Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-04-20
GREAT WESTERN
OWN ORGANIZED
Local Men Have Big Property in
Rich But Nameless
District.
IMMENSE LEDGE HAS VALUES,
silver Bromide Also Forlnd--Work 10
Be Commenced at Orce--of.
licers Are Elected.

The Great Western Mining company
owning six claimf. Is miles from the
t-onstock lode Of Virginia city in Lyon
county, Nevada. has Just been formed
in this city. N. r. Porter was selected
president. n. H. Bradford, vice ptess-
dcnt Joseph Nelson. treasurer, and IL
C.. Ashton. secretary The corporation
calls for 100000 shares Of n par value
of 81 each and $4,000 shares have been
reserved Tor the treasury, assuring suf.
iictenl capital TO cover all expenses Tor
a long time. A large amount of stock
has been taken UP by local people and
the company Is strong financially al
ready. In addition to the officers elect
ed the directors named arc ~ I. Por-
ter. II. r. Bradford, Joseph Nelson, NJ,
j. West. the original locator of the
group and the company's superintend-
ent and b. A. Perkins, The well known
mining engineer of this city ad Ely.
IMMENSE oUTCRoP.
The nearest railrr-id station to the
mine is at Clifton, seven miles away, a
wagon rosd between ghe district, by
the way Which IL not named yet ard
the railroad station is not yet completed
but IL ~ believed the county and mines
of the district will effect an agreement
whereby the road can be completed
soon. The mines are improving In great
shape ana are about ready 20 conn
nence shipping The Great Western
company is the Infant OF the territory
but promises 90 grow into big Thing
within a short time The principal vein
Is great ositcropplng OF quartz with
andesIte walls. 1t maintains an av-
eraee width of four feet and can bs
traced through the l6 claims for a dis
lance OF 1 900 feet This outcropplns is
II feet high Ia places and owing to lts
bold outlines and general prominence
resembles a great dyke wall over So
samples have been taken from all parts
OF this mass of rock and not a single
sample failed to show values averaging
IS per ton In gold. AT the north end OF
The immense vein $40 can be found In
almost any spot. The showings are
simply wonderful, according to d. A.
Perkins, who has made a thorough eR-
animation of the property and the
whole district and va is conservative
when discussing "mines-to- be.
FREE GOLD FOUND
The principal values are found iii the
presence OF free gold but q portion
OF tho vein carries silver bromide ana
In this respect the property OF the Great
Western differs from nelghborins
mines. With the whole 1000 feet OF
quartz sampled for a fair average the
owners received values around SO. al
though the rock goes as high as $50 and
$50 and some cents right "A the surface
OF the outcrop. The highest value OBJ
tSined in a four pound sample was
ss0i5. Conditions for development are
very favorable and In this respect the
mine has a number of unusual advan-
"a nh Timber is nDVln-
dant and a spring owned by the COM
pAny will furnish all water needed for
different purposes The north END OF
the dips with the side OF the hill to Il
gulch and then follows the other side
MP the north.
WORK MAPPED OUT.
IL is the intention OF the com pany 10
sink a shaft at the north end OF the
vein 10 test the values at various depths
while determining the extent Of the
ore bodies A tunnel will probably BIO
driven from the gulch towards this
shaft and while 600 feet of tunneling
win bN necessary there VIII not be one
foot of dead work required as the
company, ig 1t SO desires can drive into
the ledge as we'll as sinking upon H.
The vein can be thus proved up for 700
feet counting depth and horizontal de-
veIOpment. The Hercules mine adjoIn-
ing for five years and today can start
shipping. and by 80 doing start a divi-
dend fund. The mine has just equipped
itself with machinery for mining and
milling and does not owe a dollar TO
anybody. The Como has n min and
Well equipped plant also These two
mines have been working for several
years but unlike most Infants they did
not cry for help and attention There
have been no ftuTrles, no bOoms, no
PUSHES. nothing but quiet, 'get-there-
Stanford" work going on IN the district
and that is all the mines arc looking
forward 10 az the present time The
Great Western crowd will buiId a COM
bination stamp and cyanide plant when
work has been under way long enough
10 enable thc superintendent ana his
associates 20 figure Qua development on
big scale, a shipment OF ore from
a foot streak OF $50 stun VIII BE- made
at the start however. supt, West is
Il practical minor Of long experience
and with such men as r. A. Perkins
and the other other officers ana dlrec-
tors In the harness with him the Great
Western VIII be opened for the hest
within H.