The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-27
IRON COUNTY MOVES FORWARD DUI

crossing from the Jennie and the Snow
fake group OF the Nevada side.
East of the Snowflake is the indie
pendence property. covering a heavy
quartz outcrop twenty feet in width,
five claims and a fraction comprising
the group. Active development is In
progress and some very good milling
ore is being extracted. Charles II
Short. to whose push and indefatiga-
billty most of the Gold Springs proper
ties owe their renown, Is personally d.
recting operations on this group A
2,20O-pound pump was installed about
thirty days ago, which il is thought
viii prove adequate to free the main
workings from water, the mine being
wet one, and a new f1fteen-horse-
power gasoline hoist installed. Much
free gold ore, averaging SIS per ton,
has been encountered. while the aver
age of the lower grade milling ores -
said to be about Sc. An active cam
the successful outcome of proper min
ing on this property is not considered
in doubt in the least.
other Properties Of Merit.
Adjoining the Independence on the
south and east are a number of very
meritorious properties. The Drake
property of three claims is exceedingly
meritorious ground. 1t is said to carry
an extension of the Independence VEINS,
and during the year a carload ship
ment of surface ore was tentatively
made This was from vein from
eighteen to twenty inches in width,
showing an average of s25 per ton in
gold for practically 500 feet on the
strike of the vein. These values. how
ever, preved too low to pay the cost
of transportation and smelter handling.
The property is owned by u. Drake of
Stateline. and was recently bonded TO
Los Angeles parties. who expect TO en-
ter into an active campaign of devel-
opment at an early date
Next in the string of good properties
is that of the Utah-Stateline Mining
company. operating the Hanna group
of three claims, the Lincoln Nos. and
and the Jumbo. The principal devel-
opment work has been done on the
Jumbo claim. The vein here consists
of a big quartz and quartz-porphyry
blowout 100 feet wide A shaft has
been sunk to depth of 40 feet and a
drift for the vein made from that level.
The vein was caught up with IN 115
feet of work some ten days ago, and
eross-cutting has been under way
since. So far fifteen feet of the vein
has been cut without reaching the
hanging wall, where the greater values
are expected to be found. Just what
values have been encountered has not
been ascertained, but the rock is re-
ported as panning free gold literally,
and the strike seems to be regarded
equally as important as was the orig
inal Jennie strike. George A. Paxman
of Bingham is mine superintendent
and the company is composed Of Los
Angeles parties. A. H. Schwan, the
manufacturer of orange wood novel;
ties of that city. is general manager.
The company so far has made no great
noise and is working along conserva-
tive lines. Owing to the recent strike
work on the property will no doubt be
vigorously pushed from now on.
South of the Jennie is the Wild Irish
company's property. During the fan
the control fell into strong hands and a
vigorous campaign of telling develop
ment is now being prosecuted. Salt