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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-18

Relative to the formation of the Nc
Donald Ely 1t can be said that it is
most promising. Half the acreage Is
located in the porphyry zone, with
large outcroppings of iron with more
OF less copper. in places carrying as
high as 40 per cent copper. with good
values in silver and gold. From sur
face indications and conditions In the
district il Is only question Of develop
ment and depth until the property Will
become one of the principal copper
producers of the district.
The Mcdonald Ely consists of 90 pat
ented claims and is well equipped for
extensive development work. 1t is the
only property in the district In which
the ore bodies in the lime have been
developed to any extent In the early
days the mine was worked for gold
values In so doing n drift was run
for 300 feet on the $50 foot level and
the entire distance was In ore carrying
/ to IL per cent copper 1t has been
demonstrated in this property that the
known ore bodies gain in strength nt
depth.
SALT LAKE INTERESTED.
D. C. Mcdonald. mayor of Ely. has
been the chief factor behind this prop
erty. and his faith in Its future has
BIOWll stronger DIS llle Molh lsiS stt-
vanced Three years ago the prop
erty was taken over from the Salt Lake
G. Ely Mining & Milling company.
which worked the mine for gold. Mayor
Mcdonald then interested former Sen
ator Thomas Kearns. David Keith and
Col. E. A. Wall of Salt Lake City in
the property and a large amount of de-
velopment work has been done, AT
present about 5000 feet of shafts, tun-
nels. drifts and other workings are in
| the property.
The officers of the company are, Da-
| vid Keith. president; George Park.
secretary; Frank Knox treasurer. and
d. C. Mcdonald. general manager. The
| directors are: Frank ]. Westcott w
| Lamb, Col z. A. Wall, Former Senator
| Thomas Kearns, and D. c. Mcdonald
The Golden Gate shaft on the proper
| ty has been put down to depth OF
| 400 feet and is now in the porphyry.
carrying some copper, and should
reach sulphides at no great depth. The
| mill shaft is 200 feet deep and is also
| in porphyry. 1t will be sunk deeper
! and cross cuts will be run to the known
! ore bodies. Among the engineers of the
! district the property has been favor
| ite for long time.
| WE'LL EQUIPPED.
| The property Is we'll equipped for ex-
tensive work, with compressor, hoists.
drills. and good buildings. On the
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-18
THE NEVADA UNITED.

