| Show rUE MINES OFUT I UTAtL I Acar of Unprecedented Prosperity for Them Manifested in the Record for 1900 I I The exhibit complied from the dig filUBp of Utah ul the dawn of a new century cannot but seriously l Impress those ho J material Interests are at stake nor to set al rest any possible apprehension affecting the prosperity of this youngest of the Nations commonwealths com-monwealths All the while that relentless relent-less I time has stood over the deathbeil of the departing year the camps have thrived as never In their history The patriarch ones have recorded new strikes < ind unlocked additional I riches abandoned propositions have been revitalized re-vitalized and longneglected opportunities oppor-tunities Industriously exploited Grlz sled prospectors have blazed the trail Into hitherto unexplored recesses science has simplified the methods for winning the precious metal from Its tiny cells new camps have been founded I found-ed and the new year begins with a larger army of persons upon the payrolls pay-rolls than at any period since their opening the miner Indeed the new Is indebted to the old year for achievements achieve-ments that stand without a parallel The output lut been an enormous one nor have all the diggings ben at liberty lib-erty to assert tho real extent of thehj capacity In some of them the old year and great volumes of money were almost al-most entirely I expended on equipment Mlrtle others have declined to declned liberate their riches because of an almost total laCk o equipment Not a few have withheld their ores believing that the smelter would shade its treatment charges while some have held back feeling that a better market awaited the metals Then in localities time neighbors have been embroiled and if there has been a shrinkage in any of the camps it is attributed to deliberate delib-erate causes rather than to slightest infirmity underground Gold Increase < Looking buck Into 1000 for a feature I the chronologist cannot but confess astonishment I as-tonishment at the splendid progress made by 1 the miner Jn climbing the stajr of gold and yet the heights lo whjuh bo aspired were not attained In that some of the camps In which enormous enor-mous tonnages of goldbearing ore was blotIced out not a pound was moved The h cOd of the camps engrossed upon up-on thls and other sections ol Tho Tribunes Trib-unes annual number will sustain this The tmatonals indeed for a new record rec-ord had i bocn unlocked but machinery amid other ale sOlls for the oconomi Pill axlnielion of them hud been delayed C1 lon < layed The shops throughout the land from which they had urea ordered were firovokingly slow The > 4 were overwhelmed over-whelmed by 1 Maj McKlnleys matchless match-less and Inimitable brand of prosperity and so the miner pocketing his disappointment disap-pointment was compelled to wait the raising of prosperity glut The riches of other camps were cooped up beause of no outlet to market mar-ket without suicidal sacrificing and this the owner rejected There was Gold mountain Statellne Detroit Bark valley and others all prepared to turn their riches into the lap of the Nation t but not equipped t COPPER OUTPUT Equally as gratifying was the increase in-crease In the output of copper Astounding As-tounding the manner in which it expanded ex-panded and yet Bingham In Its campaign cam-paign of equipment was permitted to move but an atom compared with that which has been blocked out The bononzas o Tintlc proverbially capable of adapting themselves to the I needs of the consumer responded with cargoes of copper that made the steam Ing carriers bones creak Exposed at the outcrop It was present at greatest depths explored Then Frisco and the great Reaver counlrv aroused to new energy camt forward t Its revela tions In red metal oudvrhlle a small lot now and then was released tin em pIne of copperbearing ground was opened up Equally as Impressive were the disclosures ac Dixie at Grand gulch and down on the banks of the Colorado river In the camp of Coconlno Then there was Its development at Park i City where sensational percent ages were encountered down In the chambers of the Sliver King and Daly Weal with Ala pointing proudly to Us new record in red is I In fact wherever there was a camp I excepting those of ultra goldthere was copper in some measure If I not In abundance and so the stream from Utah lose until it promises to pour In rqatev volum than that which risen from fian the flepths 5 of Montana or Mlchl S1LYTCR PRODUCT The output o silver loo was admirable admir-able Producer notwRbnandinc their long period of obdurate refusal In Home J localities to mine the white metal until a bettor market was afforded relaxed their position 1 and fall immg Into line began sending it forth as In former dujs Park City which in S99 pro cluced 3025 per cent of all that was gathered In the State sent out a veritable verit-able Niagara of It as did thc mines of I I Tinlic while ttlngham amid Frisco with AHa just recovering itt breath chuckled over the record they had made In silver in 1900 and what they are prepared to do the present year THE LEAD STREAM SRIAlr Accompanying these streams was the Amazon of lead Park City which in OU had produced nearly 15 per cent o the States output of this metal again I heading the occasion although Its vpiens had registered a discouraging I 1 majority for Billy Bryan and his demoralizing II I de-moralizing doctrine of fiee trade Bingham at one period In Its career I II the leviathan of leadproducers alsp l sent out considerable from ores that were largely of milling quality as did also Frisco where the Horn Silver has been a heavy producer from the foundIng found-Ing of the camp There was Ala loo and the campy of Tintlc so that In the vatIevoC Us output Utah was pur Imps without an equal GREAT PROMISE Tho new year in all the camps promises prom-ises I U great deal more than came fi om