Show OPERATIONS Of fl TIM NI LN T If Organization of Capitalists and Mining M Men n That Th t Mss i Obtained a Marvelous Success in n the e t of Utah and Idaho Properties o j r j jt jF jc I t c R F a M S MM a c r s A f d n 1 DB P A PR lT 1 MONG THE LAUGH LARGE LARGE AMONG Ao A which have focalized in Lake City during the past or 01 five years what is known fa familiarly as the Franklin syndicate h b been one of the mo most moat t aggressive an successful It ia la a private or with bu few individuals comprising it a practically represents as It is represented represented rented by Dr P A H Franklin o othis this city and John B E Dubois of Penn Pennsylvania pennsylvania sylvania Of 1 l 8 OO that has invested and aDd expended in their extend extended ed operations Dr Franklin of Utah money a and Mr r Dubole Du Dubois Dubois bois bole the balance for himself and friends with the former in charge a athis this end of the line The property owned by them wit with which the public Is most familiar it i ithe I the Yankee Consolidated Con a comparatively comparatively comparatively new mine on Godiva mountain in the th TIntic district When pur purchased purchased purchased chased there was but a 8 limited show showing showing ing Inc of ore in its workings and surveys survey just previously made showed that about had been taken out ont from fro the May Day aide side of the dividing line The mine has hag ba beer been be rt developed by a tunnel which was wu driven 1409 1408 feet fett be before bEfore before fore reaching the Uie vein Under the th superintendence of Mr Richard Guen Guenther GUEnther Guenther ther the first work under the new nea management was was an upraise of 1 feet and the discovery of tile the ore chan than channel thann nel nt n i that had been previously intercept intercepted ed on the May Day line This strike was made about feet fee f et t from the end line touching the Hum Humbug Humbug Humbug bug and about twelve twel e feet from the side lines of the May Day as established by the Joint survey Put the Mine in in Good Condition After Arter taking out ore enough to prove that the body was of large extent an anthe and the shipment of a 8 couple of carloads the te work of ore extraction was dis dig discontinued continued until the tunnel could be b enlarged and straightened The mine min minis is iS put in condition to operate eco economically economically economically Soon It was determined determine d that the ore body was continuous with that already developed in the Humbug vein eln and from which Uncle Jesse Jess Knight had been shipping large quan quart quantities quantities titles of rich ore They promptly en entered into negotiations for the pur purchase purchase purchase chase of the north half of the Humbug g claim For that they paid spot t cash The company was reorganized d doubling the capitalization and the proceeds from the tile subscriptions to the thew new w stock were used for the payment t on that account The development has proceeded since sin ce t gy gyr r 7 1 F a t J t it t tk I k 1 t wt t I I tlE y ro row w 1 r j jC 1 1 I I 1 C 1 1 CONSOLIDATED The herewith shows chews the substantial although not Dot extensive buildings at the tunnel south of the mine The managers ma man e dwelling is Ia I a homelike and well finished residence The other building combines at the tunnel entrance en a store don house boost assay office o ice and blacksmith shop The TIle Kay May Day lies around teh ten point of the hill hUl beyond and the tile roadway tredway above aJ abe e Is Ie a the outlet for far the Humbug tame mine Jl next adjoining The mine is well weIl equipped for economical working with tn flu or OI ore vein located at seven points within a distance of 1110 1100 feet and there is every assurance that It bus s UK the making of a great reat mine 4 44 4 t 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 r 4 c i f t y 4 7 i i t it j n t UNCLE SAM DUMP ND ORE SOUSE ROUSE t f TUete is js one of or the tlc mines that has been sold and passed from individual to corporate ownership during the year Unless the present prest nt market maik t price Is far too tow low it is 18 certain that it must have been sold far above Its value Rlue immediately after the organization org was effected It has hu been making an excellent showing as us to tp production product tion tiun t in tn tie eite past t 1 and although dividend payments have h ve been suspended the explanation Is made that the pol polli t li try by y of cr the is i to t devote the proceeds prO prove j for f r some time to come to tire the dev if of or new ore bodies It Ita i Ii a oi t r i a tunnel