The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-12-26
TAKES GOOD GRADE
ORE TO SEND OUT
Antelope Camp Is Located
Good Distance From
Railroad Tracks.

! Persons who arc well qualified 30 judge
or such matters declare that under pres
cnt conditions lessees 4, Antelope must
produce orc OF 4 high grade IN order to
realize u profit from It's shipment TO tho
nearest treatment poiut. II * estimated
that the los est grade OF ore which would
yicld any profit whntcycr would he better
than Si5 per ton, taking into consldora
! tion the expense ~ hauling 10 Goldncld
or 10 the nearest point on tho Las Vegas
railroad, Tho cost Of mining and The
amount To bc drdpctcd from the net
value or the product for royalties. II rs
generally conceded that those operating
on the main ledge have AN excellent
chance OF taking out good piece OF
monc?. hut whether tho pay orc extends
! over the large area now embraced in
leases remains 20 he determined by de-
Yclopment
vi tho poiai pherc The vein VAS opened
| BY work performed under the Wng6cld
option th"ro l. a small cross fracture
| Many hold tn thc belief that n cross trac-
,urc Inevitable cuts OF the course OF ihe
orc but in this case tho theory does not
appear 10 hold good. rs tho pay ore wax
opened on both sidos Of the fracture.
II * estimated by those In 81 position 4"
know that the orc on the dump from
tho discovery shaft viii amount 10 about
fifty tons, ana that its value may ranSN
somewhere between $4,000 aud $4,000. n
WAS reported today that good orc has
hcrn expo.ed on property nuc nest
| of Inc main ledge. which Wonld bring ~
over the range and toward what IL known
as the Ringer camp. II rs suggested tllat
In case the camp becomes regular snip
pcr one or two five ton automobile trucks
could make good thing of transporting
orc to the railroad. as, with the speed
they arc capable OF making and the good
quality Of tho roads, they could make the
round trip Ia a DAY. Under present con-
dItions however, tho cost al hauling ore
la C;oldheld or TO The railroad would
probably nc not 1eas than $40 or Sl2 per
| ton.
Frank CosSrove. deputy assessor OF rs
moralda county has returned from the
camp. where. in partnership With Paddy
DuGan, hc has secured lease No. north
on tho main strike, on tho Antelope View
| claim, and known as tho 'RlNcr Shsh-
non lease. Tho partners VIII also have
an interest In another lease that H. 10 be
! signed shortly. CosCrove made "A careful
eXamina ton OF all surface groupings In
| the district and expressed himself as be
ing most farorably impressed with th"
| appearance Of the VclDs. prCau IL now
preparing his outfit and Will 20 To the
| ground and begin development Al one.
!. Casey Mcdaniel. who sent out four
hig psgonlosds OF material with which
to establish the Antelope hotel VIII leave
| tomorrow morning for the camp. Latest
| reports from the camp state that there
| are now three townsltcs near the Jordan .
| REILLY properties. .foe Siemphor, who is
| working lease and has exposed ore just
| north or tho main strike. came In We'd =
| nesday Sterpher brought In samples 10
| bc assayed and The results are said to
! have indicated ore Of only medium grade.
! I-Go3ficld Tribune.