The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-04
MANY LEASES ARE
WORKING ON ORE
GOIdfeId Lease System Not En-
tireIy Done Away With
Up to Date.
G. @. d. CON. SCENE
OF GOOD GOLD FIND
Annex Lease Likewise Gets Re-
suits Which Promise Very
Large Rewards.
Special 10 The Tribune.

| Special 10 The Tribune.
| GOLDFlELD, New, April S.-The best
showing OF orc 10 date in the properties
| of the c, O, u. Consolidated company
has just made It's appearance on the 500
foot level from the Gold Bar shaft, be-
ing operated under a i've year-lease by
w F. Gray, r. e Thomas and asso-
| ciates. who are preparing TO erect n
| hfty-ton mill on the ground and arc
only awaiting the results OF several
shipments to determine the most effect
| I've processes of reduction for their ore.
The face OF this drift IS now In quartz
| of excellent character and the fourteen
inch seam of what is apparently high
grade shipping ore has shown an In
| crease in width OF eight inches in the
! last twenty-four hours advance Of the
hea0ine. Large quantities OF rich orc
| nave been shipped from the Gold Bar
| in the past, but this vein cXcels in ap-
pearanCe anything before exposed
The vein is true flssure, the only
one that can be so classed In this neigh
norh3od' the qnartz 6eing similar TO that
| In The Mohawk and Florence and the
! surrounding formation, including dacito
and latite. the Characteristic ore cradles
OF the district. Returns from the last
| two carloads shipped TO the smclters
show that good pront can he made
! from shipments and the small copper
and silver content sufhces to pay for
! smelling. leaving the gold a net gain
| excepting for transportation costs. An
| important feature is the presence of S2l
| per cent silica. rendering this q most
desirable product for the smelters.
The lessecs have q large force of men
employed and are conducting develop
ment upon broad and comprehensive
scale throughout the old workings and
opening up new ore bodies on three lev
els. The S50-foot shaft will be sunk to
the 500 level or deeper in order 10 open
the known ore shoots. a large tonnage
OF excellent milling ore. both free mill
Ing and sulphide. Is exposed, and on the
dumps and mill tests have demonstrated
that this product can he treated profita-
bly, at relatively low expense by sim
pie concentration and amalgamation. The
successful outcome of development on
the Gold Bar would affect i'm highly
favorable degree all that portion OF the
district south OF the Florence and lead
to further extensive development OH
many claims.
Shipping ore OF good grade is now
being hostod TO the bins OF the Annex
lease on the Poverde claim OF the
Jumbo Extension company, and the
size of the ore shoot exposed at two
points on the SO0-foot level and in the
raise above that level indicates that
the lessees Will shortly be enabled to
maintain regular shipments TO tho smell
ters. This ore contains a greater aver
found In the district, but the copper is
Invariably confined TO small sections OF
the vein, and is not of sufficient ouan-
tity TO affect treatment processes. Re-
ports OF the size OF the ore shoot and
amount OF ore in sight vary widely from
day 10 day and cannot yet he taken as
authentic until further development has
established the continuity of the ore
hoots, which have heretofore been more
or less broken in this section. Al pres
ent the indications are highly favorable
in the Annex, and in addition TO the
ore OF shipping grade exposed in tho
drift and raise. there is a large amount
OF excellent milling orc that is being
saved for future use.
The Annex vein has not been dcnti-
fed n part of either the Slcrmont or
St. Ives veins, and its strike is moro
nearly cast and west than either of
these. though it may be an offshoot from
| the Clcrmont vein system. The question
| OF whether or not IL has It's apex on the
| Clermont has not been determined as it
| apparently does not crop on the surface
| and considerable amount of work may
| he required to decide this matter. which
will govern the disposition of any royal
| ties paid by the Annex or other leases
eyer, operating on the Polyerdc, claim.
| East of the Annex shaft the raise has
| advanced forty feet and has now exposed
! several feet OF ore of shipping grade.
| Manager +. c. Watson has been I'm no
| haste 10 begin shipping. bur has devoted
every effort TO proper development and
| the installation OF equipment which Will
permit OF carrying on operations in the
! most economical manner possible and
| insure the highest return from the prod =
| uct of the mine.
Work now in progress In the Florence
| Goldhed mine will have an important
| bearing on the future OF that property.
not only in greatly reducing the expense
} Of handling ore underground, but in ia
| cilitating the maintenance of a uniform
tor In economy OF ore reduction. With
the completion of the present work oi
enarging the main shaft from the 500
foot level to the surface, and the in
CT a a If rfT-
the boisting capacity OF this shaft VIII
meet all requirements OF the mill and
orc from all parts OF the mine viii be
| trammed 10 this shaft and holsted di-
recty TO the mill bins. AS development
work progresses throughout the mine the
workings arc carefully mapped. the orc
the data thus made available each days
supply of ore can be broken at various
points 10 meet the tonnage demands and
} maintain the average desired in the mil
heads.
New development in the Florence is
, constantly exposing additional ore re-
serves. fIighsrade ore IS In sight OH al
levels down to the 500. and but little
OF this character OF material is being
broken. as tho milling ore al hand Is
Of value requiring no "sweetcning" at
present: The principal efforts of Man
aGer Willis Lawrence have been de-
voted 10 opening m and blocking ou
for trsction the large deposits Of mill
ing ore throughout the mine, and lately
Ile ludnttS ol lliS nldteTidi mas peer
, largely augmented. particularly in tht
, southern part of the property. on tho
, 5o0-foot level. where drift has beer
driven through the territory formerly
embraced in tho Little Florence and
Rogers leases. Good milling orc is now
being taken from the latter ground and
hoisted through the Little Florence
shaft. whence IL is conveyed to the mil
over an aerial tramway. The nortl
drift on tine $50 level IS nearing the ricf
Reilly lease territory. where a raise viii
shortly connect with the old working:
and render available a large tonnage o
( good ore,
Il Copner Strike on SevieY