The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-13
n PHASE GIVEN
|TD MAY DAY WORK
bsn Quartz Vein Opened
budug Past Years Holds
Gold Values.
III REVENUE SOURCE
h Attention Was Paid to
vein Until Past Few
Weeks.

!, r,oessity is The mother OF in
a ,s AS true In mining as in any
f. line of human endeavor, and the
4 nav company OF the Tintic district
s.ds this old adage especially true
I,s advantage. l.. e.. Coffin. su-
ssrSsnt of the Lower Mammoth
.nr VAS in the city Thursday and
.onrht some very significant details
y Nav Day work which shareholders
~ very happy 10 secure.
.is well known. points out Mr.. Cof-
[,ts Msv Day property has been a
II very little Importance being at
a In The gold producing possibilities
q mine by the various arrangements
curing many years past. Next TO
lad and silver ore bodies on many
was vein Of brown quartz carry
|sone silver and lead values. but not
. ~ 10 constitute the rock shipping
I'M This ore carried about 20 or
4 cent lead, and from TO ounces
II Is Shipping Product.
" assayers OF the May Day never cut
'buttons for gold. thcy were SO small
hcking In promise. put recent in
|.ralIons have demonstrated that this
a ouartZ caGrics splendid gold values,
.CoEln stating tnat nfccut assays
-inr gold present To the extent OF Sl@
N prr ion. Pile samples arc break
|Ifor $50 10 S25 gold. and there is no
n bul what this neglected material
|hford the company the means OF
Xug some mighty generous earnings
D now on.
5crkholdeis as yet really do not. ap-
|dlle the Importance OF this revela-
n sahl MIR Coffin. EFT is not known
tbely how much of this gold ore
q Is. but there undoubtedly is large
oge available right now, and il is
m that tho orc exists on the second.
n fourth and Bfu levels All these
"a have been opened so thoroughly
lN silver and lead ores that the
EEemcn, finds any amount Of work
1iy done al all points, So II will cost
2Ically nothing 10 develop this new
Nre
LeaserG Successful.
'oonsIder the May Day one Of the
striking interest ccnlers In the dis
There are len sets OF leascrs op-
|ng In The mine. and SO successful.
t They been that two first class
kn several weeks ago applied for
|Ecured lease ou the 1000 foot level.
+ unie ago the May Day manage
broke into = very large body of
'pay To slip any from the disCov-
These two miners worked while
|bIoke Into face Of first class rock,
which pays 10 ship direct as broken
y while by sorting a product of fine
could Ec secured. They have
ked for about mouth along tins
2no II seems Ia be growing stronger
be time
ller are several spots OF Tniic In
gully liDc condition. On the Opo-
2. Tor Instance. c%cryLhing is in first
shape (pr shipments, On the Gold
y DRIFT Is being driven on the 700,
y Is only about forty feet from con-
lors. and when these are completed
VIII oe presented a more eCuDom-
|Eay of ore extraction. while A far
4 tonnage can bc handled, TOO. The
Chain Is looking fine. and a very
lonnare Is ready for the market.
|unpany should be ready 10 resume
pen,s OIL "A larger scale than ever
q The coming week.
Mammoth Discovery.
p The eighth. ninth and 1cutli levels.
ksst Of The shaft the old Mammoth
tHy continues 10 give up a good
-F'','b o. " N1b eplbl cllN'l anu IDP-
Nt The strike pr,>1nS 10 he one of
D 'mportance To this company. The
y Central OF tho 2@O0-fool level has
'ce extent OF splendid shipping ore,
Y 1cVelopmCut is significant. | be-
A itom y lower mammoth stand
n Inc Lower Mammoth cur shaft Is
q The eastern side OF the property,
ail our work has been done 10 the
I. and east Of the shaft To the
S virgin territory. and 7 believe
anc Grand Central break is making
Ivy tor this part OF the Lower Nam
nave always coDtondcd that in
',nfsln territory lies our salvation,
4 %neVe II al Tie more since visit
.me Gfand Central and seeing the
y conditions for myself"