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Show MAJESTIG SENSATION SETS THE PARK WILD Special lo The Tribune, PARK CITY. March C The sensation sensa-tion of the hour is the great Majestic strike. Hundreds of people from Park City, Hcber and Kamas aro. crowding tho Elkhorn district region and locating everything outdoors as the result of a disclosure of ore In the now Majestic shaft several days ago. Tuesday, J. C. Nelson, ono of the principal owners of the Majestic, slipped quietly into town with a sack of oro, which has slnco sot all Park City and several neighboring towns by the ears, despite the strenuous efforts of the discoverers to hide tho fact of the discovery. Two days later rigs with loads of bonanza seekers stole out after tho others covertly from town and soon the hills were lined with prospectors. pros-pectors. Somehow the news became known among tho old-time prospectors of Kamas and Hcber and parties from these places have since located great stretches of country lying within thu confines of the district. It Jb figured that all the country lying to the north, south and east of the Majestlo for several sev-eral miles Is located. At least sevonty-llve sevonty-llve prospectors were out from Park City yesterday. One person who located lo-cated a group of ten claims couth of tho Majestic grounds yesterday knocked a pleco of ore from the crop-plnga crop-plnga of a conspicuous ledge that showed largo quantities of carbonatcc and iilena. And what Is the cause of this notable llr In mlnlnrr olrclM hcrft? It la a harmless-looking holo In the ground, projected several days ago and containing con-taining a seam of ordinary looking rock; but this rock assays as high as S7S in values and this Is the secret of tho furore. Several days ago the Nelson brothers planned the sinking of a new shaft and It is to the experience and foresight of James Douglas that the present discovery dis-covery Is due. On the grounds is an old, abandoned shaft, said to bo sunk some 40 years ago by Mexicans. It contains several Spanish names carved upon the side of tho shaft at a depth of 40 feet and goes down through a qunrtzite literally shot up with glittering glitter-ing particles of galena. Mr. Douglas reasoned that this shaft was In tho hanging wall, close to the vein and west eastward 40 feet and southward or toward the vein 20 feet and began to sink. At a depth of 12 feet one Inch of carbonate oro was encountered, dipping toward the shaft at a very slight pitch. Mr. Nelson secured some samples and hurried to Park. Assays by Hansen at the Ontario mill showed In one Instance 31.6 ounces silver and 27.4 per cent lead and .00 ounce gold, and In another Instance In-stance 14.6 ounces silver and 3.4 per cent lead, the latter assay being outside the ore seam. The ore has been followed fol-lowed for thirteen feet, clinging as It does tenaciously to tho footwall. In that space It has widened to a seam of twenty Inches, showing a slight increase in-crease in width with every foot of the depth, the increase In values being just as marked. Ono of the most recent re-cent assays shows values to the amount of over $70, the distribution of metals being as follows: Silver 43 ounces and a fraction, and lead slightly In excess of CO per cent. The ore is mainly a carbonate of lead, filled with particles of galena and Is considered, In view of nearness to the surfaco and the constantly con-stantly increasing size of the deposit, to he one of the most Important strikes in Park for over a year. Only ono wall of the vein Is In sight, so that Its extent ex-tent can only be conjectured. The vein matter all carries values to tho extent jH of three or four dollars. An average 'H sample taken from the entire face of JM the shaft was found to bo worth nearly $11. On the dump, is about a half car,- , load of good shipping oro which will- IH net about MO. Lime, porphyry and, V quartzlte arc In close proximity, show- JRH Ing a Very promising contact system. SB Mr. Douglas, to whose good Judgment "LB the credit ot the discovery is due, sold pM today that he Intends following tho oro ' 1 w'hatever direction it takes, even If It III is necessary to follow It with a raise. 1 The discovery Is looked upon by ml- j p.. 1 nlng men here as an event which Is ' tfrM destined to sweep to the front a great HR new mining district and in their minds Bi ranks with tho Qulncy discovery of jPfl several years ago. Um The new region affected by tho strike is an immense sweep of country lying . j IH live miles east of Park and stretches for ten and fifteen miles eastward. It is readily told by the universal appear- IH ancc of porphyry cut by northeast and southwest llssurcs It is entirely dlf-fcrcnt dlf-fcrcnt from the bedding plane system In the vicinity of Park City and is firmly believed by tho majority of ml- tM nlng men here to be tho Ontario Bys-tern Bys-tern of fissures, carried eastward into the porphyry formation. Manager C. S. Ralph came pont haste jH to Park City this morning to view tho IH new find in