New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-08-07
THE DENVER EXPOSITION.
REVIEW OF THE VARIOUS EXHIBITS.
MINERAL WEALTH FROM THE WESTERN STATES
AND TERmToRIEs-DIsPIAY or MACHINERY
Avn AopIcIrI ruRAL PRODUCTS-A CLANCY AT


DrNvFp July 3O-Examining the Exposition
IN detail. SO far as these minerals collected
here bv the scores of carloads permit de-
tailed examination, the first display that the
visitor finds entering from The east, IS that
of Arizona, whose space is ut tie inner
northeastern angle OF the building. Here are ores
containing silver copper and gold, chiefly from
the southern and southeastern part Of the Territory
The Tombstone district in Cachise County, and
Pima and Pina Counties send the bulk of the speci-
mems. From the Copper queen mine there IL solid
mass of copper weighing two tons eight feet hgh,
two and quarter feet wide, and three fe't thick.
seven-ton block of galena is to be shown here II
possible The Tombstone Mill and Mining Com
pany send specimens from their mines which have
been fecitousy named Tough Nut" "Good
Enough West Side" Lucky Cuss" and Owls
Last Hoot" The richest ore is from the West Side,
assaying 339 Is ounces of silver TO the ton, with
a large assay of gold, while another piece yields
29O57 ounces of silver and 81 So ounces OF gold.
From the Ingersoll mine several Jumps assaying
200 ounces of silver. with piece Of yellow chloride
yielding II "A ounces of silver, and one OF brown
carbonate which gives 532.55 ounces OF SILVER 10
the ton. specimen taken from the Empire mine,
ABA feet from the surface shows ~ per cent OF
lead and So 70 ounces of gold and 1853 ounces of
silver to tho ton while bit Of green chloride yields
PIT ounces of gold and 377.9 of silver.
There are rich specimens from thirty-Gve mines
in Que district, including the Turquoise, luachuca
and Lone STAR and also high-grade ores from the
Grand Central. Contention, Girard and Sulphuret.
Yellow aud brown carbonatcs. chorides sulphurets
and examples of native copper with large pieces OF
galena make up the bulk of the Arizona exhibit.
Next cone the rich mineral counties of Colorado,
the State which leads in the display, with Utah
second and New Mexico and Arizona next. G1nni-
son County alone sends over five carloads Of ores,
and building is being erected outside the main
hall to accommodate her overflow The area of
this county-2O, 900 square miles-is nearly half
that of New-YOrk State, including the great Ute
reservation just opened by an Act OF Congress,
which legalizes settlement already made thirty
five miles within its borders. The GunnIson ores
embrace galena, ruby silver, iron. from Ciballo
Mountain, coal, and marble. There is here slat
of anthracite coal seven feet long and SIX inches
thick from a mine which rs worked more easily
than those of Pennsylvania, as the coal IS reached
by tunnel alone and no shaft is necessary Here
are thousands of pounds OF carbonates assayihg
hundreds OF ounces of silver to the ton with native
silver from the Tomchi and White Pine districts,
the former sending two-ton lump of galena, while
Ouray and the lineup districts send ruby silver
carbonates and galena.. A road down from the
mountain was especially constructed for the trans
portation of a lump of galena weighing 1000
pounds from the Anna Dederika mine in the Tin
cup district.
Such was the interest in the Exposition fet IN
Gunnison that freighters in the southwestern part
near Ouray hauled the ores over rough mountain
roads free of charge. Gunnison County leads Col
orado in the extent OF her exhibit, but is closely
followed by Lake County, with a record of silver
output of $50. 900, OO0 and by Gilpin County, with
an annual yield of $685. for every lnhabitant, her
tastefuly decorated pavilion loaded with silver
bearing sulphurets and glitter.ng gIena. while an
obelisk shows her record. Then come the true
silver ores of Clear Creek County, and the Silver
San JUAN" with the carbonates of Chaiiee and Rico
and Leadvilles hundred thousand dollar display.
containing two tons of base and refined metals,
together with the teuriGes of Boulder and La
Plata breckenridge from Summit County, and
gold and silver bricks from Rio Grande. There are
specimens of gray copper from the San Juan dis
trict, and blocks from the North Star mine weigh
ing 600 and 900 pounds.
THE UTAH EXHIBIT.
But the Colorado exhibit is practically inexhaust
ible and [ pass on TO that OF Utah, just to the
northwest of the central fountain. Most of the
silver ores are silver lead-smeltng ores in the form
of carbonates and galena. From the Harrisburg
and Uintah districts there many milling ores in
chlorides and sulphurets. Central Utah with the
Tintic San Francisco, UIntah. Little and Big Cot
tonwood and American and Spanish Forks districts
send most of the specimens About fifty productive
mines with over 100 prospects represented.
The richest sll, er mine is the Ontario, which |
have spoken of. The Horn Silver mine in south
western Utah sends six boxes of specimens of soft
and hard ores from different levels consisting of
silver lead ore. carbonates and gnlena, which give
an average assay of 1876 per cent Of lead and 51s
ounces of silver. The carbonate of Beaver County
shows samples assaying 5l.I per cent of lead and
I24.3S ounces of silver. The City Rock, of the
Little Cottonwood district. exhibits ore assaylng
$50 ounces OF silver while there are specimens
from the notorious Emma mine, when mas been
,echristened the New Emma. The Empire. of the
Untah district. gives assays OF 300 ounces Oi
silver. The American Antlmony Company, which
owns twenty-five mines in the Coyote district and
has lately put up works Salt Lake. contributes
a block Of anthony weighing 5000 pounds and
samples OF ore asSaylng go per cent OF antlmony
From the extensive bsmuth deposits in the Granite
and Lincoln districts are specimens Oh suPniues
mixed with lead and seleniun, which yield % per
cent of bismuth. From the Tintc district are
carbOnates rich in bIsmuth associated with lead.
Although these deposits have been known OF Tor
six or eight years they have never been developed.
and most OF the biSmuth used in the country. which
is worth about 81 80 a pound, is imported from
Germany and Bohemia. There are also 300
pound block of sulphur from the nearly pure de-
pOsits of Beaver County Jumps OF iron ore weighing
from $50 to 1000 pounds from Southern Ctah,
specimens OF coal from Iron County and Castle
Valley with brown bitunlnons Goals from beds
three to thiity-one feet thick in Southern Titan.
slabs of white statuary, pink ,aregated and black
whte- veined marbles from the San francisco dis
tTict and Provo Valley specimens OF lead ore from
West Mountain and samples of mineral or paraine
wax. which Is found throughout range in the
Wahsatch Mountains fifty miles long and twenty
i've wide.
In a conversation with the venerable Utah Com
missioner, he said Our particular need in Utah Is
American citizens, instead Of MormonS The MGR
mons to-day control Utah politically Occasionally
a mining camp elects Gentle Justice OF the peace.
but the MOrmons elect the county and Territorial
officers. They keep poygamy forward like red
flag before bull, and the great hue and cry blinds
people to all else But all the MOrmons for is
to keep the political power IN the hands of the