them the previous one This is not speculative The diggings art prepared lo del I Il Nover did New Year duwn with HO much oro of the value of I HO many mighty millions exposed Its equipment too Is fuullloss It has the machinery for extracting It and everywhere every-where the finishing touch is being I put upon new plants for their reduction reduc-tion The Highland Boy smelter comes forth enlarged the new plant erected by the Blnham Copper and Gold Mining Mi-ning company Is I rapidly approaching completion an army of men is employed em-ployed In the construction of the American Smelting and Refining com panys new SI000000 smelter the Centennial Cen-tennial Eureka has planned for independent inde-pendent reduction works the < New State Smelting and Refining company defying the lofty adversary will begin to rear Us stack in a short lime the Copper Plant promises to rekindle Its tires the United Suties Mining company com-pany will equip itself with furnaces while new mills arc being put In motion almost monthly For the economical tarnsportation of ore the diggings are equipped as never before Where the railways have not extended their iron wagon roads have been constructed or trails broken And so equipped the 1 new year dawns to double all Utah I believes the output of 1000 determined to attack It through a dlf fcrcnt avenue A DRAIN TUNNEL was decided on the expense of driving II und puncturing the bottom qf the almost al-most exhaustless reycrVoJr lobe borne JointlV by them Upon this undcrtiik II I I of the Industrial Interests of Park City 1 the camp itself has moved forward with corrcgioridMm stride and II Is doubtful If al any lime lie commercial prosperity hns been upon surer fooling lrnollculy wijcxl oul by Hit HIT in J89S It has been rebuilt vTlh characteristic I teLlslc energy and is today transacting a business of Indifferent quality in native stale has found Its way to market and uheiv the quantity was available nol a falluic has been recorded The Anchor the Silver King the Daly and Ontario ant lave each been equipped with planes as was also the old Crescent while the California erected a small one during I I r r 1 V t < r vi Jr < M V v fWi fe f t J < EV I 1 1 I Park City Street Scene lug begun in 1SSS no energy was I spared For over 20500 feet the tunnel tun-nel was dilvttii Into the zone With this the waters above began to dlmln isli although until the present the volume vol-ume which has poured through It has been made to furnish the power with which to operate an electric plant situated situ-ated at the mouth of the tunnel The waters tluit had for years been a perpetual f per-petual drain upon ihe Ireutury of time Ontario and Daly companies were now I luu ncshed up and made at least to partly reimburse them From them Is derived an energy amounting lo seven tylive horsepower while were the en tire volume utilized over 200 horse pouei could be oblniiicd To measure the benoiiit hint the camp has derived from the stupendous achievement audit the audi-t final liberation of the waters is I to measure time ogress that has since I been made in the camp All Interests have shared In thrni whilelo posterity I Is handed don a heritage greater than Ian I-an single one developed In the camp With the lapping these underground basins and pciitup seas the night I marc before which men for so many yeuis recoiled dIsappeared Where I systematic development had been previously pre-viously confined to spotl it now began be-gan toradiate in all directions Relieved Re-lieved of the struggle by which the Ontario On-tario and Daly nutwi ilhhUindlng their enormous riches were almost overpowered over-powered the owners of neighboring ground now drained with nqt a little of It rendered as dry as a bone began be-gan Its sjstematic development Among these none were more greatly benefited than the DalyWest while the Silver King the Alliance the upper stories of the Anchor with numerous others Indeed just how far reaching have been the benefits of the drain tunnel I has not yet been demonstrated nor cal it be until greater depths in other I portions of the camp have been attained at-tained Emboldened by the assurance that the days of the water dog have gone and that future mining at Park City is i lo be In reasonably dry ground I with the outer world lhal exceeds in volume said time head of Us thrifty bankinghouse that of any previous lime In Its history Not a few of Us merchants have complained that too much of the monthly payroll I is finding Us way Into the valley towns because of the levy which Is now being made upon those localities for laboi l but to ihls the cashier of thc bank replies that i llhln Us vaults Is languishing a larger volume of diposlts than at any poilod In the career of UK institution To loosen this up Ihe inducement must be of the adult kind although not a few of Liaise who work In one or another of ihe I mines are receiving dividends regularly reg-ularly while taking a chance In 1 one or mOle of those thai promise to earn a place in the column of dividendpayers In Iho latter he has scented another bonanza and with time Instinct of the diggings he is backing his judgment Indeed the bonanzas have all been gambles a it ono period In 1 their history his-tory Time Ontario with Its bullion roc coid of J2000000 and more servxl Us nppiontlceshJp as a gamble af did thc Silver King which is now changing hands on a basis of over 10000000 forth for-th property And so It is thai time minor who has his eye open to the opportunity op-portunity may be found vlrh a wad in his blocking with which to embrace It and month by month thc dcpoyils In the local bank continue to rear themselves them-selves sdAs As a home Park City affords as much comfort and a many advantages as dO8 < thc average mining camp Us dwellings arc nol pretentIous but within with-in Is warmth and contentment notwithstanding not-withstanding hoarse winds that blow and