The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-01
BIG PROPOSITION
FOR ST. LAWRENCE
Mill and Aerial Tramway De-
cided Upon at Recent
Meeting.
RAILROAD ALSO
EXPECTED SOON
Company Works Quietly, but
Has Developed Big Ore
Tonnage.


Lawrence mine. located in Spring Val
ley, forty miles from McGill, New. and
an operator who has been heavily inter-
ested and working in that section for
moro than ten years is a visitor in Salt
Lake, having returned recently from
New York City whore he had been on
business connected With hts mining COM
panies. Mr.. Williams Will remain in this
city for several days before returning TO
Nevada
Mr. Williams. as are large majority
Of the mining men who have Inspected
the section. Is OF the opinion that Robin
son district Is destined 10 be one OF the
greatest mining ccnters In the country,
and not only does he look for great
things from the copper properties being
opened up there. but also from the sill
ver-lead lodes which are under develop
ment.
ST, Lawrence Has Ore.
The ST. Lawrence property Is located
on Mount Washington, al an altitude OF
l o 900 feet. and the operating company
controls forty hye claims Of mnefaliIeo niso
first-class water rights, townsitc. ana
large area OF heavily tImbered land,
tissure vein, liye miles IN Soa ieng.n, gu
verses the claims, this vein showing ore
which averages 10 ounces in silver and
I per cent lead though picked samples
values in these metals. The operators
have developed. through Ave tunnels on
their ground. the longest OF these heinS
one if,h of mile in length while the
others have been sent in for distances
ranging from 200 TO 400 feet. Ore has
been uncovered I'm all of these tunnels,
years that work has been going on al
| the property some 500. 900 has been eX-
pended in prospecting and development.
Will Erect Mill
Al the meeting Of the directors OF the
company held In the east recently, and
attended by Mr.. Williams, IL was decided
to erect a large concentrating plant ioI
| the treating OF the ore OF the mine. ana
work on this equipment will be started
carly in the new year 1t Is the inten :
| ton OF the management to build the
| plant on the unit plan. so That us ca
| pacity may he Increased from time To
! time as the situation warrants Inc
| first unit, which will be rushed 10 com
| plcrIon will have n capacity OF 100 tons
daily, and it is stated that there VIII lie
no difficulty experienced In supplying
| plenty OF ore for rcatment, just as soon
as the plant is ready for operation.
IL was also decided at the meeting to
build an aerial tramway from inc nine
| near tho summit OF the mountain; 10 tne
proposed mill, this tramway TO be over
| q mile in length In this mile OF lengt n
the tramway will drop 1900 feet whio,
| insures the success Of such mode oi
| transportation operated by gravity. an
idea OF the steep formations Of the coun-
try may be gained from the fact that
| by driving a half-mile tunnel across tne
| vein on the Lawrence property, a YER
deal depth of over a mile can be OBJ
| taincd.
Railroad Also.
Though n great tonnage of ore has
| been blocked out at the property, Mr
| Williams states that no attempt has been
made TO place the orc on the market
owing TO the lack Of means OF trans
portation. As II Is now. in fact' II Is
necessary TO take all supplies and provi-
sions steel. etc. to the mine by means
| OF pack trains. all OF this having Wiling
ly been done to make possible the De,
| velopmcnt of the property to It's present
| encouraging state.
MIR. Williams believes firmly. however
that the transportation question is going
| to he satisfactorily solved In the nea,
future, and 1t is largely on the si,renetn
OF the outlook for Il railroad that Sc
| much money has been expended IN the
development OF the st Lawrence claims
Mr. Williams feels quite sure that with
| In tho next two years there VIII be a
| railroad through Spring Valley, and by
| that time the ST. Lawrence company VIII
have its mill and tramway In operation
and will be ready 10 place its product on
the market This road may be branch
| line or but an extension OF the Western
| Paclncs takcd-of route through the
Deep Creek country; Al any any ratH. I,s MT, MT
| is assured and when such highway Is
| completed the section is expected TO come
| TO the front rapidly.
| Other Interests.
Mr.. Williams gives it as his opinion
also that the Osceola country Is gong
| TO boom in the near future. AZ this
! point the Boston Nevada Cold Mining
| company is prosecuting development
work. + T. GOodinG being general man,
! aeer OF the properties, and has opence
up a vein Of orc eight feet thick, which
averages $40 per ton In gold Otter 9p-
| vcIopnents for the new year arc planned
Mr. Williams is also interested In 9
number of leases on silver-lead proposi-
| Con and cumberland mines In Robinson
district, ana states that shipments oi
ore arc being maintained steadily IRON
| these workings.