The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-07

personals.
Bullion Canyon. Marysvale, July A.
The trail from Gold Mountain TO this
camp is over one Of the most lofty and
picturesque portions of Utah. The
mountain ridges rise above timber line.
but ages Of almost continuous erosion
has smoothed and rounded them so thar
n horseman can pass over the y miles
OF high ridges and deep canyons with
ont dismounting.
The trail begins at the Breckenridge
Mammoth mine in the west Cork of
Mill Creek. and follows w the canon
and turning to the right rises TO rhe
crest OF a high porphyryitic shale ridge
which extends from Mil Creek canyon
to the head of Beaver canyon. from
which the last 2-oG0 feet Of Mount Bel
krap's pyramidial-lil1e dome rises into
the zone of perpetual snow.
From the head Of Beaver over the
divide into Bullion. there are many
trails made by range stock. and IN
less these crossing over from Cold
mountain keep well down from the
head Of Beaver creek they will see more
country than is necessary, and, ii afoOt,
viii exchange lot of vital force for
scenery and experience.
The Herald scribe landed about three
miles too far up in Bullion, and al
though
THE SCENIC BEAUTY
OF the canyon, with its foanling stream
falling over lodges and tumbling down
cascades hundreds of feet in length
..-f. cho IF ,..
forest. is unsurpassed on earth, ii did
not compensate for the effort TO cling
by the eyebrows to nearly vertical
cliffs with 5he lCaming. noisy creek .nvit-
ing one TO tumble in from a height of
40 to 20 feet However. in the warm
WELCOME of old time friends. fatigue
ana difficulties were soon forgotten
Early the next morning Ed Sherard
and The Herald man, accompanied by
-'Trilby' and ''AfcGinty''-a couple of
donkeys which we occasionally rode
started on a tour of that much-talked-
Of place. Horse Heaven, the abiding
place Of $4,000 gold float and blasted
hopes.
Two-mile canyon lies over the high
divide to the south and parallels Bull
lion canyon in its descent to the east
while well up towards its head is The
little Srass-cOvered plat named Horse
Heaven: but its once luxuriant grass
mas very nearly disappeared, and its
barren condition brought moisture 10
The expressive eyes of Trilby and Nc
Csnty. as we dismounted TO examine
the Lucy Morris, one Of the
HORSE HEAVEN PROPERTIES
Of the Deseret Cold Mining & Milling
company.
on this property a shaft exposes the
vein 10 a depth Of about % feet. The
ledge is slr0ng and has a northerlv
and southerly trend and slight dip TO
the west. There was no ladder nor
lcpe, and further examination was con-
fined 10 the ore on the dump. The ore
is a pOrphyryItic quartz showing iron
pyrites. ard IN its purple-5luish color
reminds one Of the rich ore OF GolA
Mountain. Unfortunately the claim is,
or il likely 10 be, in litigation in con-
sequence Of conflicting statements as
10 assessments. The recent visit of
Elias Morris, Mr. Flintham and other
Shareholders of the Deseret Gold Min
ing & Milling company was parrly TO
look INTO the matter OF the connect
Il was just al the lower end OF Horse !
Heaven. in Two-mile creek, that the
rich float was found and which set so
many tahnians on fire. Al this place /
the Daisy Dean was located and lot I
of tunnelliDg was done, but the ledge !
from which those large boulders carry I
persistent search OF Drospectors. The (
soft. light grey porphyry, or ledge |
matter, OF the Daisy Dean. fairly /
sparkles with non pyrites and is fair /
sample of all the vein matter, aside /
from the quartz. thus far dug from the /
Horse Heaven country. There Is a very /
general understanding that the country
rock OF this section OF the Ohio district
is birdseNe porphyry. IN denying that /
statement and asserting ii CHE country
rccf) To be trachite not the slightest
reelection is cast on the Horse Heaven
lodges; the difference being that be-
tween -tWee-f.e dee and tWeedle dunn !
50 far as the richness and permanency
Of the veins are concerned. The eastern
base of the mountain is quartzite which
has very slight dip 10 the west or
towards Horse Heaven, and there is
y ~ strong probability that the surface
rock Is but a Gaping 10 the ouartZlte.
and that when the veins have been
followed down 10 a depth OF LOCO feet
or so. il Will be found that the veins
go down in contacts between tracnite
and quartzite or between lime and
quartzite. This IS inferred from like
conditions which form the CHIEF char
acteristic OF the Mount Badly district
q few miles south of Horse Heaven.
Leaving the question OF formations,
ETC. we VIII proceed over the hill to
the west
TO THE DALTON.
situated at the head Of Niagara guich,
tributary Of Bullion. The Dalton is
alike famed for its past production OF
rich gold ore, and its pres
ant Irish dividends
AIr. 4. \. Smell recently of the Gao
tus. near Frisco, is IN charge, and very
kindly consented 10 show US through
The workings. The upper tunnel is yet
under a hank OF sncgv euilv ten feet
ieep We, therefore. entered the next
owest tunnel. whi1h is in about 400
feet on the vein. 4 short distance from
daylight an VI raise mas been made and
Iuite a large quantity Of rich ore ex-
racted. The treacherous nature Of the
ground Drecluded any extended search
or specimens. The face of the tunnel
shows the vein 10 be about is inches
vide. In the lower tunnel the vein