The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-01

valuable, and many tons of it lie on the
dumps untouched and all but I'M
thought of for this reason alone.
! There must be a solution for this
some time. Surely science, which has
| overcome so MANY obstacles i'll the
matter oe ore reduction. will eventu-
! ally be able to cope with this one. The
| writer hereof, whose judgment in such
cases is limited because his is the re-
suit of observation rather, than any
/ considerable amount OF experience or
research, has an idea that with work
nature would overcome the difficulty.
The formation is something similar
| to that of the geological structure of
the earth, slanted to an angle of
| 80 or 40 degrees. and the zinc zone
would. surely be found in an indepen-
dent stratum lying between other and
different characteristics; the work left
off in the midst of this belt, the i'm
preston being that the property had
become zinc proposition bevond the
hope oe REDEMPTION; whereas, ii the
eXcavating had but gone on long
enough the other side of the belt would
probably have been reached, and this
could be demonstrated in advance with
a few feet more of work-if after go
ing, say so feet further, the objection
able metal either increased or was not
perceptibly reduced, it would indicate
that the belt was much wider than il
is generally believed to be and the
mine might then be let alone until a
zinc property becomes more in demand
than at present; but if there should at
any point be even a slight decline in
per centage and this falling off should
continue and gradually increase, the
way out of the wilderness would be-
come plain and it's duration could be
measured by the degree of such de-
clination.
The Creole is great mine yet. and
very MANY outside of those immedi-
ately interested hope to see it back in
its rightful place among the great pro-
ducers of the country.
Several of the smaller properties
were abandoned after having been pro-
life producers for while, for the
reasons previously stated, added to a
encouragement quite common in pros
pect minins-the ore ''pinched out, or
because so limited in quantity and so
scattering that the impression OBJ
tanned in certain quarters that the for
nation was "pockety" and after once
running out the end had come. There
may be some cases of this kind, they
exist in every district, good or bad-but
they are neither the rule here nor a
striking characteristic. The develop
mentS as a class are between we'll de-
fined walls, and period OF DarrenneSS
after a certain depth is reached is no
more OF an indication that all be-
meath ie also barren than that still
greater bodies and richer are Just be-
yond awaiting the time when the
patient dint and powder Shock will
for the first time since the great up
heaval bring them into the light of
the living sun and make them bene-
fetal to mankind.
1t NAV not be generally understood,
but ought TO. that true assures never
are exhausted: they reach down to
the molten mass beneath and while
they have been followed till the water
encountered came kissing hot from the
caldrons OF Tartarus and had to be
abandoned at last, there was still ore
where the final blow was struck. The
last saadeful of metal bearing rock
that was hoisted aloft perhaps bade
goodbye to it's lifelong associates for
ever but the,r are there yet.
There IRE manv other features of
interest here. but this will do to be-
gin with. 5. A kENNEk-