The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-09-21
FINE GOLD ORES
Of ALAMO CAMP
Salt Lakers Opening Splendid
Gold Property in Hills of
Arizona.
W. H. CLARK BACK
WITH BIG ASSAYS
Anticipated LOw-Grade Group
Becoming Bonanza Prop
erty With Depth.

X. II. Clark president OF the Mine:
Exploration and Development company
the organization holding thirty-one lu
claims in the Alamo mining district o.
the s. H. Range of Arizona. has re-
turned TO his Salt Lake office after sew
eral weeks visit TO the property Ihs
group on which Mr.. Clark and associates
are centering development work at pres
ent is n gold property, and from the re.
suits OF the numerous assays whicn were
made in this city on Monday. this is one
Of the finds of the year in yellow meta
mining
Clark on Tuesday, is composed OF rht
porphyries. throughout which, at rlghl
angles, and across the properties OF this
company. extends a lines spar dixie which
shows on the surface for a width oi
from 80 10 80 feet. The surface of this
dixie, as shown by the original sampling
ranged from so cents TO $3.50 gold al
indications. tending to establish the group
as a gigantic 1ow-grade milling PROPOSE
ton, that served to bring the pending
deal for the property TO successful cul-
In order to ascertain the proper place
on this dixie for the main shaft work, a
shallow tunnel cross cutting the same
was driven. and il was on the hanging
wall side that the best values were found
and the shaft ultimately started. This
shaft has now reached depth of nifty
SIN IeeI IIOm LUe cOlidT, anu q lew ia.
ago Lew Humphries. who is the con-
sulting engineer for the company and
General Manager j. y. Nisbet, made a
careful sampling OF the WORKING, taking
from the surface.
Al the surface the entire shaft aver
aged $40 gold per ton, From the surface
ran from $40 10 si1.so, AZ thirty feet,
the shaft averaged $3.50; at IS feet,
si4s5: at 4e feet. two feet of high, grade
averaged si5,55; at 81 feet. 81 feet aver
aged s51.56. and one foot S307.o5 per ton.
AT the bottom OF the shaft, one foot aver
aged $500: 10, while the entire bottom
goes S13T.30.
4 large number of sacks have been
filled with the high-grade extracted IN
development work. and hand samples OF
the entire lot gave an average of s352,50
ues which caused all Interested to alter
their first impression, and while every
ing. grade rock. there is certain tc be
sufficient highgrade to bring the prop
erty quickly into the shipping class. Mr..
Clark saws that Mr. Humphries' esti-
effect that IL is the best thing he has
ever seen for the amount OF work done
The dixie has been explored along its
strike west OF the main shaft for ol5
feet, where average values on the
surface were $3.50 per ton. and for 500
feet east of the shaft. where the aver
dgS WAS sf.ov per lGN Inc 0eCide1 I'M
provement In the grade and the general
characteristics OF tho ore with depth gives
promise OF still better results as deeper
levels are gained, The management has
the new hosting equipment ready for
oDeratlon, and fast work will now be pos
sible.
y little city known as ocotilo has been
started by these Salt Bakers. where
boarding, bunk houses. dwellings and an
Office building are being provided A
store IA being established by merchant
at kcfa. While II is only ten miles
across the mountain from Ocotillo to
Kofa.. this merchant had 10 haul his mer-
chandise and equipment 40 miles from
one point TO the other. The company
owns its own springs. but drilling for an
;additional water supply Will be started
Immediately Water has been found
wherever drilled for. The altitude OF the
camp Is 5000 feet
Mr Clark and associates were the pio-
neers OF The camp. but during the last
three weels prospectors have been crowd.
Ing in. and everything as far as the
eye can see has been located The near
est railroad point is Vicksburg 35 miles
away, the road being a rema rkably fine
one.
The samples brought in by Mr.. Clark
show, the gold in great profuson, and 1t
Is thoroughly disseminated throughout
the quartz.