The Ketchum keystone. (Ketchum, Idaho) 1881-1884, 1883-05-25

MINERAL BLOSSOMS.

tonagon. Michigan, saying that 35 years
observation on the Lakes, confirmed my
laws of drainage of the vein system of
mineral fields, published in the Bios
SONS, DETER mislaid or would give4name
and more particularly This law was.
..that relatively, there was the most pre-
or metal where there there was the least;
possible amount Of water to interfere
with mining itn-or that each atom Of
metal Aad been deposited with direct
reference to its drainage. =TAat the law
applieds,om an iron .mopntain, to the
smallest lead, copper, or silver syein--
METALLIC atoms were supposed tss hav{
beens Created with. an elective dfHnity,
Nd aisc1tminative 'power:ofe attr9etioass
which Vas their s'bias' refndestruct-
iale, afansed suceysssyeIIt6. bushl up1s
\ the STRUCTURE of plapets II is gratifying
to- knQW- that observing men: who, have
studied geologp III obsEvssions:. from
the ~4eat stoneS'ecko as w4s e-urit-
:. ers' primer, tirai second, third and
fourth reader, that this important law
in mining SCIENCE is Icing yontiIMed.
< is eesnomical vssue cam onlyib be req 5ized
by man who have had a large and -sdon-
E.t4nuass Observation OF, f-,miae7eal fields,
land Who reach tHeir dsdudti5ns from
studxpf the facts; II the mines This
tl... .t;,,,oss fso,.. -. +bo oo,,eor, so
rs rs tie law 81 the revolution Of the world
found the sun. Capital has been large:
..Esly jnyiasted.in mining, Sn the idea that
4 4 -wfefe there vast 3e most water, neces-
1 .saiify shefxwas ths most ore-my law of
Illslinage SLOWS the exact opposite, that
when the metallic atom was filled in the
vein, its drainage~as then considered
it wasrhen known that. theFiSe. @flId
come when the miner wo9ld-.excaeate
this ore frpun itsyscky matf1x, and Vrine
the metal into the channels Of comHerce
yet the reader will say was moi tbs
Comstock q very wet mine? Yes, ant
from the fact that for the wantof knowl
edge of this law, the miners cut through
and letin the water from the adjacen
country rock. AS each vein, by TIN
economic laws, has been enclosed in
water-tight compartment, whether it i
!, an iron mountain or the largest or smal
lest lead, copper or silver vein, the lay
is the same. Look at Leadville, the ore
in blanket veins, in round comic hills, a
water sheds OF the ore, and 10000 fee
above the sea. Look at the silver vein
: ia Old Mexico, in many places worke'
600 feet deep in almost "dry ground.
Look at Lands End or Cornwall, Eng
/, land, raised 800 feet above the sea, t
hold the ores in an econQnaical posltlo
to mine. The same with Keewpna Point
e. Lake Superior, which is raised 600 fee
= above the lake, and the. ground is fo
1000 feet below the lake completely dry
Look at the GREATEST. 10. lead deposl
, Mo. 100, 900 ton of ore raised, and deep
intendent, said to me he wished thel
Ind beed more water.
sl have before me the. topographic
rnap of the great Wood River minin
REGION Idaho; look at its watershed
and thousand gulehes and ravines, erot
ed in the rocks, to drain the rain watt
away from its families of silver vein
q Each one of these principal and secol
Diary divides, and their thousand min
ture branches, terminating towards Il
creeks; have direct relationship to Il
veins filed in the strata. Look at IL
topography Of San Juan, Col, eat
family of veins has its central con
peaks; or boofa, Which forms the ro
or watershed of that family of veiI
Look at the Santa Rosa Mt. range; Il
silver and coal veins, 500 yards distal
are raised 2,000 feet above the plain; t
mountain scored with aroyas and veil
run parallel for 80 miles, Q20 mi
west of the Rio Grande, at Eagle Pas
The structure of this Santa Rosa
range, shows conclusively, that this s
yer range and coal basin, was seen,
- the ideal, before the world was by
Great Architect and coal, lead and S
yer, placed where now found, with
rect reference to their drainage, so Il
they could be mined economical
|o Look at the coal under the grand Fl
w. wet praries veins all dry-we mast r.
ollect that mining science is yet in
infancy, and like beardiess youth
little vain and shallow. The culture
~ the present is s'the greatest success,
success The novice who acciden
hits the bonanza: is lifted on the sho
ders of the admiring crowd, and hai
as the path finder" and acknoweles
r leader; time will correct this; these
cidents will be discarded, as the fopp
=. and waste OF youth, and the mining G
-. unon will stand q solid phAlAnX. j..