The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-09-03
PLAN NEW WORK
At GOLDF|ELD
Arrangement Made for Doing
Deep Development on the
Atlanta Ground.
KEWAN0S ALSO IS
SLATED, SAYS REPORT
Coming Winter to Witness
Great Era of Activity
in District.
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special 20 Inc iIIpun~'
GoIDFIEID, New. Sept. From
statements that have been made mere re
Gently by persons who must Do nc
counted good authority. II Is resaroeo
as highly r9y.,aD1o that the next ioFt-
night viii bring forth announcements ~ ~
two or more development proJec,s VI
large proportions. other thnn lhose
which hsvo lately been mentioned in Inis
correspondence. as well as Il ma..t mta, TO, en- -,
lsreen1cnt In the scope Of operations on
several properties now In process oil ue
velopment, either by lessees or on coIh-
pany account. The most hke,y nsspos
OF this nature have To do with inc Az
lanta and Godfield Kcwanos, both oi
which are regarded as among the most
valuable ground, potentially. in the dis
trict and both OF which adjoin claims oil
the Consolidated Mines company
II s. stated upon indiSputable authority
that funds have been provided and an
agreement made and signed involving eH-
tonsive work at great depth on tho At
lanta Whether this work VIII consist
OF the further sinking or one OF the lease
shafts and development by one OF the
leasing companies. or the beginning OF
new work by other interests. cannot yet
be ascertaincd but that the work VIII
he started shortly and upon an elaborate
scale appears TO be settled beyond ques-
ton. Three leases continue their opera
tions on the Atlanta. but IL Is question
able II their work is at sufficient depth
TO lind the ore which Il is thought must
exist ai some depth In the strong and
highly suIcIfied veins. all of which yield
lo~ assays,
Results Seem Certain.
In the opinion OF capable mining men
the showing Of orc. tho assays obtained
and the strength and character of the
veins opened In the Atlanta are such
ms TO fully Justify the large amount OF
development work that has been done on
thIs property. hut development on the
Consolidated and other adjacent prop
critics in recent months has afforded
grounds for the belief that the pay ore
occurs at Increasing depth Ia these veins
rs they gain distance 10 tho south from
Columbia mountain. This theory Is sup
ported by the fact that the greatest pro-
duction on the Rcd Top. the farthcst
north Of the producing Consolidated
claims has been at and above $50 feet
whilo the new ore bodies of the same
company which have been exposed al
Bear claims are far 10 the south OF the
Rcd Top and near tho Atlanta. Both
the Queen Consolidated and tho Precious
Metals leases on the Atlanta have per-
formed n large amount OF development
above the 150-foot level. and the man
ayers OF both have announced the In
tention OF sinking deep shafts the former
10 1900 feet, and both may yet undertake
this work
Some ora Of good milling grade has
been exposed on the Atlanta on and
near the 45o-foot level. but no high -graue
ore has been extracted at any point and
even that Of medium grade has been
puDcDy ana mas not been found in oUHn-
THY sufficient 10 render It's extraction
profitable under existing circumstances
Ihe 1lrst good orc was found in sinking
tho shaft OF the old Fairview Cherokee
lease. tho workings OF which were later
taken over by tho Queen Consolidated
which has later been exploring the ter
ritory between Its main shafi and the
boundary of the Florence ,;oldfiold on tho
,0"-toot level The Precious Metals or
Garrison lease Is driving 10 tho south and
east on the t@o- foot level and has lately
cu' some sooo looking seams OF quartz.
Kewanog to Go Deep.
The fact that the Goldheld Kewanos
company is Fastening It's efforts TO SO
cure a United States patent on its hold
ings is accepted as lending additional sig
nihcance 10 the reports that extensive
WORK " 10 he started on that property
In the near future under some arranSc-
mcnt whereby sufficient funds will be
provided 10 sink deep shaft and seek
the extension OF some OF the veins that
have been productive OH adjacent ground
or 10 find pay ore In veins having their
apeS on THIS property. 1t IS altogether
feet the kcwanos could open the down
ward extension OF the vein now being
worked on the Laguna and II Is aucs-
tionable whether the latter could apcx
IN" former and prevent the Kewanos
rom mining us ground mp 10 It's YER
Veal b2undarics The fact that the La
Soo-foot level and that tho vein is rather
nat al this point and dips directly TO-
"aIo lh' Ne"anos. which II adjoins, In
oicatcs some OF the excellent possibii-
ities for the future OF the kcwanos The
workings have been kept In good con-
u,3, al1u9m ard there Is good showing OF
There is also likelihood that oper,
toHs VIII be started during tho fail, on
arSer scale Than ever before. on the
Eiuc Bull and Lone Star. which dioIn
IN" Merger Mines properly on the east
and southeast. Both have strong crop
pings that Yield low ASSAYS In gold nnd
a -nF ma. fe.1
has ben mined from comparatively sinai
-" workings. ono lease liz working on
,he Hat claim 81 the Blue Bull and has
laieN opened shoot OF good milling
ore In driving from one OF the uppcr
levels df the 'oo-foot shaft. No won,
o' Importance has been done on the Ionc
Star FOR over three years. some good
ore has been opened on the Common
wealth, adjoining tho Blue Bull on the
ors-shoot from the old company shaft
'hGt vas opened In one OF the old adits
Spearhead Showings.
ON the Spsarhcad there Ia n .trop,
show OF excellent ore and the lessecs
ere raising from the 3D0-foot level 10 cut
me vein that was exposed on the 250-
foot level. This ore Is a beaVv snInbJJc
carving gold. silver and copper AMI snI'
good sized lenses OF shipping orc haze
bern exposed on the upper Levels OF the
The Merger ground on the north and is
ius. southeast of the kewRnos No worl,
lb being done at present on the elaius
or the Columbia Mountain company. but
good ore In small quantity has bcon ex
posed near the reak OF the mountain.
IN q t9-foot shaft. and II ls probablc
that this shaft will later be connected
With the lioo-foot tunnel FRAT The corn
pGuv drove into the ruouutalu aud lie
property developed
lessees are developing on the Roo,h
and ORC. tho same lsssccs working ON
both. and the workings have been con
nected All these workings arc IN hard
Gsciie. similar 20 that og the producing
r1insE. and tho north drift from thc Hooi6
company shaft is being driven into the
mountain. gaining good depth This work
te AL being dorc hy tho New York Orc