Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-06-13
MINING, BUSINESS AND STOCKS.
GOOD PROFIT FROM
PROPERTY At FERBER
Soon To start Work on New Wagon
Road 10 Install Catlpillars Ia Haul
Ore From District.

ORC ifOIn ilHtIltts
carload OF high grade ore, which
l9fher Palmer, the yOung mining en-
sfneer. who owns an extensive prop
erty In the Fcrber mining district, just
across the Utah limo In Nevada, Inn
medlatcly west OF Deep creek in Tooole
county. shipped I'm from his Regent
property 10 days ago gave returns AS
follows: Lead, 40 per cent; silver 30
ounces; SILICA II per cent and iron
1850 per cent, making IL q desirable
ore for smelling purposes There was,
In fact, no smeltcr charge. The en-
tire carload went S36 TO tho ton netting
over and above all expenses, w 90 per
ton. Tho expenses were high on ac-
count OF the 45-milo wagon haul, which
cost $40 ton; the freight from Wend-
over to the smclter was $3.50 ton;
sampling, assayng, etc, ST. making
total expense OF $3.50 a ton. But In
spite Of those high charges the ore
paid well.
Several other carloads have bern
mined from tho Regent property AID
sent 10 the Garfield smelters. although
the greatest depth yet attained is only
so feet This last carload was taken
from tho 5O-foot level. and TO show
how easily the ore Is mined, only one
shot was required to bring down the
last 10 tons. Most OF it could be
readily picked out.
over 100 tons Of SOS lead-silver ore
are In sight above the 50-foot level
now. but since the recent installation
OF complete gasoline hosting app
paratus, this ore Is being left and the
S0-foot shaft sunk to lower depths The
shoot OF ore on tho 50-foot level where
one shot knocked down and loosened
up Is tons OF t36 ore. Is now being cut
on the S0-foot level, and several sacks
of high grade taken out giving
STOPPING territory from there TO the
surface. But every indication In the
ore bodies run TO depth. so Mr.. Palmer
has decided TO go deeper.
HAS HAD EXPERIENCE.
Mr.. Palmer is not only practical
miner, but mining engineer and
former mine superintendent and Is
wen acquainted with mining He has
successfully handled mines In Mexico,
Wyoming and other states. and when
he discovered his property in Ferber,
some six years ago, he knew he had
found good thing and has hung TO
II ever since. doing most OF the work
himself The district was discovered
years ago. and there are now up
wards of 30 patented claims there.
nearly all OF which are owned by prom
inent Salt Lake mining men, But il
was left TO the young mining engineer
to move across the valley and locate
some OF the richest ground, property
that had been passed over with scarce
ny glance by hundreds OF the best
mining men who ever stepped foot into
The state OF Nevada. Now that proper
~ Is proving itself the first of the
shippers. although there are several
other properties few miles away with
a.
activity being due to poor railroad ia
ciitics. II IS estimated there are be
tween 500 and 1000 tons OF $50 To S25
ore ON tho dumps OF those old Ferber
mines, and a movement Is now on foot
to fix up and shorten the road from
Ferber to Wendover the nearest sta
tion IN the Western Pacific railroad.
cutting the distance from 45 TO 81 miles.
and putting on big traction OUTFIT
capable Of hauling carload each trip.
WITH the road repaired. which Mr.
Palmer IL going 10 attend to this sum
mer. and a traction engine put on. the
wagon haul can be reduced from $40 a
ton TO 81 or So a ton. This repairing
and shortening of the road VIII reduce
the expense $3.50 a ton by ordinary
wagon.
Among the salt Lakers owning valu-
able properties in the Ferber district
are w. NJ. Bradley, the well known at
Mossrs. Watson Chesholm. Woodman
and others. Atty. Bradley and asso-
ciates own about 90 patented and a
dozen unpatented claims.
Is SURFACE ORE.
The Ferber orc mined SO far has all
been practically from the surface, and
depth has not yet been attained. but all
Indications are that the ore goes down
TO date about $50 feet is the greatest
depth IN the camp The ore occurs gem
orally Ia the lime, or on the contact
and very often the ore zone Is parallel
with the contact. but not on the actual
line of the contact The main con-
facts are between lime and porphyry, or
porphyry and schists. The formations
generally are ideal for the making OF
large rich ore bodies. ON the Palmer
property alone a dozen distinct ore
bearing assure veins have been opened.
Besides the lead and silver. some of
which runs into the hundreds OF ounces
Of silver there Ia a splendid country on
the east side OF the district, a few miles
from the Utah line, showing high grade
copper. ore which very much resembles
the best copper workings In the Deep
Creek district. adjoining Ferber on the
east
when the promised railroad gets into
Deep Creek at Gold HIN IL will be with
IN eight or 10 miles of the Ferber dis
trict, and VIII create wonderful stir In
this part Of the mining world. where
probably not less than several hundred
Salt Lake men have interests.
MIR. Palmer viii leave for Ferber to.
day. taking with him lumber for cabins.
ore bins. etc. and supplies sufficient for
half Is year. He may send In "A few more
carloads OF the rich ore before the en-
piration OF the year.
BUYING Is BETTER.