The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-13

( carrying copper The. claim Is the Cas-
cade. idle because of litigation. the
claimants being Reuben De Witt and
/ Miles Durkee of Marysyale and Rob
! ert WaTnock of Iowa. The case is now
! in the hands of the United States
court The work already done shows
I the claim to be worth several legal
battles.
THE STAR GROUP.
Following along the mountain side
to the east the first claim worthy of
special notice is the Star group. 1t is
idle. but ought not 10 be, nor would il
be if conditions as to ownership. etc.
were different. The entire vein forms
q good concentrating proposition, and
there are chimneys of high grade lead,
silver and gold
Between the Star and Webster mines
there are many fine looking claims
worthy of mention, but are not being
worked, and it is believed that more
good can be done this district by omit
ing them entirely than TO attempt a
brief description, and for that reason
notice Of this portion of the Ohio will
close With a description of claims now
being worked and well worthy an ex-
tended notice and careful study
THE GLEN ERIE.
In every camp there are at least one
or two mining claims which attract
more attention than others. and es-
pecially so where their individuality is
strongly marked by size and contin-
uity along the strike, and the values
contained in the ore. Such a claim is
Inc Glen Erie, otherwise known as the
Chattanooga. This claim is situated on
the south side, and well up toward the
western limit of the before mentioned
basin Like nearly all the veins in the
basin, its strike is northerly and south
erly, and has a slight westernly dip
from the vertical II is a assure in
quartzite and trachite, the latter form
alton being encountered about LOCO feet
up the hill from the north end line. AT
the site of the lower tunnel are three
parallel veins, separated by a few feet
OF quartzite, and which merge into one
vein further up the hill. The short open
cut on the east vein discloses four
feet of quartz, with vertical stringers
OF ore running through it, and u inches
OF clean ore on the hanging wall. Re-
turns from the groupings give 81 ounces
silver and $3.50 gold per ton. There
was no test for copper, which it GER
tainlv carries.
The 100foot tunnel was started on
the west vein, which is strong and
heavily copper stained. Twenty feet
from the mouth of the tunnel a winze
opens the vein to a depth of ten feet.
The ore streak, clean and compact
shows up six inches wide at the top of
the Wine. and increases to three and
one-half feet at the bottom. A sample
of everything across the bottom of the
winze gives returns of silver p ounces: !
gold, S1.65; copper. 8 per cent. and lead, !
s per cent. From the Wine the tunnel !
bears to the left and catches the mid T!
die vein upon which il is run some /
so feet This vein samples silver, IL /
ounces gold, 81; copper. 9 per cent. |
and lead. per cent. About 80 tons of |
sorted ore is piled on the dump.
At point up the hill about $50 feet, |
vertically. above the tunnel, we find !
the smooth face Of an almost perpen |
dicular Cliff fully $50 feet high. Up the /
face of the cliff, from bottom to top. /
the vein is plainly in evidence. about 1
L feet wide. and is a mass of fine /
looking copper ore. The trend of the /
face of the cliff is at right angles, with /
the vein. and is evidently a cross ifs !
sure. Had the vein been dislocated /
by the cross fissure. experts" would /
call it a fault" and then claim a dis
count of so per cent from the actual |
value of the ore in sight. However, the /
vein is intact. and its value is in
creased rather than diminished by the
fault. An examination of the table-sl
like TOP OF the cliff shows the vein insl
"A
the face of the cliff the vein and
quartzite on each side have been cleft
by another cross fissure. From this
point to the south 100 feet. and prob
ably so feet wide, or so far as devel-
oped, the ledge is capped by a blanket
vein carrying galena anG lead carbon
ate ores about three feet in thickness
The vertical vein merges so gradually
into the blanket that no line of de-
narration can he drawn. and proves
that II is in place rather than a slide
which the dirt and bowlder Gaping
Of the blanket vein might otherwise
Indicate. 1t is an interesting freak
and can be accounted for on one nv
pothesis only. and which proves beyond
question the great depth of the ore
body
The blanket is evidently of subse-
luent origin TO that of the vertical
vein, the ore at this point being en-
-irely dissimilar to that found Just
across the last named assure. The the
Try is this: After the main vein formed
/ was crossed by the two assures,
which fractured the vein TO profound
depths. The disturbance formed a line
If least resistance, or chimney Inter
or heat transformed the lead into
iumes which crept upward until near
he surface, where they spread out ana
we're precipitated in the forms of ga
ena and carbonates.
The same fumarOlic vapors brought
Up silver and gold which are found in
richness in this portion
# the vein. The silver exists prin-
finally as sulphurets, with occasional
pockets OF horn silver.
BIG VALUES.
Assays from this ore give, per ton.
900 ounces OF silver and $4,000 in gold.
The highest returns in gold are $1,000
)er ton.
The Glen Erie is the property of
Mrs. Elrna Lisoubee and others, and is
low being worked by Charles D. Hanks
md Ed Sherard. both of Salt Lake ]
,ity, and who have an IS months bond ]
md lease on the mine
On the way down the canyon brief
-isit was made to the ter stamp Web
ter mill. Five Frue vanners have
,een added, three of which are now be G
ng used in concentrating the Chrvstal
res. limited quantity of which is
low being eXperimentally tested for
es- methods Of working VIII z. Hol- $
erman. foreman and assayer of the {
Webster mine, has the work in charge, 7
nd reports favorable results.
IN SEVEN DEVILS.