L OR the first time In the history os
mining throughout the world steam
shovel mining of lead-silver sand car
nonate ores Is to be tried. This Is to
be done during the coming year by the
Nevada United Mines company at
Ward about 40 miles from Ely During
the development work on the ground
last fall q large area OF lead-silver
ground was found on the company'S
property. From the surface workings
on the side of the mountain ii has been
decided that there Is In the nelghbor-
hood of so acres of the property that
can be worked by steam shovel Fro
sion has done some heavy work so that
the ore can be found on an average of
about 10 feet from the surface.
The ore Is fairly regular througout
the territory and engineers who have
made an examination OF the prop
erty are certain that steam shovcls
could be operated with great profit. The
ore in the steam shovel territory is
similar to that which has been de-
veloped in the underground workings.
1t carries from is to 25 per cent lead.
about one and q half ounces of silver
and an excess of Iron that is sufficient
for a premium to be offered by the
smelling companies.
So quietly has this company been op-
Grating that only few are aware of
its vast area and the valuable holdings.
The property was at one time one of the
most famous shippers of Nevada. Ma
chinery was hauled by wagon for go
miles to equip the property in early
days. first class concentrating plant
was built and a smelter was also In
stalled to care for the ores. In the early
sos, the company had produced $1,000.
moo from it's holdings and the village
OF Ward boasted of 5000 inhabitants.
Then the day of reckoning came, Thc
ore body pinched out and 1t was be-
lleved that the end had come. The
property was closed down and the vii
lage dwindled down to but handful
of houses. The fine silverlead ores,
which were chiefly sand carbonates
were thought to have been worked out
DID NOT PINCH.
About four and half years ago A
| G. Burton and II. Byrd Northrop mad,
| an extensive examination of the ground
| They decided that the ore had no
| pinched out, but a big slip or faul
had intervened and moved the ore
| lower down. A company was organ
lied and since then active development
work has been going on. The sagacit!
| of the engineers proved true and TO
| many months the company has beei
| blocking out ore. Already in the neigh
| borhood of 100000 tons of ore hay
been blocked out.
During the past summer tho compan,
shipped for about three months. Abou
] three cars week were sent to tn
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ducer Will start operations on Jan !.
1910
The South Utah Mines company
owns the Cactus mine. which consists
of Is claims located on an extension
towards the northwest Of the great
Horn Silver fault. Besides the min
Inc claims the company owns nearly
5000 acres of land to protect Its town
site, millsite, water line and the IKE
A complete town of 100 houses was
built for the employees. The Cactus
club is a commodious club building
for the employees and the town has
81. 900 hotel and $4,000 theater.
T r. Drummond, who was mana
ger of the property up to recently mas
accepted Il position in Arizona ana
A. d. Moffat, a well known mining
man, has been appointed as manager
of the new company. He Is now put
ting the property into shape Tor new
era of production.
An Innovation i'm the San Francisco
district where the Cactus mine ~ io-
Gated was started during the year py
the Blackbird Gold-Coppcr company
This company has been using o,a
mond drill in prospecting It's property;
This was started late In the year and
only one hole has been completed. Thls
was barren to q certain extent as IL
was found that the hole was on the
wrong side for the dip OF the contact
VEIN. AnOIHtf nblt Woo Hhh' eN' ~ ~
south of the assure and better results
are being obtained.
The famous old Horn Silver property
, shIppcd considerable ore throughout
the year, but was obliged to discon-
tinue when the Tlntic smelter closed
Since then a satisfactory contract has
not been secured. The company Is
now planning the erection of mill to
treat its zinc ore of which IT prob
ably has 100000 tons blocked out.
The King David property was work.
| ed steadily throughout the year and
| drifting is now being done on the 600
| foot level. This property is one of tho
| best equipped in the district The tun-
| mel at the Indian Queen property has
| now reached a distance OF 1000 feet and
| about 700 feet remains before the fis-
| sure will be cut. This company has
| also been active during the entire year
AT THE MAJESTIC.
The Majestic mine under the man.
agement of a. D. Moffat has been ono
OF the most progressive In the district
| Considerable now machinery has been
put in and very large body or lead
silver ore has been opened up. Work
is now going on below the 500 or water
level. Some shipments have been
made and during the next year 1t Will
be q steady shipper
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-18
WHERE GRAPHITE IS MINED.

~ RAPHITE of commercial value
as well as i'm great quantity IS
v III one oC the achievements OF
mining in the State of Utah for
the year 1909. and next year promises to
see this n fourfshing industry. The
mine is owned by the Homber Mining
company and Is situated in Three milo
canyon, south of Brigham City and al
Perry station The property is two and
a half miles from railroad with an
excellent grade all the way.
The president of the company Is A. G.
Burrltt; Martin Anderson. secretary
and treasurer; NJ. P. Anderson, vice
president; w. w. Cannon. superintcn-
dent OF mines: and T. J. Yates ls gen
cral manager. NJ. f. CowIey is di-
rector of the company.
The property consists of 81 claims.
lying along the recently discovered gra-
phitc body. 1t was worked many years
ago, but at that time the mineral that
was discovered did not contain precious
metal, so II was passed by.
The vein OF graphite has been gone
into for some. distance and drifts sent
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-18
lost Talked Of Copper Camp of the West

for the compressors will be installed.
The men arc now working on timbcrs
Tor the new mill A saw mill is also
being built and two bunk houses and
also compressor house are being con-
structed.
The installation of n now mill will he-
gin early IN the spring and 1t win he
capable OF handling 80 tons of orc n
day The concentrator will be operated
with 10 stamps for the lower grade ore
while 1t Is probable that rolls and iIes
viii be used for the crushing OF tho
higher grade ore. On the property is
plenty OF water that makes 1t an ideal
place for a mill. Timbers can be Sc
cured on the property and with the
saw mill. lumber can be produced at
SIS a thousand.
The present duty on tungsten makes
the ore In the vicinity of Tungsten.
New. worth $50 ton more than for
merly. The prospects for the property
being one OF the best paying mines In
the state OF Nevada Is certain. Suf-
ficient ore has alreday been found to
insure dividends.
The owners of this great property Will
shortiy organize company and in
corporate, but unlike most mining COM
panies' 1t will be n close corporation.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-18
Beaver, Her Mines and Future

