The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-03-23
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which afterward passed into the indi-
vidual ownership of Samuel NewhOuse.
At depth of 900 feet only, ore has
been blocked out to an extent of 100000
tons of an estimated average value Of
S12 per ton, a showing of over S6,000,000
in sight"
Surrounding the Cactus are the 103
claims of the Black Bird group which
have been gathered together by the
Franklin syndicate, and upon which an
active campaign of development has
begun.
It is supposed that it is near the head
of this copper gulcE that the rich rs
sure vein, cutting the country to the
east Of north and upon which are 10
Gated the Carbonate and Rather mines,
which in the former years, were large
producers, first makes its appearance.
Here, again, new blood has been IN
fused and able eastern capitalists have
taken an eighteen-mOnths bond upon
the property and are proceeding vigcr-
Ously under the management of NJ +.
Gilbert to sink a double compartment
shaft 1t is located in trachite rock
about $50 feet away from the vein, but
getting nearer to it with depth. The
shaft is down more than 300 feet and it
is proposed to sink Immediately to LOCO
feet or below the old workings, which
had been carried down to the SOO-foot
level. and which are now badly eaVed
and flooded. Although the mine was
closed down some seventeen years ago.
If was not for lack Of ore, but simply
! through unfortunate mana cement.
HIGHER ON THE MOUNTAINS.
/ On the eastern slope Of the noun
| tain directly west from the Carbonate
are the claims of the San Francisco
/ Mining company, but a little further
north are those of the Golden Reef
/ Mining company. Each Of these prop
critics is considered Independently else
where and they are only mentioned
here as I'm the general scheme
The reader has been led gradually
from the eastern to the western pOr-
ton of the county, with view to max
ing him acquainted with the general
/ features of its mineral deposits. we
have crossed the bread valleys between
the Wasatch and the Mineral ranges,
and again between the Mineral range
and the San Francisco. and TO the
west of the San Francisco lies the
I broad Wah-WaN valley. There is a
general scarcity of water in all of the
western portion of the county and alb
solutely no agricultural development.
The latter is confined almost exclu-
sivelv To the lands irrigated from the
I Beaver river and its tributaries, all
flowing into il above MineTsville. Tfat
section is assured a prosperous fu-
tl1re because of its limited area. and
the demand for it's products which viii
rapidly increase as the mining dis
tricts are further developed
MARBLE oUARRIEs.
There are other general resources OF
considerable moment. There are depos-
its of valuable marble in the san Fran
cisco range. Just on the western slope,
opposite to the Horn Silver mine, from
which blocks of solid marble can be
! I obtained which may be carved TO al
most any degree Of sharpness and
thinness. Of the most durable quality
. and in such a homogeneous mass that
! blocks Of almost any size may be OBJ
! tanned Of uniform grain and hardness
AS building marble It can have but
Z few superiors. For monumental pur-
1 poses it has some very besutifui ane
; peculiar markings ana shows dura-
7 bilitv when exposed to The weather
I that is unexcelled by any Of the east