Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-07-01
AURUM LOOKS LIKE
ANOTHER T|NTIC
Many Rich silNcr-Lead. Properties In
Silver Canyon District, White
Pine Comfy, Nevada.

'H' ,bAAiiANs @NtNb''s
Aurum in silver Canyon mining dis
trict White Pine county, New, and 20
miles across the Shellbourne range
from Masill smelter near Ely, lie an
other Tintlc. and the whole Shellbourne
range seems to b. breaking out in
ore In that district" remarked one OF
salt LAKES successful mining men as
he produced "a large chunk OF ore, "A
third OF which was ruby silver taken
from one of the numerous properties
In that district.
The old Siegel mine there. from when
Simon Davis shipped $4,000 In ore be-
tore he sold n to Henry Siegel OF Salt
Lake, is one of the most prominent
That ore Was hauled to Deseret in Mil
lard county, "A distance OF 100 miles
That wagon haul cost Sl2 a ton: today
IL would cost twice that. That ore
ran as high as 296 ounces silver to the
ton.
Simon Davis Of Aurum. the discover
er and owner OF several of the best
properties in the Silver Canyon dis
triCt Is in salt Lake closing a deal
with local people on one OF his proper
ties.
The Davis group OF eight claims is
situated two and OnC-halt miles south
of the Siegel ground y great assure
vein, the ore TO feet wide, has been
traces across the entire property and
opened by two incline shafts 700 feet
apart. giving vertical depth Of 100
feet on the ore. These shafts are in
ore from the grassrouts down This
ore averages about $50 Much OF 1t runs
30 per cent lead. 20 ounces silver and s.
gold. Some has assaycd S2Sl gold, 81
ounces silver and IS per cent lead. The
ore here Is found In a vein with dolo-
mite foot wall and lime-shaie hanging
wall 4 great 2O0-foot porphyry dixie
strikes through the ground. cutting the
ore bearing ledge at right angles, which
intrusive undoubtedly had its enrichlng
tendency
Great ore bearing caves. similar TO
those in Tintic, are encountered, show
ing bodies Of ore you could crawl all
over" siLid IL disintercsted salt Laker
Thurdsay who had Inspected the Davis
group. 1T was 40 feet between walls"
he said. Some of these caves were %
feet across. with ore lining the floors.
/ saw several big pockets and not less
than $50 tons of $50 shipping ore on %
dump, carloads OF which could be pick
ed out worth $50 a ton. There were
hundreds Of tons of rich ore I'm sight.
DutCrops near by Of oNidized iron lead
ing to the orc assay high In iron, 3
ounces Of silver and a trace OF gold.
AZ three feet depth the ore begins to
when az II ihAtuts utN NV ~ u
Six miles south OF the Davis mine Is
the Ruby Hin. a splendid property
owned by prominent salt Lake mining
men. II Is silver-lead proposition
which has been worked Tor - years. II
has "a 7OO-foot tunnel. Some wonder
fully rich ruby silver ore has been en-
countered here; thus its name
The Siegel property was acquired by
Henry Slegel shortly before his death,
and has been idle most OF the time
since. a lot OF work has been done in
this old producer which has compress
sor and other machinery on the ground.
Living at Aurum today Is u. G. San
ford. one Of the stalwart old pioneers
of the district. cousin OF John Hayes
Hammond. who sought the vice presi-
Dental nomination at the last Repub-
licau national convention. Mr.. Sanford
owns some good properties out there.
The Lucky Deposit. which shipped 30
gold. per cent lead and "a per cent
iron, Is another Of those with good rec
ords.
on Munsey Creek Is located the
Grand Deposit and Defiance groups. the
latter owned by the Cambrian Copper
company, whose principal owners are
Of Columbus. O.
The Grand Deposit Is controlled by
NJ T. Bassett and y. g. Noe. This
property has a shaft over 300 feet deep,
considerable tunnel work and "a great
deal OF ore in sight and lots Of copper
ore on the various dumps. This Is one
OF the biggest propositions In silver
Canyon district
Ton miles north OF Aurum is FL Capt.
tan. property which has produced
ore running 500 to 500 ounces silver TO
the ton. found iu a great quartz ledge.
This mine showed big profits when sill
yer was high II was reported recently
sold
Not long ago one % the Aurum mills
was sold and hauled over by wagon and
set up It the queen Of Sheba mine at
Deep Greek, Utah, where II Is now said
to be In operation at that whllOm pro-
ducer.
The Aurum properties being strong
IN silver. generally are laboring under
the disadvantage Of a prevailing low
level for this white metal and a a.
mile wagon haul % Currie on the Ne
Vada Northern railway. A movement
Is now on foot. however, 10 build "A
wagon road 20 the top of the neighbor-
ing hill which would give a down-hill
haul All the way on TO Currie, reducing
the distance fium A. To ~ miles, a vast
saving in time and expense.
Numerous salt Lake mining men are
Interested IN Aurum district all OF
whom have unboundcd faith in that
part of tine state. declaring that only
poor transportation facilities prevent
il from becoming a second Tintic,