The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-05-15
GREAT STRIKE
IN PIOCHE KING
Sensational Values in Silver
and Lead Encountered
While Sinking Shaft.

At a depth Of 1S5 feet in the shaft Of
the Phoebe King Mining compan-, which
dioins the possessions Of the PRINCE Con
solidated on the west north and east a
foot or more of ore has been encountered
that gives sensational returns. Samples
brought up from camp by General Man
aver John A Kirby yesterday morning
were submitted to the assaFer and re-
turns were had about O'Clock. sam
DIE No. / assayed o. cents IN gold lzzS
ounces silver ana q per cent lead WhIle
No. gave returns or dc III Bold, -
ounces silver and 500 per cent lead Inc
ore was broken into only short time
before Manager Kirby took the back
track FOR salt Lake. and ne stated yes
terday that it was impossible TO say JUST
what the strike was going 10 amount 10
or lust how much ore there was exposed,
as there had been no time ln which %
make cleanup OF the potion OF the
shaft before he was compelled to leave
The significance Of the strike to me.
said Mr. kirby, and he was talking be
fore he knew what the samples Woulu
show. els that it proves beyond question
that we are located right on the mineral
bearing zone Our shaft, you know, IS be
fng sunk only short distance north
Of the north end lines Of the Prince Con-
sOlidated. While the matter is one to be
determined by development, ] am or the
opinion that we have simply cut the outer
edge Of a bedded vein deposit tnat mas
maze out from the main ll1Suie- Md1
not figuring on getting ore until we had
sunk the shaft 300 feet. and then / eX-
pected we should find mine I'm the
Phoebe King ground, though ! was Ger
can not say what the ore viii 60 but II
looks good" e..
The ASSAY returns we've received after
Manager Kirby had left the company Of
fices for the day. so there was no chance
20 get his comment upon them ~ was
evident however. from his talk earlier In
tie afternoon. that he was not anticlpat-
ing anything sensational
The strike Is not only Of tremendous
significance to the Phoebe King. company
which is composed almost entirely OF q
few prominent Salt Lake operators and
w n Weber manager OF the Nef aua
Hills but 10 means more than appear
pt first glance TO the Prince Consolidated
the mammoth mine on the south that IS
controlled hv r l.. and Anthony f. GOdbe
colonel James l.. Hackett and Few OF
their friends The opening on ore IN lL's
Phoebe King means to these men ano
their comuanV's mines more wealth lhdf
they will ever be able to count. as II IN
sures a continuation Of the values IN tins
main lode and the parallelng assures %
the Prince Consolidated for an additlona
100 feet or more.
King shaft has been sunk to q consider
able depth. It's workings viii be connecteS
through with those Of the Prince Consoh
dated which is TO extend Its working
20 the north end lines with that paruc
ttlar object in view This work on tn
part Of both companies viii serve douoi
purpose tt viii determine the conunut.
Of the ore bodies in each direction to u
dividing line and afford splendid Nentlla
fion and extra means OF egTess and i'm
eress to each property in case OF accl
dent The management of both com
uanies is on the most friendly and nelgh
Eorly terms and. so long rs such stron
men remain iua control OF these mines
there never viii be trouble They all know
how to mine and they all know the vaiu
TO themselves and the camp IN which the
operate OF working in harmony.