The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-05-16
EAST FISSURE
WILL Be MINED
Ground That Made Lower
Mammoth Famous Is to Be
Tackled Again.

After fun deliberation and a careful
study of conditions under which the Low
er Mammoth company's property has been
developed, the directors have decided upon
campaign of DEVELOPMENT for the i'm
mediate future that will appeal TO every
shareholder familiar with the mine and
what IL has done in the past IT is a
long time since anybody has heard a
word about the east fissure in that prop
erty, Notwithstanding the fact that ii is
the portion OF the mine that has produced
all the really high-grade ore that ever
came from it, and which produced the
money TO pay the dividends that the COM
pany IN the past has paid
Work is 10 begin at the property AT
once, ana the east fissure. in which COM
paratlvely httlew Ork has been done. Is
10 be further explored and prospected on
the 5gO and other levels below that AT
the OIflces yesterday a request for infor-
nation on what had been accomplished
IN tnat part of the mine resulted in an
eXhlDltlon or the working maps and a
release OF figures obtained from the books
OF the company showing that ore shipped
nom the east fissure. at points between
tne so ana 0O-foot levels, had sold for
SZzI,i 00SI. ore was mined for a distance
or something like 900 feet on the 3OO-foot
level. but no prospecting of the fissure
10 amount to anything outside of the
area from which the ore was taken has
ever been attempted and what little was
done was only in one direction. Much
less work has been done on the 400. 500
and 6OO-foOt levels, though splendid ship
ping ore has been mined from cash Lots
of this ore has been sold for as much
as $50 ton. and the management has
satisfied itself that everything is now
iii shape to accomplish even greater re-
suits than were obtained in the past by
a comparatively small outlay and waste
OF time. So it has been decided to go
after IL, and. with machine drills reach
out for new shoots of ore that il is con-
Sidered certain exist.
A few years ago il will be remembered
by those then identified with the Lower
Mammoth company. all efforts were di-
rected 10 the opening of the west fis-
sure. the ledge that has since been opened
down to the 1,S00-fO level. and which
has been productive of a great deal of
lOw-grade ore. through which was found
more or less ore of a good commercial
grade. 1t was then believed that the
big mine was to be made in the west
erything indicated that tremendous bodies
of ore will be found at even much greater
depth than has already been attained.
But it is going to take money and time
TO do it
In the meantime investigation has sug-
gcsted that big results can be quickly
obtained IN the further opening of the
grade ores. AS a matter of fact. nothing
but high-grade ore was ever mined from
this ledge, nor did any Of the levels
prospected fail TO give results. There is
a world of UNEMPLOYED territory in this
fissure within the boundary lines of the
cOmpany's domain and the belief is eX-
pressed that il can be made to not only
provide the means for opening the mine
to the 2.O00-fOot level or deeper. but that
il will provide dividends. as well.