The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-09-19
THE BOWERS VEIN.
Geological Conditions As Expressed
By Mr.. Hayden.

Especial Correspondence.)
Diamond, Sept. &c. E. Hayden of
this place is nephew of the renowned
| geoiogist Professor Hayden, who has
Tor over twenty-five years been engaged
IN mining in various portions of the
state of Colorado, though now identified
with the Tintic country. Mr. HAYDEN
recently went over that portion of
country lying between the town of
Diamond and the Teresa mine on the
north. III speaking of an article re-
Gently contained in The Herald Mr..
Hayden remarked:
Il noticed d day or SO ago that The
Herald published a little chat with nv
friend Stallings on the possibilities Of
the Joe Bowers ledge, and l read the
article with interest because in my
walks about Diamond l have given this
vein in question some study and am
beginning to believe that l am acquir-
ing an insight into its formation and
chief characteristics
Il agree with Mr.. Stallings when he
says that with certain intelligent de-
velopment the Bowers vein viii dis
close great bodies OF commercial ores,
and Il is a source of much regret that
all three of the companies owning the
strike of the vein have not worked
more rapidly. They are singularly
fortunate in their possessions. l look
upon the future of the Bowers and
Shoebridge veins in a measure as
ldeEtical-both destined TO achieve
splendid results-tEat is to say, sus-
ceptible of yielding great quantities of
metalliferous minerals Should YOU
ask me why, / could only say because
of the undisputed and convincing evil
dences TO me, on ali sides that points to
the fact that both are true fissures-and
may fairly be termed mother lodes.
There has been less scoring or
erosion in the Bowers as is manifest in
the bold outcrop in various places, or
perhaps a greater deposition of vegeta-
ton over the Shoebridge, but they both
give unmistakable evidence of their
presence. and, their metallic values
have been demonstrated in the past
Certain distinguishing features of the
existence of great concentration of
forces are prevalent in both veins.
With the Shoebridge it apparently pre-
walls in the vicinity and north of the
new shaft on the Shoebridge- Bonanza
properties culmina ting in the intersec-
ton of the Tesora Vein somewhere
north of the Independent shaft.
ITO my notion the Bowers vein ac-
quires its greatest strength going south
from the Showers Consolidated by the
union OF consolidation of what is known
as the Estella and Butcher Boy veins.
The conveyance is visible in all of the
old openings made years ago, and
strikingly so in the one nearest the
Bowers Extension. Without advancing
any theories, to me it is apparent that
the great dyke of trachyte, basalt and
other volcanic rocks on the east force
the union of all surface or shallow and
so-caIled parallel veins at this junction,
where l faithfully expect to see great
things accomplished some day.
1T has always been amusing to me
to hear folks speak so sympathetically
for the Bowers Extension company be-
cause OF the flow of water encountered
in their shaft. If it -Nas twice as great
as it is, it would be better for them in
days to come-for it means the posi- |
bllity of concentrating the product of |
their enormous ledge full of scattered !
rich mineral"