The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-02-26
COTTQNWOODS
APPROACH ORE
West Prince of Wales EncOun-
ters Promising Indications
i'm Tunnel.
FAMOUS TOLEDO VEIN
TO BE TAPPED SOON
Changed Character of Lime
Rock Gives Added Stimulus
to Operators.

There is no lack Of activity In Silver
Fork Of Big Cottonwood canyon. accord .
Ug To advices from that mining district
received here yesterday. Several OF the
properties are plugging away at the work
u tapping the siorchouscs OF wealth con
eclled In the mountains. with satisrac-
Iory results. and with excellent indlcn =
lions that all ot the promises OF the past
sin hc fulfilled.
Thc West Prince cf Wales is ono oi
the properties ON which good results are
being obtained The COMPANY owns nihe
r,Gms in a compact Group, which IS being
opened by two tunnels \ big and COM
.dTtan nlc log cabin houses the men lrom
tho winter weather. and everything about
,h" property Is reported TO be IN good
ono of the tunnels by which the prop
crtN Is being opened rs in tho cast s.de
of The canyon and the other In the west.
Tho western tunnel has been driven In
for 25O feet and is headed FOR the To-
lolo vein. which In carly DAYS WAS a
big producer. This tunnel has passed
through a considerable body Of iron ana
the ground Is gradually becoming some
what softer. While ii is not expected
that the Toledo vein will be tapped .or
some distance. there is strong proba-
blity. according TO present indications,
that another vein not now known is be-
ing approached Many signs encountered i
In this ground indicate the proximity
OF a body OF lead silver orc OF some mag
nitudc.
Ore Near at Hand.
The tunnel on tho cast side OF the
canyon Is being driven into the same
character Of limestone that has been en-
countcrcd in the Prince Of Wales tunnel.
The company Is looking for ore at almost
every round OF shots. as they are in the
same character of limestone that was
found in immediate proximity TO the ore
bodies in the Prince of Wales. This
lt,g a, la 1sF nd nf
West Prince OF Wales, the properties ad-
Joining.
The possibilities OF the West Prince OF
Wales are said by pen who have seen
the property recently TO be enormous.
considering the fact that the orc bodies
thus far encountered and taken out Of
the Prince Of Wales seem 10 be going dl-
rectly into the West Prince property.
In order that fun appreciation OF the
value Of the West Prince territory may
be gained. few words OF Prince Of
Mountain Is Honeycombed.
The Prince Of Wales runs over into
Honcycomh ridge as does the West
Prince. The hll on which the shaft was
sunk in the early days is literally honey
Combed with drifts, cTosScuts and raises
In all directions from the top OF the Hill
to the 500 level From one stope alone.
5000 tons OF orc was taken in the early
days that uetted 1000, 900. This stope
was run TO the surface and tho protal
OF the tQil lot l'llS Nlo1s goes almost
To the West Prince Of Wales boundary
lines.
biologists who have examined the
Prince of Wales all agree that tn" main
ore bodies from which all the orc was
taken were merely shoots OF oNidized ore
which have come up from much larger
orc body
The Lucky Dutchman group joins the
West Prince OF Wales on the south. This
property Is being opened by the Ameri-
can Exploration company by a tunnel
which will tap the City Rocks property
at great depth.
In the bottom of the canyon about a
half mile north of the West Prince Of
Wales, n tunnel has been driven by per-
sons who are interested IN the property,
which is already cutting orc along the
contact. and will cut the West Prince OF
Wales at a depth OF from 500 TO SOC
feet lower than the lowest tunnel floor.
The copper ores OF the fork are OF the
same general character at depth as the
South Hecla.