The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-01-01
Mary Ann AMI Mountain rop.

owned by James M. Kennelly.
Paaey's Park Silver Mining Com
: pany's property consist of the Pa,
ley.s Park, Lady OF the Lake, Oentra
and others. These mines ara on th
Ontario vein, and are we'll developed
Shaft and stations are we'll con
structed; there are five pumps md !,
double-acting hoisting engine.
As 1t would lead too far to describ,
all here confine myself to the prir
clpal companies operating in Uinta b
az known to me, not admitting here
say reports. Lowell, owned b,
Walker Brothers AMI J. M. William
son; we'll developed, showing eooc
lore.
Hawkeye property, we'll developed
irst-clsss steam plant; good ore.
Boulder property, tree silver pro.
perty. consisting of Homestake, Lit.
tie G ant.
Wasatch. Glencoe and other mines
good ore.
Barrias property; well developed
good ore.
The White Pine Company ha.
steam hosting and pumping mas
chinery; we'll developed and ore pro.
ducing.
The Utah Silver Mining Company
owns the Utah, Bannister, Monta,
Neddie, Midget and other mines.
They have steam hosting works, are
well developed and produce good ore.
The Uintah Company owns the
Hope, Empire. Aurora. Intervention,
Black Hawk, Black Bear, Disap-
pointment and other mines.
The Silver Key 90. owns the Silver
Key, Tiger, DR.. Smith and other
mines.
The. Sampson Company owns the
Sampson, Grand Price, Lincoln,
United, Pay Book, Bsllman and
other mines. The Sampson has steam
hosting works; the property is well
advanced in development, and has
good ore to work upon.
The Fairviews Company owns and
develops the Fairview and other
mines.
The Union Company owns and de-
velops the Crown Prince, Stuart and
other mines.
Next to the above. there is the
Welsh Group, Hoyt, Park City,
Schupbach, Kerr, Empire, Washa-
kee Consolidated, Putnam, John a.
Hughes, and Daily group of mines,
all o! them more or less developed,
with good prospects for the future
Thsre are on record in Uintah Dis
trict altogether over 800 mines worthy
the notice OF miner and capitalist.
The Baltimore Minins Company
are the possessors of a very valuable
property 10 a very fair and advanced
state OF development. well able to pay
good dividends in very short time.
THE CoTToNwooDs.
These districts commence about four
teen miles southeast Of Salt Lake
City, ana are situated in the highest
portion OF the Wasstch range, from
9. 600 to II, 900 feet above the level of
the sea.
Little Cottonwood canyon is a deep
gorge fifteen miles long. Big Cot
tonwood canyon splits itself into sew
eral forks, and is, in the aggregate,
with its diferen. forks, over forty
miles long. The lower part of the
Cottonwoods cuts through a large,
grand mass OF granite, extending
northerly and southerly, and rising
in solemn awe. inspiring grandeur,
more than 1000 feet above the level
Of the canyon. This granite rises out |
oi and above a mass of schist and
rocks.
Proceeding easterly up the canyon |
we observe a mass CT coarse-grained,
IN places porphyritic, rocks, con-
tanning quartz veins, with galena,
copper. silver, and anthony YER
ying the granite; we observe a mass
If schist 1000 feet in thickness, dips
ping from east-north-east, gradually
,y Emma Hill north. Above the
Ichist we observe about 300 feet of
,hrystalline lime; then $50 feet OF
sandstone. commonly
Known as qusrtzite; then a layer Of
schist, varying in thickness from
wenty to forty feet. and browning
III is mass Cf silurian Limestone,
Yearly 1000 feet in thickness.
In this lime belt appear the Cot~
onwoods' treasure chambers, known
8 the Carbonate, Reed and Benson,
)phir. Ohio, Gunlies. Rough and
ready, Nsb0b, Flagstaff. South Star
nd Titue, Vallejo, City Rock, Ever.
reep, North Star. Savage, Emma,
caledonia, Davenport, Richmond,
'heresa, Oregon, Butte. Prince Of
Wales, Wellington, Antelope ard 6
lany other mines. L
VIRGINIA MOUNTAIN. ,
Advancing further eastward, we {
bserve Virginia Mountain, a second q
lass of g-anite adding to the sur i
)unding grandeur. rising out OF the d
,bists, which schists ARE highly i'm
regnsted with copper. | say second b
lass because it is distinct from the a