upon the
merits and physical conditions OF the
property with view TO the adoption
OF the most practical and economic meth
Cd OF development.
From this task Mr.. Tarbet returned
Monday morning. In speaking OF his
trip Mr.. Tarbet said he made n close
examination of the company's property;
also the property close by, owned by
the late A G. Campbell estate, for which
100000 has been refused. On the Star
and Mildred claims, owned by the Van
derbilt company, he found the same for
nation and geological conditions on the
surface as obtained In the ST. George
and Boomerang claims OF the Campbell
properties. the only difference being that
the ore in the Star and Mildred claims
is OF higher value. On tho Campbell
property Is a shaft down 500 feet, on
the 200-foot level of which Mr., Tarbet
found seventeen feet Of ore that aver
aged $3l per ton across the entire body.
The 400 and 5O0-foot levels Of this shaft
were submerged I'm water, so that
personal examination could not be
made, but Mr.. Woods. the lead
Ing citizen and principal owner
OF Leastalk section, an old timer and
mining engineer, informed him that the
ore vein in the 400-foot level OF the
st. George claim was nineteen feet wide
and twenty-one feet wide on the 600
foot level the ore In which was OF
richer grade than that encountered
above.
Mention is made OF this to show that
the ore veins In the Vanderbilt mining
district In California are permanent, true
assures, and that they improve in Sign
and values with depth. The White
Crow Mining company and Leastalk
company adjoining the Vanderbilt COM
pany Is each engaged In active develop
ment work and each sinking on rich ore
assure veins. The White Cross prop
erty, which is an extension OF the Star
Is being developed by force OF ten men
and preparations are being made for
the installation OF gasoline hoist, the
purpose of the company being to sink
TO the deep with all possible speed.
The formation in which the orc is found
in the Vanderbilt compauy's properties,
and In fact in all the mines OF the dis
triet, Mr., Tarbet found TO be granite,
micacious granite and schist. The MIL
dred, one of the Vanderbilt company's
properties, has a shaft down forty feet
In ore and gives promise, Mr.. Tarbet
says, OF becoming one OF the greatest
and richest producers in the district
While at the mines a contract was let
for further sinking of the shafts, as that
is the direct feasable way OF develop
which stands 10 in the shade daily, Mr.,
Tarbet says, a great deal of mine de-
velopment is being done, and the hills
FOR miles around are filled with miners,
prospectors, etc, Unlike most parts Of
that section Of the country. the Wander
bilt district is abundantly watered by
springs and wells of pure soft water,
which percolate through the granite
crevices almost everywhere. Mr.. Tar
bets examination OF the Vanderbilt
company's properties leads him to con-
clude that they offer a most inviting
field for development, with a certainty
beyond peradventure of rich rewards.