Show 44 4 44 i 1 I 1 THE CARBONATE HILL MINE ll 11 bijj BY OUR OGDEN correspondent J when the history of mining in utah comes cames to be written iteli there will be some credit given to tb the few very few men who in spite of sneers cuffs and kicks kick shave have demonstrated that in the region around about ogden there is one of the richest and most prolific mineral zones in the great big state of utah but when credit is given as it will be given Z 1 A MANAGER VAN PATTEN FATHER OF THE CARBONATE HILL in time to the ni men n up this way who have pounded out the good metal in th the face of all kinds of ridicule and derision until the most confirmed anti miner is ready to lay down then the name of A van patten the father of the carbonate hill is very likely to get a big broad smear of red paint it is not possible in the space accorded us to follow the career career of the carbonate hill from the time in 1882 when mr van patten first of all discovered the lead then called two clair claims ns the cottonwood friend and silver zone because from that date until 1892 ten years later he never shipped a pound of ore nor could he make any one believe he had a mine in 1892 about four cars were shipped and then there was another period of walting waiting until 1897 7 since which chic h time until the present the carbonate hill has been a steady and faithful producer most if not all of this is due to van pattens faith in the mine and bullheaded bull headed pertinacity and incidentally good judgment up to this date there has never been an authoritative statement as to the values of the carbonate hill ore but the average for three yeara has been 30 per cent lead 21 24 ounces silver and 3 in gold there is about 1200 feet of tunneling etc on the carbonate hill and while every drift and incline shows ore there is more than forty leet of steel galena in the breast of the main tunnel the ground is covered with fine timber the water supply is practically unlimited I 1 a tramway carries the ore direct from the working tunnel to the ore wagons there are good roads all over the hill to the timber and a saw mill plant on the ground to cut it up to suit besides all this there is the boarding house blacksmith shop and everything to make life as pleasant as possible for the thirty men working in three shifts in the mine mine the officers of the company are A van patten president and manager A J weber secretary A E driggs vice president and trOa treasurer surer pat mullins of butte mont and T D johnson of ogden directors CARBONATE GEM the carbonate gem consists of three claims and practically an extension of the carbonate hill three shifts of nire men ihen are working on a tunnel to the top vein which is easily traced from droppings crop pings from the he t carbonate Carbon Me hill A number of stringers s have been cut showing the same ore as that in the carbonate hill and when the vein is tapped it will be at a depth of over feet that the company means business is evidenced by over spent in boarding house tramway timber road blacksmith shop and a 4 plant now on the ground for compressed air air drilling J 4 P r 5 J e BOARDING HOUSED HOUSE blacksmith SHOP AND TIMBER TRAIL CARBONATE HILL MINE |