Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-31
SUCCESS PROPERTY
FULLY ORGANIZED
Duck Creek Mines Shaped for Incor-
poration-Win File Articles ut
Carson, Nevada.

At a meeting in Salt Lake yesterday
of the owners OF the Success mining
property in the Duck Creek district
cess Mining company to take over the
property was completed, articles of In
corporation drown up. officers elected.
deeds made out. and everything placed
In readiness for the filing of the arti-
cles of Incorporation for the company
at Carson City. New, next week. Mayor
D. c. Mcdonald of Ely one OF the
heavy interests in the concern VIII
leave Salt Lake in few days for
Carson TO fllc the papers
The organization as II now stands
sas the following officers and directors;
David Keith, president d. c. McDon-
aid. vice president and general man
ager; II. A. Comins, ]. E. Dunn, and
Thomas Kearns. directors
The company Is capitalized at 100000
shares of g par value OF So each. or
this amount 100000 are placed in the
treasury. None OF the stock has as yet
been issued.
The property is located Is miles east
OF Ely. in the Shell creek range of
mountains. and extends one and one
half miles north OF tho summit of Duck
and Steptoe creeks and two and one
fourth miles south.
The property consists OF IS patented
claims. containing 1875 acres. and also
the mineral rights to 26o acres on agri-
cultural patents, total of 6IS.76 acres.
Last fall considerable ore was ship
ped from the property, but this has
been discontinued on account of the
heavy SHOWS. During the winter a
large force of men has been employed
upon development work and there Is
now enough ore blocked out to insure
steady shipments as soon as the COM
pany sees fit to begin.
RECENT STRIKE.
One OF the most recent developments
at the property Is the encountering of
q four-fo breast OF ore that is de-
clared to be stronger and better than
anything heretofore discovered there.
The strike was made on the 200 foot
level and about so feet from the shaft.
a prominent engineer who recently
visited the property declares that the
veins and ore bodies OF this property
seen.
The formation is dolomitc lime, shalc |
and quartzite. Relative to the orc |
bodies prospectus recently issued by |
the company says:
The orc is principally a brown and |
yellow carbonate, with punches of ga
lena which carry. high values. Ship
ments show 123 ounces silver. gold |
1880. lead 65 per cent. while the whole
is a good shipping grade and n very de-
sirable smelling product, carrying a
high percentage Of iron.
"A pleasing feature Of tho Success
ores is the gold value. which runs from
$3.50 to as high as sST, and is incrcas-
ing as depth is attained.
'.Development1Consis of 2024 feet
OF shafts. tunnels. drifts, raises, wines
and crosscuts; the deepest shaft being
On the Success, which is 100 feet in
depth.
WE'LL EQUIPPED.
'Equipment-Tne machinery consists
of double cylinder. double geared
hoist OF S0-horsepower. two 60-horse-
power boilers, a four-drlll compressor,
receiver. drills, pumps, blacksmith shop.
sawmiIl. a pipe line ZOO feet in length,
giving an ample water supply under a
pressure OF 215 pounds to the inch. a
large carpenter shop. powder magazine,
storehouse, a we'll equipped assay office,
also large two-story boarding house,
cellars. office buildings, cabins. stables,
s0-ton ore scales, and are fully equipped |
'or campaign of active development to
block out a large tunnage of ore during |
the winter when the roads will not
permit shipping
property are men we'll known in the
mining world Of many years expert
ence and whose judgment OF mining
property Is sound and conservative.
They have expended over $4,000 IN
equipping. developing and patenting
this property, and have no debts. They
have every reason to believe they own
a very valuable mine which should be
a dividend payer for many years to
come