The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-20
THAMES CANYON
COMES TO FRONT
Developments at Jupiter Vindi-
Gator Give Great Promise
for the. Future.
UNCOVER SOME GOOD ORE
MILL WILL BE BUILT ON PROP.
ERTY NEAR PARK CITY.

Thames canyon, southwest of Park City
and the home of the California, Com
stock, keith-Kearns and numerous other
properties, again comes to the front with
promising mine, the Jupiter indicator
.. Z. Lawrence of Park City has or
ganized a company with himself at it's
mead which Will carry on the work al
ready done on this property. Charles
READ IS vice president and II. A. Wood
mansee secretary of the new company
The property embraces eleven claims for
merly portion of the Jupiter, which Mr.
Lawrence has been working under a bond
and lease.
An ore shoot has been followed from
the grass roots and at a depth of 800
feet enters a A-foOt fissure" said Charles
street. owner or the Jupiter. yesterday.
AT this point the ore where sampled
SHOWS values in the neighborhood of 500
per ton, although hand samples of
much higher grade can be picked I'D cas-
NY. Inc hanging walls bear a five-foot
copper vein. While no tests have been
made on this, ii has every appearance of
being high grade stuff. Hand samples
taken from the foot wall show IS per
cent copper. A black ore found in the
loot wall goes pa ounces in silver, Az
per cent copper and carries correspond
lngly good values in lead. Plans are now
under way to sink and raise on the fis-
sure. Drifting in opposite directions has
been done along the fissure. All indi-
cations point to the proximity of a big
body of ore The company believes il
Will uncover the KearnS-keith lode The
TWO properties are but short distance
apart.
Has Made Showing.
"A force of twenty-five men has been
put 10 work and preparations made to
commence regular shipments. Work was
commenced last September and a net $l0,-
90 was cleared on the ore shipped before
Christmas. While this is a phenomenal
record for a mine not vet a year old the
management does not believe the property
has had a chance to show itself vet.
The canyon is deep and rough and with
the heaVy SnoWStormS in the mountains
last winter travel was shut off The
IhaWs following in the spring cut and
made the wagon roads almost impossible
During the past few months work has
been going ahead III good shape and the
results make those interested IN the prop
erty feel more than rewarded for their
efforts to find new mine in a likely
legion.
Not Troubled With Water.
The fissure is widening and there is
every indication that something worth
While Will be found with additional de-
Velopment" he continued. "A $50 foot
tunnel has been driven, to follow a small
but regular ore shoot This shoot has
yielded a good milling ore from the sur
lace The tunnel and drifts represent
about l,500 feet of development
Good Outbuildings have been erected
near the mine A small concentrating mill
IS one of the improvements proposed by
The company. An examination of the
ground will be made and a site selected |
in the near future. Water for the con- |
centrator will be secured from the tun-
nell"
The property is in the Crescent district |
Although other mines in that region are /
troubled with water the locations of the |
indicator and Jupiter groups /
place them above the water level.