The Red Warrior, Orphan Boy and
Moscow, are a group of mines that
have been developed enormously this
year and shipments have been made
from each The properties now have
large ore bodies In sight and VIII be
among the steady shippers in 1910 At
the Beaver Carbonate q new mill is
being put in. The Cedar Mining COM
pany and the Talisman Mining COM
pany consolidated during the year as
the Cedar-Talisman. This property has
also been active since early In the
year and has sent out some excellent
sbipmcntS OF zinc ore.
The Revenue Consolidated was well
financed during the year and 1t began
work early I'm the fall. From the re-
suits that are now being obtained it Is
certain that next YEAR 1t will be
producer. The tunnel Is In 800 feet and
has just cut n parallel fissure to the
one for which they arc driving. The
shaft is down leo feet In the Gift vein
and is all in ore. AS soon as the vein
is cut it is believed a fine stopping ter
ritory Will be opened up. Some good
orc is being taken out OF the Lou prop
crty which adjoins. The Sun Mining
company is also working as is the
Progressive Mining company.
There Is possibly a score of other
properties I'm Beaver county that are
active and the millions that were taken
out of the eround there will In n few
years be duplicated.
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covered by Mr. Mcdonald. 1t was
just before a big snow storm and
nothing was done until the following
spring, During 1905 and 1906, Mr.. Nc
Donald worked the property himself
in 1905. in sinking 125 foot shaft, ore
was shipped distance of lao miles by
wagon and then to the smclters at Salt
Lake. The ore taken out in this shaft
and shipped netted $s063 and average
over 500 q ton in mineral contents.
Senator Thomas Kearns and David
Keith became interested In the prop
erty In l906 and since then The nina
has developed some excellent ore
bodies and a large amo"Et of work
has been accomplished Another per
son VINO ias become Interested in the
properly is State Senator II a
Comins
Under TIE management OF ID. c. Nc
Donald the property has been equip
ped with first class machinery The
property has good hoist. boilers.
compressor. Grills. hoist building.
boarding house. stables and Office
buildings.
At present 30G0 feet of underground
workings, consisting of shafts, drifts.
tunnels. slopes and the like. have been
finished. Already n large body of sill
Ver-lcad ore has beC,; opened up. Ore
feature ofsthe ore IS It's high values in
gold.
when SETlng again opens up the
roads the company viii be one of the
steaGy shippers OF the district. Tha-e
is now cnorgh ore In sight at the mine
for continued shipment throughout the
winter on account of tie heavy snow
in the mountain it has been deemed
advisable 70 discontinue the haul of
% miles to the railroad.
There seems 10 be little doubt but
that the Success will be one OF the
great icad-sllvcr properties of the
country. The formation is q lime.
shale quartzite and the conditions are
ceclared to be identIcal with those of
Eureka, Nevada. The character of the
ore Is declared to be the same. 1t Is
a silver-lead carbonate carrying excel
lcnt values in gold
At the Fairplay mine which is on
the same property some good ore has
been shipped to the smelter
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-18
THE GOLD MOUNTAIN.

Time was when the Gold Mountain
district In Piute county was the most
talked OF gold country in the state
Of Utah, Mismanagement and poor
Judgment killed off several OF the large
companies there and since then only
slight interest has been taken In the
district. Considerable interest has been
aroused this year through the Salt
Lake Hardware company taking over
tho Sewer Consolidated property I'm
the district This company has we'll
equipped mill, power plant. bunk and
boarding houscs-in fact. $500, 900 were
spent in equipping the property which
has since been taken over on a debt
by the hardware company. Since TAX
ing possession the company has done
but little work and II Is probable that
the property will change hands.
A dozen or more properties In the
vicinity have been worked TO some ex-
tent during the year There seems
little doubt but that as soon as the
SEWER Consolidated Is well on its way
there viii be greater activity in the
district
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-18

