The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-05-31
MUCH IS EXPECTED
FROM The OXARNA
Custer Section Is Constantly
Adding to Reputation for
Rich Outputs.
BIG COMPANY IS
READY FOR ACTION
Prominent People Are Inter-
ested in 0Xarna Property
Near Custer City.

Big things are expected from the Ok
arna Gold Mining company's mine,
near Custer, Idaho, as soon as the snow
disappears, and it is possible TO start
up the twerty-stamp mill, which was
Installed last fall NJ. J.. Crafts, the
San Francisco capitalist, arrived IN
Salt Lake Wednesday, where he met
by appointment Reginald Coryell, man
agcr of the company. AT midnight
last night the two left for Custer,
where Mr.. Crafts will at once assume
the superlntendency Of the property.
Mr.. Coryell has Just returned from an
extensive trip throughout the East:
where he met numerous stockholders OF
the Oxarna He reports having found
them without exception buoyant with
hope and confidence over the prospects
presented by the property.
Among the many important person
ages interested in the OXarDa is Robert
Parmalee, one Of the weaIthiest and
most popular capitalists OF Cleveland.
Ohio, He is the owner of the Cuyaho.
ca building. at Cleveland, which cost
upwards of four millions of dollars.
Mr.. Parmaee will shortly visit Salt
Lake on his way TO visit the Idaho
property. Another big man who is
largely interested in the Oxarna is
Count Roberto LazZIati, Of Florence,
Italy. He expects 10 come to America
during the summer and Will, IN all
probability, accompany Mr.. Parmalee
en- mis- trip TO Idaho. AS matter of
fact. Messrs. Corvell and Crafts eN-
pect to entertain p great many of the
heavy stockholders of the properties
in which they are Jointly interested
during the summer months.
The Oxarna Gold Mining company is
capitalized at Sl,000000, divided into
a million shares at a par value of
dollar share The home office Of the
company is at Custer. Idaho. and The
Eastern Office Is at Delphos, Ohio The
nronerty has attracted great attention
recently. both on account of its own
remarkable showings and by reason of
the tremendous profits which have fol
lowed tine development Of neighboriug
holdings The officers of the company
are, Hon. George Coryell, president,
civil engineer aud mine operator;
George Dearden, vicepresident and
general merchant; w. Z. Flooding. sec
retary and treasurer. real estate, stocks,
bonds, etc; Reginald Coryell manager,
mines and mining; +. s. Darrow. bank
er; George Grcenhow, insurance, and
>. u. tOTreCco, merchant
The company has acquired large
group of claims adjoining the "Lucky
Boy" company holdings on Custer
mountain. which has peen the richest
center of production of the Yankee
Fork district The Oxarna is operat-
ing a twenty-stamp mill with whitley
tables and canvas plant. New ore
shoots have been recently exposed
which contain gold and silver values
of from &35 10 $50 10 the ton. a ll00-
foot tunnel is now heing run 10 develop
the main ore bodies at a vertical depth
OF 500 feet.
No section Of the country is more IA
bly, situated. geographically, or
more favorably constituted geological
". for the occurrence OF rich metal.
liferous deposits than the section of
Custer county of which these proper
ties arc the center The section was
mined iu past years very successfully,
producing gross values of something
like S30,000,000 10 gold. silver and
copper. The county has been noted for
ore bodies of exceptional richness, and
its reput alton in this respect has been
maintained by the discoveries Of the
past year. Some interesting reports
are expected from the Oxarna when
the SHOWS have melted and the big mill
gets TO grinding. Among the mines in
tho group which are being developed
By the Oxarns people are the Black
mine. the Myrtle, the Lost Horse and
the Juliette.