The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-22


means of utilizing the ore, and prefer
ring to leave it in place, cut the drift
through the gangue along the hanging
wall, prosecuting the vein in place.
to test its width and character, and {
stranger sampling the cut would b,
more likely to get gangue rock thar
ore. Many assays were made of the
ore long before the existence of nickel
cobalt and bismuth were suspected
and these assays were for gold, silver
copper and lead. the other metals no
being considered. Among them thu
following, still in possession of the
Morgan company, tell their own story
BY r. H. Officer
October 3. 19S-Gold, 80 o.; silver
1.20 OF.
September 4, 1ssS-Gold, ga o.; sill
yer, 1.9 OF.
August %, 1Ss4-Gold, .OS o.; silver
SO o.; copper, 5 per cent.
B. w. A. Hodges
October Z, l89s-Gold, so OF silver
As OF.
By w. C. Gregg
September II, 1Ss5-Gold, 2 pvt; CO.
! bait, 10 per cent; nickel, per cent
bismuth, 5 per cent.
September IL, 1S95-Gold, 9 pvt. Sep
TENDER II, 1895, 10 pvt; cobalt per
cent
September u, 1S95-Gold, 16 pvt; sill
yer. o.; bismuth, S per cent.
By Charles F. Baxter, minerologist
and Chemist, Boise. Idaho
February H. 1S96-Silver, az or; gold,
80 o.; copper, lbs per cent; cobalt, LIS
per cent; nickel, per cent; bismuth,
LIS per cent
Professor Doeing of Michigan made
an analysis. the record of which is now
missing, found cobalt, nickel, bismuth,
copper, silver and a trace of platinum.
F. c. Webb of Salt Lake made a
qualitative analysis in January of this
year and found nickel, cobalt, bismuth
and gold.
By G. A. Burgon of Salt Lake
October u, 1S95-Gold, $6.41; bismuth,
1928 per cent; nickel, 1909 per cent; CO.
bait, 1852 per cent.
October 10, 1S95-Gold, $13.S2; bismuth,
1.343 per cent; cobalt, 4.271 per cent;
nickel, 2314 per cent.
December %, 1S95-Bismuth, 2.125 per
cent; nickel, 3.703 per cent; cobalt, 1854
per cent; zinc, 2674 per cent; manga
nese, 2.194 per cent; silver, 1868 grains;
gold, $S.43.
Mr. H. c.. Williams, who, in the
spring of 1894, was employed by the
of several of our claims, being shown
Park City Record, reports:
There were six claims surveyed, and
the angles, depths and dips of it's prin-
cipal mine taken. l also had four as
says of the Bell drift made, and one
from the straight-in tunnel; three were
made by the Pennsylvania Smelling
company and two by r. H. officer.
Two by the Pennsylvania company
gave an average of $5.9S gold and 2S.6
copper. The two from Mr.. Officer gave
81 and $500 in gold and 1.5 and 81 per
cent copper. The four averaged almost
exactly 81 in silver. The fifth was
from another vein.
Il als3 made several cumulative
and a great many qualitative analyses
of the ore from various parts OF the
Bell drift during the summer of 1894,
mostly in the wet way. / found five
assays very satisfactory, owing to the
combination of many metals, and ex-
perienced much difficulty in separating
all of them, and finally reached the
conclusion that an economical separa-
ton in the commercial sense could
hardly be hoped for with the usual
chemical methods. 1 never found ore
so poor as described in the Park City
Record, but often found them surpris-
ingly rich. In one case the copper was
26 per cent, and found the gold quite
constant between 81 and Sc per ton;
with the silver ranging between one
half and two ounces. There was al
ways large percentage of bismuth
nickel and cobalt, and usually smaller
quantities of arsenic and zinc. lead
and molybdymum. The large copper
above referred to was OBJ
tanned by electrolysis, and 1 find that
this method is the one solely used now
farry do or
ing curious to know the results OBJ
tanned by Mr.. Burgon. 1 quietly tested
the hydroxide precipitates Oh the
nickel and cobalt he had obtained, and
found them free from any traces of 9TH
or metals"
Comparisons of the above assays and
proof, with the assertions OF
the Park City Record. shows conclu-
sively that it's editor or its agents did
not investigate the Morgan mine with
the degree of thoroughness that should
precede with specific charges of fraud,
barrenness of ore and progress of de-
which If true, would De
certain to destroy the commercial
standing of the company, wreck the
result of four years work by dozen
men, and prevent them from develop
ing their property. Whatever the mo-
tive. the method has been haphazard
and careless, and the fiippant manner
in which the alleged results have been
published, certain as it would be to IN
iuerce all not intimately acquainted
with the peculiar nature of the ore
from the Bell drift, that they were be-
ing imposed upon by fake or
fraud. is either criminal or idiotic
The company has always afforded
every opportunity for investigation OF
It's mine and it's ores, and welcomes
any interested person to visit the lab
arotory of Prof. Burgon, 119 Main
street. for conclusive proof. The orig
nal stockholders of the company have
never lost confidence in the ultimate
result, nor felt disposed to sell their
stock, while several of the principals
have increased their holdings, and the
company has not sold to exceed $500
worth of stock, and the stock sold OF
ate has been mainly disposed of by the
contractor of the mill for its compile
ton. All officers of the company have
been and are now serving without
salary. except the secretary, who has
received about SIS per year. Hence the
charge that the company is attempting
n "deece the public is entirely ground
less.
Per A. S. FOWLER, SECRETARY.
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