The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-24

ization. stepped down and out and was
succeeded by J. 3. .Iermaine.
The particular reason for this change
in the officers of the company cannot
be ascribed to a lack of harmony in
the board but is to be laid to the fact
that some recent discoveries in the
Starlus tunnel have made a change of
policy necessary.
The Herald recently gave publicity
to the new theory that is being enter
tanned by the manager of the Bingham
Copper company, Mr.. o. B. Hardy,
namely: that the vein on which the
Starlus tunnel was started was not
the original vein in that particular
mountain, but rather a lateral, and
that the true vein ran parallel with the
surface groupings. The survey recent
ly made on the tunnel and the croD-
pings showed that the tunnel was be-
ing run at right angles to the vein
as it was supposed to exist, and 1t
was then decided to follow this line
and attempt the intersection Of the
true vein.
The Starlus tunnel is now into the
mountain something over 800 feet, and
has cut into a vein of pure quartz
that appears TO run moderately high
in gold. and also carries the distinctive
feature of being of an entirely differ
ent character from the formation ana
surroundings of the vein on which the
tunnel was started. 1t will also be
remembered that the showing IN the
tunnel at the time the Bingham COP
per company took the property, ana
after they had run several hundrea
feet was such that the promoters con-
cluded that if the property was
worked successfully it would have to
be on a copper basis, as the presence
of conner was heavier in proportion
than any other metal. Accordingly
arrangements were made to bring elec-
trica1 currents into the camp ana d
concentrating plant was started 10
work the copper ores by electrl t,sl
precipitation. In the meantime Tue
tunnel had been driven through the
original ore bodies and into TINS n.y. mo-,
recent DEVELOPMENT of quartz, WHICH
from all its characteristics 10 llee nm
ing in it's nature.
Samnles taken from the five feet Oh
facn in the tunnel were yesterday SUB
mitted for assay in this city, and the
returns showed the presence OF an az
erage value of $3.50 in gold per ton'
with all the evidences that the quartz
is free milling. This discovery neces-
states a modification of the original
plans of the company and as the pro-
fessional duties of Mr.. Byers mace
such a demand on him that he could
not give the necessary time to the al
fairs of the Copper company he yes
terday rendered his resignation with a
request that it be accepted.
AS stated. Mr. Jermaine was elected
in his stead, and today he, with Man
ager Hardy, Director George q. Lee
and others of the company will go out
to Bingham to look over the property.
The trip will not be of the usual in
spection character, but will compre-
bend the sampling of the different
veins from one end to the other. This
move is considered necessary from the
fact that the company has two entire
~ distinct propositions to CONFRONT
one to recover the copper values in the
lateral. and the other to secure the
gold values in the quartz vein that has
been recently cut and which is to all
appearances the original vein from
which the naturalization of the mount
ain took place. To accomplish both re-
suits the management will proceed
with the erection of the works that
were in contemplation for the treat
ment of the copper ores, but in add
ton. if the showing in the end of the
tunnel warrants it after the sampling
that is to commence today is complet-
ed, the company will arrange Tor the
erection of a plant that will be operat-
ed on the free milling basis. AS yet
the quartz in the face of the tunnel
has not been cross-cut and there is no
definite idea as to its thickness, but
the entire face is in the quartz and
every hope is entertained that the vein
| is a large one and that it is the base
of the groupings that stand up so prom
inently on the top of the mountain.
There was a time when all the ora
cles of Bingham were ready to go on
the stand and swear that there was
no mineral to speak of in the mountain
on which the Starlus is located. but
even these appear to have changed
their opinions, as the entire side OF
the hill is covered with locations from
the Starlus down to the Tiewaukee
near the Bingham depot.