The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-04-02

now company will devote itE energies
To developing the bonded mine. The
property was located In 1897 and has
been regular shipper to the Trail
smelter John A. Finch and A B.
Campbell of Spokane, worked the
property several years, selling Il 10
the present owners In 1906. The
shipments 10 date this year arc 1870
tons OF milled ore. OF which las tons
Ia credited to the week ended
March 81
Properties tributary to Nelson arc
much In the public eye at present,
and there are many indications thar
the entire Boundary country VIII be
active this year. Spokane and east
ern capital is being Interested In the
Sheep Creok district. where several
properties have been taken under
bond since the beginning OF the year.
Recent arrivals from the district say
Il has all the earmarks OF a great
gold camp.
F. e. Collins, who was interested in
the Summit group. which was bonded
for $140.000 recently, Is In Spokane
and reports that the latest strike on
the Summit group was made on
cross vein at depth OF $50 fcet This
was in the three-foot vein, $50 feet
from tho portal OF the tunnel. There
was a six-inch streak which. accord
ing to an assay made for y. j. KAY
anaugh, who was interested in the
bonding property, runs S1.902.70 TO the
ton, almost entirely In gold The
sacked ore taken from this vein runs
S3S1.6O To the ton. The main VEN
is from six to twelve feet wide and
runs from s12 TO sS6.
Mr.. Collins said that the Queen,
which is the oldest mine on Sheep
Creek. Is also the best equipped. There
is 2O-stamp mill at this mine and
a 10-dril air compressor The mine
has been opened up at a depth OF 700
feet. A new ore shoot has been en-
countered and the body is now SIX
feet wide and assays more than $40
tho ton.
The Kootenay Bell and Mother
Lode, which were lately bonded to
Cobalt mining man, are now under
active development. Lower tunnels
are being driven on both the prop
critics On the Kottenay Bell 10 new
stamps have been installed Ihe
Mother Lode has shipped 20 cars,
averaging S116 the ton.
The Nugget Mine from which a
gold brick worth $1,000, the result
OF a three-weeks' run OF four stamp
mills, was taken to Nelson last week.
has also been making shipments TO
the smelter of about 100 tons a month.
This shipping ore runs S120 to the
ton.
The Golden Bell. which adjolns the
Mother Lode. has been bonded to j. L.
Warner, who has made a fortune in
the district II has not been extensi.
showing
Twelve mon are now engaged IN
driving a tunnel TO tap at a good
depth the vein OF the Columbia group,
across the gulch from the Queen,
bonded to eastern capitalists.
Negotiations arc under way for the
bonding of the Golden Faul. free
milling proposition. as are all the 9TH
ers In the camp. The deal VIII In
volye 500. 900. The claims adjoin the
Nugget mine.
On the Bayonne slope. the same
belt. an area of 10 by 40 miles, is the
Echo group OF six claims, which has
been bonded to n. j. Kavanaugh.
Nelson broker, who represents cast
ern interests.
c. E. Bennett, who has Just re-
turned from Tonopah, where he VISIT
ed various properties and also went
out TO the Broken Hills mines, SAYS
there Is a great improvement OF the
ore with depth and the great depth
attainable in the Sheep Creek camp
The reversal OF the decision by the
b. c. Copper company to close Its
smelter at Greenwood and Its mines
nearby has restored confidence and
the outloos is bright. The total ship
ments from all camps in the Nelson
district for the week ended March "a.
was 40,145 tons, making the total Tor
the year to date, 453, All tons. The
shipments amounted to 81 |
29S tons. of which CRANKY had 20.3S2 |
Mother Lode had S.166, and Snowshoe |
800 tons.