The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-12-03
MT. BALDY.
The Geological Formation Of the
Peak,
The Prospect Visible from Its
Summit.
And the Prospective Wealth OF the
New District.

MARYsVALE. UTAH, Nov. q, 1880.
Editors Herald:
The morning on the Badly range
opens up with prospect OF a heavy
snow storm. 1t has been showing all
night on the high range, and this
morning the storm clouds have low
e: ed, and The lovely is now pouring
down pelting storm in the valley OF
the Sewer, which will have a tenden-
cy to stop mining in the mountains;
out the mine owners in this grand
mineral range are firm in the belief
and knowledge of this camp making
one OF the heaviest mining regions in
Southern Utah. The ores OF the dif-
ierent mining claims give perfect sat
isfaction that they are produced by
true fssure veins in granite end poE-
phyry formations, making out to the
best biologists of the country a true
formation, which indicates a heavy
mining country and great wealth,
when developed and brought into
notice to the capitalists and mining
fraternity OF either coast. Mt. Badly
Is qusrlzite, in formation, as a peak,
and must have been showed up to its
present altitude from some grand in
ternal volcanic swell of mineral gases,
tina: hiss given form, externally, to
the entire mountain range as a min
eral belt. One can satisfy the curios
ity of the mind in regard to the make
up Of the country, by climbing TO the
top OF the Badly peak, on the Bullion
trail, and with 3 heavy field glass,
take in . fifty mile view of the sur-
rounding country.
The view OF the country north vest |
OF the peak discloses the saline for
nations of Gave Greek and the i'm
mense sulphur beds, running in
belt OF saline esrths in a northeasterly
and soutwesterly direction, and dis
tant from the Badly some twenty
miles. These take in the view to the
and The Sewer Valley, and
the many farming settlements and
towns appear in tue hazy distance
Joseph City. Monroe, Rlchfeld,
portion OF Glenwood or Prattville.
Willow Bend and Salina, with their
grand saline belts containing the
heavy beds OF salt. Sill further on
In the same direction, Gunnison can
be plainly seen, seventy miles away
from the peak; and on a clear day,
MaDti can be seen, on the borders OF
SAnpete Valley, and from the locality
OF the Manti Temple, when it is fin
lshed, 1t can be seen from Mount
Badly Peak With a good field glass,
which will make grand and pleasant.
view for a distance of about ninety
miles. Then turn to the east and
and Grass Valley, with its
many ranches and small settlements.
ls 10 plain view. with the formations
Of Coyote Creek and the great anti
mony mines OF the east range OF the
Grass Valley Mountains. The stu
dent OF geology has ample scope in
this grand view of the surrounding
country to make up bis mind where
mineralogy comes in and divides and
sub-dlvidss the country to suit the
minds of the many travelling so-called
experts that profess to show
the phenomena OF natures vast re-
sources.
The mining claims on the Cotton
wood Creek, in Mt. Badly District.
have now the prestige by reason of
the greater amount of work being
done on them. The Ten Mile also
has very fine ores. and some good
claims, so far as surface indications
90, but be it remembered that the
mines of the Ohio Mining District, in
Old Pine Greek Canon, will open up. |:
and then the true line of the heavy
mining operations on Mt. Badly
range begins. In Bellevue, Webster
and above Pine Falls are the heavy
d.ores. running with the quartzite
capped with porpbyry and
granite. and the free ores running !
n FlAts and granite 10 the distance ,
ora the quartz;te reefs. The claims
hat have bee1 worked on in Belle
7ue and Web ter prove that the mines
20 down to the vast internal depths,
Ind all that is wanted is working
capital invested to open up a few
claims, just to give it start, and one
-O-stsmp mill to crush q few thous- !
md tons OF ore. and Pine Cafion will
hen be ready for the electric light.
Under the present conditions, can
ford to await the issue and tardineas
u developments of the camp. (