Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-09-20
MINING, BUSINESS and STOCKS.
ORE GROWING RICHER
At SILENT KING MINE
Now Sacking for acknowledgements
Organized To Purchase and
Develop Mining Properties.

Values arc greatly increasing with
depth at the Silent King group OF
claims In the S. II. range Of noun
tains in Arizona, according To w. ~
CLARK, who has just returned after
spending several weeks at the property.
lie also brought back with him a num-
Der OF samples taken out In the last
shot Just before he left and these show
better values than any OF the others.
A corporation has been recently form
ed for the purpose of purchasing bond
ing, locating or acquiring mining prop
critics with Mr.. CLARK as president. John
A. kirbey is vice president and @. T.
Clark Is secretary and treasurer with
T. A.. stevens as assistant secretary
and treasurer. The company is closed
corporation known as the Mines EN-
ploratlon and Development company.
and no stock will be- placed on the
market. The company already owns IL
claims and has three properties under
bond and lease, one OF which Is the
Silent King group.
At the latter property trenching and
other work has been done along the
vein for practically 500 feet so shat
some idea Of the rich ore body has been
CLEANED. fdentlcally the same condi-
lions as were found In the shaft have
been found In trenching 2l5 to the
west OF the shaft. AZ this point the
NdiutN ran bihWn1 60 NlHltlhi WIZ n
done 500 feet east OF the shaft brought
even better results, as high as 81 In
metal being found.
The shaft Is now down So feet from
the collar and for some time the ore
has been sacked. A grab sample Of al
the ore now sacked assayed S352 so.
Just before leaving the property Mr..
Clark picked up some OF the ore
brought up In the bucket, This ore he
brought home with him. An assay OF
one of these pieces OF rock carried $3.50.
while an assay of the small pieces that
broke off in transportation came IN
s44s
The best assay secured down to 81
feet In the shaft was Sl4.S5. From that
on the ore began to improve rapidly
and regularly, going from $3.50 to
$3.50 The ore carries about ounce for
ounce I'm gold and silver.
The high grade rock varies from a
foot to two feet wide while the bal
ance Of the vein. which Is three and
half feet. varies from 81 TO s5l ton
in metal
when Mr.. Clark left for Arizona he
took with him 100 sacks. These have
already been used up in the sacklng of
ore. and more are on the way. The
company Is now extracting almost
enough ore to pay running expenses.
Low ,HumphI1es Is consulting engi-
neer for the new company and is now
at the property. j. u. Nisbet Is the
general manager of the company. In
speaking OF the property, Mr.. Hum
phries declared that II Is the best he
has ever seen for the amount OF work
done.
Tho shaft is now equipped with
within and two shifts. nine men in ALL
are at work at the mine. The COM
pany Is now making from "a TO feet
a day in sinking 500
The work on the property has caused
a little town TO grow up near the mine.
Thus FAR all the buildings are frame
and canvass. The company has
boarding house. bunk house, office. and
dwellings, making nine buildings.
Mr.. Rives. who has been keeping a
store at Cofa. the community for the
King OF Arizona mine, has decided to
move his frame building and stock OF
goods to the new camp at the Silent
King 80 that by oct. l, store will be
opened at the mine.