The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-04-26
PIONEER CAMP HAS
STRIKES OF IT'S OWN
S7erjal to The Tribune.

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GOLDFIELD, April 25.-Starlisht No
ground at Pioneer. few miles south ot
here has loomed up with Dig Strlhe
that is making people sit up ana TAX
notice Paintings on the ledge wher" the
strike has been made for dtslanc" OF
loo feet givo values Of from 500 TO 4oo
a ton. In the opinion Of Charles u, oP-
piDC the vein encountered ny the Pioneer
Leasing Company extends all through the
country and many lessee VIII drop
into the ore. The Starlight property is
flower and Pioneer huge assures and the
entire camp Is excited over the pos
Sbilities. -,
Ii is announced that tho Chicago.Nrl-
vet lease on the Merger ground VIII re-
sumo sinking on the first OF the month.
The shaft is down 500 feet and viii be
sunk an equal distance further. Inc
owners Of the concern arc sanguinc tnat
they will eventually run into the Dig
Red TOP vein. The corporation Is close
and controlled by eastern parties,
SILVER 70 the % south. Charles ODauiels
is reported To have run into Is inches ot
orc that will break Sl00 ton Inc CAIN
adjoins the famous Great western on li!e
south. The peculiar part Of the ahair
is that the values arc all gold. there be-
ing no silver element, so far as is known:
Two tons were taken out in couple ol
days and some Of the stuu is SAID 10 nave
run close TO 81 "A pound. The Great West
ern itself is bigger proposition man
ever and appears 10 also be running
and more intO gold ore IdNIf'I man
silver lead Thirty-iive feet below the 500
level in a winze, cold bloodcd averages
are said 10 be Sl65 ton across thrcs
feet. In the west drift on that ieVel,
there are 81 feet that will average $50 In
gold clear across and q ounces IN SILVER.
The winZe will be sunk TO 800 leet, a
gasoline hoist being arranged 10 operate
from the 800 foot level. If the values mold
out a mill will he erected, as the company
easily has 100000 tons OF ore in sight
al this time. a mill would be big boom
for the Hornsilver section
Two tanks each with a storage capaC'
ity of 100. 900 gallons, will be erected by
T, u. Murphy and Postmaster Collins on
their placer property at lone, north or
here The first clean up Of the yellow
stuff ought not 10 be later than May -.
The gentlemen have 500 acres and ample
money. Bedrock lies at about feet
and the values run from 10 cents 20 siV
Three giants will be used and the pres
sure will be 200 feet.
J. a. Mclaughlin OF Lincoln. Neb., is
in the city TO examine a quartz find ON
the Cherokee lease on Atlanta ground,
TWO quartz l1dges have been encountered
al the 500 level and there is every indi-
Mr. Mclaughlin is arranging for three
shirtg of men, one TO continue sinking
and the other two TO follow the quartz
lodges Lincoln and Omaha people con-
troll the lease. Atlanta is big property
but has as yet produced no ore, albeit 1t
adjoins the famous Florence. Several sets
OF lcssees are in operation and have been
for two years. Every now and then one
OF them strikes a ledge. but the real ore
body has not yet been struck. II Is sup
posed 10 lie at considerable depth.
One authority during this past week
stated that in his opinion, the output Of
the Goldheld mines for the first IL days
OF the present month was at the rate Of
s6f7oO a day, the total being s97o,5oO.
higher than last week.