The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-11-02
CHIEF DISTRICT
NEAR PIOCHE
Making GOOd-ElktOn. a New
Property, Shows Ship
ping Ore.

With one big carload Of high-grade
sacked on the dump ready for ship
ment 10 the Salt Lake smelters, and
three more carloads broken down
ready for sacking, the Elkton Mining
& Milling company is today IN very
n0urishing condition, and Manager
". -. ShemWeu and q. r. Williams
the latter lust ia from Pittsburg' Pa
are al the Wilson today, having come
10 salt Lake 10 arrange for the mar
keting OF the ores from the ElkIon
and 10 purchase a gasoline hoist ana
other necessary apparatus Tor deeper
mining
The EIktou property is located IN
Chief mining district Nevada. mid
way between Phoebe and Delamar- II
is i'm the Chief mountains. about TWO
and half miles west of the Pioehe
branch railroad, and six miles ana a
hair northwest of talienJe. The prop
erty embraces ago acres of very
promising ground.
Four Carloads Ready
THE Elkton is a lead-silver propo-
sition." said Mr. ShemWen yesterday
land for the amount of work done,
we think il a pretty good prospect
We have only an eighty-foot shaft
with forty feet of drifting, but from
the grass roots and down we have
been i'm ore. On the surface the vein
was only three inches. but now II Is
four feet wide. When we approached
the solid formation we found the
Vein more uniform. We have not had
high values all the way. but we have
found ore right along. That four
foot vein viii go $50 10 the ton with
out sorting The ore is in place. -Four
carloads out of so little work is not
SO bad.
Up To now we have been mining
with the aid of a whip and Whim. but
now We have arranged for gasoline
hoist which will be sent down imme-
diately. We then expect 10 carry cur
SHAFT down 200 or 80O feet We eX-
pect values and quantity viii be IN
creased with depth"
Gold Chief Mine.
Adjoining the ElktOn is the we'll
knovn Gold Chief mine, where a mill
OF about seventy-fve tons is being
constructed. ON this ground is a 30O-
foot shaft THE Gold Chief is a big
property, with lots OF ore in sight"
said MIR. Shemwen. IT has one vein
nifty 10 sixty feet across
Near By is the Josephine CONSOLE
dated. and the Camp Bird Mining
company properties. over both OF
which Mr. Shemweil in general man.
ager.
Josephine and Camp Bird.
The Josephine Consolidated is sink
ing a ninety-foot shaft and sending
out a drift TO open up a vein on
which the surface showing runs from
IS 10 S22 10 the ton. This drift win
give 100 feet depth on this vein. In
about twenty feet more the drift
should catch the vein. when a large
body of fine ore is anticipated.
Light mining is being done on the
Camp Bird property. Considerable
prospecting is being done over the
property with a view 10 ascef tanning
the most advantageous place 10 begin
permanent operations. Surface indi-
cations are fine on this property and
a little depth viii undoubtedly make
good.
Considerable Activity.
Mr.. Shemwell says there is eOnsid-
cradle activity in the Chief district
this fall A number of Portland. ore,
people have invested in there and are
working their properties. Messrs.
WeseOe. Gordon and others are also
developing their ground. and all with
gratifying results. In addition 10 the
predOminatng silver-lead ores con-
siderable gold is found in some of the
Chief district ores. There are several
iron deposits in the vicinity, and II is
expected that In time these VIII be
found 10 be the capings of CONNER
ciai ore bodies.
Messrs. ShemWell and Williams ex-
pect TO return 10 the mine today or
tomorrow