The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-23
Sandy the Hub.
THINGS ARE MOVING
AT RAMSEY CAMP

Ramsey. New. Sept 2O-Lxe develop
ments in the district are of the most sat
isfaCtOTy kind Probably the Walkover
mine with its sudden plunge into prom
inense has done as much as anything
to call pronounced attention to the dis
trict, and it is being more generally
realized that some very rich properties
are under operation here. At the Walk
over mine the vein that was opened up
with a tunnel about thirty feet from the
surface and which was eighteen inches
wide at that point has developed with
the present depth to a three-foot ore
body that is of very high shipping grade.
Some of the richer portions of it are
returning assays of 500 to $500, while
the sacked ore, which includes the en-
tire vein. is running from $40 10 500
per ton, gold.
There is a large pile of ore accumu-
idtlng on the dump and II is evident the
company will have no trouble in getting
out a large shipment during the next
few weeks As depth is gaihed the ore
becomes much closer grained, as well
as richer, and specimens are constantly
being found showing particles of coarse
gold profusely total depth of sixty
feet is made in the workings and they
can Slope out rich ore right to the top
of the extensive dike,N where the vein is
clearly exposed. The ore body occurs
with wide tale wall and sulphides are
showing to an appreciate extent. 1t Is
evident that permanent and dependable
ledge is found at this mine.
The Ramsey-COmstOck company is more
active than ever and has under prep
aratiOn much more extensive extraction
of ore at their mine. They are arranS-
ing a system of stopping on three Levels
and will soon have much larger force
of miners employed in this work. Last
week a large shipment was started and
the company teams have since hauled
good starter for another consignment.
More teams have been arranged for and
the monthly shipments promise to be
greatly increased shortly.
Another cross-cut through the ledge
Will be under way in a few days. The
station set at the fourth level has been
put in and with the completion of a
stump work will proceed night and day
on the cToss-cut The most convincing
evidence is at hand that sensational re-
suits will obtain when the rio hveins
are again exposed another JOG feet deeper.
The RamSey-COmstock mine under pres
ent development is very rich property
and the consensus of expert opinion is
that it is one of the coming great pro-
ducers-
Within the past week the Ramsey-Ophir
mine has developed some important
changes in the workings. There is nov
uncovered a formation outside the hang
ing wall having every appearance of that
exposed in the Ramsey-Comstock work
ings, a stones throw to the southwest.
What little exploration has been done
shows the quartz is of the same cbarac-
ter. Water has been encountered and the
ore carries SulphldeS, which is q strong
indication that any round of shots will
expose high grade ore at another point
on Bonanza mountain. The shaft is about
10 feet deep.
4 strike that has greatly widened the
high grade ore zone offs this district oc-
CURED a few days ago. The Gold Cen
ter claim is the scene of the latest rich
discovery, which property is about one
half mile south of the townsite and near
" two miles south of the Ramsey-Com-
stock and North Belt mines. The own
ers had discovered that the sands on
the brow of small hill carried lot
of placer gold. IN few hours they
had uncovered Finch vein that has
widened in a 10-foOt shaft to over Is
inches. and carries values of $40 to $50
in gold. Some sensational paintings of
unusually coarse gold are made from the
ore. They have since uncovered the main
ledge in the middle of the porphyry dixie
another Pinch vein 100 feet west of the
original discovery. and in every instance
little depth has shown rich ore. As
is usual in such cases. everybody rushed
over there and another part of the dis
trict is in for lively overhauling from
now On The new strike will be deVeI-
oped with a shaft
The Ramsey Bonanza company has
started new tunnel that will connect
with the main shaft and cut several
strong Lodges at depth. They announce
much activity this fall.