The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-10-26
DEVELOPMENT IN
THE GOLD FIELDS
Florence Property Responds 20
New Campaign Of Deycl1p-
ment Work.
NORTH END DISTRICT
OPENS UP STRONG
operations at {. .. d. Con. Con-
fined TO Prospecting at
Depth.

3Po'i1l 10 nc Hhune.
'oDLf lELD' NcN" Oct, -I.-orr re-
serves in the Florence Goldfcld min,
have hocn l,rcch. ,uo,,c,toj d,,ri,,
,ho ,,.t fo. '',..,,
'"' Pds' &c" m"hlhN' ana particularly
AS result of new development worI
iuauCuratcd bv General Superintendent
Willis Lawrence s;u,c l., ...,,,,,,J ,t,,
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''""'C'"'oHI oi the properly NJ SrN
eral points where the orc had pinchcl
10 narrow seams fnrthcr prosucctiuo I'M,
revealed dcnnsi,. o+ o,,l ,.-,,,., -,
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"o'" VI H'l'lng orc ana the hIgh'gradt
Characteristic of tins ground, Compar
ativcly little work has boou donc ot
lotc AZ ,be Ioo.os, ~ -no -. -
.Lia " '''. 100 ie> g
80 'u'e n'H oeen oclcrFcd unlil thc main
shaft shall be enlarged to two com.
partmentS and manWay 20 the bottom
and the cuure mine can be drained
through this shaft. In order 10 nc,
compliSh tins work n crosscut was driv.
en- from tho Old Engineers Shaft at
ihe oOO level TO Il point Immediately
un1er inc main shaft, ar that time but
300 feet deep. and a raise WAS sent mp
10 connect with the company shaft. I'm
dllNlng TINS cross-cut several good
VEINS were penetrated and prospecting
from this point has exposed ore bodies
Of great value. at ono place ten feet
OF ore being exposed that VIII return
from $"O 10 500 per ton Beside this
tbcre is shoot Of high grade orc cN-
posed at the 300 level of the En9i.
uccr lease graupd.
DrItS are now being driven in both
4lrcctons in the VEN opened at the
13V-ioot lever from the Victor shaft
OF the Z. q. ID. Consolidated, and there
are indications OF the approach 60 ore
or Ihe cD3racter taken from the upper
IoNciH OF the mIue. and of which a
NUMBER or shipments were made 10
INC smelters- The orc is distinguished
ny the, presence of grey copper. or
'et!ahearltei inc copper in some in
stances running as high as 20 per cent
ana orc from the upper levels having
run TO S3oO per ton. There is con.
slPelaDie quantity ot shipping ore in
NlSnI nearer the surface, but no at
,empt at production has been made
IaCeIN, as Manager koontZ has been dc
voting ms energies to development in
ordef 20 determine the character Of
'he VEINS 1t greater depth. 1t Is an
GoGIner1 Ihat the SHAFT Of the Nevada
Gold ore Mines company. now down
GOO feet, viii be continued TO the 900.
?S ioot ieyel upon The return of Manager
olis of Inc latter company. which has
i lease on the Gold Bar claim of the
- ~, u, Con.
Inc GoldheId Daisy mine is still be
lnG operated. but IT IS probable that
company work VIII be suspended for
me present before the end Of tho cur
rent moutn, unless there is material
Improvement IN results. Manager
Charles d. Wilkinson, who is also presi-
dent OF the company, has joined the
engineering force of the Consolidated,
OF which he was formerly assistant
manager. but continues in charge of
me DAISY property. Leases on the
Dalsy have exposed rich ore at scv.
eral points and have been shipping oc-
caSionally. and it is probable that her
leases viii be granted on thc territory.
The Golden Daisy lease has exposed
rich ore MT the $50 level and will con.
ilnuc sinking the shaft 10 he 60 level.
Inc MiJlard-.Jo Jones lease has taken ont
some high grade ore from tbc old Dcicb
lease Slopes, the Spenkcr lease ON the
Company No. shaft recently shipped
some good ore and the Toplitz lease
VIII resume operations shortly.
\ strike of particular signi6c,pcc
from its influence in extending the pro
ductivG area of the district is ib,t
on tbe Goldiield Belmont, owned by
the heads Of the Tonopah Belmont com.
papv. and situated n short distance
north OF the Daisy. This is the most
northerly point at which nayino orc baS
been found in the Goldfeld district The
Burke lease, operating the upper ION
feet of the company workings IN tbo
Belmont, has shipped q considorobio
tonnage of good ore in fho nnst trvo
months, and the company has TecontI,,
opened good orc at thc o00. fool In,.a,
and has nnwaterod thc shaft in nron'
aration for extensive work m dnntb
On the Great Bend the Diadcm lease
has shiuped \ small nu,ntit', ioSsc
from a GOOD vein oncnrd az tL, loo
level. and occasional sbinmo,ie ro o
made bv lcssees oneratinm on H. |bo
Black Butte Consolidated
The Nancy Donaldson now ebart -
80 feet and uewly-timbcred and has