The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-10-23
LEE MINING CAMP
IS NOT FORGOTTEN
Owners of Property During
Panic Period Have Been
Patenting Ground.
J. P. NELSON GIVES
FACTS ABOUT CAMP
Companies to Resume Work
After Election Has Passed
Into History.

ttWhile the panic dealt severely with
numerous mining camps Of Nevada and
eastern California. compelling develop
ment work in MANY instances to cease
and placing ouictus for the time beng
on mill installation, you should not
draw the conclusion that the owners
of properties are not keeping their
propositions in mind. Over III inyo
county, California, is the Lee mining
district. one of the greatest milling
eamps-to-bc in the west. You have not
heard much about il for some time
although the Keane Wonder comrany
has been and still is producing gold
bullion to a liberal extent in its excel
lent milling plant" said j. p. Nelson,
one OF the pioneers of the Lee district,
who came TO his home at the Cullen
hotel Yesterday for the purpose OF cast
ing his vote NJ the coming election.
Mr.. Nelson is ono OF the best known
mining men, who has transferred POT
tion Of his time and energy froEl ms
Utah mining possessions TO new neIoa %
farther west, having been at one time
superintendent of the Gibraltar Mines
syndicate at Bullfrog. and now is wee
president and general manager OF the
Hayseed and the Pumpkin Mining COM
panies of the Lee district.
When asked regarding the Lee dis
trict and its future, he said;
"There is not q more promising Gold
mining section in the country than we
have over in Lee. The district IS
bound TO come back to its normal con
dition soon after election. for no such
a section can afford TO lie idle long.
And there has been the right sort OF
development done over there, too, none
of your surface gopherings. At depth
the ores have been maintained both as
20 strength and richness. but what the
mines OF the camp need are mills. These
we would have had long ago but for the
panic After the coming election the
owners of properties will buckle down
80 work again, and the coming year Will
be n mill-installing one for Lee.
The camp, therefore, is milling
grade district, but We could sort our
ores and send in shipments that would
open the eyes OF the world. But there
is no economy in that. The ores carry
gold exclusively, being clean, free-mill-
ing quartz in character. without any
bad features whatever. The district is
twenty miles long by three miles in
width, and with q naturalization that
would be hard to. beat anywhere.
az am vice-president and general
manager Of the Hayseed company. Our
property has been sounded to depth
of 325 feet, while 100 feet of work
altogether has been accomplished. We
have a splendid tonnage blocked out
that will average S25 gold per ton. I
could sort our ores and ship in rock
that would average $500 or more ton,
but. as T said. there is no economy in
that. We will erect mill as soon as
we can, and before the winter is far
gone we Will be at work again in dead
earnest ! hold the same offices in the
Pumpkin Mining company named after
one of the claims of the group. We
have patented this ground. which is
habit at Lee, and will begin work again
as soon as I can get back. Our shaft
has followed milling ore averaping $27
per ton from the surface. We have
three feet of this sort of ore. I con-
slider the Keane Wonder a rreat mine.
and its success with the mill is eloquent
of the possibilities of that section. And
J believe that the Hayseed and Pump.
kin properties will make good equally
as well, If not better. on the annlica-
tion of an equal amount of develop
ment work You know that the Inyo
property. also the Greater Nevada, are
both located in this camp. and both
have splendid gold ore showings.