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Show !!0::WZ.J0I1) MINE. An Auriferous Ledgs Traversing the Porphyry Por-phyry Formation for a Dittanc of8ix Miles, riV THOUSAND DOLLAR ORE- Ths Vein in the Dalton is Four Feet WiJe and of Fabulous Richness, Rich-ness, Superintendent W. H- Smith has just returned from a visit to the new gold districts in the southern part of the territory ter-ritory loaded full of enthusiasm over the possibilities of the country and what he saw. When asked what there was down there as a foundation for the reports that had beoa recently published pub-lished he said : "There is everything. ! I have seen the richest gold itial t. vi in (meauing tho Daltou) it was ever my pleasure to examine. Traversing the Sevier rauge of mountains there is a belt of the most favorable looking porphyry por-phyry I have seen for good mines. In j this belt is found the U.ilton and the Sevier group, the latter purchased a short time ago by Hyde, lleck Rice. After an examination of both mines I am convinced that they are ou the same ledge. As they are fully six miles apart, makes one of the strongest mineral min-eral veins known in Utah. The Dalton s situated eight miles up ftuUioii canyon in a most picturesque country, surrounded sur-rounded by tin abundance of wood and water. I made a very painstaking e-j animation of the property going all j over the surface and carefully inspect-1 ing the formation. The formation of j tho mountain upon which the Dalton is j located is very regular and unbroken ! and has the appearance of never hav-j ing been disturbed or faulted by auy j eruption or volcanic upheaval. The j indications are that the vein will go to j a great depth, and I think it is going to j be a big minea very big mine. If it is not thou there are none in I'tah, nature na-ture is a fraud and the years of experience experi-ence 1 have had in mining are of no value in determining such matters. mat-ters. The developments done consist of a tunnel ruu in seventy feet on the north side of tho hill. This shows a well deliued fissure of the richest kiud of quart- gold scattered all our and through it, Ilia vein being mote than four ieet wide, having a splendid gauge on both sides. In fact it is an ideal vein, often heard of but seldom seen. The character of this vein and quart, is superior to anything I have over seen in this country. Since development began on tho mine tho vein has gotten stronger and richer, aud there is uo question but what it will widen as more depth is attained. lu the present condition con-dition of tho property it could ship fifteen tons of ore a day without au effort, but it would not be good mining policy to do so, as more prospecting ought to be done bufore stoping is commenced. com-menced. On the creek which flows along just below the mine, there is a splendid natural site for a mill to which a tram-way could be built, transporting the ore at a nominal cost of a few cents a ton. In the stream there is ample water power to run tea mills. When there I told Mr. Dalton tho superintendent that he would be very foolish to ship any ore until he had a mill on the ground to work it. It would be better to go on and pile it ou the dump. In coming from the Sevier mine over to the Dalton, it was with a double object, oue being to see the mine of which I had heard so much and the other to determine whether it was uot a continuation of the .Sevier. 1 concluded con-cluded that they were on the same ledge beyond a paradveuture, ANOTIIEK OPINION'. W. P. Welding, the Colorado mining expert, visited the Dalton in comyuny with Captain Smith. Ho said if anyone had told hint that there existed a mine n Utah as rich as the Dalton about which so little had been said, he would not have believed it. However, seeing is believing. The examination of the district aud of the mine consumed three days. During that time the miu-ers miu-ers were sending out ore by the wheelbarrow wheel-barrow load. Hundreds of chunks were broken both by himself and Captain Smith, but uot oue piece could be found which did not show free gold and lota of it. From Mr. Holdings' examination and assays he believed the entire ore body was worth from two to five thousand dollars a ton. I)Telopinnt In I)usr. Mike Shechan and George. Ross have arrived from Dugway. There is more development going on there now than there was some weeks ago. Nearly all of the territory had been located and there was nothing for the miners to do except to go to work on their claims. The Ruckhorn is making small shipments ship-ments of ore every few clays, the most of which comes from the surface in the open cut. The vein is widening all the time aud it now extends ex-tends twenty-live feet on each side of the porphyry fissure. In this immense ledge, there 'are six foot of good shipping ore. The vein has been struck -U0 feet lower down on the hill but the developments develop-ments in it are yet too meagre to determine de-termine whether it has any value. Mr. Sheehan s?ys that there is a lot of teuderfeet out there whose hoggish-ness hoggish-ness is diving tho country a biack eye, but to those who will rustle the country oilers the most unusual opportunities. There are as good mines out there as the Ruekhorn. The Leoua is certainb' an extension of (lilson's mine, the iwo being a mile and a quarter apart. Leaving out the fact that here are more veins in tho district dis-trict than one, it would still be. a mug-nilicent mug-nilicent country, On tho Leoua there ia a big vein, leaving a pay streak of copper stained horn silver ore eighty inches wide. From thn developments made in the last week, there are ten tons of the product on the dump. The shaft is only down six feet. 