snowdrifts that revel without sIn s-In many camps every other hnpiovo ment has been subordinated to the schoolhouse Four structures dedicated to instruction and presided over by an ortlclent corps of teachers with a vigilant vigi-lant set of trustees leslify to this Tnc Godfearing too have their places of worship and within its confines thc spires of no less than five churches cast I 1 the year The ores of the Apex were also successfully milled while at tit Lorlngt It has been demonstrate that small prolils aro to be derived even from mill lalllngs although upon this the management of the Ontario had taught a lesson from which Its own company derived nearly 150000 The present season at the Park oronuscs Inundation for a number of additional Trains of Ibis character while the nina agenTiiiit of the Valeo has started out to demonstrate that with the furnace the copperbearing ores of that portion of ii gieat zone can be made to yield a piotil THE SILVER KING I Thai the future may develop bonanzas bonan-zas as colossal as the SIr King Itself Is possible but to date none hove risen to challenge Us supremacy The Ontario On-tario with Its splendid domain Inn in-n gulches has made a record rec-ord of more limn 32000000 lo which It Is still adding as the I years roll on hut I nt corresponding period In Us aensa i llomil I career I It was no mightier tlyin the King nor has 11 over raised Its standard over such an area ofground < The story of the Silver King is i one of the most instructive in the story of Western diggings The region about which its lines were coiled had long I len sought for Its riches and while some intelligent prospecting was done I < and small fortunes were wrested from Us catacombs Its systematic development develop-ment was not undertaken until the master hand of Hon Thomas Keirm was clinched about It He wa not the man of wealth In those days Indeed his wealth was in his sinew his krowl edge of the hills and his imlomrtablc energy The shift upon which ho la bored for a days wage at the Ontario at an end he sought the trail that led to the Silver King and upoi itS devel upiinint putin another Lhift < eight hours some times not infrequently more He had no meanswith which to 1 pay for the delivery of timbers as they intercepted on Its dip Some changes hud taken place I but thai was in the qimllty of limo ore not in the quantity nor In the manner of Us ocurrt r I Aiong with tIme bodies i of lead and sliVtr 1 ores in which there was always a pro I nouncid value In gold the < now appeared ap-peared copper In percentages that were no less than sensational not to mention menlon I the sensational heights to which the argentiferous and lend values hid rls nAt n-At the same time tho auriferous I snmc tmc nurlfcroul contents con-tents of the ore moved up the column while assays showed the presence of as much as 38 per ton rime enormous volume of ore upon other levels made t unnecessary lo molest the iiew bpdios however and Manager Kearns directed his forces to push on lo greater loprhs Into these Superintendent Daly has been blasting his way and with ench ercl shot come tidings of Increased riches Yet all the while the extraction has been upon a most conservative basis and at no time has the output approximated approxi-mated anylhlng like the figures of which the honiinza Is capable Indeed the extraction of ore appears to havo been subordinated to the development of more economic methods for Us transportation trans-portation and reduction and lo that i ml a most energetic campaign has been prosecuted During the year a number of improvements have ben added to the magnificent mill which was the previous year placed upon the ground while at present a sampler capable ca-pable of handling 250 tons dally Is being constructed and will be ready for use at an early day I Ig said of it that the sampler will be the most per itclly equipped in the State If not in Ihe entire WestIn addition to this the management during the season bc gar the construction of an aerial tramway tram-way over which the output of the mine and mil will in future be transported a distance of 7200 feet to an enormous bin that rides above the tracks os the Rio Grande Western railway at Park City From this bin which has n re eeivlng capacity of 500 ions the crude I ors alld concentrates will pass into rIme cars and thence to thE smelters I The timway which Is being erected under the supervision of Mr J 13 Fleming will not only expedite the delivery I de-livery of ore but will educe tho cost of transportation from I the mine to the railway to a bare fraction of that which has hitherto I been eallcd The cable over which seventyJive buckets will for the present I pres-ent operate Is supported by towers ISO feN apart and in height ranging from twelve to forty feet The contents of one of these buckets vVfll be dumped into the receiving station every fifty seven seconds with thirty tons an hour guaranteed With these equipments and the opening open-ing up of new ore bodies the shareholders share-holders of the Silver King are looking forward to a greatly increased output and a corresponding increase In the earnings during the present year not to mention a probable increase in the dividend the size of which will be de elded on after the annual meeting which takes place at the local offices of the company In Park City this month Indeed In-deed the outlook for Silver King interests Inter-ests In 1001 is n most cheerful one and with a conviction not at all illogical tlmt lhcj > read money from that source will warrant Us pegs are being discreetly dis-creetly hut surely moved up toward the 100 mark or 15000000 for the phenomenal phe-nomenal proposition DAIYWEST The DalyWest company whose bonanza bo-nanza has attained n prominence as enviable as any in the State closed Us the production of record for 1900 with produclon 25701 net tons of ore from which there was derived 12SG8G5S pounds