out on each side proved that the walls
were 81 feet apart From other work
ings In the property it Is believed that
the body of mineral extends for at least
5000 feet. Analyses show that II runs
from 80 per cent to 9S.3 per cent pure
graphite. There is n good market for
this product. II bringing from to 10
cents u pound
Plans arc being made for installing
better machinery and thoroughly equip
ping the property for a good tonnage
each day A method Will shortly be in
stalled for treating it, This Will be Il
hydraulic process OF separation. The
product Will be ground TO a slime and
a series of settling tanks will be put
In which will collect the various grades.
The body OF graphite was discovered
in 1864, but at that time no attention
was paid to the mineral. 1t was not
known that the mineral had any value.
For some time it is said that the wom-
en- around Perry have been blacking
their stoves with the graphite, little
Knowing what wealth lay In the great
bed of mineral near at hand
The surface at the right OF the shaft
In tho picture shows the presence of
the mineral. 1t runs from the surface
into the hill and the black outcrop
shows very dark against the snow.
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be greatly increased. On this acreage
some of the finest copper ore obtained
in the district has been found. The
surface showings are something inn
mense. In both the lime and porphyry
excellent values In copper. lead. silver
and gold arc found. Tho lime is prod
uctive of some high class ore whtLo the
porphyry also Yields big values Al
n depth OF los feet in the porphyry
punches OF ore are coming In that
assay AZ per cent lead. SIS in gold 20
ounces in silver and flye per cent cop
per, Many of the assays run much
higher but the one given Is a general
average. The ore Is close to tho water
line. The surface showings are some
of the greatest and on the Point claim
ore was taken at the surface that Inr
40 per cent copper and IS in gold anc
silver
1t is on this property that the Hulse
Leasing company has been operating
with some fine results. Already 10 car
loads OF silver-lcad ore have been ship
ped and the ore bodies are continuing
To Increase in size. The lehsing COM
pany has only been operating for n
few months.
The original locator OF the famous
Ruth claim OF the Nevada Consolidated
was D. C. Mcdonald. now mayor OF
Ely At the same time he was owner
OF the Hidden Treasure group. When
II came to selling the Ruth claim, Mr..
Mcdonald let 1t go. but In spite of Of
fers made for the Hidden Treasure he
refused to sell at that time
The Hidden Treasure has just finish
ed patentlng its claims and is now
preparing for a period of development
The owners of the property are w. J.
Harris. Reno, president; D. c. Nc
Donald, vice president and general
manager: George F. Mills, Carson,
secretary and Eugene Howell, Tono-
pah. treasurer
The company has recently been in
corporatcd but no stock has been sold
Plans are now under way for fully
financing the company and pushing
development
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-18
THE MCDONALD ELY.

Z LY with its great horde of min
l. eral wealth, by far the greater
part of which has as yet been un-
touched. has in the Mcdonald Ely Cop
per company the promise of one of the
greatest mines in the entire district. 1t
is backed by some of the strongest min
ing interests OF both Salt Lake City
and Ely. The work that has thus far
been done has been pushed in a miner
like manner, and the best of results can
be expected.
The Mcdonald Ely property is
we'll located among the good
things of the camp, 1t adjoins
a portion Of the holdings OF the
Coppermines company, and is between
the Ely Calumet on which there is
great activity. and the Ely Northern.
Between the Mcdonald Ely and tho
Ely Calumet IS the Morfoot group. re
Gently purchased by E. w. Griffith of
Salt Lake City and eastern people. This
has been incorporated as the Ely Cen
tennial, and active operations have
been started.
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FLETCHER'S TUNGSTEN.

