The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-03-10
FINE GOLD ORE
NORTH Of ELY
Eleven Ounce R0Ck'lS Opened
Up in the Blaine Property
at Granite.

W. 3. Graham. the Ely haberdssher,
and one of the owners of the Blaine mine
in the Granite district, made flying visit
to the property on Wednesday Of this
week to make personal observation OF the
progress of the work and Secure samples
of the ore for aSsaying- the Work was
found to be going on rapciy ana satls-
factorily with a force of five men en-
PLAYED The samples taken by Mr. era
ham were brought to Ely and assayed by
Frank Willard with the best results from
any that have been taken heretofore, says
the Ely ExpOSitor.
Two of the samples each carried 40
ounces gold to the ton. while one carried
40 ounces and the other lilo ounces sill
yer. making the value of them respect
iveIy S24420 and $3.50 a ton, figuring
gold at Se0.67 and silver at % cents an
ounce. Other samples gave returns or
SO ounces gold and 40 ounces silver or
Sf3l35: 1892 ounces gold and ~ ounces
silver, or So 20. Two other samples were
valued for their gold and silver contents
at $40 each and one at $40 a ton The
best values obtained previously TO these
was $50 a ton.
These samples were all from the raise
which Is being put up to make connection
with the incline shaft that at the time OF
Mr.. Grahams visit was only about fifteen
feet below the depth of the old shatt
The raise and incline will not connect.
however, as an error was made III the
first survey at the time the raise was
started and it was commenced too close
to the breast of the tunnel by ~ teetY
according to later survey, which IS be
leved to be more reliable Consequently,
4 drift will have to Ue run from the top
of the raise to make connections with the
old workings, when the plans for further
developing the mine will be made
The tunnel is approximately LOO feet
into the mountain and gains a depth OF
about 600 feet. The ledge is of quartz in
a quartzite formation and thick seam Of
gOuge is always found on the hanging
wall, which fact all experts and practical
miners who have made examinations OF
the property believe to be the best indlca-
ton of Permanency that is found any
where. The ledge is five feet wide at the
top OF the raise
The Blaine mine is owned by the Blaine
Gold Mining d Milling company. in which
the heaviest owners are D. s Dickerson
and Dee Clark w. b Graham and
Thomas II. O'Neill are also deeply inter
eSted in the company, which is incorpo-
rated for 100000 81 shares. None of the
stock has ever been offered in the mar
ket by the company. but considerable of
the development work which has been
done in the last two years has been done
by contract with miners who were glad
to take the greater part of their pay in
shares of the company which, they have
felt confident are an investment promis-
ing TO become very valuable.
Propositions have been made TO the
company for the erection of a stamp mill
on the property TO extract the values
from the ore which is entirely free mill
ing and can be readily saved by the SIM
plest process. Considerable ore was pro-
dUCed from the incline shaft on this prop
erty which was milled at the Campbell
mill in the valley with profitable results,
the ore averaging. according to reports.
from so to $40 ton on the plates.
Granite district is north from Ely in the
Eagan range and many other good pros
poets have been found in the vicinity of
tie Blaine from which considerable ore
mas been extracted at a good profit in
years past, but none of them have been
developed as deep as the Blaine. The
proving up of the continuance of the
ledge to the depth gained in the Blaine
tunnel has given the claim owners of the
district renewed confidence that it VIII
he an important gold producing section
when more development has been &C
cOmpliShed.