of lead 1353017 ounces of silver 501770 pounds of copper and 12C2 ounces of gold the entire output possessing a gross valuation valua-tion Of 131SG1GG1 of which 95905717 was netted by the management The year was not only the most productive pro-ductive but In 3 variety of ways it became be-came the m important In the story of tjie property With interests that had been irreconcilable from the hour Us development began the proposition was not permitted to enter Us niche In the column of dividendpayers until October 1809 when through the exertions exer-tions of the Messrs Jacob 13 and Simon Bamberger the HagglnHearst crowd was Induced to relinquish Its holdings This achievement involved nearly 750000 but it was followed at once by the posting of dividends and since that time the distributions have taken place with each recurring month with an extra during the holidays Of 99 and anolliQr with which to purchase I pur-chase spring bonnets the following I February The feature of the year however has been the developments I underground rather than the distribution distribu-tion of earnings for while the latter have amounted to 187500 with a total of 007300 since October 1899 the amount of ore In the meantime exposed ex-posed represents an infinitely greater sum Indeed the amount of territory from which the earnings have thus far been oblained Is but a specIe In comparison com-parison with that In which the ore bodies have been opened up and blocked out It was during the year that the 1100foot level was completed to the ore bodies and while the main channel followed from the 1200 was the objective point in driving to it no less than three intermediate ones each < welldefined and productive of the same general class of ore were encountered encoun-tered Ihe opening up and development develop-ment of these inter urniumg chutes was of course deferred pending connection with the main one that had been followed fol-lowed down by winze from the 1200 This connection was made In October < and upon the main channel the management man-agement has driven over 500 feet along the strike of the vein In an unbroken body of ore Nor was this all On the contrary a chute of ore of equal importance im-portance and as explicitly delineated as those on the main course of the level to the west was encountered on the cast of the shurL Isolated from the remainder of the workings the development devel-opment of this latter was proceeded with and already It has opened up Into in-to one of the most productive portions of the bonanza With this and the series of channels on the west the management has exposed along the strike of the great vein no less than SOO feet of ore upon the 1100foot level The Intention now said Manager 1 E Bamberger Is to sink with the dip of the main chute for 200 feet when the running of the 1600foot level will follow fol-low No less interesting have been lha disclosures In the blind levels at 700 and 800 feet respectively and In I each of which an enormous tonnage has been opened up with very little done Below these and sloping upon the IOO from which most of the output has been derived the ore bodies have responded with equal generosity and Ion while they have been levied on steadily stead-ily I Is estimated that at this depth Is I exposed n greater volume of ore I than at any time since the level was j opened up Indeed It Is almost impossible Impos-sible to Intelligently compute the volume vol-ume of ore now blocked out in the < DalyWest The chutes are wellde ilned and continuous from the uppermost upper-most nnt the lowest workings and many years must be required to exhaust ex-haust what Is already in sight In February last John J Daly who had opened up the mine in the face of time bitterest opposition from the HagglnHcarfet interest retired from Lime management of the property jiat had already been Quipped with a mill and made room for Jacob B Bam berger who has wince directed the affairs af-fairs of the company with John A Kirby as superintendent and John McSorley who has been with thc mile from Us Infancy as his assistant In the hands of 4hls talent the development develop-ment of the bonanza his gone forward while time capacity of tho mill has been Increased to 110 tons of ore dally The entire product of mine and mill Is now belched from the OntarioDaly drain tunnel and at its mouth dumped Into 1 the cam of the Union Pacific railway by which JlIR forwarded to the smelters smel-ters All this Is done at nominal expense compared with the exactions pense ns exaCtons of former day when the transportation transporta-tion from the mine to the railway was all by team and from the great ore bodies of the bonanza the moat economic econo-mic rcsuht me now being obtained 1 The year 1001 begins with positive assurance I as-surance hat regular dividends shall continue while the work of developing new ore bodies at greater depths goes on with characteristic energy THE AITCHOH i4i I The Anchor Mining company during I the year 1000 produced 12110000 pounds 01 concentrates and marketed < I 18000 pounds of crude ore From the concentrates there was C1C2000 pounds of lead 1033IG ounces silver and 327 ounces gold while from the shipping ore there was obtained 33000 pounds o lead 2155 ounces silver 3SOO pounds o copper and 3 i ounces of gold thC whole of n gross valuation of about 320000 The anniversary of the company com-pany throughout has been the most satisfactory in Us experience The bej havior of Its mill with several altera tions has been about as near perfect US Is possible to approximate that quail J ty and while the management Is not boastful It derives a great deal of sat isfaction froth figures which show hat S from the 18000000 pounds of ore put i through the plant it obtained evoryr j atom o lead contained in them evory I hlo making1 saving of 75 per cent of Ita I argentiferous contents and 63 pern cent of the gold At the same time It