The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-18
MARYSVALE
mining DISTRICT
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owned by Salt Lake parties. Aside
from the development work on these
claims no systematic work has been
attempted in Cottonwood. Nor has the
country lying west Of the claims just
mentioned been explored, and it is con-
sistent to believe that valuable mines
will be found as 0ne approaches the
points of greatest disturbance. An
other feature worthy of mention, and
explaining why large ore bodies have
not been found along the base OF the
mountain, is that except in Cotton
wood, the region just described has
been almost entirely free from erosion,
and for that reason the presence of
slips and other irregularities on and
near the surface are to be expected, be-
cause force invariably follows lines of
least resistance. Those lines would ma
Iura1ly Decome more numerous as a
vein approached the surface, where the
weight would be SO small as to permit
OF slips" and the scattering of the
vein For that reason there is no cause
for encouragement. over the Ten Mile
and Gold Run locations. Men must do
with picks and drills that which ero-
sion failed to perform.
About one mile from the mouth of
Cottonwood and on top OF the quartzite
are found the Deer Trail and Green
eyed Monster claims. From the former
carrying gold and silver, were extract
ed and marketed in Salt Lake city.
The VEIN is a blanket" and while the
quartz continued on between the quart
zite and lime, the ore pinched few
feet from the surface. The company
then sank a shaft lis feet deep just
across the gulch in the Green-eyed
Monster and caught the vein in its
dip DO the north. and a vast body of
SIG TO SIS ore was developed. About
1000 tons were reduced at the Copper
Belt mill in Pine canyon, but the eX-
pense Of transpo rtation and milling an
initiated the profits.
Within the past month Prof. George
7. Henry, a well-knowlI chemist and
lnetallurgist, and one of the original
owners If the Deer Trail, and Ed
Foisey nave found the same high-grade
galena on the northern extension of the
Green-eSed Monster. II is sincerely
hoped for the sake of discoveries and
the camp that the ore will continue on
20 profound depths
There are. other promising claims
above the Deer Trail, burt lack of
time and space prevent their descrip-
ton
Starting from the little camp of
GIarysvale and proceeding westerly one
follows Pine creek bottom, checkered
along the road with little farms and
truck patches wrung from the former
possession of scrub oak, maple, cotton
woods, etc, for two or three miles to
the Copper Belt mine Its ten stamps
are idly hanging above the mortars
and the intolera BILE silence speaks loud
er than words Of the somnolence that
broods over the camp. A mile or so
farther on and up, one enters the gate
way to the wild and beautiful gorge
that cuts deep into the rocky and fis-
sured depths: Of Mt Badly. To the
north, at the head Of Revenue gulch, is
found the once-fsmous Copper Belt
mine, and which, some day, will yield
up its great treasures to intelligent and
honest development. The Copper Belt
is assure in trachite. To the south
west and away uD near the region of
perpetual snow is little valley.
which, on account of the luxuriant
mountain grass available for about
ninety days during the year, is called
Horse Heaven. 1t is also a point of IN
failing interest because of the wonder
fully rich free gol1 float found within
its borders. About thee miles from the
gateway the Dalton mill is encoun-
tered. There, also, silence is supreme,
and the mill stands as a warning TO all
those who contemplate building mills
and letting them remain idle while a
supply OF ore is being sought.
From the Dalton mill the team is
urged up an unusually long grade, and
While the horses pant, the stranger
may look about him on scene of sur
passing picturesqueness and grandeur
Before him is Bullion basin, of oval
form, about three-quarters of a mile
IN length by 300 yards wide. AT the
western extremity the creek comes
tumbling down over precipices several
hundred feet from a wide gorge run
ming toward Belknap peak and be-
tween mountain walls that rise above
timber line. To the north and
south the mountains are very
lofty, and on the north ex-
posture is covered with groves OF pine
and balsam which encroach on the
quaking- asp-covered flats which form
the f1oor Of the basin. Within the lit
tie vale just described are the hous-
es and log cabins of Bullion camp.
As one enters the basin his attention
will be attracted to a smooth hill
which comes down from the south and
forms the eastern boundary. A couple
of hundred of yards from the point of
the hill is situated the Branch mine.
upon which a tunnel has been driven
in some 400 or 500 feet 1t is low down
near the fiat, and as there were no
bars or locks we carefully examined
il. After piercing the surface dirt and
boulders the tunnel enters a porphyrytic
4ol llldAlOI COulluuGS LOT a Snort
distance when the vein is encountered
The ledge matter is iron-stained quartz
and porphyry, running well in gold
and silver. Along the vein are pockets
of beautiful bromide ore and which
from appearances, must run high in
silver. The vein shows up from six to
eight feet wide and is unusually reg
uiar Towards the end of the tunnel il
passes out Of the vein. However, a
cross-cut TO the left shows a four OF
five foot vein of, fine decomposed bro
Inide ore going straight down This
fine claim is the property of the Des.
eret Gold Mining and Milling company
of Salt Lake. and with such mag
nificent showing it is inexplieable why
the owners do not continue develop
ment work.
Along the base of the hill, few hun.
bred feet southwest from the Branch
are the Bully Boy and Webster claims
owned by Messrs. Chambers, Colba til
and others of Salt Lake The trend OF
the vein is northerly. During the
past three years a tunnel LOO feet
long has been driven into and along
the vein which runs high in gold, sill.
yer and lead Its rich depths are
AS a sealed book except to the own.
ers and a favored few. However re.
port says the ore bodies are large ano
permanent. The muffied sounds OF
shots prove that development work is
still going forward.
Joining the Webster to the soutf
is the North Dalton and then comes
the original Dalton claim upon which
a tunnel anu other prospecting WORK
is being prosecuted. So well known /:
the, Dalton that nothing further neec
pe said than that it is looking unusu
ally well and that large bodies of me
dunn grade ore are being deyeloped