Show I 1 I 1 I 1 1 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 11 1 1 m to t I 1 W i tins i w I 1 1 6 M M dg t t ca r SAP 1 SPUR TO PARK CITY consolidated DECIDED UPON construction ot of a mile railroad spur tom rom the present landing in deer valley 0 0 the park city consolidated mines kompany has been approved by both the denver and rio grande western and the union pacific railroad and work Is scheduled to start within the near future it Is learned says mondays deseret news surveys for the new spur have been comp completed feted and preliminary details are now being worked out J J beason vice president and general earsl manager ot of the company reports t that hat recent developments at the property have been highly encouraging and that the deepest working show gradual improvement within the next tew weeks he expects to be able to increase shipments to six or seven cars of ore per week the tha has been put down to a vertical depth of teet feet below the main tunnel or about 1000 teet feet below the surface r ur face in the the last feet nave have been in ore from 3 to 3 8 teet feet in width mr beason states at the bottom the sulphide ore ora Is from ons one to two feet in thickness and shows values of 5 gold ounces silver 26 25 per cent lead and 23 per cent zinc in addition to the high grade sulphide values are disseminated semina ted through the vein quartz in the fissure on the foot level a drift has been extended for 35 feet northeast of the w inze in the vein which shows a width of three to tour four feet of ore running from 20 to 40 ounces silver 1 12 1 2 to 3 2 per cent lead and 3 to 4 per cent zinc the face of the drift to the southwest on the level Is 10 feet from the this drift shows five alve teet feet of ore assaying 69 ounces silver 2 per cent lead 6 per cent zinc sinking Is now in progress in the and this work will be continued to the level or until the water level Is reached so far no water has been encountered encounter pd even in the deepest workings TI th most marked improvement was show after the vein passed into the sull zone where it has been from three to five teet feet and occasionally eight f et la in thickness the vein is largely led with vein quartz and varying amunas of manganese carbonate rhod oc och hr roste oste and barite with galena and occurring in solid veins and as disseminations through the gangue minerals the occurrence of the minerals in the vein together with the high silver values indicates this vein to be of the ontario fissure type the fissure at the bottom of the Is now in the weber quartzite over teet feet below the park city limestone during the past week alternations were started in the main shaft to speed up operations A new hoist has been ordered for the and when this has been installed a shift will operate to good aci advantage vantage MINES SPREAD PRO errity the wallace Wa liace idaho miner com comments ments on what it claims is the unfriendly attitudes of a leading newspaper ot of that state toward the mining industry and says ays it was mining that carved idaho out of if the wilderness of the west mining is s one of the great basic industries of the state arid and the development of the vast rast and varied mineral resources aprea spreads ds prosperity far beyond the confines of the mining districts 1 it was mining as well that played a leading part in the developing california I 1 utah arizona and other of the great western states today the industry employs a vast army of well paid workers cc contributes n tributes a large share of state expenses p ilses pays fair dividends to thousands of 0 f stockholders and directly and indirectly consumes products and services cf almost all other businesses mining prosperity Is reflected in the general prosperity of the nation in view of all this it Is difficult to understand the attitude of those whether newspapers or individuals who advocate bur burdening dehing the mines under a ai weight of taxation and legislation that would seriously their progress mining should pay its lair fair share of taxes and no more no less the state which deviates from thle this principle will be first to suffer the consequences SILVER WILL HELP MINING conditions surrounding the mining industry in the west look much brighter since congress evidently Is going to do something for silver tariff protected eastern manufacturers are opposing like protection for the sliver silver miner says denver mining record they want cheap raw products and naturally want sll sil yer ver manufactured silverware Is now sold to the public at 6 50 an ounce and upwards upward with silver at its present I 1 low ow quotation the jewelers price seems seem 8 ou out t of 0 f reason western mining men expect ex hect to start manufacturing silverware and will w III sell bell to the public it at a price that will a allow ot of attractive salvage value in the vent event e that the buyer should later want to sell there are some otherwise well inform ed men who are prone to minimize the good thit the sliver silver tariff will do to in mining ining they say we have silver to export and that a tarin tariff will do no good we export our surplus of many articles ard commodities some 0 of these commodities mo modi cities ties are sold cheaper in foreign countries CL un tries than in the united states toe