NJ OF far from the camp of Ely is one
1 of the greatest tungsten showlngs
of any place in the world. Each day
this property Is becoming larger and
early in the spring it will become one of
the great producers of the country. AL
ready large bodies OF this mineral which
produces tungstic acid have been un-
covered and the vein has been devel-
oped for 1900 feet along its strike.
This property of such promise is at
Tungsten. White Pine county, IA miles
south of Osceola. and in the Snake
range of mountains. 1t Is at the base
of Mount Wheeler, the highest peak in
the state and 40 miles southwest of
Ely.
The property was acquired four
months ago by f. l.. Fletcher. one of
the farsighted mining men of Nevada.
Later O. A. Turner became interested
In the property with Mr.. Fletcher and
since then extensive development work
has been carried on. The property was
taken over from James II. Marriott one
of the old residents of Osceola-
AT present the property consists of
so claims and on over 30 of these claims
tungsten has been found. The showing
is without doubt the largest of any in
the United States. On the property IS
one 21O-foot tunnel. 60-foot tunnel and
30-foot tunnel Four shafts of 60 feet
each have been sunk and they are all
in ore. In this way the main vein has
been developed for 900 feet along the
strike
During the winter months % men are
employed in development work that by
spring Will be productive of enormous
bodies of ore. The ore is found in a
granite formation and Is of an excellent
grade. With the addition of a mill at
the property the ore can be concentrat-
ed into grade that VIII be worth $3.50
| ton.
BY the first of the year the boilers
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-18
THE GREAT NORTHERN.

n tho monzonite country north OF
Lane City, in the Robinson
district, is a group of IL claims
known as the Great Northern
group, about which nothing is
heard although they have all the ear
marks of developing into another pit
like the Nevada Consolidated boasts OF.
The formation is identical with that II
the famous Ruth claim on the Nevada
Consolidated ground
The property is one OF the most prom
Using of the district and 1t Is declared
that as soon as development work Is
started great low grade bodies OF orc
viii be found. 1t lies between the Ely
Resurrection property and Lane City.
AS soon as spring opens up the Great
Northern group will be the scene of
extensive drill work. Core drills will be
used to develop this promising acreage
and 1t Is confidently expected that II
will develop Into one of the big things
of the diserict.
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WI YaILE other mining districts
Nv of the state have been ad-
wv vanclng with rapid strides,
Beaver county has not been
backward in pushing its properties "
the front. Developments nave ho'
been sensational but the Work mas
progressed in q manner such as liia'
bright land of promise has never seen
before. Scarcely more than year ago
all was ouiet. with only an occasional
hoist showing activity; now nearly
every mill In the entire county mas
little engine belching out smoke ana
chugging away at the development
work that is being carried on.
Millions OF collars have been taken
from the hills OF old Beaver. from the
star. San Francisco and other dis
trictS yet there has never been
time when the districts were more
active and more prosperous. IL mas
been a great year for mining In this
section. one which IS but a harbinger
of the greater things that Will come
There is now more reason than ever TO
beuevs that In Beaver county VIII be
found come of the greatest mining
camps OF the state ana tndt III no iitt
date.
To tell OF all the excellent properties
that are now showing their faith In
their holdings in that section OF Utah
woulG be impossible unless a book
were written. Their deeds speak
stronger than words. Only small
effort will be made to tell of some of
the active ones of Beaver.
Although no records arc accessible
Beaver county has been "A shipper of
no small Importance during the year
Among those properties that have
marketed ores this year are the Horn
Silver, Newhouse, Red Warrior. Ma
jesric. Cedar -Talisman. Cave mine,
Beaver carbonate and others.
sOnc OF tho set backs the district re-
ceivcd during the year was the clos
Ing OF tho Newhousc Mines a. Smelt-
ers. The mill WAS found to be making
a poor saving on ore and financial DIFF
fculties arc said to have been the
cause OF the trouble. Since then the
mill has been rcmodelcd and enlarged
TO a capacity OF l. 200 tons OF ore a day
The company has been rc-organized
with an ample treasury and the de.
velopment work has blocked out ar
enormous tonnage. Under the new or
ganization which Is known as tn.
South Utah Mines company. 1t Is ex
pccted that an earning of $4,000
month can be made. This great pro
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-18
THE SUCCESS MINES.

- NE of the most talked of min
A ing properties of Ely at the
y present time is the group of 81
claims owned by the Success
Mining company. recently Incorporated
In Salt Lake City. The property is
IN an unorganizcd mining district. at
the head of Duck and Steptoe creeks
Like many another big property, IT
had It's start at the hands of D. e.
Mcdonald. one of the oldest and most
prominent mining men of the district
In the fall Of 1904 the property was dis