the Majestlo and Is taking soveral sacks of ore back with him this ovenlng for display In tho com- pany's office In the D. F. Walker build- jH SILVER KING CON. Tho Sliver King Consolidated ivao forced to closo down again on account IH of a leakage in ono of the boilers. A IH leak was sprung In tho ono recently patchcdlost night and it was found im- jH possible to furnish enough oteain to JH handle the water. The layoff is quite-comprehensive quite-comprehensive and no one will bo kept at work but a few men to run a raise from the COO-foot level up for a triple jH compartment shaft. The shutdown will last for at least a month, by whloh jH time the two new boilers ordered will 11 have arrived and will have been in- stalled. HI Tho enlarging of tho shaft was re-cently re-cently decided upon and will furnish- VH the room and facilities needed for tha J kjH extensive underground operations that are planned by the Consolidated. By jH a series of misfortunes with their old boilers the mlno has hung on the 700-foot 700-foot level for over a month and tho shaft hud Just been emptied and sink- (Continued on Pngo 13.) state news (Continued From Page- 8.) Ing was about to resume when the last occurred. THE J. I. C. TO RESUME. There is jubilation in Park City over the fact that the J. I. C. Is going to resume in a short time, with a stronger capitalization and under more propitious propi-tious circumstances than ever before. News comc3 from Salt Lake City to the effect that the West Qulncy Mining company has taken hold of tho J. I. C. property with a view of Immediate operation. op-eration. The capitalization, so says a roport coming from n reliable source, has been doubled and the bonds that formerly encumbered the old people have been eliminated. All the shares of the old company havo been taken and Mr. Roy Hughes, prominent in the now company, Is quoted by a well-known well-known mining man as expressing the hope that the Park City shareholders will hold to their stock. It Is understood under-stood that Mr. Turner, manager of tho former company, will be retained. ORE SHIPMENTS. Tho ore shipments for the past week are as follows: Ontario 425,000 Daly West -2,21G,C00 Kearns-Kclth 177,000 Silver King 1.733.72") Total 4,431,320 NOTES, An Inch flow of water was encountered encoun-tered In tho New York bonanza yesterday yester-day which has Increased to such an extent that the working force was compelled com-pelled to leave the mine today. Tho property will not bo able to operate again until pumps aro installed, which may not be for several weeks. About twenty-tlvc men are thrown out of em-1 em-1 xdoiment by tho shutdown. It i3 un- j derstood that steps have already been taken toward securing the pumps and necessary machinery and they will be put in as quickly as possible. There was quite a stir In social circles cir-cles this morning when It was learned that Miss Hazel Lenzl and Arthur McClelland, Mc-Clelland, both prominent young people of this place, were quietly married last evening in Heber. Nothing was known of the Intention of the young people until un-til after a telephone message was received re-ceived by Mrs. McClelland at 9 o'clock last evening Informing her of the marriage. mar-riage. Bishop Hatch of I-Ieber performed per-formed the ceremony. The young people peo-ple In question, It appears, were to be married last April, but, the marriage was deferred until the decision was made yesterday to hasten matters. Tho following party of capitalists from Iowa accompanied A. H. Mayne and A M. Spooner to the Park today: G. W. Baddlt, M. Barton, L. A. Porter, W. A. Alson, B. G. Mabln. T. F. Donahue Dona-hue and Mr. Estman. The party visited vis-ited the Woodslde with a view of comparing com-paring the formation with the Corona grounds, which aro said by mining experts ex-perts to include the same vein. After visiting the Woodslde the Corona was Inspected and most of the members of the party returned to Salt Lake this evening. It is understood that this visit means much for the Corona and that an influx of capital sufficient to Insure a thorough exploration of the Corona grounds Is among tho probabilities of the near futuro. An exciting runaway occurred thl3 evening, which resulted In sevoral painful pain-ful Injuries to Thomas, Drow. It appears ap-pears that Mr. Drow, who was under tho Influence of liquor, took advantage of the absence of tho owner of the team, H. H. Stout, a representative of the Consolidated Wagon and Implement Imple-ment company, who had left the wagon for a few moments to enter a house on business. Mr. Tupor of the Cummlngs Commission company was In tho vehicle ve-hicle with Mr. Drew, but noticing his condition, Jumped out. Drew urged thu animals down the street on a mad gallop gal-lop and turning up Third street ran down the hill at a fearful rate and was thrown from tho wagon, Dr, Ward , was summoned and the Injuries were examined and were found to be several severe cuts about the face. The horses were stopped before further damage was done. |