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Show V WESTERN MINING GAZETTEER. 3IOUXT KAUDV AND OHIO DISTRICTS, UTAH. Western gininrj 05jcttc.cr, TIII5 .1 OK DAN 31 INK, niNCill3I CAN YON, UTAH. This fine property, sis is well known, is one of tin oldest sun! host developed in the Territory. Tor years sietive operations hsive linen carried on and it has returned thousands upon thousands of tons of excellent lead ores. Up to the time Prof. L. K. Holden secured the coll troll in! interest the Jordan was worked for lead alone, lint, upon making several tests, he became satisfied that it contained both gold ;i nil silver sis well Tin property lias been 'opened 5(H) feet along tin as lead. vein and the 'main incline is down 2(H) feet, following the vein. A crosscut was started and run 185 feet on tin vein, which proves tin Jordsin to be sin immense on body. At the narrowest point the vein is UiO feet wide. Tin; mine is fairly with drifts, winzes and tunnels, and all show rood ore. Nearly 2,000 tons work ell in the mill returned within a dollar of the hand ssunple taken from each car li . This on about 820 in shipped. sampled Prof. Clavton estimates the amount of ore in sight at 800,000 tons and will average 820 gold and 80 to sj silver per ton. Prof. Newberry endorses this estimate. Then is at least 20,000 tons of on on the dump which is beiiijr concentrated near the mine as rapidly as possible and then shipped to the Sandv smelters. The whole mountain is one mass of ore, for" it is found at every point on tin surface and looks even better than ever in the deepest workings in tin? mine.- For years the Jordan has kept up a steady out-pof ore and the average Tin gold and silver found seems to per ton is remarkable. overlie the lead on and as depth is attained seems to grow richer in the two first minerals. The quartz is decomposed and verv easilv mined one man could knock down with a pick 20 tons per day. There is not a large force at work now ami it will not be increased until the new mill is finished. The mini is so situated that the ore can be very expeditiously handled, being carried from tin mine to tin reduction works on tin railroad; there being ore cars especially for that Tin .Iordan is second to no mine in Utah, and it is with pleasure we note the fact that more active developments than ever will he commenced in a very short time, (live us a few more such mines as the Jordan and Utah will throw Colorado in tin? shade. honey-combe- d 7 1 ut pur-purpos- to-da- e. y Konliam 3Iine, Kinglmni Canyon, Utah. Tin main tunnel is in U feet and will have to run about 100 feet further before tapping tin vein. At this point the face will be 500 feet below the surface. The face is in granite. There is an incline down 15 feet on the vein, which is 10 feet wide and neither wall in sight. The ore assays about 8 5 per ton in j;old. Occasionally pockets of silver ore are found which o 100 ounces. There is another tunnel on the vein 00 feet and shows a vein 0 feet wide. Still another tunnel, which shows a fine body of ore, assaying from 812.50 to 8 jo the average being about 81. per toil. Owned by .1. U. 'dli son -- 1 and (Jilmer & 1 Saulslmrv. 'I lie Overland 3Iine. This is one of the finest prospects in Hinglmiii Canyon, and mild ore. It is owned hodv of shows a verv larn P by William Klenny and others. high-grad- e & 4 As developments advance tin more flattering: the outlook in these districts. The mineral belt is 201) feet wide and the veins vary in size from 50 feet to a few inches in width and on the surface the formation is verv much broken. The Deer Trail is om of tin best defined veins in .Mount Kaldv District and is increasing in width and quality, some very fine ore being found in the tunnel, which is now 500 feet long. Considerable work has been done and the showing is more flatteringn than at any time since operations were commenced in the mine. The vein is 2- feet wide, io foot wall in sight, amlassa vs 28 ounces in silver and 81,S fold per ton. During a recent visit IVof. Newherrv made 10 different assays, and tliev aver-age- d about a above stated. The Crystal, situated in the same district, recently struck same verv high ore, and the P grade P vein is becoming belter defined. A few months more of work will demonstrate whether or not the Crystal is a permanent vein. The main incline is down about 200 feet, and considerable more work has been done in running tunnels, sinking h shafts, etc. Then. is 200 tons of ore on tin dump which will average .10 ounces in silver 80 or 88 in gold; and 500 tons if desired could be taken out this winter by a couple of men, which would average this amount. Work has never been prosecuted a full day without handling ore, and it requires only six shots in 200 feet. It is said then is not a particle of quartz on tin mountain which does not assay from 0 to 8 ounces silver. Tin Civile has a tiuui'd in 100 feet, and it will be necessary to go 5i)0 feet further before cutting the vein. There are other developments, some of which show a well defined vein oi good milling ore. The croppings are very prominent, and the Clyde a good prospect. This claim is owned by (Jeo. 31. Seolt and (Mias. Converse. The Uncle Sam shaft is down 00 feet, showing very line ore in the bottom. Assays have lein obtained a great deal higher but the vein averages about 150 ounces per ton. The Mountain Lion is .a good prospect, ami assays have lr n obtained as high as 1175 ounces per ton. This property is owneik by I Iuiitiiigton and Nan Hagan. Tin? vein is a very large one, in places, being 1(H) feet wide. The Homestake shows a vein of the richest ore in the district, and there are four tons on the dump which will average. 5(H) ounces per ton. It is owned by Kichard doling. The Hardware, owned by (Jeo. 31. Scott and Charles Converse, has a vein from one to two feet wide, which assays well. Some very rich ore has been found: one sample going 818,00(1 gold. Tin following items an furnished by Simple Simon, M our correspondent in this section : Tin Uolhseluld of D. C. Fate, Louis l.eiier, and others, is one of tin finest prospects in the whole district, ami has in sight a large hodv of high grade on. Tin "To up of mines owned by (Jen. Agrannmtc an all showhis group includes tin 3l:dnkol1, ( Mara, Fairview ing up well and Legion of Honor. A two foot vein of verv fine on has been opened in the (Mara. Tin 31 a ikoll lias shown some of the richest silver ore in .Marysvale, a hand sample giving ounces to th ton and a large hodv of 550 ore is in shdit in tin tunnel. MMn indications are if ihe highest order in this claim, showing a six loot vein of miiier.d hearing quartz, in a true fissure, with a granil" hanging wdl and a porphyry foot wall, and very indie:.! it m of permanency and improvement. S.iiitli til this group is the Steuiiouse mine, a valuable claim showing very richly. As soon as (In spring opens we will liavu a booming camp and show what can be done. - i-- 1 1 1D-1.- 1 |