The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-03-05
NEVADA-UTAH'S
GREAT DAY MINE
President of Company Returns
From First Visit to Phoebe
in Enthusiastic Mood.
TELLS OF WEALTH IN DAY
SAYS OHIo-KENTUcKY MATTER
WILL BE SETTLED TODAY.

President George Learnard of the Ne
vsda-Utah company, Colonel J. L. Hack
EFT and other officials of the Chicken
lucky company and the other members
of the party that went down to P1oche
few days ago to look over the mines, and
incidentally to discuss plans for the con-
solidation of the interviewer properties
constituting one mammoth group at the
location of the Ohio-Kentucky, reached
salt Lake yesterday morning, pretty well
tired out, but all happy and good-na-
tured.
I'VE have not finally reached an agree
ment concerning the consolidation propo-
sitiOn," said President George 1earnard
of the Nevada-Utah company, but we
are to hold another meeting tomorrow.
and at that l feel certain we shall be
able to settle the matter and announce
our plans. / have found Colonel Hackett
and the CODES most pleasant and agree
able people to talk business with, and ap-
pTeciating the fact that the properties, To-
Gated as they are, can better be handled
together, I think We shall be able to
work in perfect unison after the matter
has all been threshed out
But talk about enthusiasm. President
Learnard of the Nevada-Utah was never
this far west before in his life. While
he has been interested in Pioche's mines
for more than two years, and while he
! has been urged repeatedly to come out
here and see the camp and its mines for
himself. he always managed to back out
until InlS time. NOW lie says ne Is GOIi-
ing back again within ninety days and
as often thereafter as it is possible for
him to get away. He saw enough dur
ing his few days in the southern camp
to convince him that its splendid merit
had never been half told. He declared
yesterday that if the n evada-Utah COM
pany never had anything but its Day
mine he would feel that il was one of
the most richly endowed mining corpora
tlons In the world. The visitor was brim-
ming full of praise fer the magnificent
manner in which the CCmpany's man
aser, James P. Gaskili, was whipping the
Day property into shape for extensive
operations and the methods he was en-
ploying to make mining and the moving
of the ore to Phoebe economical. And then
he explained few things in mighty terse
fashion.
Leaving out of consideration every 9th
er portion of the Day mine" said Mr.
Learnard. Manager Gaskill is opening
up one shoot of ore in absolutely virgin
ground, that is destined to attract wide
attention. On the 9f0-foot level there is
opened up a body of ore that is 10 to %
feet thick. 1t is evidently going I'D as
strong as it is going down, and yester-
day morning it was tapped on the 500
level within two feet of the point where
Manager GaskiIl figured the crOsscut
would tap it. Without allowing for any
thing above the 7d0 or below the SEQ, there
is easily 10000 to 10000 tons of ore there
that the most careful kind of mpling
on the 200 level makes certain will aver
age not less than 30 ounces silver and 10
per cent lead per ton. Lots of il is
much richer, out the mass will break and
ship that much Within thirty DAYS or
such a matter it is that same shoot that
will be tapped on the 800 level. it looks
strong enough to 80 through to the sur
face, and there is no doubt it will go
much deeper than it has so far been
opened
There are other features about the
mine that are almost as interesting and
important as Is this mammoth shoot of
shipping ore. We are getting some high
grade copper ores. and eventually. but at
what depth / should not like to venture
a prediction. / am convinced We shall
have massive bodies of sulphide copper
ore All of the work being done in the
manent nature. and every move is being
made with a set purpose of handling a
heavy tonnage a a minimum of cost. 1t
would be impossible tor me to feel more
pleased than l am with the way things are
| being handled. and when everything is in
readiness We shall show the world what
We can 90 at the Day mine
The NeVada-Utah company also owns
I the OnOndago and the Manhattan COM
pany's property, every share of the latter
COmpanyS stock now being in the Ne
vada-Ctah company's treasury. The de-
VelOpment of that splendid property is
I to be taken up very soon, and Mr.. Lear
| nard is sanguine that it will be converted
I into another big mine The Onondago al
ready has fine ore bodies developed to
! d depth of 800 feet
The visitor returns a genuine hearty
/ booster for Phoebe in general. There is
nothing selfish in the praise he bestows
| on the district He declares that the
Prince Consolidated is a whale of a mine
i he knows that the properties owned BY
/ his company and the Kentucky con-
| tains another, and he states that the
country is so generally mineraIized and
| that so much work is going on in all
iii rfaz7
making of dozens and dozens of fine pro-
ducing properties
From here, accompanied by John B.
Chamberlain, manager of the Boston
banking and brokerage house of Hooley.
| Learnard & Co.. who came out with him.
president Learnard will leave for home
| tcEight by way of Butte
A b Lewis and Ed F. FreudenthaJ
/ who have been with the party at Phoebe.
I also came up from the south and il is
understood that Mr. Learnard is going to
/ take prominent part in the handling
( of some of the mighty good things theX,
/ have COTralfed in the southern aa,on