The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-12-27
ANTELOPE MINE
ON THE HUMBOLDT
Or. Eakin Says Has Improved 300 Per
Cent In Year and a Half.

Inspecting mines. hunting wolves
and coyotes land getting them. tool
dodglng snow storms. assisting In the
capture of store burglars. staging 20
miles through a foot and half OF
snow. made up only part OF the ex-
periences Of DR. Allen c. Eakin, Mrs
Eakin and Mrs. f NJ Brownzell of
Rockford. Ill. and John W, Geigcr.
secretary of the Antelope Spring Min
Ing company, the party having return
ed to Salt Lake Monday evening.
The Rockford party started east
last night. The Antelope and Supe-
rior properties In Humboldt county,
Nevada. are largely owned by Rock
ford people. and this is the doctors
third trip out to the mines Both la
dies are heavy stockholders in the
Antelope. This was their fTst trip
into the wild and woolly' west, and
their Nevada experiences were such
as TO impress them for years to come.
and still they declare they would not
have missed it for the world
DR.. Ealln said yesterday.
This Is my first trip to the Ante
lopc In year and a half The prop
crty has improved fully 300 per cent
A good many OF our Rockford people
have taken whiTl at mines with
poor results. but am more than ever
convinced that In the Antelope We
have u property which will make
good, From all appearances, with a
little more development work on that
big body Of ore blocked out the prop
erty Will justify a mill. and then the
dividend period Will commence |
believe our property will prove the
first one in which Rockford capital
has had dividend returns
High Grade Ore.
Secretary Gelger reports that the
miners are taking out ore from the
700 foot tunnel Fifteen tons OF ORG
worth s75 ton arc sacked on the
dump ready for shipment to the Salt
upraise from the No. 3 tunnel. where
there is an immense shoot of ore open
ed up 240 feet In length. proven up
TO the surface. $50 feet
A new tunnel below No will be
started soon after the first of the
new year This will give ls5 feet ad
ditlonal depth. total of 4S5 feet on
the pitch OF the vein. and Of Itself
should almost be sufficient to Justify
the erection OF the required mill The
mine Is Is miles from the railroad
station OF Sulphur, the long. eXpen-
slve wagon haul making the mill a
necessity even with the high class
ores produced by this mine
While going over the Queen claim.
and about so feet from an old SO foot
shaft, the doctor and Secretary Gel
ger discovered an outcrop of beauti-
ful galena The ore shows values OF
about 70 per cent lead. 20 ounces sill
yer and so cents gold. 1t is an out.
cropping vein breaking through the
lime country rock. The old shaft.
which was somewhat minerollzod, will
at once bo sunk TO 30 or 60 feet depth,
and n drift sent out both ways on the
vein. This should bring fine results.
The Queen claim is three-quarteTs of
a mile from the principal workings,
but on the same vein Us No. . tun.
mel.
Out OF the bottom of an old incline
shaft. Is feet long. some 500 ore
was taken out This is on the Beat.
rice claim. 1t is proposed TO send
in a tunnel here 150 feet giving 100
feet depth on the vein.
The Nevada-Superior, nearby. is also
looking good Sinking Is being done
on the shoot of orc developed In the
No. tunnel The pay streak Is
foot wide About Is tons OF ore are
sacked on the dump, which will run
GO per cent lead and rs ounces sill
yer. This will be shipped soon after
the first
Dirt running as high as $40 and
SO yard has recently been panned
near the principal workings A bot.
tie containing 36f In gold gave the re-
suits. The shaft making for the hard
pan Is now down Go feet II is esti.
mated that 100 feet viii reach bed
rock. The dirt pans all the way
down and shows the gold bearing
black sands. Tho dirt producing So
10 the yard was found in tho same
ravine and was taken from the sur
face while prospecting the extensive
territory.