The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-12-27

wealth. ne Hlbls are 50 DlhiIlf tAg Jul
look, after careful investigation, so
promising that IL is astonishing that
more capital has not been attracted
this way. what conditions have
brought about such q state of affairs
that has held back this region 50 long
is hard TO determine.
One thing that has, no doubt. brought
about the slow development OF this sec
JiOn. is the fact that the greater part,
III not all the most valuable ground is
now located and held; in many in
stances the holder, for unknown rea-
sons, keeping his ground year AFTER
year without pick mark in IT, IL is
hoped. and not doubted that ere long
those conditions which now obtain wiz
be swept away and an era of real good,
intelligent effort begun.
Taking that section embraced in the
region lying between Ten Mile. say, ard
the great Annie Laurie mine, a distance
of perhaps ten miles, a brief geological
description win not perhaps. be amiss.
and may be highly interesting, espe-
cially to those familiar with mining
pecuiarities and formations.
The order of formation Of the region
seems to be Of Cuartzite, limestone,
shale. surmountsd by trachyte of great
thickness. In places this has been dis
placed by immense pOrphyry dykes,
which traverse the country in a general
northeast and southwest direction. Fis-
surfing, caused by the intrueiOn of
quartz veins and porphyry dykes while
I'm a sense altering tine formation OF
the country, yet so small have been the
effects, or, rather, so little have these
displaCements affected the region, that
the continuity Of the country is prac-
tically undisturbed.
Tn strict geological phraseOlOgy. it
would be possible 20 trace the forma-
tons through their respective ages. but
asinCe such, to the uninitiated. there IS
very little If any meaning. it suffices
10 say that the continuity and perma-
nenCe of the veins and lodges has been
hardly affected. Although several
faultings appear. yet the effect Of their
appearance has had little or no appre-
Ciable effect in the formation.
In the Gold Mountain section phona-
lite and rhyolite are the predominating
cappings. Much as IL is a pleasure in
deed TO dilate on this branch of these To-
calities. the space allotted for this arr
ticle being so small and the time in
which TO prepare it so short, it viii be
necessary 10 pass any further geologi-
cal description and get into a general
survey Of the hills as they are at pres
ent. with a little look TO the future that
begins to look so bright
New Capitalists interested.
The past year marked the advent Of
new talent 10 the Marysvale section i'm
the person OF Dr. p. A. II. Franklin and
his associates, mainly Of the east. DIR.
Franklin has mapped out and IS pur-
suing a vigorous campaign on his Log
Cabin and other properties lying con-
tiguous TO, for the most part, Brigham
peak, which lies about eight miles to
the west and south of Marysvale.
at present are the Log Cabin and the
Gold Development The Log Cabin
group consists Of siXty-seven claims
located so that for a distance Of nearly
three miles they cover the great Mt.
Badly mineral belt-'greatest on earth"
running north and south. also many
of the lateral veins. An immense ns-
sure vein runs through the property
in a northwest and southeast direC-
ton. The work now being done on the
Log Cabin ground consists Of two tun-
nels, called respectively the Franklin.
located on the Cottonwood side Of
Brigham peak, and the Elephant tun-
mel, on the Bullion side. The Franklin
tunnel is to be $500 feet IN length when
completed. and runs almost north, while
the Elephant tunnel runs southwest
and viii be in 1000 feet when It reaches
its objective point.
The purpose Of these tunnels is to
complete such working as viii reduce
the economy OF mining to q minimum
and expedite the extraction of ore. The
Franklin tunnel is designed to cross
the immense ore zone. and when it has
reached its objective point a few hun
dred feet north of the Edna crater, it
wiz have attained a depth Of 100 feet.
while the Elephant tunnel, when il is
completed. viii have reached an estf-
mated depth of 900 feet. It is calculat-
ed by running these tunnels that that
immense ore zone which is so clearly
seen traversing that section of country
WIN be cuL and its treasures in shape
for blocking
The Log Cabin tunnel is located to
the southwest Of the Franklin tunnel
and viii be i'm about 900 feet when it
reaches the Sunshine crater which il
win cut at a depth OF 600 feet.
Work is progressing rapidly now on
eli these workings about twenty-five
men being employed. The tunnels are
in several hundred feet and work now
for the most part on ore. some Of which
yields good returns. Work on these
properties is being watched with eager
interest. as on their outcome depends
more the success or failure Of the
Maryvale section than anything else.
Outside Of the larger propositions
much other work is being done.
Gold Veins Property.
The Gold Vein Mining company, part
of whose holdings consist of the
Wedge mine, are operating right along.
q force Of men being engaged stead
iy. During this fall this company, for
experimental purposes, leased the old
Dalton mill for test runs. In a sluice
the outcome was satisfactory, but in-
asmuch as the machinery was made
Quate for handling the ore properly,
the real purpose OF the trial run, T. G.,
90 test the ore and obtain results.
was not all that could be desired. How
ever, the company Is working right
along. opening new territory, and. I'm
many instances, opening good ore bod
les.
The Bradbun Mining company is
operating q most likely group of claims
20 the south Of Brigham peak. and
while they are saying little and saw
ing wood the results are more than
satisfactory.
1t is impossible 10 enumerate all the
properties on the hills; some are work
ing and some preparing for work
Among the properties in the, Marys-
vale region at present called to mind.
either working. work done until spring
or preparing FOR work. are: The AIt
Badly Mining. Milling a. Water Power
company; the Aldebaran. Perjue-Sur-
prise. Wedge Extension. Sixteen to
one, Bodie, Standard. +. & n, Leo
Vernon. Hope. Silver Tip, Great on
tariO, Bushby group. Mountain Star.
sunny slope, Miners Pride. J. X. t..
Outzeu group, Dalton. Monitor. Cum