eliminated SI per cent of the zinc con Jt tents of the ore and at no time waa called upon to settle with tho smelter smelor for Its presence In the production oC I concentrates 37 tons of crude wore converted into one of the product at a maximum cost of 427 per ton for mining n I mi-ning and milling although the cost oe I the latter was kept down to 11GpCI ton The shipment of crude ore was I light more because of preference shown the mill and the dolermlnatlon tokeci S It running continuously than to n lack of firstclass ore although that which S was marketed afforded good margin I and fine demonstration of what map mav be In future relied on The total workings In the property of the company com-pany at present consist of 20313 feet with the greatest depth 1G35 feet or 100 feet below the tunnel level To date p there has been expended by the company com-pany In the acquisition of ground its development and equipment about J 3000000 but Us ample assets consist > of 12538 feet along the strike of the vein and from which the earnings I have now reached a total earning p 2000000 Indeed the Anchor about I panys possessions extend over a oe1 p longer area than those of any other company operating In the district ditrIct while In width its territory will aver age 130 feet Notwithstanding Its p overdraft the Anchor in nine years has never but once failed to discharge > dis-charge its payroll on the 10th of each month that omission taking place h October last when the master of exchequer ex-chequer Wallcr Scott was with other c officers of the company compelled ta absent himself at court One of the gratifying achievement gatfJlnJ achlevements of the year 1900 was the adjustment j out of court and while the case waa I progressing within of tho claim of S 5200000 lodged against it bv p the DalyWest MinIng company J S S for ores the Anchor was accused of ex trading1 from the plaintiffs at a depth of 1200 feet from the surface In this I adjustment of an issue by which so much bad blood and been fomented the I plaintiff consented to knock off no less than 187500 and upon the payment S of 12500 Instead of 200000 a sued for execute a receipt in full for all claims S WljIi this nightmare out of the way with the earnings of the company p steadily increasing and new bodies oC ore opening up a developments progress pro-gress the sighting of dividends has begun be-gun in the companys offices and that the Anchor will begin their distribution distribu-tion the present year Is practically assured as-sured Indeed the company opens the year with a substantial balance In its treasury with Its earnings well ahead of Its disbursements and every condition condi-tion favorable to better results the I management at present being under the direction of the executive committee commit-tee consisting of Messrs ET Holmes David C McLaughlin and W V Rice S 5 MH n OITTABIOi > 3 The Ontario with its record of 1fr C62500 in dividends and of which 90000 was distributed during MOO closed the year with the production of 12000 tons of ore from which there was derived 1375000 pounds of lead 950000 ounces of silver and 962 ounces of gold this having a gross valuation of about S6C2SS451 The exhibit does not compare com-pare with that of anniversaries in the career of a bonanza that has produced nearly 3GOOOOOO fine ounces of silver of course but itis sufficient emphasize j the fact that the company is doing A business at the old stand Indeed the management has found conditions during dur-ing the year less favorable to big records rec-ords than In previous ones when the market for silver was around L and again the effort has not been to tax S the ore bodies hi the face of a possible chance of silver moving up and accordingly ac-cordingly has directed much of Its en orgies to development work The old Marsac mill was also made to serve It duiing the year and through this a S considerable tonnage was put with S good results Most of the output from the old bonanza in 1900 was from stop Jug between the 1100 and 1500foot levels lev-els although small amounts were do rived from other localities In November No-vember it was decided to begin thc prospecting of new territory and slnk irig of the No 3 shaft from tho 1500 foot level to the 1700 was resumed Superintendent Su-perintendent Chambers believing that good results awaited him below When the year opened it was with a promisej of regular dividends but the Crown Point a neighboring proposition had trained Us suns on the company and on a claim that ores had been mined by the Ontario asked Judgment amounting to over 51000000 At the trial it was awarded damages In the sum of 52500 and since then dlvlij dends have been suspended Avith as1 surances that tlmey would be resumed when the scran was at an end As In the past or since October 12 1S91 the output lost year was through the great drain tunnel whicbAhas been driven S S Inlo the zone n distance of 20500 feet 01 an expenditure of nearly 500000 Ini the mifiortnkfntr time company as did Us neighbor the Daly felt fully Justified Justi-fied however as it afforded a drain for S the water on time control of which a forlune had been annually expended Of the water too a source of revenue was made for in harness It has been compelled to supply the energy from which ia derived the electric light by which the homes and thoroughfares oil the camp are illuminated S Not only were the Ontario and Daly benefited by the enormous undertaking but their neighbors For thousands ofi 5 feet the country was drained and mining mi-ning made no more expensive at Park City than in other camps For this the companies by which it Is mado possible received no compcnsallon IS S S but at ihe inception of the tunnel Its promoters were practically the only bonanzas and there were none upon whom to call At present time Ontario i S has on Us payroll about 250 persona 25L I S S THE DALY k S The Daly idle for so long a time S