The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-11
CITY ROCKS GETTING
INTO ITS RESOURCES
Company Starts to Market First
Car of Ore for This
Season.

The tramway leading from the camp
and mines of Alta TO good distance
down the Little Cottonwood canyon has
enabled the City Rocks company TO
begin regular shipments of fine rock
to the local smehers. General Manager
Zehring returned Saturday from the
mine, he states that today the
company has the first car of ore on the
market for the present season. The
company is in shape to send in 300
tons of ore per month, everything be
ing dependent upon the successful
operation of the new tram. As this
equipment is working splendidly at
present, the operators deem that 1T Will
keep up it's good lick all season.
During the past few weeks the City
Rocks company has been meeting with
some splendid returns in the develop
menr work An entirely new ledge has
been encountered from the Edwards
cross-cut leading off TO the south of the
lower tunnel This ledge is heavily
miueralized. and the management has
every reason to anticipate that il will
make into one of the banner ore chutes
of the group. This ledge is attended
by all the characteristics of Alta
bodies. The South Columbus Consoli-
dated company found exactly similar
conditions prevailing before tapping the
present fine copper ore body. Should
the City Rocks find a similar ore chute
the management will have fully 400 feet
of stopping ground upon the same.
Some time ago the management sent
the Topeka tunnel into the mountain for
a distance of 1900 feet, and for almost
this whole distance the tunnel paralleled
the vein. This has been found out by
subsequent developments, and the pres
ent openings along this working are
giving abundant evidences that the City
Rocks company has some great ore
bodies along tins heretofore untouched
extent of territory, The ore was found
by following a very small stringer to
one side, and this has opened up into
two feet of ore that averages from lo,3
to 27.1 per cent copper, and from % TO
9T3 ounces silver 10 the ton. This two
feet Of ore is to the west. and to the
east the management finds eighteen
inches Of the same character of rock.
The ore chute encountered at dis.
tance Of 1850 feet from the mouth of
the lower tunnel has shown dimensions
never thought possible by the com
pany. Manager Xehriug stated yester
day that the ore chute had been found
TO be 200 feet long, while il was
thought to be only 100 feet. How
much longer subsequent developments
Will show 1T 10 be. he does not Know.
but from present indications he expects
almost anything from this chute, The
lowest average assays secured from
This body arc l9.1 ounces silver, 1916
per cent lead, and IL per cent copper,
The copper values arc expected TO
show up better in a short time, as no
special attention has been paid as to
this particular content of the ore,
Mr.. Zehring is greatly pleased with
the City Rocks property. He says that
the present usefulness of the property
is we'll established, and the future pos
sibilitics are practically unlimited. The
company is just getting into the ore
proper ana every tSe SeVgIOPInr mas
The car Of ore marketed today averages
as follows; Six per cent lead, SO per
cent copper and % ounces silver to the