The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-12-16
GILMORE Mines
UNUSUAL RECORD
Remarkable Uniformity of Ore
Values-No Waste
in Veins.

There are few mines ia the world
which have a record Of having shipDcd
l25 carloads Of ore Of fifty tons each.
amounting TO $3.50 tons valued az near
y $40 q ton. a total valuation OF $3.50
600. rep-csentin- all the vein matter
between walls, ieavinE no waste be-
mind and showing variation In values
or not more than two per cent Yet
such ig tho record Of the old Gilmore
mine in Lcmhi county. Idaho. now be-
INK operated by the Pittsburg- Idaho
company. close corporation owned hy
FittsburE people II has between 20
and 125 men on its payrolls.
A. s. Ross. president and general
manager O. the company. was at the
Knutsford yesterday on his way TO
PittaburE 90 spend the holidays.
,,..Lhe GILMORE rs now shipping from
Lake smcltorg." said Mr.. Ross vester-
day. II believe we have the highest
class lead ore mine in the United
States. Here are the settlement sheets
Or over 5000 tons q ore sent 90 the
United states smeiter. which average
tlirty-ciEht Der cent lead and nineteen
ounces silver. There are no penaiizinE
ingredients. except some silica. but this
a. generally counterbalanccd BY the ex-
cess Of ron The values are 50 uniform
can guess within sz5 OF what Il viii
bring.
livery pound taken out OF the mine
Thae been shipped. leaving nothing back.
c1crpt several years agO when the ore
from the grass roots down 20 the 200
Wa concentrated. two and a half into
one. leaving now on the dump about
$4,000 tons which viii run TWENTY-FIVE
per cent lead and nine ounces silver.
Later this VIII be concentrated or
-on the 400 level we have . shoot
10 rect lonE- The vein running from
four TO thirty feet, but averaging
twelve feet wide. 10 is a fissure in
the lime and has produced from tho
Frraas roots drown. some ore running a.
Tfrh ~ ~frf-r nor cent feaa har-fr,e- 49,,
I'VE are now down 90 the 500 level
from which we have sunk a Wine on
tho ore for some distance. proving the
ore ie stiu going down. and now We
have sunk the main shaft TO the coo
level and are drifting Tor tho ore body
a distance OF about 40 feet
-Four = roducinE Mines.
There are four producing mines in
The district The Latest out Mining
rno-e mine. has been rhippinr All sum
mcr. sending out about the same grade
&c our mine. To has depth Of about
goo tect Ihe past rev Gays i've car
loads were sent out. Ralph Nichols Is
Fuucrinfcndcut.
-Thc creole Mining company. about
three miles distant has been Shipping
since the new railroad built into The
district about four months aEo. The
ore is similar 60 the Gilmore.
The Allie Mining company VIII send
out les first carload in the next few
n believe che district has a great fu-
turr before g. and that next summer
Will see "a great deal OF activity in the
Gilmore country. Many good prospects
ere BEING actively developed In AL d.
rcc-tuue~
For wears the old Gilmore mine sent
Ouf ore when the WAGON haul Wa
cirntv-fivc miles. on July I the g. q
n. tsanch was built 20 Perccll. eight
miles distant. and on October the line
reached Gilmore. whore M Ross ano
associates have laid out a beautiful 1T
ODE citv. with modern public buildings
VFatcr1vorSs and other convenience. A
CITY han. public amusement hall. large
stores and score or more cottages
nave been built in the past few months
tire idea being 60 make ~ Gilmore the
model mining town on the west