the high price in the united states and the low price abroad makes a profitable everage average 11 ge so it will be with silver the mining companies will get a better price tor for the lorty forty million ounces consumed rt at home than they will tor for the twenty million ml ion ounces elt exported ported each year the b etter better average win will add dd millions to the profits that will accrue accrue to the producers of 0 the white metal and stockholders ot of I 1 mining companies I 1 optimistic j A grow ing interest Is apparent in wet west ern rn mining and industry throughout the rc recording cordIng to george IT watson silt lake mining min man and stock broker ho has returned from an extended eastern trip the west wll will continue to feel the or of the growing interest arid and a greater amount ot of capital will be in asted here he states while in the cast mr watson joined tie the new york mining exchange which he states Is receiving line sponsorship ond find support and will fill a much needed want the nio bankers in new york are very I 1 much interested in gold production product ic n and where a mining man could not get et a hearing a few years ago he be Is now given a real welcome said mr watson QUEEN ESTHER OPTION EXPIRED the option on the queen esther property held by A S R people was not taken aken advantage of and according to Ida manager nager frank hansen tt it Is quite pro fro bablo the property will bo be financed by utah and california parties and development work resumed in the near future late developments at the park city consolidated soli dated which adjoins the queen esther makes the latter property an attractive proposition and no great difficulty should be experienced in raising capital to continue on to the ore bodies CHARLES MOORE STUDYING THE STAR STAB OF UTAH president charles moore of the star of utah mayflower and park galena properties per ties arrived in our city wednesday wean es day night and thursday morning I 1 in n company with superintendent J D fisher went over to the star of utah property where he will spend four or five days studying existing conditions condIt lons and to map out future development work reports froni from the property continue very favorable mr moores conclusions will be given the record next week during the gent lemans stay he will inspect his other holdings which are now at a very interesting stage STOCK SALES TOR IFOR werk FRIDAY east utah new quincy 1500 0 50 and BIC park city con park premier 1000 silver king coalition 50 ls cc 1100 howell ac park konold 50 SATURDAY east utah 1000 new quincy 1700 a file park city con 45 and park konold park premier 2500 fal parle park utah oi a 3 25 and sa 3 50 silver king coalition 1075 MONDAY east utah im 0 keystone 24 and new quincy 1250 ca 51 and park city con 1400 0 45 and csc park premier me sliver silver king coalition 1075 and 1050 park king csc park konold TUESDAY new quincy goo 0 53 and park city con 1343 SO 50 to closing at park rancid konold 1000 park nelson 1000 1000 park blemler Pi Pl emier emler 1500 parl par i utah loo surer sliver king coalition 10 37 WEDNESDAY new quincy IS a sa 53 and park city con BOO east utah park konold 1000 1000 26 2612 and AT THE superintendent gay had nothing new to report this week at the mayflower further than th the fact that several additional dit ional men were added to the pay roll this week and conditions in the mine more promising than ever SHIPMENTS park utah consolidated silver king coalition new quincy park galena total IN THE the following is an interesting resume of park city and its mines written by alfred philips the veteran newspaper man of utah and appearing in the salt lake telegram of last sunday thirty miles east of the capitol city of utah in a beautiful mountain basin among the picturesque slopes of the ma jeckle wasatch range nestles park city the greatest silver camp in the world this charming little city reached thru a beautiful canyon originally known ns as parleys park marks one of the treasure storehouses of the world two of the great mines of the woi id are located here one the silver king coalition the other the park utah consolidated which tor for years have poured forth a stream of sliver silver early records as to first discoveries are meager but in 1869 when alta was the active silver camp in little cottonwood prospectors in american fork c canyon and big cottonwood canyon looked down on an area now new known as the park city district an old sawmill in empire canyon and a few scattered ranches in parleys park were the 0 only signs of human habitation really three districts what Is commonly called the park city mining district really cont contains a ins three separate mining districts as originally organized and still recognized although Chough al the mining records have long since been transferred to the county recorders office of the counties in which the districts are located these districts are known ss s the uintah mining district organized in fix sui submit aalt county and the blue ledge nd id snake creek mining districts located in wasatch county and immediately adjacent to the uintah district the uintah mining district was organized november 18 1869 the snake creek and blue ledge districts in april and may 1870 respectively the she district in which park city Is