notwithstanding its rccoyd of 2397500 In dividends with a gross output oC time value of nearly 10000000 resumed operations after very severe pressure from minority interests In September and since that time bus been engaged in the prospecting of lower levels with a small force of men Some ore was encountered on the 1200foot level oC 55 which irregular lots were markctqd but nothing over which to exult has been developed although shareholders are unable to reconcile themselves to any belief other than that the old mine has a most productive future before be-fore It When the campaign was reopened re-opened at the Daly there was in the companys stocking about 20000 OC this It was agreed that 5000 should be expended In the search for ore but that work will bo suspended when this Is exhausted Is not believed On tho contrary time comyany has too much virgin territory for It to think tim abandoning aban-doning fta long as a dollar remains It I During Its cnrccr the the treasury ot llJiu3Li been productive has Smeos uncl gold of the value > ounces of silver oC 113019 THE QT7INCEYM I c Although the management of the I Oulnccy declined to discuss results With QthHe been prosecuted t Ich Its development has which dcclorJ1cnt I Is the year a review of cuted during n durlr during the year without Park City dUhl to 11 would beIncom reference some Although but u youngster Us plete lHit vela has been opened to t dopth of 100 with the result oreexposed resul and oma OC wih J that work OltJ wifl l ire leh continued In 1101 The ground ds most favorably and the company which Includes locatqdr the 4t eludes inits founders David 0 Mclaughlin I cudc J rj Newell 1 laughlin David Keith Henry Ncwel Jaughln tI Ferry Is provided f with ample aId to keep the developments movr Jug steadily e V V TH VALEOV I r I I The tico that hod been unsuccessfully unsuccess-fully trying to ha success of itself fuJ notwithstanding a long haul for its attendant ores and the disadvantages on its position far from transportation V seised a new hold on the undertaking during the year when It erected a t smelter capable of reducing llfty tons a day and will send out Its product In future as bullion In the opening up of the territory the company has driven two tunnels In addition to a large I Amount of other work In the prosecution prosecu-tion of this some ore of high grades1 I j I V V was marketed while as much as 20000 V I tons of ore that would not stand the V expensive haul and prevailing treatment V treat-ment charges was blocked out I Is V V for the purpose of treating this that S the furnace v as appealed to and Manager Man-ager Boyle who with his associates has a lease on the proposition expects V 10 make a record the present year y V V THE CREOLE V I At the C eole during the year work was conducted steadily and disclosures V made which cflnvinee the company that further development will be followed VV by steady production In a drift from VV thp 259foot level ores were encountered V that afford us much as JO per cent lead 1 V 57 J ounces silver with from 150 to 1 ingold and the outlook is very cn V cpuragings CRESCENT HILL V V Of the properly of the Crescent Hi Mining company control was acquired V during the past year by Henry G McMillan who while declining to discuss V dis-cuss his intentions will probably inaugurate V inau-gurate a campaign of development the V present year V The territory embraced V V In J Its holdings is one upon which mining mi-ning men generally are disposed to look V with favor and should be developed V with most gratifying results Before this can be done however a pumping plant must be Installed and the water under control ore bodies of great value V tit greater depth are relied on Wasatcli b r V i AL the Wasatcli in Pocatello gulch and into which a tunnel has been driven a distance of over 2000 feet Vs i V work hag progressed during the season V and some sliver and lead ore exposed V by Henry Walsh Herman Berg and V others The ground Is situated between V the Ontario and Glencoe and is looked on with much favor by those In camp I V i V Nnildriver At the Nail rlvcr owned by R c V Chambers and John Creen ores show Ing as much as 200 ounces silver with some lead were opened up during the V year and steady work will continue through the winter At present a winze is being put down with the vein at a distance of 1000 feet from the mouth of the tunnel and good ore in small quan tity is being taken out The proposi V tion promises to appear In the list of V steady producers the present season < V V Constellation V At the Constellation group east of the Ontarla and managed by Henry Sut ton work was resumed after the levying V V levy-ing of an assessment In August and the management Is now driving for driving what Is kn0wn n the gold vein from which very good values were derived V near the surface To reach this a tunnel i tun-nel will have been run a distance wi lun of V about 1000 feet but the owners feel that I V V with the opening up of the vein they ture and yet sufficient has been done to very closely l I Identify 1 Its geology with that of V the main camp Some high grade on hiS been duviloped and In former years found Its wa > in market ket but expensive transportations njid the limited quantity In which these ores occurred elt discouraging and for v long time the field was practically abandoned I was not until Charlie Rooklldge secured a lease on the Apex group and with the introduction of mill machinery demonstrated that ihe ores could bi profitably concentrated that interest In the locality was reawakened nnd since that the n > polls of giant have been heard on many sides However operations at the Apex which Is owned by Moylan C Fox and others were suspended VttV the expiration1 the Rooklldge lease and the proposition which promised KO much has since Jbien practically Idle The contents of the tcnlr COltCl1 of oroconsist mainly of lend with