'reduction of th i York. The York is now producing forty tons a day of heavy galena ore. Tho mine is looking better than ever before in its history, having bodies of mineral in ever? shaft, drift and winze. Kvery shift makes the ptoperty more valuable valua-ble and increases tho reserves In drifting KM) feet west on tho vein a new strike has been made of au ore which runs fit per cent lead, fifteen to thirty ounces in silver and $;i in gold. This strike is 400 feet from tho surface aud is important because it shows that depth on Hingharo mines make better. Some years ago the mine was worked by leasers, who struck the Apex of this ore chute. On the surface it was a carbonate, but in going down on it the vein pinched and was never followed to see if it would widen out again. Their Jailing to do this beat them out of liud-. ing a bonanza. There are four ore chutes known to existon the York now, making it one of the best mines in Ringham. Tba Miy Hal l'laocr. The first clean up of the season has been made on the property of the Rig Hole Tlaoer company. This, owing to tho abundance of water, was necessarily necessa-rily auperlicial, but eonsidSrable gold was obtained, one pan goiug twenty-live cents to the pan. The company feels coutident that they have the cream of all placer mines in the Rig Hole The season tip there is reported very backward and six inches of snow fell there last week. There has been a frost every morning of the season so far. There is more water this year than ever before, the snowfall during the winter being more than usually heavy. This will assure plenty of power for hvdraulioing, which when it can be doue, Mr. Moars, who has just returned, thinks will enable tho company to make a big production. gtaiisbury IdUikI OaUua. From time to time prospectors have found galena on the islands of the lake. A prospecting outfit who w ere out on Stansbury last week feel confident that they have made a discovery which gives promise of becoming a mine. The strike made is of a body of mineral running run-ning as high as 5S per cent lead and 10 j ounces in silver. The ore is found in several small veins within a lew feet of and running parallel with each other. There is almost auy kind of formation over there that could b desired, white lime, slate and granite, much of it being badlv broken up. All of it is heavily stained with iron and looks favorable for good miues, if it is left undisturbed. A Mr We Nb' tlomailiTllla. A mining man who came iu from Tiutic last night said that he had been informed before leaving home of a strike on a claim located near Hoinas ville over which the owners of tho propert were very much excited. The discovery was tiiade iu a 'JN0 foot tunnel. The prospectors who had been doing tho work had been j the butt of ridicule for nearly every wiseacre in Kureka who know where mines are not to be found, for no one had ever gotten any mineral in that locality lo-cality before. The vein Is reported to have a w idth of two feel and to assay U0 ounces iu silver to tho ton. A old Monatira. It would seem that the Sevier range is the finest gold bearing district in the west. Messrs, Hice, Hyde it Heck in the Sevier mine have a grand bonanza. There is considerable; snow there yet which prevents active development. The vein has a width of three feet, running run-ning high in gold and silver. As it is a fissure strong and true, it will last as long as machinery can be obtained having a capacity to reach the deep. The outcrop is a magnificent one, from which hundreds of tons of float is thrown. Aatalopa lalaad Coppar, A prospecting patty who have been on Antelope island have returned to the city bringing with them some fine specimens of copper. They report that there is an immense area near the top of Antelope peak io which the finest kind of copper Btained rock is found. : The vein from which the specimeua I were obtained is six feet wide, assays from which show the ore to coutain tl ounces iu silver, 28 per cent copper and bl.xr, goid, tho remainder of the ore beiug a manganese of iron. Keltow Dutrlct. A new district has been organized on top of Johnson's pass, called Kellow. The organization was perfected there last Sunday night. The laws of the new caino compel every locator to do ten feet of work on each claim inside of fifteen days. This can be either a shaft or an adit having a ten foot face. The formation in tha new camp is a carboniferous limo stone. The veins found are big aud strong, carrying 11 ounces in silver and running high in lead. Minxa I p t'lt.r Craalf. There is believed to have been several finds of rich ore up City creek catiyou within tho past week. Several parties have come in who gave the information of finiliug mineral giving good assays. None of them have said that they found Ihe veins, all saving the ore was lloat; but where there is lloat it must come from some where, and if the reports are authentic, the mines wiil be fouud. N'ftw Ora Chuta In tba Fatro. j Another ore chute baa been opened in the Retro rniue in Bingham. The new bonanza was fouud in drifting on the vein from where the present production pro-duction is obtaiued. The ore body has been proven to be five feet wide of solid galena, with two feel of quartz on the wall running HO ounces iu silver. Tha Mapulaua Kot Laaaad. An item appeared in The Times on Monday concerning the Napoleon, owned by Condon Hros , which was aid to have been leased. This the Condouo deny. The information was obtained from a source believed to be reliable. - |
