The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-09-20
SAIL LAKE AND
STATE NEW
NATIONAL is A
(. GREAT DISTRICT
C. P. Crawford Returns With the Con-
firmation Of IT,. Camps
Wonders.

Salt Lake, Sept Confirmation
TO the eject that the National Camp of
Nevada. located seventy-five miles
north Of WInncmuccn, has succeeded
In making a magnificent record Of pro
brought TO Salt Lake by c. ?. Craw-
ford, one OF the best known operators
who ever directed underground opera
tlons within the state of Utah. A
great many local mining men know
ing that DIR Crawford was iBgestignt-
ing the National camp have been
awaiting his return to secure an eN-
prossion from him, and when seen by
a reported Monday morning. and ask
ed Tor an interview, Mr.. Crawford
said.
II have just returned after n three
weeks study of the new gold camp
of National II WAS interesting be-
cause 1t has the richest gold ore
shoots ever discovered. There are
four OF these shoots within. a dis
tance of 800 feet along the Vein 700
feet deep. There Is reason to believe
that there are more of them, and
lot OF money is being spent to find
them
The way they speak of gold values
up there was new To me, and II was
hard 10 grasp at fret ! was told by
the National officials that they have
not mllled any ore valued at less than
$13 per pound, while ore valued at
$40 per pound, or $4,000 per ton,
has been mllled. The company has
produced $1,000,000 from thirteen toHs
OF ore. which Is an average of about
$4,000 per ton The second class
ore Is TO be mitled later, the reason
being that the leaserS who found the
ore could not stop to put up a mill.
Time is very valuable when YOU are
getting out picture rock. So they
installed small plant which had
capacity OF 600 pounds In twenty-fOur
hours
The ore was crushed. then rolled
and then pulveriZed very fine. Two
hundred pounds are then put into the
umalgamating pan with quicksilver.
and il takes seven hours Of contin
uous grinding to amalgamate all the
gold In this quantity of rock The
process Is too slow Tor the low grade
OF ore. The National company now,
pleted, and when this plant is start
ed to turn out bullion it Will not be
necessary for Wall street To import
gold.
The National mine is a wonder
was told that 1t is n firStclass gold
mine without the high grade There
are four or five leasing companies
nearby on the same ledge which have
good chance TO get the ore. There
also are many ether lelscrs in the
camp. To the north along the same
mineral zone the Hatch lease looks
promising. and the EdmondS lease has
all the ear-marlS of bonanza orc Just
4 day before ! left Edmonds panoed
free gold from his quartz, and the iron
sulphides assaydf $500 in gold per
ton He will get bonanza ore at any
time"
Mr.. Crawford and local associates
have secured a block of good ground
ON the Mayflcwer group. which is oil
the same mineral zone north OF the
National property He has ledge
plainly seen on the surface on which
he will drive a shaft without DELAY
The main attraction OF the camp is
the mlnerall1ed porphyry zone along
winch the National ores are found.
n zone which is fully 500 feet in
width and which carries several par
allel fisSures of sugar quartz There
also are cross flssures, and the rich
est shoots make naturally at the junc
uonS. Nr Crawford believes that
his block OF ground contains one or
more of these intersections and the
experience of the camp has been so
Tar that the ordinary mortal need hope
Tor nothing more than Just one of
these bonanza nests in q lifetime
While in v the district. Mr Craw-
Iord was given every opportunity to
see all there was to be seen. and
Ray Harris. editor OF the National
Miner and an old Salt Lake news
paper man. greatly assisted him in
The inspection OF The country.
The distance OF National from the
railroad makes IL an expensive camp
IN which to operate right now, hut the
rewards are SO generous that this diff.
.iculty soon is forgotten.