Iron County register., 1900-05-31
West End Copper Prospect.

Ed. ReqaSter-I herewith submit my
report upon the copper and lead lands
belonging to the Black River Mining
Company. The property is situated in
the county of Iron, State of Missouri.
in and about twelve miles northwest of
Ironton, which is Oh the Iron Noun
tain and Southern Railroad, seventy
six miles from St. Louis. The country
is undulating, with hills from one
hundred to six hundred feet in height,
with valleys suitable for agricultural
purposes. The roads are in fair order.
This valuable mining property is situ-
ated on Shut-In Creek, a tributary of
Black River. Here the stream winds
it's way through narrow gorge or
canyon at the base of two large noun
tains which forms Shut-In. Here we
find a large number of m1neralized
quartz veins varying in width from
| three inches up to six feet, cutting
through porphyry or granite rock.
The mother vein is seen cutting
through this formation at the base of
two large mountains, crossing the
creek from one mountain into the other,
with two we'll defined walls which has
been traced over three miles along its
course through this property. Here
we have q series of vein with the moth
er vein running nearly parallel with
the creek for distance of about one
half mile until it reaches the head of
the Shut-In, and here it is seen cross
ing the creek and entering the large
mountain on the east side of the stream.
vain Mt tho hoea Of
the west mountain showing thickness
of not less than six feet. The quartz
here is strongly oxacized through the
decomposition of the iron and copper
pyrites. Here we have the green and
gray carbonate, and yellow sulphuret
of copper also iron pyrites. See plat;
also samples accompanying this report.
The mother vein from this point south
for a distance of one-half a mile runs
along on the side of the west mountain
a distance from it's base from a few
| feet up to FIVE hundred feet.
About one-half a mile south from
| where the vein crosses the creek at the
point where the gray copper is found,
there is quite number of veins from
two to four inches wide, in places al
most solid galena. Those veins run
nearly an east and west course strik-
ing directly towards the mother vein,
and no doubt they are off chutes of
| the mother vein. The course of the
mother vein is northeast and south
west, and verbical. The course of the
small veins are nearly east and west.
They must form junction with the
mother vein; the mother vein crop
ping out as it does on the mountain
sides above the base, with the small
veins cropping out in the creek bed,
| and in the bluffs at the base of the
mountains, striking directly towards
| the mother vein.
There is no doubt bat rich ores of
| lead and copper exist in paying guam
titles at the junction of those veins.
These are deep-seated, true fssure
quartz veins, and will as depth is at
tained produce rich ones in large
quantities These veins are situated
so that mining can be carried on by
tunnelling and shaft work. Ii drift
| is driven in on the lead vein distance
of about two hundred feet it would
reach the mother vein at a vertical
] depth OF. about one hundred and twenty
| feet. No doubt lead ore will be dis
| covered in paying quantities.
The veins marked on the accompany
ing plat. as you will observe upon ex-
animation of the quartz specimens
which came from the out-croppings of
these veins, are all well mineralized
with lead, yellow sulphure., green
carbonate, and gray copper ores.
These samples came from each vein.
There is plenty of timber for all
mining and building purposes on the
property. with a fine water power for
all purposes. Taking into considera-
tion the immense mineral bearing
veins, its cheap labor, cheap fuel and