The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-24
MAKING A MINE IN
OLD BULLION DISTRICT
Dick COIburn and His Partners
Get an Old Shipper and Make
1t Pay It's Way.

Dick Cohurn is back from trip 10 the
Bullion district in Lander county and
Salt Lake. saws Goldield Chronicle
and Is enthusiastic over conditions In the
Lander Mining conpany's property, He
exhibited samples OF the ores to friends
in Salt Lake, and has started STAN
pede OF the money bags into that coun-
try . -
1--WE have made attempt TO stope
ore" said Mr.. Coburl, land have only
shipped the product OF the incline shatt
excepting In one place where small
chamber of high grade salena was en-
countered. We have one man working
In ore on the 15O-foot level Of the in
cline shaft, and he is filing twenty hve
sacks a shift with the best product OF
the mine. The ledge on which ne are
working liz perfectly defined. with clean
walls OF lime. and has been opened and
mined for distance OF 1900 feet on 1ts
course.
Leaser Gets the High Grade.
"Superiptend LalSn writes me that
since | left the Cunningham lease has
struck high grade 400 feet east of us.
in q hitherto undeYeloped part or our
ground on the Montana claim a depth
OF thirty-two feet and rs sacl<ing. The
mine has paid its own way and we have
bought and installed gasoline hoist
from the proceeds Of ore sales. We are
going TO continue the shaft until we reach
n contact with a dyke OF quartzite, and
there we expect 20 find n tremendous de-
is5 feet from the collar, has four feet Of
ore now II has been increasing In size
for several feet with every indication
that the vein Is going to make into
chamber OF ore OF considerable size,
Rich Strike in an Old Winze.
above us on the side of the hill is
parallel vein on which the Riddle lease Is
sackins q fine grade OF orc right on the
surface, These leasers have cleaned out
an old winze which was sunk 10 a depth
Nf Ho1A hll
found in the bottom three feet Of good
shipping ore They will sink 200 feet, iol-
lowing the ore down, From the l5O-loot
level OF the incline shaft We have started
cross-cut which will underCut these
workings at depth OF 400 feet. We
have this crosscut In 100 feet ana hsure
that we have about $50 feet 10 30. We
cut a blind ledge in the crosscut and
driftcd on IT a short distance and IT Wild
ened out 10 four feet of ore. ] believe
we have a splendid mine in the Lander,
and we are using all the men we can get
to open II up.
Fine Values in an Old Dump.
Part OF Colburns mission To Salt Lake
was TO look after trial shipment from
one of the old dumps. which the former
owners attempted TO ship years ago, hut
The ore netted SEQ a ton, Il trife over
5000 for the carload. The dump, accord
ing to these returns, contains about $4,000
worth OF ore, and the company will mar
ket ii along with the high grade from
the mine The ores or the district are
very desirable as fiuxing ores and are
treated gratis by the smelters. The
company keeps its own teams on its own
ranch and hauls the ore TO the main
wagon road. where the freighters Take Il
to the railroad for Sc ton.
VIII Develop Grand Prize.
II the main ledge keeps its present
course il will be necessary 10 extend
the incline shaft $50 feet 20 the contact,
but this work will he In orc all the way,
and from present indications in the bot
tom Of the shaft the vein Will he OF large
proportions.
associates, among whom are several Gold
field operators, have another group cf
claims which are incorporated the
Grand Prize. The Lander ore channel as
we'll as north and south LEAD cross
this ground and the company will start
work near their probable junction on the
Red Top claim.