and has no occasion Jn for very Vi ry much in I the way of mat It l F 1 k t e p 1 f t V i f ti t r k A AdF I k t k kY 1 C Y 12 y C y de o ak i ar art t L S ra r 1 a r 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 rat 1 ira p K 4 4 s a 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 END OP OF GODIVA MOUNTAIN 4 a At the extreme left at the end of the lower Jower road that is shown aloe along g t the he mountain is located the La L Refine Heine 4 promising prospect that has produced a small amount of good ore Above it a little to the right rt rot the 4 f terminus of the upper road is the Humbug which has yielded and is yielding its full proportion of the output 4 from the district On the lower road further to the is Franklin syndicate is right the Yankee which under the direction of the H making as good a record as any property of its age in the camp In the center of the picture is the May Day with the new mill mUl below it in which Flindt Mosby are undertaking the treatment 4 r i of the product by the new Wood system of dry concentration Next to the right and a little JUde above Is the Uncle Sam t with its Ita dump and ami ore sheds To the right of that is in the Godiva the property 4 d to McChrystal and Packard which is la among the th most moet regular re ular and profitable producers in the camp 4 that time with a force employed that his hag h been bee gradually increased ed until nUl it now numbers ninety men and ore ore is IE exposed In sl skipping shipping quantities at sev seven seven seven en different points on the vein Practically with all an the ore that has been shipped av a ton per day for tur the pa past the there Ul ce has Been little qt sue He There are are two levels Jevel operated o le at ht the theother theother theother other t feet t above the tunnel level and attI nowhere fro has It reached more than twenty JW ove ve the level of ot the drifts The 6 e edles I MItes now developed are ace continuous tar for more than Ulan 1100 feet with hundreds ft fiset of at sloping ground above bove a and ands with wi every Very every assurance that the vein will wU be productive to indefinite depths below During the pr p D jB Qt t month of Decem December her ber more than fitly W tl ears cars of ore will be shipped and with tt the possibility y that the number will tip nearer sixty than fifty tifty Dr Franklin Frank states state however that shipments will cease on the 1st of January that active development will continue with view to determining ing lug the extent of of available ores and with the idea of U n ultimately doing their own smelting ne he low price of both silver and lead to potent Pol e factor to r In bringing about bout a J change hange of policy He believes that tb t i development of itself will soon if lire ke the stock sto worth 10 per share from th the tha ore ore insight in ht The stock of ot t ie company comp ny which began the year yew rf j t U II cents a share sare afterward adva g to above 4 for a I short time has maintained Its ts position po i ab a from 3 6 to 58 with surprising f I steadiness I IThe The company hue ciao also a lo purchased the theMo Mountain Mo View adjoining the ht Yankee and also the South Godiva which ad adjoins adjoins joins it on the north and aDd east the latter lat Jat latter JattEr ter being bought as an easement It will create no surprise to hear of fur further further ther enlargements of Yankee territory The Old Colony Group The same syndicate also owns this group of four claims adjoining the Lower Mammoth I in another part of the district It is 15 equipped with a good hoist hol t for rapid development I which is being prosecuted with a work working working ing force of ot seventeen teen men fear blear Piute County I This syndicate has ha also acquired a i half interest in several claims in the I Marysville district which are at pres pret present present I ent but excellent prospects They have ha j commenced developing there with a I small force of only five or six Ix men I They TIley are also aim obtaining a foothold in to Park Valley Vaney in M the northwestern part of or the state the gold irold camp which has been attracting so 80 much attention att dur during during ing the past put year In Beaver County Too A group group of claims in Copper Gulch has been acquired and flay fifty men are already employed there on development work They are ire sinking two shafts on the property and one is already down feet teet The new net one is a m start shaft two of the compart compartments compartments ments menta to be equipped with cages and the t third one large enough to lower animal through