Show I 1 IN AND U a THE AND BEST LATEST M N I 1 N AROUND PARK CITY 2 fr the cardiff because of the tact fact that there are several former Par kites interested in the cardiff mine and because so many adjacent properties are owned by park city people the following account of the recent big strike in the cardiff property written by george 11 ryan and appearing in the last issue of the salt lake mining review will be of interest to many of our readers the story follows on october the cardiff mining milling company struck ore in the face of the lower tunnel after driving it nearly 2 feet along the fault tissue the tunnel was started down the canyon from the upper workings so as to rain gain about feet in depth on tile the ore which had been opened up a northeast it or th east southwest south west fissure in the quartzite qu ar tz te the lower tunnel was eta started rt ed in the lime and run in a southeasterly direction to cut the main south fork fault fissure which strikes about north south and dips toward the east being the result of the benching up of the ridge between south fork and days fork which movement exposes between and 1000 feet of the sediment baries from the quartzite up the strata in this locality strike a little west 0 of f north dips northeasterly at about 25 degrees and pitches northerly along the strike from 5 degrees to 10 degrees so that where they aie cut by the north south faults the edges of the rock are broken and shattered more than sheared although there are places where tor for a considerable distance a smooth straight wall is found then tor for a long stretch the fault will make a series ot of breaks to the east this bench faulting has brought the edges of the lime strata in tile the lower block ot of ground west of the fault into contact with the edges of the quartzite in the higher block to the east and owing to the dip of the fault to the east the quartzite quart zito forms the hanging wall and the limestone the foot awall vau of this north south fault fissure which is a statement sounding rather r t her out of harmony with the usual u i positions occupied by the lime I 1 stones and quart unless qualified with an explanation while being driven along one ot of the southerly course of the fault the face of the lower tunnel cut into a body of 0 crushed carbonate ore without any preliminary indications and this ore soon widd ened until the entire face of 0 tile tho 1 about nine feet high was in ore with the quartzite for a hanging banging wall and lime tor for the foot the ore is dipping easterly at about 15 degrees the tunnel was driven in ore tor for about feet when a full face of solid galena was encountered cutting a across the carbonate ore body on the burllie t ei of f the fissure opened in the upper workings and at the point where the dip ot of this fissure should intersect tile the lower tunnel this galena proved to be about live five feet thick and the carbonate ore on either we side was much richer than at points more remote from the sulphide body on the north side of the fissure from the point where first encountered and is a replacement thereof there are nodules and irregular bands of gray to white quartz identical to those seen on the surface in the solvable able lime strata with the characteristic sulphurous odor peculiar to the ore bear bearing ng lime stones of this and other districts the condition existing appears to be this that after passing through the galena tilled filled fissure and not finding the quartzite lian hanging girl 9 wall followed on the north side tile the tunnel has run into a block of ground around which the fault has offset on its zigzag course as previously noted which block is the oie bearing lime that has been mineralized erali zed from the northeast south west fissure or there has been a displacement along this fissure which raised the block of ground south of the fissure so that the ore bearing stratum happened to ba be e encountered by the tunnel the ore has been followed now tor for about feet and attempt made to crosscut or slope except where a short cross cut on the north side of the fissure has been started toward the hanging banging wall it is now in five feet end and all in ore this strike Is a big one and comes as clear to the fl fissure the ore had the appearance of having baving been dragged along the fault irom from its original position in the lime below after passing through the 91 galena alena the ore body continued stronger than before with neither hanging nor foot wall in sight and the ore has the appearance of a bedded replacement deposit with bands of galena lying in the oxidized ore and conforming in strike and dip to the lime strata the outer part ct cf the bands of galena show heavy oxidation and alteration from their original size As further evidence that this part of the ore body is in iaac in the lime n just reward for tir cap p pt tient ieni alli Ici severance of the IA riving deriving this lower ard anil it will also revive interest in the entire cottonwood district ore shipments for november the ore shipments from park city for the month of november amounted to cars aggregating tons of this amount tons were carried over the union pacific and 1666 tons over tle denver rio nio grande the were silver kirn coalitions mines company 2 tons silver king kin consolidated 1172 tons naly daly west tons calv judge judee 2294 tons creel creek jimer 77 tons mines blines Opra Opp tint enni mav 0 31 1 tons thompson quincy 33 tons llie hie wheels turned general manager 11 G mcmillan came up from salt lake Mon monday morning n in company with superintendent E L talbot and drove direct to the daly west property at the new hoisting works all the machinery is in place and electrical con reet lons iOns were completed last week and the power was turned on during mr Mc mcmillans visit and the ronde ronile ous ious dinall anery put in ol 01 the big wheels turned without a bitch ot of any kind with a few