The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-09-11
THIRD ORE BODY
ON Low LEVEL
New Stockton Company Breaks
Into Katherine Vein on
Thousand Level.
MEANS BIG EQUIPMENT
TO SECURE RESULTS
Magnificent Resources of Mine
Demonstrate Its Future i'm
Positive Manner.

Superintendent Tom Gallgher OF the
New Stockton company arrived from the
property at Stockton Sunday with good
news for the officials Of that organiza-
tion. For the first tlme since reaching
the 1000-foot level OF this property the
management on Saturday last broke into
ore in the Katherine vein. The Katherine
vein has contributed not O little to
the resources OF the New Stockton
company from the very beginning Of
operations. the company finding rich ore
in this vein from grass roots down. AT
each level in the mine this vein gave
up its rich values, and with each hundred
feet the vein proved 10 be stronger and
richer than at the upper levels,
On the foot level this ore body was
drifted on for a distance of 1S6 feet,
how much further il extends has never
been established, and the average thick
ness OF the body on the $50 was hFteen
feet. Much Interest, therefore, centered
upon the developments on the 1O0O-foot
level, and the management made all pos
slble speed In this drift. piercing a very
hard formation for distance OF 26O feet
northeast from the shaft, until success
was had last Saturday. Mr.. Gallagher
stated Monday that the ore body, while
Just broken into, shows the same charac-
teristic richness, being remarkably
free from waste, and the company
naturally anticipates that the steady
Improvement made with depth hereto
fore will be repeated In this instance
The ore Is a pure galena, and Will have
not a little bearing upon the immediate
future of the company,
While the New Stockton was more In
the prospective or development stage,
the company hesitated about Installing
q larger milling plant than the present
requirements then demanded. The mill,
Il Clf .
work during the past year was In
stalled more as an experimental plant
than as a permanent fixture 10 the prop
erty. The capacity OF this plant is about
seyenty-nYe tons daily, and greatly IN
creased mill for this company is now
only a question OF short time. The de-
velopments during the last lew weeks,
or since the management mas oech aole
TO proceed with the exploratory WORK
upon the 1000-foot level. have established
the future of the mine beyond all ques-
ton.
The question, therefore, of a plant OF
q capacity equal TO the magnificent re-
sources OF the New Stockton company
now confronts the company The plans
for this plant have been discussed and
the company owns a tract OF twenty-five
acres on the railroad tracks at Buel
station upon which the new plant VIII
be erected The installation OF tram
way also 10 convey the ore from the
mine 10 the mill Is a needful accessory
which the company Will consider at the
logical moment. There are few proper
ties in the State with more Ideal condi-
tions existing, and the future holds ex-
cellent results for the company
The encountering OF tho Katherine vein
upon the 1000-foot level makes the
third ore body struck upon this low por-
ton OF the mine. The management now
is driving for two more, the Black Bear
and the yesuvius veins, from both Of
which are expected results equal in I'm
portance to the achievements already
registered. In establishing the con-
tinuity of the New Stockton ore bodies
with depth, the management has striven
against great odds, and no end OF con-
gratulations are being heapcd upon
those who have remained at the helm by
all who have famillarized themselves
with the constantly bettering conditions.