some silver and fractional values In gold twhile zinc has asserted its presence In w1le Qss such perccntaRC V as to make con cn tratlonlalihost compulsory V V V THE V CALIFORNIA During the year the California company com-pany with talent of wide experience at Its back and a group of seven claims Including tho California White Rocks White Hawk Independence Ace of Diamonds Copper and Gold Wedge erected a small concentrator for ex cleclel t maJ perhncnlal more than for practical purposes pur-poses and with it achieved results which W L Snyder the companys president characterizes as most satisfactory satis-factory Into the group the management manage-ment has now driven a distance of I the ores down at a nominal cost Assays As-says upon the firstclass ore at the mine shows as much as 70 per cent lead I with 23 ounces silver and 5O In gold while the concentrates while they were being produced afforded an i average i of 15 per cent ead 22 ounces silver andOver and-Over S in gold lie l ton Those familiar I I with the Glencoe express no doubt nf its being made to yield a handsome l profit each year with the aid of a nll c Ial such as Is now projected The Thunderer which Is also the I I property of Capt Curtis has been idle the greater portion of the year although al-though It has been to market with ores i that in the crude form yielded after the 1 sorting ay much as 70 per cent lead with Hi ounces silver and i gold per ton while the concentrates rim very high in silver and lead with as much Iv as S9 in gold The Intention IB to re I I as soon AS the V sum work on property the season opens V i Iii the ame region the Silver Key the proiJcrtyof amesKcqncll and other I I preentedVitsOWflC1 with an exrellentJ I icfuality I el or silver and lead ore during j the year while at the mouth of the W A Lang j canyon M J Hall and J rnng I ford made some developments in the I Victor that attracted considerable at i tentlon Along the same zone are other Lenlon Along 1 locations that have been prospected J with encouraging results and the present pres-ent year promises io > ivltness a boom I In a mild form over there SNAKE CREEK V Snake Creek another of the camps tributary e to Park City while explored I I d I h II I I II I I I I i V I12 LaT I I I J ff t r iIrII I > V V DalyWest Mill WILL I lc fully compensated The Constellation t V Con-stellation is a most I stelatonis likely proposition V The Homestake V I V The Ilomestake is promised steady 1 development during the present vear J V although It has beMi idle for nearly a mih of a century To that and a meet V ing of shareholders was held In this I V City a short time ago when a reorgan I I isation of the company was reorgln effected V V with A J James as president Thomas V < Vuplt treasurer and Walter Scott ass as-s I I is said of the property V V which Ju located in V V JI locate Blue Ledge dis VV trict that in Ledge 1ct thlt former years it was pro V ductive of some very high grade ore V b but that with the tapping of it water appeared and the ground was practi cal abandoned since then it has I V 1 been Idle V VV I 5f < V < a I VjV I I The Portland i Another proposition that will bC ac V tlvoly developed In the Park the pres IC cut season is that of the Portland which was launched by Solon Spiro la1nch 4V wi Uli luisiorn and Oregon alliances dur Orcgon aliances V V I lS the past year The company has VV provided Itself with the means neceH r aiy to active development and the ground which ldJohis the domains oC u the Silver King l the south should V soon be madq productive tV 1 THAY E S CANYON tt1 AYON hlnes cslyon over the bill from 4 ark City dVrI S the year Proved a lo V a Ical toiurrt whIch many mining men mlnllJ I < V round themselves gravitating and glavlatlng wh le no sensational devMopmenlK Avlth V V w hltth to boom it much Lntngy and V not a small amount of capital CICIgy was In > lel enl expended on its prospects J I rue developments thus far have been V t V IS Mlly > ° C character to satisfy at r been least the V lcetor and had the region equipped for the V V equlp milling of its V CreH oneol more Proportions would > V V have been added to tho list of paylnt i V 91O5 10 date the wopk in Paynes pllnf can JOI liaSijeen mostly of superficial na I iD V J f > VV L about JOo feet At the breast of this tunnel a vertical depth of HOO feet has been attained During the closing hours of the year a line showing of milling ore was developed in which the metallic contents range from 11 to 21 per cent lead with an average of about eight ounces silver per ton In addition to this the zinc contents have been found running is high as 11 1 per cent although al-though the management is authority for the statement that it takes practically prac-tically no silver with i I Is the intention In-tention of the company to enlarge the mill the present year nnd to begin the active treatment of the ores the concentrates con-centrates from the experimental plant having thus far sold on a basis of lo per cent lead with sixteen ounces silver sil-ver while the zinc has been cut down to S per centSCOTT SCOTT HILL Conditions identical with those in the California are found in the Scott Hill although upon the latter only meager I development has been attempted with steady work promised the present sea I I son In the Silver Bell owned by Nevln I I W Sonnedeckcr of this city and others j I I the management has succeeded In the 1 opening up of a channel of goldbearing I 00 which affords much promise and I for the treatment of which methods Avlll probably be provided In D short V i time VV I V lme 1 THE COMSTOCK I In the same locality is the Comstock companys possessions on which active I ac-tive development was resumed through a new shaft and under the management manage-ment of James Hickey during the past I I i I I I I I 1T1iirirj ui I I l j j lJthJ J ffJV I AV IIfl i p I Wj 4 N1q iSL tr I No 6 Air Drill 1400 Feet Down DalyWest