The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-02-14
.|MPORTANT 7 WORK
At GOLDF F|ELD
SandstOrm-Kendall Will Get
Busy in Famous Part
of Camp.
WAS ONCE THE GREAT
CENTER OF LEASING
George Wingfeld Has Control
and Old Workings Are
Being Repaired.
Special to The Tribune.

Special to The Tribune.
CIOLDFIELD. New, Feb. l3.-Oi as
great potential Importance to the Gold
field district AS any work undertaken
here for a long time is that recently In
aug,rated on the Sandstorm- Kendall
Consolidated, where a complete surface
plant. including transformers. electric
hoist and compressor for the machine
drills has been Installed. and large
force OF men Is now employed In repair
Ing the tmberine and cleaning on, the
old workings al the main Kendall shaft.
$50 feet deep. in preparation for extended
development. The work is under the per-
sonal direction of Charles ID. Wilkinson
chief OF the Winglield staff OF engineers.
manager of the Combination Fraction
mine and one OF the most capable min
ing engineers and mine managers In the
west
Manager Wilkinson has made a careful
study of The formation OF this section
and is convinced that he will he able to
rich ore. shoots from which lessees have
taken large quantities OF high-grade ore
In shallow workings. As result OF eN-
haustive samplins OF old lease dumps
and leased workings, II has been demon
stratcd that large tonnage of milling
ore. some OF which will require screen
Ing can now he handled at a good profit,
and this ore Will be treated at the Ne
vada Goldfleld twenty stamp mill, now
under lease 10 the Combination Fraction.
BY this means il is believed that an
operating fund can he provided sufficient
10 defray all expenses In the progress oi
development.
Rich Lease Ground.
Tho first two or three years after the
discovery of Goldf1eld lessees operating
on the Sandstorm and Kendall produced
some $500 900 In highs grade shipping ore,
but the money received by the companies
in the form of royalties was expended In
exploration which, while 1t developed
considerable quantity of good milling ore:
failed TO expose material that could be
shipped at a profit at that time Later
the companies We're forced 10 borrow borrow
by George Wingfeid, and last year pro-
ceedngs in foreclosure were Instituted,
the properties were bought in by the
bank and Wingneld proceeded to re-
incorporate the two concerns as one
company, the Sandstone Kendall Con
snidated, with n 1000, share capital
basis, stock I'm the old companies being
eXchangeable share for share upon pay
ment OF an assessment of / cent per
share.
Assessments have been paid in upon
over 30 per cent of the issued stock of
the merger company, providing an ample
entire territory win he thoroughly pros.
pccted at depth. including the ground OF
the old productive leases. The Sandstorm
was the first mining location to be on made
| the Grandpa district and the discoveries
OF rich gold ore at the grass roots caused
the later sensational stampede to this
section. Tho properties are situated on
| the northern slope OF Columbia noun
| tain and nearly two miles north OF the
| main Consolidated workings. While
large amount of development and eX-
ploratory work was done on both prop
| critics during the early days of the camp
and or company account this work was
| done without tho benefit Of experience
| or the guidance afforded by the work of
| lessees. and no work was done deeper
| than $50 feet. little even at that depth.
points have demonstrated the continuity
| of enrichment at great depth, and the
| projectors OF this work have confidence
In the making of mine In this territory,
particularly as they will have the a0
vantage of facilities for the treatment
OF the product near at hand,
Extension of Florence.
A problem OF paramount interest TO
| mining men, and one to the solving OF
| which a vast amount OF money and labor
| has been devoted during recent years. the
| finding OF the southern extension of the
| Florence vein. seems to he approaching
a solution in the territory Of the Atlanta
Mines company. adjoining the Florence
on the east. gigantic andeslte dixie
appears TO have its western extremity at
q point just south of the Florence hill
and to extend east by south Into Atlanta
| ground, its continuity for the entire dis
tance having been shown by many lease
workings in intervening territory. This
dixie anpears to form an imnYense fault
or fold in the formation, and ii is the
theory of many that the extension OF the
Florence vein will be found beyond the
eastern extremity of this dixie. II at all
No ore Of pay grade has been found to
the south of the dixie with the exception
of a few stringers near Its western end.
in the Florence extension
On the Atlanta n large amount of eX
ploratory work has been done by the
Precious Metals company lease at depth
of 730 feet near this great dixie. and the
| formation trend. dip and character of
the vein system on the deepest level are
shown TO be identical with conditions at
the surface, indicating that a break or
fault OF this character must have an
end and that the ore displaced by the
fault will he found at the end OF the
faulted area Manager Wilke p. Garri-
son is working upon this theory. in which
he is supported by competent mining
men. and after driving another 100 feet
In the vein will proceed 10 crosscut the
country In the expectation Of finding the
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