The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-03-19
LION HILL CON.
MINE SAMPLED
Returns Show Remarkable
Change in Character of Ores
AS Depth Is Reached.

Two most important things are being
demonstrated in the DEVELOPMENT at
depth of the Lion Hill Consolidated com
pany's big property in the Ophfr district.
One is that the gold values in the ore
are increasing at an astounding rate: the
other that lead is making in such per-
cSSIh.dgss as TO absolutely set at variance
an early DAY calculations concerning the
character OF the metals for which the
ground was considered valuable When
the Chloride Point company. the holdings
VI Whicn now constitute important
part of the Lion Hill Consolidated hold
lngs, built the mill that still stands on
the property, it was with the understand
ing that silver. with a little gold would
oe pfsctlcally the only metals to contend
with ana treat Everything now points
10 the fact that lead is going TO be one
OF the leading metals, with gold so plen-
uIul that 1t will likely meet all operat-
ing costs before long, leaving the silver
ana lead contents to make the profits
What these changes I'm the mine mean
TO those interested is nicely illustrated
IN a string of sample assays that were
taken the first of the week by the Goss-
Forrester-JaTdine party that braved the
rough trail through the deep snow to
make an examination of the mine on their
own account
The first thing sampled was the car
LOAD or more of high grade ore that has
been taken out since the recent strikes
were made, and which was found piled
up IN the ore house. 1t was found to run
30 per cent lead, 303 ounces silver and
$3.50 in gold, per ton. In other words
they found ore piled up for shipment
u lfty tons or which would be worth more
thah S5,VJV at the present price of the
metals But that is only starter.
a full race sample of the drift on the
tunnel level that has gone sixty-five feet
through ore gave returns of 10 per cent
lead. 1850 ounces silver and $3.50 gold
per ton. Eighteen inches of ore. in the
oOttOm OF the Wtnze, seventy-eight feet
below the tunnel level. assayed 30 per
cent lead, 7O4 ounces silver and $3.50 i'm
gold. while raise from the tunnel level
gave returns of ? per cent lead $3.50
ounces silver and 70 cents gold per ton
Note the difference in the lead and gold
contents above as compared with the
workings on and below the tunnel level.
In addition to sampiing the high grade
ore in the winze. the visitors also took
samples of the six feet of milling ore
that accompanied il In the bottom this
5rade went I per cent lead. 81 50 ounces
silver and s1-20 in gold. Twenty feet
above the bottom the samples assayed
: per cent lead. $50 ounces silver and
so in gold. per ton. There are said to
be thousands and thousands of tons of
SUCH ore as this available in the mine
workings and it is only a matter of time
TIL the management Will make what
changes are necessary in the mill and get
to work on 1t.
companys holdings is a big
one. the management has been busy re-
Gently in locating about 500 acres more
OF ground that covers the same big con-
tact that has made such a bonanza in
Senator W. A. Clarks Ophir Hill mines
IN the same district 1t is evident the
things.