These are within the copper zone which has been attracting the attention of big opera operators operator operators tors tor during the past year Dr Franklin was one of the first fil t to tobe 1 be impresses impressed h the possibilities po s which Mr A S n Lewis operations In I Beaver county had shown to exist He Heas was as quick to act and with character characteristic characteristic characteristic energy ene he has bas secured this great group of claims claim which completely sur surrounds surrounds rounds the Cactus group which has bas been under development de for the past year with astonishing astO results and which has baa now been purchased ed by Samuel Newhouse The latter latt r ir if con contemplating contemplating contemplating the erection of a big smelt smelting smelting smelting ing plant and there are Intimations that the Uie Franklin syndicate will not be far behind in the same j me direction if the work they are so vigorously prose prosecuting prosecuting shall turn out nut as they antici anticipate anticipate pate pat This group gruMp tf f 1 tUl Ii is locally known se B 8 the group p al 1 though it is probable that another name may mJ be chosen cho en for it Copper King Xing Bin Min Mining Company Com The Franklin syndicate has also g gathered in fourteen claims in the tile K North Star district six fx miles m es west of 1 Milford Here Bore they have kave twelve to fifteen ti tiIt teen teeD t een men employed developing a very It large arge l I vein of copper carrying gold and lid silver ilver s They TIley have owned the property and b been at work upon it about abort six months I P to determine as u to the best k location l J loll for the main shaft They are aree e expecting to develop here a very large n The syndicate ate has bas been at work forthe for forthe forthe the past three years year gradually y the several properties above refer referred red rei r to Also Aim AI o in Idaho They are working a large Jarp property a known as the Blackbird in Lemhi county Idaho There it is a case of waiting and working waiting for the railroad which is now miles away and aBd working to such effect that there t re are millions of dollars worth of copper and aDd gold ore already blocked out in insight InI sight eight I ht Over Oyer has hae already been expended upon that property The Red Bird Mining Company They also have this gold property twenty miles north of Salmon City which h has been developed along the vein by several tunnels Here they have tons of tt 36 6 free milling quartz quarts blocked out Here too they are ninety eight miles from railway Their work is 18 now directed towards patenting ante aniT opening o ln the property Summary A simple er enumeration of properties s us a sin JO 30 ate at show shows the aggressive spirit of the tile man management management Dr Franklin has been bean a resident of the state years He is a aman aman aman man of tremendous energy en and the re re results sulfa sulta already accomplishes accomplished attest his good judgment It appears to be b the settled policy polley of the tho syndicate to acquire ac acquire a aquire quire properties that are temporarily at disadvantage for tor lack Jack of transportation tran porta tion or in districts where the value of or property is 18 still along the tile lower range of prices and aDd then to patiently de develop develop develop and prove the extent of the ore bodies in anticipation antl of finding avail available available available able means for tor reaching the markets In all they have nearly men at work in this state tate The syndicate wa was organised about three years ago 0 and it Its primary pur purpose purpose purpose pose was well expressed ed in the brief and terse tene expression WE ARE RE HERE HERETO HERETo TO BUILD UP NOT TO WRECK F AZ 4 T f Y bYC J t tf tF f to toX F a ae aa at acY X t e a t t l cY ik r T Ty TF ep y 1 F i Ji c car carl l s fi r ELECTRIC DRILL AT YANKEE YA COW CON This is one of the first of its class to be installed In the state star and ia is i In a sense experimental f This one Is le lenot not as powerful as the ordinary air drill and there are some defects which can probably be remedied in ia the further development of or the Invention The objection made by miners without experience n its use that the cur current current f frent rent may be a dangerous factor does not seem to have much weight wet ht The motor i is in a case cam ca e entirely distinct t and t apart from the drill and an 1 th thor thre re is no point of or danger between the two for the operator The weight of the motor f is an element somewhat to its disadvantage i 04 4 r C |