The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-11-04
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During the period of it's activity the
camp is said to have produced SS2,ooo,OOo
in the white metal. AS methods OF eX-
traction as well as of the reduction OF
ores was of the crudest order. much val
liable ore was overlooked or lost In both
operations.
Two old stamp mills still on the ground
near to where was situated the Office
Of the justice of the peace and postottice
are still sufficiently intact TO convey
some idea of the methods employed III the
reduction of the ores, which were sener-
ally of the high-grade order, in some in
stances running as high as 5000 10 5,OOV
ounces to the tom
In an old record found in what was the
postoffice there appears a great many
entries which show that the cost OIL
treatment of custom ores was always IN
the neighbOrhOOd of $50 ton.
New Blood Takes Hold.
Within the past six months at least
eight of these old properties have changed
hands. and ali are being operated by the
new owners. Among the most prominent
of these are the Colosseum Mining COM
Dany, which has a force OF thirty men
at work developing the property. which
is equipped with gasoline engine and
compressor. This property appears to
cover mountain of low-grade gold ore,
the base of which Is iron pyrlteS, ana Is
a smelling ore. The company is push
ing exploration operations with all pos
sible speed, and is already talking of the
construction OF q SlnelleE III the NlClilllS
of the property.
There was a shipment of high-grade
silver ore made short time ago from
the Stonewall Jackson TO the Salt Lake
smelters
The Ivanpah Consolidated Mining COM
pany is contemplating putting large
force TO work to open up that property
on an extensive scale.
Black * West, with Los Angeles COM
pany behind them, are operating several
fine looking properties and are con-
stantly shipping ore TO the Salt Lake
smelters.
Fine Tungsten Property.
Probably one of the best looking prop
critics in the district is the Tungsten
property, owned by a Pasadena company.
This company has group of four claims
abutting on the end of each other, and
have vein from eighteen to thirty-five
feet in width running clear through the
entire length of the four claims. In one
shaft on the premises at a depth of fifty
feet they have twenty-fOur inches of ore
that gives returns of better than Ga per
cent tungsten. tri-OXide, and are soon TO
ship carload of this ore to Philadelphia,
where d manufacturing concern has
agreed to pay them from $500 to loo per
ton, according TO grade. for their entire
output up to any amount.
Develop by Shaft and Tunnel.
This company has a force of men at
work opening up its bonanza and one of
the heaviest stockholders in the COM
pany, +. NJ Benson, is now running
tunnel on the Vein which he proposes to
open up for a distance of 80 feet The
tunnel is already in half that distance
and shows the ole stronger the further
they run into the mountain ahead The
company proposes to open up their vein
at stated distances by shafts and tunnels
TO ascertain how continuous the ore may
be, and judging from the work already
done and the ore in sight on we'll de
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conclude that this company has certain
ly a property that has all the earmarks
of a bonanza.
Mr.. Benson is also heavily interested in
the Ivanpah Consolidated Mining COM
pany, which owns one of the richest sill
Yer mines in the district. besides being
the owner of some very fine Portland ce-
ment deposits in Arizona.