The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-08-21
GREAT FUTURE
FOR NEW CAMP
Chafey Will Produce More
Than 100000 During
Present Month.

The new Chafey district, located on
the west slope of the east Humboldt
range, twenty miles south of Winnie
mucca and eight miles from Mill City.
New, bids fair to become one of the
greatest as well as the newest of the
Nevada camps, according 10 Colonel
George w. Z. Dorsey, who has Just re-
turned from an examination of the dis
trict.
Colonel Dorsey, i'm discussing the new
district, said: THE Chafey district was
formerly known as the Dun Glen dis
trlct and was actively worked before
the big Comstock boom at Virginia
city. The district is honeycombed
with old workings. and l understand.
that party of Salt Lakers cyanided
one or the old dumps at a handsome
profit some years ago. The Dun Glen
group was the best known of the old
time mines, but had been turned down
by dozen different experts who had
examined it since the old days. Last
spring Mr.. Chafey took an option on
the group from the widow of the for
mer owner and decided that the low
grade ores opened up by the old work.
ings could be profitably worked with
thirty five-ton cyanide mill, which he
intended to install.
When the old tunnel was cleaned
out and started Mr.. Chafey decided
that the former owners had missed the
main vein and ran a crosS-cut from
the face of the tunnell to determine
whether he was right This cross-cut
had been run but twenty feet when
six-foot vein was encountered which
showed values of not less than 500 per
ton. This same vein has been opened
by crosS-cut near the mouth of the
tunnel 200 feet from the first strike,
and shows identical values. A shaft
has been sunk on the property a dis
lance of 400 feet and has also encoun-
tered this vein, so that there is az
present 600 feet of shipping ore. aver
aging six feet in width, which has been
opened up in the property. More than
100000 worth of ore will be shipped
during this month, and this output
could be increased but for the lack of
teams. This is a wonderful record,
when II is considered that work was
only started on the property on July
of this year.
South of the Dun Glen group lies
the Munroe group. which has also been
acquired by Mr.. Chafey. This property
was workd for years by old man
Munroe with an arastra. and, although
several advantageous offers were made
was decided to a party of Munroe's
friends upon his death and was ac-
quired from them by Chafey. Mr..
Chafey has let a number of leases upon
the three veins exposed in the Munroe,
and six of these leases are now sa cking
shipping ore of a splendid grade.
ON the east side of the camp there
are several old silver properties which
have exposed veins avera ging from five
to eight feet In width, which contain
values of from SO to SIS I'm gold and
from five to ten ounces of silver per
ton. There is an unlimited amount Of
low-grade ore in sight which can be
milled at a profit. Ample water for al
purposes can be secured by sinking
wells in the gulch. Chafey will make
good without a question"
Colonel Dorsey reports that number
of Salt Lake men have already secured
holdings in the new camp. Charley
Higgins, formerly of Salt Lake and
well known throughout Nevada, has
purchased the Two Molly claims in
conjunction with Nevada associates.
and has also secured some valuable
original locations. Jeff & Sullivan of
Park City have relocated the old silver
mines and are rapidly putting them in
shape for production. There are now
500 men working in the district.