Salt Lake Herald | 1907-11-24 | Page 23 | Salt Lakers Make Another Lucky Strike

SALT LAKERS MAKE I ANOTHER LUCKY STRIKE I There Is considerable elation in the ranks 0 o shareholders of the Salt Copper company compan over developments that have just resulted from the doing of assessment work on one of the claims Men Ien were put to work by Superintendent Billy Ochs on a prominent Iron gos gossan gossan san Ban to perform the necessary worth of f work and amI before they got through they dropped into three feet of copper sulphide ore an average sample of I oJ 3 which was forwarded to Manager J JH Ja JH H a Turner two or three days ago He secured assays yesterday and found that the rock carried 1968 per cent cop copper copper copper per and small values in sliver silver and told gold old This strike was made explained Mr Turner yesterday esterday on one of the claims which we located adjoining the ground previously tied up and later I acquired by purchase No Xo work had been previously done on the ground I but the characteristic iron outcrop outcroppIngs outcroppings i pIngs pines were there and the result of or the assessment work while disclosing such high values in copper was not alto altogether altogether altogether gether unexpected by those of or us who vho had been over the ground We Ve have a mighty valuable property out there and und while we know in a general way something of the extent of the mineral zone I believe that we shall find Just Justas as rich and just as large bodies of ore oreIn oreIn In tn territory secured by b location as we know exists In lu the ground purchased Manager Turner states that just as soon an the mine workings are placed In proper shape for Cor It the company will begin marketing ore at the rate of BOO tons or more per month As the months go by the tonnage will be In Increased Increased Increased creased and the proposition placed on ona ona a substantial basis I The properties as has been explained In this department several times are owned entirely by Salt Lake operators and art are located in Del Norte Node county in the northern north rn end of California a afew afew afew few miles mUes east cast of Crescent The ore will m be shipped by boat to Tacoma and marketed at the smelter there