The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-01-11
Mining Engineer j. H. Shockley
More Than Impressed by
Present ShOwings.
MAN WHO DISCOVERED
THE GIBRALTAR MINE
Salt Lakers Scoring Signal Sue
cess i'm the Great Bull
frog Camp.

ing engineer TO whose individual et-
forts not a few mining camps of Ne
vada are indebted for . portion at least
Of their present prosperity and stand
ing before the world, passed through
Salt Lake City Thursday enroute to his
New York headquarters from a sew
eral weeks trip throughout the inter
estlng and booming camps of the Sage
Brush Stale. 1t was Mr.. Shockley, III
conjunction with W. II. Clark, who sue
ceeded in corralling the noted Gibraltar
property in the Bullfrog district, he
being among the first half-dozen 10
reach that point over two years ago.
Upon the Gibraltar Mr.. Shockley pinned
his faith above all others in the Bull
frog district, and the developments up
on this property, distinctly n Salt Lake
proposition, have more than justified
the first impressions formed by him.
Mr.. Shockley stated to The Tribune
Thursday that the Gibraltar was open
ing up splcndidly. The company has
sent two cars of orc to the market,
the first running about $24l net per
ton in gold, the second 800 per ton,
Another shipment will he sent TO the
Salt Lake market within the near flu
ture. The company however, will wait
until the railroad spur is completed to
the mouth of the tunnel before sendlDg
out any large quantities Of shipping
resources. Mr., Shockley states that the
Gibraltar is an exceedingly difficult
proposition TO ship from. The enor-
nous tonnages of milling ores being
blocked out have cutting and crossing
them a number Of streaks of high
grade rock which is hard to sort and
ship with any great profit. The mine.
however, is an ideal milling proposition,
and will be longterm dividend payer.
The Gibraltar Mines Syndicate at
this time is having n large mum her of
milltest runs made in Denver for the
purpose of establishing TO the smallest
detail the proper method of handling
the resources of the mine, and to deter
from the same. There remains little
doubt of the proposition, nevertheless,
for Mr., Shockley stated the ores are
to be reduced by the amalgamating
and cyanding processes. Upon receiy~
ing The results of the Denver runs, the
company will begin on the plans for
their mill, which will IN all probability
have an initial capacity Of 200 tons
per day. In driving the shaft to the
300-foot level in what is known as the
Philips and Morris ground, or the fats
at the foot of Bonanza mountain, the
management has gone through 10 feet
Of andesitic hreccia which looks better
to Mr.. Shockley than any formation yet
encountered in the whole Bullfrog dis
trict. From the station on the 300. the
management will do a great deal of
drifting. and the results will no doubt
establish the splendid possibilities OF
the great extent of flats that abound
around Rhyolite, and of which the
Gibraltar is a large owner. In the mean
time, developments are progressing up.
on the company's other ground, and
the heart of Bonanza mountain is be-
ing probed to uncover the resources.
Mr.. Shockley has extensive interests
in Manhattan, among which is the San
Ia Lola property, upon which he states
are the finest surface showings he has
ever seen in that camp. This leads
Mr.. Shockley to anticipate early and
gratifying returns early in the exten-
sive campaign of development work
now planned. Upon the Zanzibar prop
erty, Mr.. Shockley states that the
management is driving the main cross
body AT liberal depth, This tunnel will
be sent still farther into the mountain,
a distance of 500 feet yet remains TO
be probed by this working. Another
tunnel will be started. to give greater
depth upon the Zanzibar bodies, and
some magnificent results should come
from this work
fine, and Mr. 1Shockley states that he
hears a great deal of ''boom' talk
regarding this fated camp. Fated, first
because of the San Francisco earth
quake, and second because of the un-
fortunate situation in the affairs of
the Sullivan company, which is one of
the most extensive holders OF Manhat-
tan property. Mr.. Shockley, however,
is very optimistic regarding Manhat-
tan s future, and looks to the camp for
fine disclosures. He states that an
abundance of water is being brought
into the camp 10 supply the many
mills necessary for treating the re-
sources there, the first plant 10 be erect
ed by the Manhattan Consolidated COM
pany.
Regarding Round mountain. where
there are extensive Salt Lake inter.
-ests, Mr.. Shockley states that there will
be several fine producers in this dis
trict. Several at this time are show"
ing up splendid proportions. and not
the least among them is the Sphinx,
This company has sent their shaft 10
depth OF 800 feet, and three parallel
veins have been encountered one of
which has been developed TO any ex.
tent up TO date. This vein has been
drifted on for 30 feet, and shows a
width of from , 10 feet A thorough
sampling for this entire distance shows
values to average from IS TO $1,000 per
ton. This vein pitches quite fiat, while
the OtDer TWO are nearly vertical. Nr.
Shocklcy states that the Round noun
tain veins are true fssures, as we'll de-,
fined as could be desired for establish
ing them in this class. During the com.
ing summer Round mountain will pro-
duce several hundred thousand dollars
in placer gold. which is one of the un-
usual and interesting incidents in
Round mountain life for Nevada
camp.
On the way 10 Salt Lake. Mr.. Shock
ley spent short time in Rosebud He
thinks well of this district, and states
that on the Brown Palace group he Sc,
cured samples that ran j ounces gold
and 1900 ounces silver. lie looks for
a great boom for Rosebud, and states
that the White Alps mountain presents
rs ideal mining proposition from all
sides as any mining man in love with
his profession could desire. Mr.. Shock
ley stated that all Nevada was a won
der, a magnificent section of the West.
and the various districts are just en-
tering upon the banner year Of their
existence.