The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-08-26

their different enterprises, VII
with cutting 6rewood, timber. burnil
charcoal. teaming and other inC
y dentals.
A vast number of H. en- End en- plo,
ment at fair wages, but It is a roue
life, foil Of risks and annoyance
With the miner danger lie ever nea
and with those who work in smeltel
the chance OF being loaded is slmol
certain.
Our old toWnsman Mr. W. S. Godn
is manager of the Frisco 5melting an
Mining Company. Mr.. Ben. HGmI
. ton is secretary, Mr.. BigeloR, c
= New York, president. They are a
c Workere.
# l accepted thu invitation of MI
Hampton 10 visit the Carbonst
Rhine. To me the idea of a min,
> being located On 3 sloping side hill
was preposterous. Such a fact waI
new 70 me. Mines 10 the Wasatch
range are generally in the mos
awkward places, Eear the mountain
tops, but here is another bonanza
within two and hall miles of Frisco
so situated that il was DOLLY discovered
by mere accident. as all great mines
have been. The scoverer was resting
under cedar tree, and noticed some
mineral particles like peas on the
gurface. OF course this clue WAS not
lost. He went down on it, aud dis
covered vein of ore that promises
great things. He sold out the prospect
and the present company have sunk
shalt down into an immense store
heuse of very valuable ore. The ore
dump is valued at 100000. Prof.
Newberry said that there is ST..
25O, 600 in sight in the mine.
as far as developed. I could
lot resist the temptation to go
down the shaft, and after DOMINIC |
everslls and jumper was gracefully
lowered into the dark, damp and |
dismal depths, candle in hand. II
was pointed out the different grades
OF ore. The width of the vein is not
yet known; neither is the depth. The
vein is called true fissure, and is Of
the kind that holds out we'll. Pock-
cts OF ore are dsngerous-verY good
while they last, but Liable to run out.
Not go With true fssure veins. They
are considered permanent. Now
this IL the language OF a miner. l
am not a geologist. After all the
anxiety Of mining, | think true fis-
sure veins should be the miners re-
ward.
Silver ores seem to be as tickle az
the wind. Some are combined with
0ne base metal and some with others.
Herein is the mystery of smelling. {
Inc ore of the Carbonate Mine is
ound naked with clay, which all {
must be removed from it before &
The ore of the Horn Silver ]
Nine is combined with sulphur and c
arsenic, which must be roasted out |
before smelling. To overcome these /
md other troubles. smelters try to
ind ores that contain elements which
orm a ready fux and leave the
precious metals free. In this respect l
be Frisco Mining Company are t
ucky, as they also OVID, besides the O
carbonate Mine, the Cave Mine. $
This singular mine is nine miles >
ontheasl of Milford. It's ores I
ontsin silver, lead, iron and 4
old. The ores from the two a
mines combine readily and givs t
return in valuable bullion. z
visited the Cave Mine and was +
hown up this curiosity by courtesy OF fl
lr. Rontoon, the manager. There o
} no dropping of bucket 10 this
ase. You enter by tunnel run a
oto the face Of the mountain. In O
his mine the ore is found in caverns e
all of which are filled with ore. n
Ias shown the tops of some caverns O
those roofs we're covered with stslac- = =
ties and below were vast masses of a
:e that had never been touched. 1t O
semed to me that the mine might be h
kened unto a sponge whose cells n
ERE fillsd with dry powdery ore, tc
asily removed. AS 10 the limits OF ="
Re ore DEP sils no man can tell. 1t h
at present honeycomb of very Il
ch ore. with supply in sight that Al
snnot be estimated. There are two il
eposits of that ! visited. I am in
lined to think that Others will yet be
,und even greater and more valu- =
BILE. see no end to the production ?
I precious 10 etsls in Utah. and there L
,re no end to the development OF
Their enterprises. Mountains Of iron
re not far from the end OF the rail.
lad. The time must come when
apital will reach out alter these d
sources. With iron. gold, silver, o.
s6 and host Of other metals it will l
9 easy to guess what the harvest will a
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