The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-28
Mines and Mining Stocks
DIAMOND DRILLS
OPEN UP THE ORE
Substantial Results Come From
Operations at the Majestic
COmpany'S Mines.

For the first time since prospecting was
commenced in the Majestic company s
Harrington Hickory property Manager A.
D. Moffat yesterday consented to say
what had been accomplished by the die
mond drills. Before talking of these re-
suits. it should be explained that at a
depth of something like 500 feet below
the surface water level was encountered
IN this mine and as the property has
not vet been equipped with pumping ma
chinery, it has been impossible to know
whether the ores found down to the wa
was therefore decided to cut through the
vein at water level, extend the drift out
into the hanging wall country and then
cut back under with diamond drills
THE first hole" said Manager Moffat
yesterday. "cut into the vein and the ore
at a depth of fifty-seven feet from the
starting point. The next was made to
cut deeper and farther along the strike
Of the vein, this method being continued
until four holes had been bored into the
ore body The last hole cut the ore AT
a depth of eighty-nine feet or thirty-two
teet deeper than the first of the four
holes ] figure as result of this work
that the drills have absolutely the ore
shoot for thirty by thirty feet Eight
drill holes have been driven for varying
distances since this method of prospect
ing was lnaUgurated, but the other four
holes were made to demonstrate condi-
lions in other directions than where the
ore was proven above the water level
and there is nothing to say concerning
them as yet"
From this statement of the manager it
would appear that the ore shoot devel-
oped on and above the water level ex-
tends at least to an additional depth of
100 feet in the 45-degree pitch vein AMI
that Il has been proven for q distance
on the strike Tor thirty feet. While the
drill cores are the only evidence Of the
character Of the ore and arc necessarily
of nothing more than the
small hole their removal leaves In the
mass OF ore. Manager Moffat states they
show that the ore is of the. same class as
that found at water level, which is Il
good grade of shipping rock the chief
values being in lead and silver.
Manager Moffst is highly pleased with
the result of the drilling operations TO
date and he viii likely continue the test
ing of the ledge at still greater depth.
In the meantime. he intends to begin
Stopping and drifting in the vein at water
level. firm in the conviction that there
IS much more good ground ahead of him.
At the Vicksburg group. belonging To
Gently did some drifting from the bottom
IF an old incline shaft that opens the
vein at depth of 80 feet below the sur
face. He states that after going ONLY
4 few feet iron pyrites showing some lead
we're encountered. He believes that a lit
lie more work there is going to reveal
the presence of a body of good sulphide
)re- He proposes to give this ground
some attention as soon as he can Get
around to It in the way he wants to.
He is already sure of a mine in the Ha--
-1nston- Hickory and he is extremely con-
ident of obtaining substantial results in
he Vicksburg-