The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-09-21
SILENT king HAS
MUCH HIGH-GRADE
Clark and Associates Are
Opening Bonanza Mine in
Arizona District.

That w. IT. Clark and associates OF
This city have In their silent King and
adjoining groups Of claims I'm Arizona
the making % a BONANZA gold mine
becomes more apparent with every ad-
ditional foot or work accomplished.
ar. Clark. who arrived home Monday
after having been several weeks IN
camp. brought new evidences OF the
rropcrty's richness. Tie also brought
rows that a hoist had been installed
on the fifty-six-foot shaft and that.
now that tho heated term is over. n
larger force OF men is being employed.
1T D. the Intention 20 sink the shaft az
rapidly as possible 20 the 1OO-foot
level where the first drifting will be
The remarkable increase OF values
as depth has been gained In sinking.
= nd Oh" proving OF the vein for more
than 500 feet by trcuching. are fea-
furcs 81 the work ALREADY performed
which have caused so conservative an
engineer as LEV Humphreys 20 say
that the Silent King makes the beet
showing ne has ever seen FOR the
amount OF work done. So far as sur
face showing goes. Mr. Clark declares.
the district. which S. about ten miles
long by seven miles wide. 81 Tar ahead
OF Goldfie1d.
1--WE were attracted 10 the district
said Mr.. Clark yesterday" by n lime
spar dixie. from 80 feet 10 $50 feet
wide. which cuts al right angles the
dozen varieties OF porphyrics. The en-
tire surface OF the blk dixie shows gold
values 81 so cents TO 50 20 ton. and
wc thought that at depth % might
carry sufficient values to make 10
great milling project.
streak IN Mig Dixie.
a drift was run from the footwaii
eide % the dixie. cutting underneath an
outcroppiug about ten feet high. on
the hanging wall side was encountered
an efEhtecn-inch streak Of red brec-
Clated material which pannco more
gold than had before been obtained.
we followed the streak downward. it
'V~idened rapidly and the brcccia as
rapidly gave way to black quartz car
about one ounce OF silver to every
ounce Of gold.
shortly before left camp. Mr..
Humphreys carefully sempled the en-
tire shaft. the bottom Of which g. fifty
SIX feet below the upper DRIFT. The
sample taken a. the collar OF the SHAFT
showed values OF 80 40 a ton. At thirty
fee the values had increased 20 $50.
81 thlrty-slx feet they were &1f so. and
81 forty-six feet there was streak Of
two feet which returned Sf19-ee. with
three and half feet Of rock which av-
eraEed S15.55 a ton. At fifty-one feet
one foot OF the hiEh-gradc showed
S2oI 20 values and the milling rock
broke az s5f.55. AZ the bottom o. the
shaft the milling ore ran the same and
the high-gradc returned S4F0.l0 ton
walls Garry values.
The five and half feet which Is
being taken out IN sinking the shatt
does not represent all that carries vail
uos. on the hanging wall Is Eouge
material which carries So and $40 a
ton. while on tho footwali is limc-spar
which shows values OF $40 ana Sill
Since the hiEh-Erade ore has become
60 much in evidence everything taken
out in sinking is sacked Tor shipment.
excluding only some Of the wall ma
tsrial which is known TO be low-Erade-
D. H. cab HaHHH A
her % the sacks gave the average re-
turn Of sa5c so ton.
~Nr. Humphrey believes that at 100
feet depth che entire dixie viii run s.
and $40 ton.
The district is not IN the Eaeic Tail
RANGE Of mountains. ae was a. trst
known al tho s. r. range. Tho eicva-
lion o. only 5000 feet. but there o. n
Gradual rise o. 1000 feet from Nicks-
burg. which Or the nearest railroad
what more rolling than is tho Cold
field country. and on the west side US
lrecipitous descent OF about l's ~
feet. 10 the district Tn which is the
famous King Of Arizona mine.
Town ~ started.
A .ovnsitc has been laid out az the
rev camp. 70 is called oCotillo. Eight
tents. used FOR boarding houses. BUNK
rrornd. ana frame store buiIdinr
o. being removed from Nofa 20 ths
new fosvuaffc. Tho name kofa u
formed from the initials of King OF
Arizona. The town is only siNteer
miles from the new camp. as the CROW
flies. bat the store building has 70 ID
carried 40 miles 60 set around thf
mountains Ground IN the vicinity ~
tho silent King has an been located
and much work o. being started.
lfr Clark and associates have recent
" Incorporated the Mines Exploration
y development company. which vii
own. o. holding company. the Silen
Tlfnr and other properties which maj
he acquired. Clark is the largcs
rtocixhoidcr and president OF the com
uauv LEV Humphreys Is coneultinl
engineer and J. r.. Nishcf g. genera
manager. The company has no stool
60 na sold.