The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-07-28
MILL WILL ASSIST
THE LA SAL REGION
New Enterprise in Readiness
to Handle Ores From
Growing Mines.
Special 70 The Tribune.

| Special TO The Tribune.
BASIN, La Sal Mountains, July al
Never in the history of the La Sal coun-
| try has there beon such bright prospects
! and as much confidence In the future
of the country as at the present time
There Is more actual development work
going on now than ever before, There
are throe properties producing and ship
ping ore. and the Basin stamp mill ready
for constant operation, The camp OF
Basin is growing rapidly and people COM
Ing In every day, for permanent looa-
tion. Tho lateness OF the season this
year kept everything back until the first
OF July. and while there Is yet huge
snow banks on the north side OF the
mountains, work is going In spite OF
the difficulties Of snow and bad ground.
The Basin stamp mill. which was leased
and conditionally purchased last fall by
Mr. |. T. Long, an experienced mill man
OF Telluride. Colo, and Ed II. Wolf of
this camp. has been thoroughly remod-
eled and put in shape for handling the
cyanide and free milling ores OF tho
camp. concentrating table has been put
In, automatic ore feeders provided and
special bins made for sampling the ores
from those properties which they can
work by the slate and concentrating pro-
cess. Several runs have been made with
decided success while getting the mill In
satisfactory running order.
Making Teet Runs.
While they do not expect to accomp-
lish much financially this season. 1t is
their purpose to make test runs OF from
nifty TO 100 tons from several properties,
and upon the basis of these runs gauge
their supply for regular work. They
have about 300 tons or ore on the Tor
nado dump ready for packing down to
the mill; about nifty tons Will be treated
from the Michigan group on Castle noun
tain and as much more from the Mineral
mountain mines. The High Orc company
is producing about ten tons OF ore per
day, and probably one-thlrd Of this. after
being assorted, VIII stand TO mill here,
while the remainder will be shipped out
over their new road. There is no ques-
tion that the mill will have more than
III can do from now on TO the middle of
November, when the decrease OF their
water supply and cold weather forces
them TO close down for tho winter,
The High Ore property Is now owned
by the ShafHer Investment company OF
Denver, with ample capital for its sub
stantial and successful development
henceforth. They have a full force OF
men at work on the mine, and as many
men and teams as is practicable on their
wagon road up Castle gulch to the mine
on Mineral mountain. The road will be
finished on or about the first Of Septem-
Der, when outside shipments will be
made, and In the meantime the gold
ores will be worked through the Basin
stamp mill. shipments TO be started next
month. Present work Is being done In
the old tunnel from the north side OF the
and at last accounts were In
240 feet. with solid breast OF ore grad
lally lmproving-an aurlferous copper
ore with values ranging from $l4 to SlS
In gold and 20 per cent copper
The Tornado property on Gold Hill Is |
being worked by Manager NJ. |. Faucher,
liscoyerer and former owner of the prop |
'rty. II Is purely Salt Lake enterprise, |
with j. S, Largent at the head It would |
De impossible to estimate the amount of |
available and pay ore In the Tornado |
possessions, as every tunnel, drift and |
shaft shows ore that Will pay handsome
y, easily mined and cheaply gotten to |
he mill here. Manager Fowler is now |
putting up mine buildings at the lower
unnel and getting things in shape for
lctiye development work. none Of which
If the product has a value OF SIS per
on and up TO sS5 In gold
Michigan People Busy.
The Michigan group on Castle noun
ain is owned by n Battle creek COM
,any. with Cal L. Peavey here In charge.
Trails have been built to the main work
ngs and ore being taken out for an i'm
Mediate shipment TO the Basin mill, An
immense body of gold ore has been
pened on the surface that will mill run
rom $12 to $22 per ton. AS soon as ar
angements can be made the main tunnel, |
ow in ll2 feet, Will be continued into the
fountain about 600 feet and the vein cut
t vertical depth of 500 feet.
Davis & Wolf are running a tunnel in
he Florence property on Mineral noun
ain and Will soon open up q big body
ore-gold and copper-which has high
alues In gold on the surface. They also
xpect to be able TO furnish all the pay
re that the mill can run, IL being one
the easiest properties reached In the
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