The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-11-03
WHITE PINE MINES
PREPARING TO SHIP
Good SiIver-Lead Properties
on East Slope Shell Greek
Mountains.


ments TO begin shipments TO the salt
Lake valley shelters in early spring.
A score Of good properties in the Viz
cinity OF Aurum, Ruby Hill and Nun
cy, on the east side of the Shell Greek
range from the Nevada Northern rail-
road, have produced very highgrade
silver ores. but have been idle for
years awaiting the present advance in
the price OF the white metal. This has
put renewed courage into these prop
critics. and several OF them Will start
shipping next spring Among these
viii be the Davis property, Bassett &
Noe property. the " j. Burke proper
~. the bitterly property, and possibly
the Red Hills, Ruby Hill, Siegel and
others.
Ely-Deep Creek Railroad
"The Spring valley region shows
wonderful naturalization" declared
one of The successful old White Pine
county prOspectOrs 10 The Herald-Re-
publican yesterday You can hardly
put pick and shovel i'm the ground on
that side of the mountain without
finding minerals OF one kind OF an
other. The great hOldback 10 that
district is the expense OF getting the
ore out of the valley TO the railroads,
thirty-hve ,niles 10 Cherry creek, the
closest shipping point. and oaat. too,
Is over a mountain. If they ever
build that Ely-Deep Greek road, il
will put as in clover, as il will come
right past our mines This railroad
has no idea of the extent of ore IL may
depend on out of our part of the
country. II VIII be immense from the
start FOR the day il begins running
freight trains. that day ore viii begin
piling into the cars from large num-
Der Of mines now idle, but with large
tonnages on dumps
Davis Domain.
"For instance. there is the Davis
property. what we call out there CT ~
a good prospect but il has over 500
tons ore ON the dump. which Will go
$50 or better. IL has been working right
along, and calculates to ship in the
spring some of its high-grade. On the
Davis claim. which is heavily charged
with OXidiZed iron. there is a l20-fOOt
INCLINE SHAFT with a 125-foot drift,
with ore showing all the way from the
surface down The ore vein is from
two TO seven feet in width. The face
shows 80 per cent lead. 90 ounces sill
yer and s. in gold. ore has been
taken from these workings running as
high as per cent lead, 60 ounces sill
Yer and 1891 i'm gold The fOOtwall is
a dolomite lime. the hanging wall
lime-shale. Porphyry bikes break
through the country rock nearby.
From indications. this porphyry VIII
become the footWall at depth.
ION the Clara claim there are two
tunnels one 10 and another fOrty-five
feet long In these workings ana in
open cuts big body Of siliciOus ore
has been exposed, showing 20 per cent
lead. 10 ounces silver and 50 in gold.
The property is owned by Simon Da-
Wis
Ruby HILL
six miles in a southerly direction
from the Davis is the famous old
Ruby Hin mine. The formation is
about the same as the Davis. Only
assessment work has been done late
ly. This mine has produced a great
deal of high-grade. having been a
shipper I'M ~, when the ore was
hauled by wagon 10 salt Lake City. a
distance of ESQ miles. The ore ran
from Sl100 10 81 .200 a ton ia black
metal and ruby silver II still has a
lot of good silver ore in sight in its
60o-foOt tunnel. 250-foot shaft. cross
cuts and other workings.
The Siegel.
'''rhe old Siegel property. another
famous one. has been idle for years.
II IS another silver proposition. and is
awaiting silver's day II has a Soc
foot tunnel now showing cOnsiderab bic
manganese ore with silver Another
250-fOOt tunnel and several shafts
show ore. When Davis owned the
Siegel he shipped $4,000 from the
Black Eagle group and $4,000 from
the Gold Crown group. He sent his
ores by team 10 Toana on the Southern
Pacific, l20 miles 10 the north. and TO
Oasis on the Utah railroad. 120 miles
az
much more 10 get his ores to the
Utah smelters then than II does To-
day Freighters had return supply
loads.
Bassett-Noe Group.
Ten miles south on Muney creek is
the big copper proposition of NJ +.
Bassett and y G Noe. Assessment
work only is being performed this
year. Here Is q tremendous big blow
out Copper ore has been found all
the way down for 25G feet This is
one OF the best showings in the Silver
Mountain district.
Red Hills.
Red Hills is twelve miles easterly
from Aurum. in Silver canyon. Sew
erai carloads of rich ore have been
shipped from this property. The own
ers Of Red Hills are taking out their
own ore and shipping only when they
mine a car themselves.
bitterly Property.
a l50-fOOt SHAFT is being sunk on
the bitterly group. and IL Is showing
good ore all the way down, and il is
reported that there Is big body Of
shipping ore in the bottom Of the
shaft Lately two or three carloads
Of fine ore have been sent 20 market
from the bitterly workings. and IL is
said some Of this ore went as high as
see a ton.
Burke Group.
About ten miles north Of the Davis
property is that of W. J. Burke. There
is a i2O-f--1t shaft with crosscuts IN
ore. Some very high-grade sllver-lead
ore has been broken down on The
surface the May Queen produces cop
per. but al sixty feet depth IL turned
TO ltad-siiYer. with sparkling gaiena
coming Ia the bottom of the shaft
There are a dozen claims in this
group Mr. Burke is enthusiastic over
the showing. and declares he Will be-
gin shipping in the spring.
"All We need is the Eiy-Deep Creek
railroad putting down spring valley,
then the district viii speak for itself.