The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-14
Collector Woetton Makes a Report
OF His Work.
A FINE DISPLAY ASSURED
SOME oF THE FEATURES OF THE
EXHIBIT.
Big Properties Sending In Samples
Notice of the Appointment of One
Hundred More Delegates-Senator
= Rawlins Working =. California
Again to the Front


ing congress committee, has made {
partial report of the collections made
so far. covering the first installment o.
the displays from M5rcur and TintiC
districts. The samples are ali, as fai
as possible, of commercial size, and
are not intended to show the highest
values of the properties contributing,
nor to make an impression of extra
ordinary richness. 1t is intended only
TO demonstrate the actual, solid work
ing basis of the great camps and prop
critics of the state, and to indicate the
possibilities of the prospects represent
ed on which development has not
reached the shipping point. So far there
have been few, if any samples contrib
utHd from any mines but those which
are past the prospect stage. 1t is eX-
pected those win be covered in later
report.
MERCUR.
Beginning with the Mercur mine at
Mercur Mr.. Wootton says he is assured
by the management that the display
for the congress is the finest display of
samples ever taken from the property.
1t includes the cinnabar ore, an ore
designated by the management as an
oxidized lime. and the peculiar ore
known as stionite-the sulphide of az
timOny.
The Golden Gate and Geyser- Marion
furnished very interesting samples of
their ores, including the arsenical and
oxidiZed varieties, some specimens of
the regular. The only silver ore frora
the Mercur district comes from the Her
cules, running about 200 ounces si-ver
to the ton. The Northern Light ore IS
yet to be secured.
The contribution from La Cigale is
their regular milling ore, showing the
average values of the district. as do
the samples from all OF the mines. The
highest values from the district are
in the Mercur mine samples, some, of
which run $50 gold. Both the Overland
and GaleHa people viii send samples in
time for exhibition.
TINTIC.
All of the Tintic contributions are
splendid samples Of the output of the
district, showing very clearly the char
acter of the ore deposits. Some of them
carry very high values. and all are in
teresting to the student of mining
operations
About 1,2O0 pounds of ore was given
by the Centennial Eureka. A small
sack OF carbonate from this mine will
run Is per cent lead, l. 900 ounces silver
and $40 gold. The, galena sample Will
run $50 ounces silver, 80 per cent Lead
and IS gold. Their sper ore is So
ounce silver, % per cent copper and So
gold. One very large piece of ore car
ries LOO ounces silver to the ton.
The Humbug contributes some very
high grade samples o. crystaIized lead,
running so per cent; some galena ore
and some horn silver carrying 5000
ounces silver. The Uncle Sam lead ore
goes ~ 10 about 10 per cent lead, and
it also gives some very fine carbonate
ssmSles.
About 1900 pounds of samples come
from the Eureka Hill. 1t is practically
all from their milling ore. One piece
weighing about 500 pounds carries 30
ounces silver and 20 per cent lead. Then
there is silver copper ore running 500
ounces silver, $40 gold and per can't
copper.
About 1900 pounds comes from the
BulliOn-Beck. The galena ore is 40 per
cent lead, Sf5 silver and about 81 gold.
The coDDer-lead-silver ore is very
snowy, making beautiful specimens
with the malachite and azurite stains
of green and blue. This is Z per cent
copper, 10 per cent lead, 155 ounces sill
yer and s. gold. The carbonate from
the Beck runs 10 per cent lead, so
ounces silver about 81 gold. Another
sample Of the copper ore runs 10 per
cent copper, so ounces silver, S25 gold
The best copper ore goes about 80 per
cent copper, Is ounces silver and 81
gold.
Galena samples from the Uncle Sam
carry IS per cent lead and 10 ounces
silver; the carbonate runs 20 per cent
lead and 40 ounces silver.
In the Humbug. interesting samples
were given of the yellow carbonate
that run $50 gold and $50 ounces silver.
Then they have the red carbonate that
carries 500 ounces silver and $50 gold. |
The Humbug galena carries rs per cent !
lead and 400 ounces silver. The mine |
also contributed a sample of horn silver |
that runs 800 ounces to the ton.
In the Genini samples is a malachite |
-azurite ore-a lead carbonate run
ming 50 ounces silver and % per cent |
lead. The galena from this mine is so |
per cent lead and 45 ounces silver. An |
other very fine sample from the mine !
carries 15,e0C ounces of silver in horn |
silver ore It is a quartz ore literally |
held together by streaks of silver, some |
of them as thick as silver dollar.
From the Mammoth there are sam
pies as follows: Galena, 45 per cent
lead. 40 ounces silver, 81 gold; copper
azurite-15 per cent copper; u ounces
silver, So gold. The Mammoth's gold
silver ore is a needle spar carrying 800
gold, ten ounces silver. Their iron
quartz carries SS5 gold and 16 ounces
silver. The samples of their milling
ore carry ten ounces silver, $12 gold;
copper sulphate samples are 80 per cent
copper. with five ounces silver.
Silver Citys Dragon iron mine con-
tributed some magnificent samples of
iron ore running on an average 60 per
cent iron.
In the Four Aces, Mr.. wootton re-
ports a discovery of interest to the
of the property. While
he was selecting samples of ore for
display he discovered one sample with
l.
the property before. Their galena sam
pies carry 55 per cent lead and %
ounces silver.
South Swansea sends some very nice
samples of galena ore; 65 per cent lead
and 125 ounces silver; carbonate ores,
so per cent lead and $50 ounces silver.
The South Swansea samples are much
of the same character-galena. 10
ounces silver, 65 per cent lead carbon
ates carrying 80 per cent lead and 200
ounces silver Another interesting sam
pie from the South Swansea shows
their iron pyrites, of which they have
q large body, carrying 20 ounces sill
yer.
Samples from the Ajax are extremely
as showing the varying char
acteristics of the district. One is an
rcn carbonate carrying 80 per cent
cad and 200 ounces silver; another is
an conference.-the copper carrying
b ounces silver and 10 per cent copper
1 third IS a copper sulphide, with so
Der cent copper, four ounces silver and
2 gold One of the finest specimens
n the whole collection came from the
A ja8, and is a sample of ruby copper,
almost native copper, Go per cent
strong.
After enumerating these samples Mr.
report explains that the
,ther properties of the Tintic and Mer-
,ur districts, without exception. intend
q be r-errase MED in the diSnlaX al