The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-03-18
RAMSEY CAMPS
GREAT Strides
Much Ore Is Now Ready for
Movement to the SmeIt-
ing Works.
PAYROLL BIG AND GROWING
MINING AND TRANSPORTATION
COSTS REASONABLE.
lspeciaI to NJ ITeraIdN


Ramsey, New, March 16--The end Of
this week sees Ramsey on the move as
never before IA the history of the camp
Ore is being found of good value and
great quantity IN nearly every part of
the district and the owners of mines are
making strenuous efforts to get it out
and market it,
The Ramsey Comstock will move off
1000 sacks as fast as the teams, now en-
gagged. can handle it, and Will continue
the shipment indefinitely. The Ramsey
Consolidated, which broke into a huge
ledge of ore last week is taking out This
same ore and piling it up for shipment
soon as teams can be secured. A hoist
has been ordered and the miilwTights are
working on a thirty-fOOt gallows frame
for the new machinery TO be installed as
fast 'as human hands can get it up.
The Ramsey Bonanza. where ore was
encountered last week, is running an up
raise from the ore body to the surface.
sinking at the same place, and will work
the mine through this shaft until the 200
foot tunnel now being put in. Is opened.
when the mine will be worked through the
tunnel
The WaIkover people are preparing to
open up extensively on that rich claim.
and the Ramsey AmalSamated viii begin
work in earnest within a few days. The
Little Joe group, sold TO the DgnOWity
Brokerage company last week. is TO be
opened up as fast as possible. This group
is on the now famous GaTavanta lead. on
which the Ramsey Consolidated encoUn-
tered its rich ore. and when the Little Joe
begins work there will be four mines Oper-
ating ON this one lead
Camp is Lively; Payroll Big.
The camp is lively. what with the new
discoveries, and good many outsiders
are coming in daily, looking over some of
the many unprOSpected and undevelOped
lodges of the district. Ramsey district has
hardly been scratched yet though there
are three workings now that go down POO
feet and tap lodges at that depth. The
Rather No. > on the discovery dixie, is
still at work sinking, with the ore in the
shaft and on the GaraVanta mine ten men
are opening up the huge dixie as fast as
possible to do so.
The impression has gone out that the
whole district has been Sobbled up and is
held at such prices as to preclude the pos
sibility Of getting in on the ground floor,
but such is not the case. There is a bet
TER opportunity TO take claims for pros
pecting and development in Ramsey than
in any other district in the state, and
those coming in are taking the pick of
these claims.
The district is well watered. well wooded
and easy of access from four sides. the
railroads being twelve miles all around
the camp The regular mail stage oper-
ates between Clarks. on the Central Pa
cific and Ramsey. and conveyance can
be had at either Dayton or Churchill at
any time the distances being about the
same.
Telegraph and telephone lines are in
operation in the camp. lodging houses and
restaurants supply the demand in their
respective lines and the camp is opening
mp with all of the facilities that most new
ramps lack. The monthly payroll Is near
" S15.010 and this does not include those
miners and prospectors working on their
own claims The first shipment of ore
will be sent out inside Of five days, as
teams have been secured.
Ramsey ore can be mined. hauled
and shipped at an expense of sl1 a ton,
figuring ON extraction at the rate of $50
a ton. which is very high even for a wind
Lass por1inmant The contains mill
lions of tons cf orc on the surface that
runs all the way from $50 a ton at the
grass roots to the figures reached on the
WalkOVeT i'm nve-foOt hole-S3.5o1 a ton
The haulage rate on ore out is $50 a ton,
with a load back most of the time. Lum-
her has been scarce this winter. but new
Nard is being arranged for and this lack
will be remedied inside of two weeks.
In no place in the district where intelli-
gent work has been done has the miner
failed to develop ore of shipping value.
and the mines that have been opened up
So far happily are owned by companies
with good treasures. which accounts for
the extensive development work OF per-
manent character and the failure hereto
fore to ship ore for revenue Salt Lake
city people are interested in the camp
Now that the sulphide belt has been
reached in three widely separated spots in
the district. the owners feel justified in
starting shipments of ore and steady
output will be the rule from next week.
not only from the Ramsey COmstOck. but
from the Ramsey Consolidated and 9th
ers. Most prObab bly, the Rather Ne. Will
start to ship. next week. especially if
teams can be had.
This year viii see Ramsey one of the
best camps in the state. with a steady out
put of ore and a large number OF men
working i'm its huge lodges. II is no eX-
aggeration TO claim that 500 miners will
be on steady employment before the first
of July. even if no new discoveries are
made which is improbable. new finds
are being made daily.