The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-11-06
IUCIN DISTRICT
HAS PRODUCERS
western Box Elder Mines Ship
IND Considerable Tonnage
TO Salt Lake.

Tbars are several properties IN Luz
mining district shipping this fall,
m which ls averaging 100 tons Of
dav an coming TO the salt Lake
usr -melters. according 10 Q. +.
,r-tfUnIe OF BlackfOoJ. Ida, manager
~ Mineral Mountain Mining COM
,Tv who came IN from there yester-
An Mr Whipple says:
salt Lake Copper.
.Tbere is considerable activity this
an iu rhfs district near the extreme
-,rfbvestern corner Of Utah. The
.-irriDal property Is the Salt Lake
t,,,ner company which has an alti-
no or l..a0 feet I'm the Buhl noun
tsins The company mas a number OF
tunnels ana shafts, az present is work
IN about twenty-five men. and is
shipping 100 tons of ore daily. This
ia fue iron 1uEiug ore, OF which the
rrsp-rtv has an immense deposit out
cropping. which is being worked by
onan cuf= This outside work Will
rrobauN be- Abandoned this winter
en8 the ouerIti0ns return 20 the cop
men deposits with which the ground Is
richly favored. Last winter the mine
.v7s producing a lot of IS per cent
copper taken from a great overflow
near the surface.
Produced Millions.
sThis ground has been mined for
forty years and is reported 10 have
given up nearly S5,00O.000. IL now
~ a 58O-f00t tunnel, with a YER
teal depth OF 500 feet A large pros
Meeting tunnel is now in 500 feet. ana
recently was let a $4,000 contract To
extend this about 1,200 feet. This viii
give a depth OF 900 feet, which viii
also take them into the sulphide zone
under the copper overflow. The run-
mel is being driven in a diagonal d.
recti0n to cut across the great Tecoma
fault
Old TecamO Mine.
The old Tec0ma mine is under
bond and lease 10 Leadville people. IL
is sllver-lead proposition. Ship
meuts were being sent out Friday OF
So ore. To averages about 80 per cent
lead and runs one ounce silver 10 I
per cent lead. The ore is coming out
uf the old Henry tunnel the lower
works on the property The ore IS
found in assure veins and is a car
Donate ore making Ina chambers in
the lime out from the lime-granite.
There Is "a prominent lime-granite
contact rich ore making on this con-
LacL The lowest workings are about
4ot feet in depth and are still in the
oxides
Black Warrior.
The Black Warrior mine is now
producing some rich ore. It rs q sill
Ver bromide. with some gold. but no
lead. Picked samples just mined run
$3.50 in gold and as high as 1900
ounces horn silver I'm the Sos this
property shipped zoos tons which
brought $500. 600. OF S400 a ton. The
property has been lying idle for fifteen
to twenty years. About six months
ago Leadville leasers took hold and
are now making good. They are open
ing IL mp on an extensive scale"
Mineral Mountain.
The Mineral Mountain Mining com
pany owns thirteen claims. Wing be-
tween tine salt Lake Copper and Old
Iecoma. the property occupying
mos advantageous position. Mr.
Nhlpp-e was the original locator. The .
veins proven in those Two properties /
run into the Mineral Mountain. and in F.
some places Outcrop more prominent /
Is. This property is now being opened /
up 1y Air. Whipple and associates, /
mostly Blackfoot business men. From /
the surface ore has been taken out
running from $50 10 Sl25 10 the ton
ln silver and lead. Copper ore out
crops ln places. some OF the mala-
chile assaying SO per cent A pro-
posed l.uOO-fOOI tunnel is now in l25
Feet mostly altered and crushed lime. I
tle result OF the action Of faulting
When Ar Whipple was leaving Fri |
gay tne miners were just breaking I
through mao the ore vein on th6 hang |
hs wall The complete tunnel viii /
give 1000 feet vertical depth on the /
ullclops and viii cut the sulphides. A /
IvV-ioot shaft in another part Of the |
ground Just reached the sulphide zone. I
Tho Iron Mask and Others.
The Iron Mask IS a silver-lead prop /
efN. which viii Immediately resume /
operations, after several months idle /
ness Ii has l5o-foot tunnel. which /
encountered loW-grade iron carbon 1
ales with silver and leRd values.
me Little Butte viii begin working /
right away. There are extensive 4
workings on this ground which show /
UP some very fine silver-lead ore. It 4
mas shipped considerable ore worth /
$50 a ton.
me Utah Lead IS working The 4
pi esent operations are confined 70
1AAiAs q shaft 10 reach the sulphide !
zone Recently water was encOun-
,eIed In this shaft at 100 feet, and the
.-lioW was too great FOR the men 10
handle with their present equipment.
pump VIII have TO be installed be-
-sie this work can be continued.
nee are number OF tunnels on the
Yah which show ore.
The Jackson property 20 the north
working al present. This Is a sill
,ssL-iead mine. with a very good show
NEVADA HILLS HAS