Show THE MONTE CRISTO GOLD AND COPPER COMPANY W jw 7 1 w P I 1 ai 4 a A to ada MW US i tow W az N te aa 3 monte cristo tunnel dump end Crop droppings pings this very promising property is most ad located and is managed by conservative business men of excellent standing for or this reason much is expect expected edof of it when work and exploration shall have reached that point now in contemplation by the monte cristo management the monte cristo group is in star district beaver county utah about eight miles southwest of milford now the center of so 16 much activity in mining matters and s smelt e it ing affairs the property orthe company being 1 almost entirely surrounded by producing r 0 u c mines included in the list being the vicksburg harrington hickory and th the e H hoosier 00 aler boy owned by the majestic copper mining smelting smelling Sm elting company and the wild bill moscow and monitor all of which are within two miles of the monte cristo and some of which are near neighbors and adjoin this prospective dividend payer which in its holdings embrace patented ground and eight claims comprising something over acres of rich mineral land the company was organized a year ago a 0 o by J L craig auditor of the short line railroad who interested with him in this enterprise a number of his fellow employees plo the main object of the organization being to develop its property to a considerable depth with the firm belief and conviction that this would result in the develop considerable gopher nent on this zone been done by former has ing for rich pockets owners who made a su success c cess by employing methods of mining before these primitive the coming of the present era of cheap transportation and the advent of nearby smelters shelters sm elters the development work now being done under ander the management of mr craig consists of a tunnel now being run under the quartzite ridge above referred to and which divides the monte cristo from the monitor and atlas mines this tunnel is in a distance of feet at which point a true fissure vein has been encountered cutting the country formation at right angles and trending southwesterly and northeasterly the formations are secondary bein being 9 nn A cipully lime stones and quart and these thes 01 are very generally mineralized the 0 country rock being firm and not liable to cave and 9 no timbering is necessary in working neither is any trouble encountered because of the presence of water nor is any ailt antica ici from this source the company is working two shifts of four men adf and they are well supplied with wit ft tools and supplies a comfortable boar boarding dingi house giving shelter and accommodations ia to the employees of the association such 9 care being taken in mining operations by the management that the work in tunneling is costing less than 4 a foot which is a record to proud of xai v S vo aw veeva Vw va P eva r cx A ov A S t 4 cal 14 2 lei 4 00 g ta mal aa ca 14 0 for ment of a heavy producing mine and a regular dividend payer at the surface according to all information obtainable the monte cristo has produced over in the past there now being some halt half dozen or more shafts and inclines on the property of from twenty to sixty feet in depth all iu in ore and from some of which ore has been mined by former operators which sold tor for a dollar a pound the general formation of the monte cristo group is limestone a brown quartzite ridge bounding the group on th the e east running through the property there are four northeast and southwest parallel veins which have a dip of forty degrees to the southeast these veins are fissures in the lime the droppings crop pings being bold and bronit from this vein ore has been taken assaying in gold silver and lead but not in sufficient quantity to pay for working this fissure has been followed on its strike east for a distance of sixty four feet towards the quartzite hill and west feet towards the original discovery vein A recent survey of the entire property by A R talamantes of salt lake city proves the contact of this fissure with the original jack kemple ledge which should be reached within about forty feet more from the present face of the west drift and at a depth of more than feet when this connection is made it is believed that the monte cristo will take rank as a regular breadwinner as operations in this locality in the past have proven the existence of ore and in probable large quantity y at this point with the majestic companas comp anys fine now new smelter within five miles of the mine and with a downhill down hill pull the monte cristo company estimates with a good body afore of ore in sight in the mine that 5 rock can he be mined and handled at a profit profil this is a conservative estimate and considering the former record made by this property its desirable and favorable location its careful and economical management and the favor which beaver county is regarded by the mining pub public ll the investor and capitalist the monte cristo should strongly appeal to those seeking avenues of safe and profitable investment through the medium 0 of f the mining industry of this great intermountain region creglon As a matter of fact the small dinv inv investor tor in this and similar apropo stands as good a show to add to then their bank banic accounts as do those with the means to buy some of our g gilt ailt edged dividend pay ing ilg securities the personnel of a mining company mears means much and especially so if the company is possessed of a really meritorious property such as the monte cristo is well known to be J L craig the president of this association has been in the employ of the union pacific ic railroad for nearly twenty years H V platt vice president of the company is the local agent for the union pacific company while C T karalaw Wara law secretary and treasurer is a railroad employee associated with these genet lemen in the monte fonte cristo is lee gibson of ogden real estate and loan agent age and emerson hill merchant of red rock Mon montana tama and these comprise the board of directors the company has money in its treasury and is not encumbered by any ady indebtedness it is je de ter mined to develop its property into a paying mine as rapidly as possible progress in this direction being regula regulated by the means at its disposal but no doubt exists as to the ultimate successful outcome of the enterprise the editor of the mining review is familiar with the history of the monte cristo and recalls the time fourteen years ago when the property was equipped with a little two stamp mill its former owner was a frequent shipper of gold and silver bullion to the salt lake market if the mine could be b worked then at a profit and with inadequate and primitive means surely with ore development with the attainment of depth and with improved facilities why should it not more than duplicate its past production record in the near future beaver county in the output of the precious metals during the coming year in the resumption of heavy dividend payments promises to become a formidable rival of our leading wealth producers one mine in beaver county the horn silver has already paid 5 in dividends and S F em anions the eminent mining engineer geologist and metallurgist in a paper read before the american mining institute said in referring to the horn silver mine that from I a hasty examination of this property the formation and surroundings it is not unreasonable to presume that other bonanzas will be discovered in this vicinity other eminent authorities on matters pertaining to the mining industry including william A parish at present manager for the majestic company speak in the highest terms of the 1 ile of beaver county and of mines lines which are near neighbors of the prop berty so briefly described in this article which should in view of its past history its extensive open up into a paying laying mine with more extended 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