The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-11-21
LARGE BODIES IN
THE PACIFIC CON.
Salt Lakers Have Developed
Splendid Mine Within
Reach of ElkO.
BIG TONNAGE OF RICH
COPPER ORE AVAILABLE
Company Has Paid Attention to
Opening Resources, and
Not Shipping.

G.. W. Weston of Elko, Nevada, who
has been operating of and on the Pa
citic Consolidated or Baltimore prop
erly near Elko for many years, arrived
in Salt Lake Tuesday on business con-
nected with the company. There are
few instances illustrating how faith
fully one will remain by mine than
the case of Mr.. Weston. but he has had
ample reason to do so, for he stated
Tuesday that the Pacific company had
paid from the grassroots, the stock
holders never having been called upon
for money TO develop the property. Not
great deal is known i'll local circles
regarding this mine, nor is it appre.
ciated. although many Salt Lakers are
interested and w. T, Snyder is presi-
dent of the company. Mr.. Weston
stntes that during the many years he
has operated the property he has sent
out liberal tonuages of rich ore as a
result Of development work, the aver
age copper values during all this time
being around 1872 per cent,
The Pacific Consolidated company
owns 600 acres of ground and a splendid
mill site, and there arc numerous strong
veins crossing the property from which
some handsome returns are coming at
this time. The Baltimore vein from
shallow shafts and other surface work
ings has provided the ores which the
company has marketed during past
years, and this vein is now being eX-
plored in a long tunnel driven to open
this resource bearing channel at depth.
Mr. Weston states that at point $50
feet lin this tunnel, giving a vertical
depth of $50 feet, the management has
cross.cut A distance of Is feet or more
IN solid sulphide Of copper ore, Abont
four feet or orc on the hanging wall
aynrno,s from, 10 nor pauf rnY1-
per, and twelve feet Is extremely fine
concentrating copper ore. The Balti-
more vein is generally thought to be
the main source of wealth for tho com
paDY. but there are other veins now
being opened up. which show extremely
fine values aud strength
On the Morgan vein, for instance, Mr.,
Weston saws that he has encountered
eight feet of lead, silver and copper
per ton in value. During the past few
months he has started TO open up what
is known as the Pacific vein, a ledge
upon which very little has been done
during the history of the property in
spite of the showings it makes upon
the surface. The ores from this ledge
have never been assaved until Tuesday.
and Mr.. Weston had not received the
returns late in the evening. This ore.
pies. comes from fifty.foot ledge,
which is fairly impregnated with cop
per sulphides, and from mine tests Mr.
Weston believes this ore will contain
fully fifty per cent iron. Twelve feet
Of this ledge in his opinion, should run
in the vicinity of 20 per cent copper
and perhaps better The samples of
what the Pacific Consolidated veins are
capable of producing are extremely
beautiful
This company has never been pressed
for operating expenses AS stated, the
property has more than paid for Its
own development, aud the management
has emphasized development work in
stead Of attempting to realize upon its
ores. No estimate Of the tonnages in
sight of both milling and shipping ores
would be stated Tuesday by Mr.. Wes-
ton, but the mine is one of the most
thoroughly desirable In the State of
Nevada, and when the company decides
to cut loose and realize upon their re-
sources it will easily be counted among
the heaviest producers of the State.