The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-04-15
TO EXPLOIT NOTED
SNOWFLAKE VEIN
Second Big Company Formed
to Operate in Gold
Springs.

Filling yesterday of the articles of
Incorporation of the Cole Springs Con-
solidated Gold Mining company marks
he final clearing up and amalgama-
tion of all conflicting interests, 1t is
said. in the famous Buck Mountain srd
several adjoining groups of claims in
Gold Springs district meaning also that
the properties which are among the
most promising in the country, are to
be Immediately developed and placed
in productive form.
The getting together Of the various
interests has been accomplished after
several years OF hard work by the Short
& Elliott interests, who last year sue
ceeded in rounding up the Jennie mine
and some adjoining groups in the same
district. which were taken over by the
Gold Springs Mining Power company.
That company has just completed at
Modena modern power plant, which is
10 provide at relatively cheap rates,
electric power for the various mining
companies of Gold Springs district. The
Jennie mine and mill is now being
equipped with electric motors and ma
chinery and it IS expected that the
power viii be turned on May l.
The forming of the newer incorpo-
ration means that two strong COM
panies will at once become active IN
the Gold Springs district, and, with the
power problem solved, II is altogether
likely that several other companies
Will soon start energetic campaigns of
development, giving Utah a gold DIS
trict which is likely to be second to
none in the country in point OF produc-
tlon.
Jncorporators of the Gold Springs
Consolidated Gold Mining company are
c. A. Short. president; A. s. Martin,
vice president; n. 4, Elliott, secretary
Short all of whom are directors. The
company is incorporated upon the I'M
perial group of six mining claims, ad-
joining on the west the property of
the Gold Springs Mining & Power com
pany, and il holds options upon the
Snowflake. Buck and Charlie Ross
groups.
Groups Long in Demand.
These properties have had a some
what checkered career, covering the
last is years. They were originally 10
Gated by Allen G. Campbell, Robert c.
Lund and Ben Johnson; they have sew
eral times changed hands at hlgn ng~
ures, the claims aside from the Buck
property having once sold for 100000,
while the Buck group alone brought
5000. Several attempts have been
made to consolidate the properties into
one company, which should be capable
of conducting operations upon 2 large
scale, but until now all have failed usu-
ally on account of failure to denver
titles. AIR. Short arrived from New
York few DAYS ago, however, with
papers which give himself and assocl-
ates control of all of the properties,
and the forming of the new company
take stock for their interests in the
properties.
The consolidated properties cover for
5000 feet on its strike the big Snow
flake ledge which, opened in numer-
Gus places. shows from five feet to SO
feet width Of ore carrying excellent
milling values. At one place in the
Snowflake claim ore has been quarried
from a width of 20 feet there having
been taken out at ore time 2,000 tons
which mIlled IS a ton, and at ANOTHER
time 500 tons which averaged 1891,
mill run.
Have Fine Ore Showinss.
on the Buck claim a shaft 100 feet
deep has developed ten feet of ore
which gives fine milling values. while
on the north end of that claim is a
tWo-foot ledge which has been yielding
shipping ore running better than $50
ton, On the lower end OF the property
the ledge in one place is 90 feet wide,
and so feet of IL has sampled Sc ton,
with numerous five-foot openings Civ
ing average values of 81 and $40 ton.
Lessons about one year ago made
from the property several shipments of
ore which ran into the hundreds of dol
lars a ton. Openings have been made
on the ledge a mile apart and every
where have been found large bodies
of commercial ore. and, aside from the
Snowflake ledge are several other veins
which give promise of productiveness.
1T is the intention of the company at
ian early date to equip the property for
3 development campaign in keeping
with the magnificent showing.