The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-30

lines for The Herald.
With the exception of now and then
a few small herds Of deer. a porcu-
pine. a few bovines. etc, no signs of life
were visible. no miners or prospectors
having been met with on the circuit.
When one looks over the country just
mentioned and sees the Unmistakable
signs Of the presence Of
ENORMOUS MINERAL WEALTH
which surely lies hidden a few feet be-
meath the surface and hears not the
report Of even one snot to tell him
that Development work is going for
ward, there comes a feeling almost of
sadness for conditions that ought not
TO exist and which would not continue
a week were the facts fully compre-
hended by mining men.
The country about TO be described
lies between the apex of south of Cot
tonwcod canyon and Ten Mile creek,
comprising an area Of five or six miles
eaSterlT and westerly, and two or three
miles wide. Beginning at the extreme
eastern limit of the apex of the he
fore mentioned ridge, We ind a north
west and southeast contact between
quartzite and lime, those two species
Of lock being capped by an outflow Of.
trachite up through which has come
vein of quartz carrying
FREE GOLD AND SILVER
are OF surprising richness
As there were no locked doors on the
workings visited 1 viii briefly describe
them.
Entering the incline which dips 10
The northeast, the vein, which is from
three to six feet vide is discovered. 1t
consists Of white and non-stained
quartz and vari-colored porpnyry. For
a distance OF 80 or 10 feet the vein
IS quite regular. there il splits ~ into
sIringers. one Of them dipping quite
sleepy into the moor OF the incline, ana
another following along the roof Tor
10 or 20 feet, when the StTInger leads
upwards and disappears. However. the
Vein IS again encountered in concen-
trated form and from six TO eight feet
wide, and then once more ii splits uO
and reappears in compact form at a
distance of probably lac feet from the
surface and then bends abruptly down
II a final effort TO escape the scrutiny
Of man. The incline has been contih-
ued some 40 feet TO where a smooth
tIachi5e wall dipping to the southwest, J
almost vertically, warns the prospector
10 chase the truant vein no further in
that direction.
From the surface down to where the
vein makes its anal dip, or a distance /
say, Of l40 feet, a careful examination /
oiscloses in the dim light of a candle,
NUGGETS OF THE YELLOW GOD /.
of the gold bugs, glittering with that /
strange fascination that onIy prospect 1
ors feel when seeing ii in It's native /
state and where nature placed il.
Wherever the vein is COMPACT, and /
where conditions are favorable, the yell /
low god is seen in substantial evil (
oence, but, as a rule, in insufficient
quantities 10 pay for extraction. al
though the entire vein samples, so 1
am Informed, from So in gold up TO
samples IN which 10 gold is y isl bic, bur
E~hich run more than 81 in gold and
more than 15S ounces in silver TO the
ton.
With a view Of catching the lower
vein on its dip shaft was sunk a
short distance west Of the incline and
the Vein caught at depth or prob
ably, 30 feet. An incline was then run
on the vein. whose eccentric dips
spurs, angles ana variations" were
such as 10 preclude the possibility of
longer following il without going tol
extra expense in Strengthening up the
wo kings. From where the shaft first
intersected the vein 10 where work was
discontinued, or about 10 feet, high
grade ore is found almost the entlre
distance. It was then determined TO
SINK the shaft 100 feet and cross-cut
for the vein. At 65 feet limestone was
encountered dipping toward the quartz ,
q D Z
guide and the perpleXing factor OF IN j
certainty was eliminated, as, by rol-
lowing the line. the contact in which
the vein evidently lies viii be found
and when found VIII no doubt repay s
All the hard labor previously expended / !
Inc lime WAS followed about Al Ice, /
when further hosting by aid of that !
list great Invention, The Wlndlass, be- ,
eame ln2racticable and the claim is s
now idle. !
And much 10 be regretted because {
IRE is found coming in on The lime, 7
Ind every sign invites vigorous prose- /
luton OF further development.
THE HIGH GRADE ORE
Of this vein is found near T
he surface more than l.JGO feet along !
he ledge. Il is understood the owners r
ire negotiating win salt Lake parties l
o take an interest in the ground and [
continue development work. II is most Y
a snap" This claim is the t
Veil known Monte del Rey, and is
described more particularly because 3
more money has been expended in its g
development than has been done il the I
ntire portion Of the district now IN I
Ter consideration. S
About 600 feet southwesterly from
nd running parallel with the claim
ust described. is found the Bryan. The
'ein on uhis claim is fully 20 feet wide d
nd crcos almost continuously along
he surface FOR a distance of about 1000 O
Get. The vein matter is heavy iron
tanned quartz carrying white iron and o
writes. But little work has been done
Il this ground although the groupings
un from S1-25 TO So in gold per ton, s.