Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-08-08
MUCH ACTIVITY IN
BIG COTTONWOOD
Several strikes and Other Improve
mcnts Being Made In Canyon
New Ore at Baby Mckee.

That South Fork I'm Big Cottonwood
mining district Is soon to come into It's
own. is the opinion Of many good min
Ing mon. Years ago this district pro-
duced many fortunes from many mines,
and today there is more activity seen
in Big Cottonwood. and particularly IN
south Fork, than for years. There Is
one shipper now with two other prop
critics on the eve Of shipping.
Yesterday $. 5. Porter and w II.
Childs returned from trip TO Big Cot
tonwuod where they went to inspect
the ReNall Mining company property IN
South Fork and others. They report
much activity seen in numerous prop
critics all along the canyon.
The Reeds Peak Mining company y
now employing five or six men, ana II
pushing development work with Nlsor,
The East Carbonate has force OF
men building cabins, bunkhouses and
making other permanent improvements
and has about q dozen men on the pay
roll
Tho Carbonate Mining company is
pushing the work on its new rahhWay'
which is almost ready To be used IN
carrying down the ores for shipment 10
the shelter force OF probably 20
men is now employed developing mat
promising property
About half "A dozen men are working
on tho Little Tar Baby property
Further up the canyon is the Amerl-
can Consolidated, whore MossrS Barn
ard and Darst are making splendld
showing. They have "A fine plant ana
have force Of probably 10 men al
work at present. .,
Tho Cardiff Is now making pfoodply
the best showing of anything UP mere
shipping about 1875 tons OF rich ore a
month from its three foot vein, TINS
ore runs from $50 TO $50 TO the ton
In addition TO getting out this ore ana
developing the property along system
attic lines permanent new bunk houses
and other improvements are going on
here. The new talent which some time
ago got into this property is carrying
the Cardiff fast to the front.
STRIKE AT BABY MKEE.
The recent strike in the Baby Nc
kee mine Is. proving something good
IL Is an eight-inch vein which Is yield
ing up ore which runs $50 to the ton,
and Is making the owners in TINS ola
property naturally feel elated over the
prospects Of an early shipper develop
ing out OF Baby Mckee.
Then there is the Neva Mining COM
pany near by where they had a recent
strike, finding ore which showed values
OF 80 to 40 ounces silver, 40 per cent
lead and from 80 TO So in gold. This Is
one of the young Big Cottonwood prop
critics which is coming to the fore.
The Kennebeck property Is also being
worked now.
The famous old Maxfield property Is
lust across the ravine from all these
south Fork properties.
The Rexall Mining company's prop
orty is reported to have never looked
better. There are seven shafts on the
ground ranging from 10 to 1875 feet in
deptb. and every one OF these seven
shafts is In ore. But many OF them are
i'm almost inaccessible places, where II
is impossible to work them to advant-
age so n great tunnel now 500 feet
long, Is being pushed into the mountain
| To tap these ore-bearing shafts. This
tunnel will AFFORD a vertical depth on
the ground OF about 200 feet, and az
such depth IL. Is expected to run into
some fine ore bodies.
is MORE ACTIVE.
Things generally in Big Cottonwood
CANYON are now looking so favorable
that men with considerable money back
| OF them are quietly getting Interested
in some OF the best prospects, ana de-
| Veloprnents on a scale not witnessed up
there for years are predicted for the
Near future by mining men In a posi-
| tion to know.
Al the Carbonate property the tram
way is fast being put into shape for
| the hauling OF ore Although this prop
| crtv was recently taken over. principal
| ~ by r. r. Wo0lley, no time has been
| lost I'm making everything count Inc
property has been opened up and the
| big ore shoots can still he found. THIS
! property paid close to Sl,00O,0o0 In divi-
| dends before II was closed many years
no. Tho work that has been done
| shows that the property is a long ways
| from being worked out and II any
! thing the ore bodies are just as large
| and rich as ever,
According to Mr. Woolley the tram
| way will be finished for the hauling Of
ore on Aug 10 Already all the bins
| and ore chutes at the mine are choaked
| with ore. Shipping al the property
| will start on Aug. IS. At that time II IS
| believed that better than a car load Of
| ore a day can be aiken down the train
4 To the smcltcr.