The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-05-10
MINES AND MINING
MORE ON DEAL
FOR LUCKY BOY
Owners of Rich Mines at HaW-
thorne Don't Care Whether
They Sell or Not.

JENNY Miller. one of the owners Of
the now famous Lucky Boy ground, to-
gether with J. F. Mitchell. arrived yes
terdav from the new camp and are being
besieged with all kinds Of curious people
anxious to learn Of the latest developIne \
in the new district, says the Goidtleld
Tribune.
The chief query. from every source, Is
whether or not the valuable group OF
claims upQn which the rich strikes nave
been made will pass into the hands or the
United States Smelling & ReIlnIng c9,l-
pany. To this question. according 10 MI
Miller. there can be but one answer; II :
up to them. 1 believe the deal VIII go
through
The party brought a bunch ;l,,. OF spe ,be
mems to be used in the exhibit at tne
American Mining congress, and winch
represents the riches Of the Lucky boy
district The black metal, which IS rec
ognized as the real stuff itself, ana -tl ,
silver bromdes are found in profusion al
through the rock, and present one OF tne
remarkable products of mining in Nevada
Not Anxious to SELL
Discussing the situation, Mr.. Miller said;
Il guess the sale is just about made, and
I figure that the whole deal will be closed
within the next ten days or two weeks 1
am not particularly anxious TO part WIN
my interests there. but we have given the
to come in with the money They have
thirty days from the date or the option,
and the first payment must De mace DE
MAY > After that time they have i've
months in which TO make full settlement
or, i'm other words. to pay US the sum OF
81 500O 600 J am confident that the SAFE
will go through all right ana If It doesn |
we won't be especially disappointed, since
the mine is worth more money than that
They came to US and asked US to fix a
price on the property. l didn't care par
ticularly to do this. but after they INSISTED
we made the flat figure of Sl.5o00O0, with
out any monkey business, and they TOOK
the option for thirty days. we've got
mine and we know it, and we can take
out this amount Of ore within the Tune al
lowed them to pay the fun amount IneS
are shipping at the rate OF 100 tons per
dav from the Hubbard lease. and others
now operating in the district have the ore
and within a few days you VIII see them
shipping from other portions OF the dls-
tTict- The Mitchell-Fairfield and the Col
S-MitChPll lease Is just about ready 70
break into the rich stuff, and in my opin-
ion shipments viii begin within the next
few days. In the Collins ground, where
gallOws frame is about completed, and
where the ore is in sight, they have some
of the richest rock yet found anywhere
in the country, and will be sending it to
the market in a short time.
McAfee Makes Strike.
the surface-was discovered day before
yesterday on r. D. MCAfee's ground, 1,50l
feet west and north from the Hubbard
ground. and where values run at the grass
roots as high as 440 ounces in silver, with
s. in gold. This strike was practically made
right on the surface. and on ground which
has been overlooked by all Of us. so far as
really being promising territory. Time
after time people have come to US and
asked about leasing, and when McAfee
asked for this piece Of ground there
wasn't anything thought about It, But
when he came into the same character o.
ere. and even richer. as that which has
been developed in the Hubbard then peo-
Die began TO sit up and take notice Ihe
truth is that il proves, among other
things that the whole country is full of
ore, and that parallel veins run through
the district which makes II possible Tor
men to get the ore anywhere almost
That Mitchell and his associates are
going to make a fortune off their ground
is my candid opinion, and the other day
l bet the governor trip to Europe that
he would take $4,000 from his ground
during the coming year. He took my bet,
and trip to Europe j. coming 10 some
body. There can be no doubt about tn
future of the camp There are a half
dozen places there where they are just
as sure to get the ore Is we are sure that
the sun will shine Day before yesterday.
on the Liverpool Fraction, where Bill In
gals Is operating, they made a strike Of
much Importance, but the assays have
not been made and the values can not be
given as d certainty At the same time,
il is the same character Of ore which is
the backbone Of the camp. and il is a
CinCh that they have the meZuma right
there on their ground. 1 brought a sack
Of samples with me 10 give to the eX-
sheriff. and we will know within short
time as TO what the real values are.
Leasers All Right.
So far as the proposed sale is con-
cerned It viii in no way affect the leaseTs
now operating on the ground. and it is
specified that there shall be no shutdown
Of the property by the company taking
contract for sale there can be no inter
ference with the Ieasers. and they will
run right along as though nothing had
. happened. The company is. of course. TAX
ing over the ground subject to the leases
now i'm opera ton. and several Of them are
only just starting on their development
work. which means that the Lucky Boz
viii be active for many months to como.
The chances are that the company TAX
ing charge viii DO even greater develop
meDt work than has been done. so no man
need fear about the future of the camp.
Houses are going up and people are com
ing in from all over the state"
Mr.. Miller states that on the Kripner
lease on Tiffany ground. which is under
! bond TO c 3. Gillespie and Engineer
100000 a very rich strike has been made.
and that il is likely shipments will begin
from this property in the next few days.
/ The ore is the same as mat encountered
in the Hubbard. and IS said to carry the
same high values. The extent Of the body