The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-07-12
OLD DISTRICT
TO BE REVIVED
Jesse Knight, David Evans and
Others Preparing to Cut
Loose in Detroit District.
IBEX CO. is RE0RGANIzED
MACHINERY GOING IN AND
TOWN TO BE BUILT.

After a period of nearly fifteen years
OF inactivity, the Detroit mining district
which lies abOgt thirty miles northwest
from Oasis, is again about to take on
new life. About ten years ago David
Evans. c. E. Luce, Reed SmOot and La
1ayette HOlbTOOk purchased nearly all OF
the stock of the hex Gold Mining COM
pany, though little was done by them
except to secure patents for the six min
ing claims owned by the company. Re-
Gently Mr.. Evans, acting for the COM
pany, purchased all of the interests here
tofore owned by Henry B. Joy and his
associates, residing at Detroit. Mich, and
also the interest of d. z. Crafts, the pio-
neer of the Detroit district.
Company Is Reorganized.
The hex Gold Mining company recently
Increased its capital stock from go 600 tC
100000 shares, 100000 of which were placed
IN the treasury. The ground now owned
Dy TINS company consists of more than
thirty mining claims, one-half of which
are patented.
A new board Of directors has been elect
ed. consisting of Jesse Knight. Reed
Sm0ot, c Z. Luce, David Evans and
William J. Knight. Upon the organiza-
lion, Jesse Knight was elected president
Reed Smoot vice president, Mr.. Allen Sec
rotary and David Evans general manager.
Inc directors, with J.. HOlbrOOk, are the
chief stockholders in the new organiza-
ton though jesse Knight is the largest
and most heavily interested, having re-
Gently secured but little less than the
control
Machinery to Be Installed.
1t is the purpose of the company to be-
Gin active development as soon as the
proper arrangements can be made. Hoist
ing machinery and power drills will be
placed upon the property and deep mining
VIII begin IN earnest. Manager Evans
who is now stopping at the Cullen hotel,
mil,
chlnlsts, and is figuring on machinery, all
of which he expects to place and put in
operation as soon as men and money can
accomplish it.
The company intends to put traction
engines on the road between Oasis and
the mine for the purpose of solving the
question of transportation to the railroad
until a railroad can be constructed and is
about TO pipe water into the district, es-
Jablish a tOWnSite, construct buildings
and hopes TO add another active produc-
ing district to the state. The treasury is
supplied with sufficient moneys from the
sale of its treasury stock to the stock
holders TO carry out the plans of the
management
Up to date the properties owned by this
company have not been opened at any
particular depth. In fact the ore which
was secured for the old shelters and mill
were all extracted from the surface by
means of hand windlasses.
District Is Like Tintic.
The formation of the Detroit district is
counterpart of Tintic. the ore zone run
ming in a nOrtherly and sOutheriy direc-
ton through dolOmite limestone, entirely
surrounded by pOrphyTy, except on the
east side, which is quaTtzite. Through
this mineral zone there are many east
and west cross breaks. or assures, which
expose large bodies of gold and copper
ore upon the surface.
At different times there have been three
smelters and one stamp mill constructed
for the purpose of reducing the ores Of
the camp, but owing to the lack of ia
Clllties for working, bad mana cement and
the price og copper, none of them sue
ceeded. The principal values in the ores
consist of gold and copper. with a smaller
per cent Of lead and silver.