Mine season For several years the company sought to develop Its territory in which ores of excellent quality were encountered encount-ered at intervals through tunnels but water prevented and with a fresh start in the fall of 1900 sinking tom an entirely en-tirely new point was begun Mr Tuck ey who has studied the ground very conscientiously and who has the advantage ad-vantage of much experience in the region V re-gion expresses himself as very much V encouraged and feels that with the tapping tap-ping oC the vein on the HOOfoot level he will get the ore for which the long search has been made through other avenues The shaft has now been put to a depth of over o feet and IH 1 going down by day and night Adjoining he Comstock on the north I Is the Duffy group on which some work was prosecuted during the summer I and In which sjome ore was developed I V V The Gloncoe II At the Glencoe whlqh passed Into l the possession of Capt William Cutis on April 1st last a campaign which Is almost al-most unprecedented In activity was Inaugurated during the year The proposition has always been regarded by mining men aa a most likely one and In former years or an far I back as I 1891 was successfully operated In those days It was provided with a mill I the water for which was i derived from the mine hut as the Ontario drain I tunnel pushed on into the one the How of water was reduced until It I necessitated the closing down of the plant With this the properly was practically abandoned l Not until In teL unt year was any attempt made 10 revIve I Since then Capt Curtis has been cleaning out and retlmberlng the tunnel tun-nel by which the vein had been opened to a depth of about 7GO feet That the ores of the Glencoe can be profitably milled was demonstrated by the former owners and the intention In 3901 IR to erect a competent plant a distance of lOSS than two miles frpm the property upon the bank of the Provo river i To this will be constructed a tramway that will enable the owner to aljoot tJ t L V f 1 in desultory fashion did not permit the season to close wIthout some progress pro-gress In the development of its prospects pros-pects l In this the Steamboat MJnlng company owner of the group from which the company derives its name led Its founders include James Far tell D C McLaughlin and W V Rice all long Identified with Park City and thoroughly conversant with the country coun-try throughout In the development of the territory the management las driven into the hill n distance of Cr > 0 feet to tap the big ledge that crops out aboe and with which connection Is promised the present year With water wa-ter power the cqmpany is operating burlcigh drills In its run for the vein which will be encountered at a depth of 1CCO feet and until that is accomplished accom-plished driving will continue steadily In the same localityFred Davis and Thomas Kearns are opening up the Mammoth Consolidated In which some ore of very fine quality has been encountered en-countered while W J Bogan and his associates have succeeded In uncovering uncov-ering a small amount of ore in neighboring neigh-boring claims That ore of very high grade was to be had on Snake creek was demonstrated many years ago when John Beckwllh now of Wyoming rawhided it down to PIOVO where it < was forwarded to the smelter The mountains of the locality afford every evidence of metal In the locality and after a shower are as blue as Indigo with the stains of the copper Not a few have long contended that Snake creek would yet afford some very productive pro-ductive properties and with the talent which is now digginG there its merits I should be determined before the close of the present year I BONANZA FLAT Bonanza Flat another of the las ns I into which the main arteries of Park Citys orebearing one Is traced al lliough long neglccied is promised some activity the present year when longmatured plans for Its systematic exploration will probably be cal d out Twenty years ago It was one of I the most interesting spots in Summit I mining district and vas productive of V ore identical with the higher grades that were just then attracting the alI al-I ten Lon of the miner to Park City The I first mining there was that prosecuted I by the owners of the Old Utah group I Into which an Incline was put a distance I dis-tance of about 100 feet I was on that I horl on however that hOlzon water began to pour in and the owners compelled to I suspend operations or to put In pumps The Utah was owned by those who subsequently sub-sequently organIzed the Anchor I olganl7ed Mining company and with the founding of the I latter all attempts to work the ground < gIoun I through the original openings were i abandoned Those who had studied the I basin however never lost faith In Its I i possibilities and plans now under COnsideration I con-sideration successfully exploited work Ion I I-on a active scale will be resumed there I this season A portion I of Bonana I Flat In which the confidence of tht confdence 0 the heat I posted mining men has always been reposed IH that of which John J Daly the Anchor Mining company and Mrs John Judge are the owners Mr Daly having placed the DalyWest of Park Pity upon a productive basis Is i Pnl1 and has been foi some time planning to get the ground under development and the hope is expressed that the other Interests will Join him In the I undertaking In the sam region what I Is known as the original Jones Donan awns V a-wns operated nearly twenty years ago I From this territory also was taken I some very highgrade silver and lead I ore in small quantUy but the owner I was driven out by water and tl hq < V < V VV VV r V ground subsequently passed Into the hands of James C McGregor of Terre Haute Ind of whose estate It Is apart this time Newell also part at tmc Henry Newel I has a group of patented claims In the V flat on which he will probably inaugurate Inaugu-rate work this season I |