located lo rated with its world famed producers of sliver silver lend anci zinc Is in a spur of the wasatch range extending in hi an easterly direction from the main range and deeply scored by halt half a dozen canyons which lead from the high mountains in various directions the elevation of L the mining district varies from froin to 10 feet above sea level and previous to the development of the minli tig industry the land was covered dittli excellent timber principally red pins pin fir slid and quaking aspens ashens the best timber has been exhausted for many years end and the remainder consists of black balsom balsam and quaking aspens ashens neither of which Is of value tor for use in mining park city modern park city which Is the center of operations erat ions has a poul atlon of about end Is located at the mouth of ontarl ontario and empire canyons it Is an up to date J mining city having paved streets splendid schools churches water and sewer systems and an efficient fire department the first location of record in the park was the easterly extension of the young american lode loda in mchenry canyon december 23 1988 the first shipment of ore Is credited to the flagstaff property in 1868 but the first producing mine was the pinion on pioneer ridge which later became part of the cr crescent ascent mine the resil real mining history of the district dates from the discovery and location of the great ontario mine about the middle of june 1872 by rector nector steen john hain and gus mcdowell this mine paid dividends of and the discoverers sold sola the property for detailing the discovery of the great property steen describes it thus we hod had camped in a brush shanty for SIR SIK months at the branch just below the ontario waiting for snow to melt off I 1 went then to what nhat Is c called a I 1 led the badger mine and on june 15 1872 we discovered the ontario when we discovered it we found EL a little knob of ore I 1 sticking about two inches out of the ground we had the rock assayed and it went from to ounces to the ton sold to hearst we sold it on august 21 1872 tor for to george hearst afterward united states stares senator from california and owner of the san francisco examiner B R craig chambers who later was vas the continued u on page seven I 1 l HH H at I l H t mining matters I 1 S I 1 i i i 46 fa continued from page one owner of the old salt bait lake herald since consolidated with the telegram was made superintendent ot of the ontario the hundreds ol of men employed by him later on had absolute confidence in him and this made the mine one ot of the greatest in the world I 1 few if any metal mines have been so handicapped by tremendous streams ol of water underground as was struck in the ontario 10 lo the water necessitated the sinking inking of 0 three shafts the driving ot of a tunnel feet and another ot of over feet the placing ot of dozens ot of large stearn steam pumps underground and the installation stal lation ot of a giant cornish comish engine at a cost of over half a million dollars tr seep the mine from being flooded this yeat great cornish engine was the one that was used in the centennial exhibition in n philadelphia in 1878 1876 to in driving the machinery which was in use and on exhibition hibi tion it was at that time the largest stationary engine in the country in spite of all discouragements discourage ments how i ever eve r the ontario was kept at work and its production has been around of which has been ex 1 in machinery timber supplies and labor it was tor for many years the backbone of the prosperity ot of park cl and the courties court les of wasatch and summit SZ incorporated in 1876 the old ontario silver mining company was organized and incorporated in december 1878 1876 and it was operated continuously for many years when in operation in the old days it was operated from three shafts with levels run at intervals of feet to a depth of 2000 feet in 1880 no 2 drain tunnel was started and was completed in 1894 it should be said here that the opening of a great mine 0 of precious and semiprecious metals means prosperity not only tor for its stockholders but tor for the producers of nearly every other commodity end and the wealth that it produces is not eaten up worn out or wasted but becomes a part of the permanent growth of the nation the second great mine to be ba opened up it in the park was the daly property which was located on the western extension ter ston ot of the ontario vein it was in 1 corp orated in february 1888 1883 and in 1886 began producing on a large scale ecale then followed a lead to active prospect ing and locating around the head ot of im em pire canyon and john J daly incorporated part ot of the ground as the daly west company in october 1893 and in 1899 it was consolidated with the ivanhoe and in 1902 purchased the quincy and then joined the line as a regular producer I 1 As early as 1878 ore was at the head of empire canyon on what appeared to be a continuation of the on tarlo daly lode the white pine shaft was sunk eunk one ona hundred feet beet that year and regular shipments were made and dividends paid in 1881 during the same period the utah shaft bhatt was sunk 40 feet and work commenced on the anchor ground east and north the white pine utah and anchor mining company was formed on |