The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-02-04
KING CONSOLIDATED
LOOKS LIKE BIG N||NE
Much Ore in Sight; Mass of
Deposit Probably Yet
Untouched.

"The orc now in sight IN the silver
King Consolidated Is sufficient TO insure
n large production OF high grade ore,
said +. V. Bodish last evening on his
return from "A visit to the Park CITY
property, and all signs Indicate thai
the mass Of the ore deposit Is beyond
and below the face of the present work
ings."
Mr. Bodnsh spent the day In examining
the Developments west and south OF The
main shaft oil the King Consolidated ir
company with Manager spiro and Con
sultlng Engineer Harry y. Lee, AS mana
GER of the American Flag, another Parl
CITY mine he was much interested II
determining the system OF faults nn'
methods Of ore occurrence OF the Nn'
Consolidated he says.
The naturalization Is clearly the
result of the intersection OF horizon
OF soluble lime BY seriea OF Fer3ral
assures carrying metal bearing solu.
lions. These solutions haze charged
the lime with ore between the lainl-
nations of the lime, especially near
the top and bottom of The strata.
Mr.. Lee. who has been giving his
personal attention 10 the work sinec
the discovery OF ore in sinking the
main shaft reasoned that lime so
heavily impregnated with mineral as
were these beds in the SHAFT, must
be near the vents from WINCH '"'
mineral proceeded.
| Accordingly he started drifts TO the
west at the 1900 and 1850 levels. inc
higher level ran out into the ore ped
sixty feet or more, until the dip OF
| tho bed carried the ore bclo" the
level of the drift.
| Al the depth Of l5oO teet In the
| shaft crosscut was started TO the
| south. Within fifteen or sixteen teet
the crosscut penetrated a series OF
| small parallel assures running al
| most easterly and westerly, There
was no ore In these hssureS, but Mr.
| Lee decided at once that the breaks
| were such as would make ore in cut
| ting the bed
Therefore, while the crosscut TO the
south was continued, DRIFT was
| polnted west along the assures. with
| the design Of catching on its dip the
bedding explored from the 1000. For
tune, however, bad pleasant sur
prise for Lee. Long before ne
| reached The horizon or the upper bed
his assures brought him into con-
| junction with lower bed that had
been only raintly defined in the shaft
and here. about $50 feet west OF the
shaft, one of the assures widened
from a streak 10 four feet Of ore.
, and Il bedding made out TO the south
The vertical In the face OF the drl
shows four feet Of shipping ore, and
| the sill. or bedding dipping TO the
ore will average six feet in width
for the entire distance II is exposed
Some STOPPING Is being done above the
drift on This bedding and oS , dritt rs rs
intersect these beddings on their
| downward course.
The class of the ore may he recog-
nized at a glance. Probably all Of II.
for the widths ] have mentioned. will
run close TO $50 a ton or better.
The upper bedding, for which Mr..
Lee drifted originally, is still beyond
him. perhaps $50 feet. and there is
every indication that he VIII be able
TO mine a four-foot breast of ore in
the fssure for the entire distance. il.
Indeed, another big shoot Is not en-
countered nearer when the upper
bedding is approached.
STOPPING is going on above the loo
level in the fissure between the two be
and there is no way Of determining {
width TO which this stope viii expand
that friendly. soluble lime.
In fact. the lime filling between the
| two beds appears TO me 10 he thor
oushly mineralized. Below the 1850
level 10 the west, possibly at the
contact of the lime with the under
living quartzite. there Is a likelihood
that the beddinss will merge In one
of Park City's typical bonanza slopes
from which the production of a mere
million is regarded as an incident In
| no way sensational
Everything taat will hold ore at
the Silver King Consolidated is
! filled TO its capacity. Five teams are
breaking the road 10 Park City. haul
ing shipments. and the tonnage will
! be very heavy as soon as Transports :
tlon becomes less difficult.
! should Judge that the present mine
force would have little difficulty in
taking out 800 tons of shipping ore
per month in further developing the
ore body on and above the 1850 level
That such an ore body should be
found Where this one occurs is the
best OF proof that the limits OF the
Park CITY district are not by any
means defined b" the boundaries OF
It's past production. These slopes are
west Of anye similar ore bodies ever
found in the camp and the outlook
for their westward extension could
| hardly be more favorable.