The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-19

other fissure vein which interseets the
main vein in a saddle on the apex of
the ridge. At this point a shaft was
sunk on the vein and good values OBJ
tanned Down the hill to the north is
tunnel 100 feet in length. At a dis
lance of about 40 feet granite is en-
countered, and within a few more feet
the tunnel enters the vein. which shows
up from six TO seven feet wide. The
ore is brown porphyritic quartz, sim
liar 10 that of Gold Mountain, from
which it is distant bout seven miles
Cue east
The granite walls of the vein are
smooth and cased with clay. Two pan
nings were made from a two-foot
streak Of the vein, both tests being sat
isfactory, showing fine strings Of gold
en- grains. 1t is but a little more than
a mile down 10 the Sewer river and 10
the grade Of the Rio Grande Western
railway.
We cannot do better than TO con-
clude this letter with Z description of
THE CHRYSTAL NINE
in Cottonwood canyon, and especially
so as it lies directly in our path on
the way to Mt Badly and over the
mountain TO the Newton district. So.
pulling the Piute Pioneer editor, ]. F.
Brunnell, from his lair-he calls it a
sanctum-we oestrode our ponies and
hit the trail for cooler regions.
Beginning about q mile south of the
mouth of Cottonwood canyon, and the
eastern extremity of Gold Hill, there
begins a lead of quartzite with lime
stone to the south. On the eastern
limit is located a free gold and horn
silver claim called the Monte del Rey
The bed of quartzite continues wester-
" and appears in Cottonwood a couple
or miles from its mouth and three
miles up bends around the head of
Cottonwood to the north towards Bull
lion canyon With more or less regu-
larity, trachite dyke follows the line
between the lime and quartzite towards
the west. In places the lime caps the
quartzite and is in turn capped by
the trachite, forming, in those in
two blanket contacts The
ore came up IN veins along the sides
of the trachite dyke and, finding lines
of least resistance along the blankets,
worked out to the surface.
Five miles up from the mouth of
Cottonwood, high up on the top of the
cliff, and lying on the before mentioned
bed OF quartZite, on the south side, is
found the Chrystal mine. Gaping the
vein is lime hanging wall or roof, as
the vein dips into the hill at an angle
of about degrees.
Several years ago considerable
was done and about 500 tons
Of ore extracted from near the sur
face. 1t was generally believed that
the ore did not go in, and work was
and the consequence was
the BLACKLIST kind of eye" was given
this portion of the Mt. Badly mining
district.
About 16 months ago a strong COM
pany was organized, with George NJ.
Scott as president, and Hon. Tom
Ferguson of Salt Lake was placed in
charge. After some prospecting work
Mr.. Ferguson located the ore chute
and began tunnel lower down in the
quartzite and caught the vein on its
dip TO the south and west. At the
point where the tunnel enters the vein
there is fully five feet of fine grey car
Donate ore, and which, with slight
variation in size, continues on to the
face of the 400-foot tunnel and incline,
where il shows up a body of fine ore
nearly six feet thick AS the incline
is pushed ahead, the dip becomes
sleeper and is now from y to 10 de-
grees, with a more decided Clip at the
face. Drifts to the east and west dis
close the fact that the ore chute is
large, as ii holds its own in size and
values. One encouraging feature is
that the values increase with the in
creasing size of the vein, as the hill is
further penetrated with the tunnel.
About 200 feet from daylight the tun-
mel crossed a fault which threw the
vein out of place about four feet, and /
which was doubtless the reason why |
the former work did not find the vein
going on into the hill.
1t is the opinion of those who have I
given the formation of the country
rock the study it deserves that when /
he Chrystal vein intersects the dyke I
10 the south il viii be found 10 go
Town nearly vertical Whether ii does /
)r not, the ChryStal is destined to be-
come a bonanza, even if the vein does /
not Increase in size, and present values |
hold their own.
The vein samples Is per cent lead, % /
ounces silver and 81 gold per ton. Sc /
ected samples run away up
INTO THE HUNDREDS.
Fhe ore Yields readily to concentration |
Dy the Vanners method and can be |
made a first-class shipping product. |
The results of recent tests made at |
he Webster MILL in Bullion canyon, /
Ire entirely satisfactorily.
The company's locations furnish an /
abundance of fine timber. and just be-
ow the mine the incessant roar of |
Cottonwood creek indicates the pres
nee of abundant water power for a
)lant.
The mine is equipped with "a 10 horse
power hoist and will pull the cars I'D /
he incline to the tunnel, where they
will be handled by carmen.
One of the finest canyon roads in
Itah has been built from the mouth
# the canyon right to the dump.
Superintendent Ferguson is absent in
Salt Lake and we are indebted TO
Foreman O. S. Holderman for the nu-
nerous courtesies extended.
There are many promising claims in
his section. but the waning afternoon
US that the trail for New
on district must be taken without
urther delay. j. F. GIBBS.
Mining Notes and Personals.
John Ismay. the Cornish miner who was
Town IN in The Smuggler Union mines