adjustments just ments the hoist will be ready to do its share in the development and ore productions of 0 that big property the hoisting machinery and big compressor works perfectly and now the work of placing the cable and rutting putting the skips in place have begun and another week will see everything in readiness tor for the resumption ot of work and it is sate safe to say that within the next two weeks superintendent erin talbot will have the full complement of men at work and ore extracting will begin in real earnest manager mcmillan is glad that good weather held out long enough to get the heavy machinery at the mine in place otherwise greater delays would have resulted in the starting up of the property mr air mcmillan further said when the mine and mill are operating on a normal basis there are employed in the neighborhood of ment and with the metal market showing indication of better prices a larger force may be employed as the development work progresses gr esses manager Mcl mcmillan Millan expects the mine to produce a larger tonnage of high grade ore than was being produced prior to the tire fire he also feels t els confident that a considerable tonnage of direct shipping ore will bo mined in new territory that was being opened up just as the enforced shutdown came underground conditions are as good as when the mine closed due to the connection that was made with the ontario tunnel the mine has been drained and a small force of men have b been een employed in keeping up the timbering this has prevented caving when the operations were suspended the daly west was one ot of the largest producers of tho the camp at tiro the mill superintendent F W sherman has finished tho the trial run on the tailings ii gs accumulated from the old mill i ith gratifying results both to him and his company the new mill does docs excellent work A force of carpenters and workmen are now en paced in completing the crushing department of the mill and by the tip ti P this work is the mine mill m be in operation and high grade kaoi will h b over to mr serman for treatment ment the tha TI I kf qt iq 1 hiir rr t on oil the eve of lapo eth panch for th fn an 4 hid browing IT camp men will be Loi lowered ered monday superintendent E L talbot went to salt lake yesterday afternoon to remain over sunday with its his fam family to a record man the gentleman said that everything at new hoist of the daly west was in readiness for or operation and on monday next mill miners would be lowered in the mine to commence the extraction of ore A tull full force will not be put on tor for a week or to until the crushing department part ment of the new mill is in readiness to work on second class in the mean time first class will be mined and development work prosecuted mr talbot says the first of the year m will ill see both the mine and mill working full force this is good news and from now on the production of the camp will be considerably greater than at present allian alliat is doing at keystone there has been considerable in inquiry regarding the keystone the I 1 ast week and from indications there lill be something stirring in this section in the ner future A 1 arce of men are at work beaning ce aning if i bai getting things in shape tor for ne op ment work or some plan mapped out iut by the company stockholders the first ot of the week received notices of I 1 an assessment of 0 two cents levied on the property but what the morley money will mill be used tor for is not stated the company is out of debt so 0 it must bo tor for working purposes the alie keystone is it a valuable property located near the crescent right in the min bial zone and known to have deposits of high grade ore the principal caners are the Bam bergers and m ahat hat their plans are is a matter of speculation but it Is 18 sate safe to predict that something Is going to happen A Cent gentleman leman who is familiar with the keystone and the ore showings therein said yesterday that it if the stock was sold on the real merits of the property it would bring at least per share and the record believes lie he is right it adjoins very valuable holdings 0 of the silver king coalition and will likely be purchased by them one of these doys days the property has been idle since its hoisting plant was burned down about three years ago 0 surveyor L G burton returned to salt lake tuesday after a stay of several days running lines and squaring corners at the keystone property fred T williams mining engineer and lesser leaser went to salt lake tuesday after spending a few days looking after his varied mining interests in the camp he will return th the e f first I 1 of the week charles moore the successful jig wan iran left this afternoon noon to attend the mining congress which convenes next net w week eek a at t pheonix arizona mr moore continued on page S six a I 1 MINES AND mum MINING I 1 I 1 4 1 4 rs continued from page paga ono and mr james humes weri were recently appointed by governor wm spry to represent park city the daly judge has declared its regular eular n quarterly dividend of 15 45 COO or fifteen cents per share payable on or before december the xing king coalition comes forward this week with two and a quarter million pounds of ore it is merely an indication what this marvelous marve pro lerty can do when necessary were the metal market favorable this amount out could be trebled president david keith of 0 the silver king coalition mines company came up from salt lane lake morning and remained over until tuesday afternoon visiting the big property of 0 which he has played so large a part ja in developing he was exceedingly pleased at the physical condition of this marvelous producer and had biad words of praise tor for those in charge of the work mr keith was optimistic regarding park city cites future and predicts great mining and business activity I 1 shipments silver king coalition daly judge king consolidated raly daly west v total |