Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-12-17

one dollar per pound, we're COM
PEELED to hold Black Hawk and his
maraudlng band OF redskins at bay.
A portion OF the roster of those old
timers, as the writer now remembers
them, IS as follows Jacob Hess ----
Washburnc, Murray. James Stark
afterwards probate Judge of Piutc
county, Fred Haller, Fred Hamil, d. G.
tate jed Taylor who subsequently
joined the Mormon Churcn aud be-
came the first Bishop OF the Marys-
vale ward, Or. Dennis, Miles Durkce
and lld Foisy. Durkee and Foisy
are. the only survivors OF that squad Of
Piute county argonauts, and like their
smelter stack monument I'm Bullion cam
yon, are somewhat battered and dis
llgunred by the hard hand OF Father
Time but are stlll IN the ring, 20 g.
lustrate the indomitable perseverance,
Of those pioneers, II is we'll to add that
Miles Durkee has recently tackled the
same old ditch and placer ground and,
with that perennial hope that never dies
except with it's owner Is again striv-
ing for the same object abandoned 81
years ago.
After successive failures to coax the
goddess Fortune, from the rock-rlbbed
chambers Of Mt. Badly each Of tho
pioneers secured a ranch and settled
down to farming and stock raising.
As a mining camp, Marysvale also set
tied down to a condition Of pastoral
s0mnolence,
SILVER REEF MINERS.
A number OF miners who deserted
Silver Reef during 1875 invaded the
hills west Of Marysyale and the fam
Gus Deer Trail was discovered Car
load after carload Of ore running into
the hundreds In lead silver and gold
were shipped TO Salt Lake The great
er portion OF the hlgh-gra ore was
extracted but there was opened up "A
vast blanket deposit of ore lying In
Quart2lte and lime contact. The de-
post In places swells to a thickness OF
60 TO so feet and viii average 80 to 40
feet thick OF ore, averaging $40 per ton
In gold and silver A million and q
half dollars I'm sight Is a conservative
estimate Of Deer Trail wealth. The
property Is owned by o. j. Salisbury Of
salt Lake City. That the great body
Of ore does not extend on into the
mountain has been fully demonstrate
ed by several tunnels along the con-
tact. and the source Of the ore Is one OF
those interesting problems that so often
confront the man who mines. What
ever It's value, a solution will be yen-
tured. AS before stated. the quartzite
floor and lime roof are IN bedded form.
To the north Of the great ore body the
aYfg al "a 49, "a ~ n
phyry dyke that extends from the base
to the top Of Deer Trail mountain. The
Quart2ite underneath the ore body Is
split with innumerable assures, and
conditions indicate that many Of them
were channels for ascending ore-bear-
Ing solution. Indeed, some Of the iis-
sures contain seams OF pure galena.
Such conditions would seem 10 two very
plain conclusions. First, that the
porphyry dyke was the cause OF the
naturalization OF contact some dis
lance below the exposed ore body and
second. that the upper ore body de-
rived It's values by the upward flow Of
solutions from the inferred contact be-
meath. Another interesting feature is
that no effort has been made to find
and explore the contact on the north
side OF the dyke, and where probable
identical causes produced identical re-
suits Conditions at the Deer Trail
would seem TO justify the belief that,
like Lcadville, great bodies Of ore ex-
ist IN bedded form at no great distance
below what is called the Deer Trail
contact and that on both sides of the
dyke colossal fortunes await the adj
vent ~ some one with nerve as well as
money for intelligent exploration. Ne
gotiatlons are now pending whereby the
old Deer Trail Will again come to the
front as a great producer.
A SECOND BOOM CAME
Another boom struck Marysyale
when the Dalton was discovered in
Horse Heaven, along In the early
"ninetles" A fortune was taken out
at the grass roots" Al about 60
feet IN depth the vein was found in a
faulted condition and while fair mill
ing ore Is abundant, the surface de-
poslts Of rich ore has not been dupli-
Gated The great easterly and wester-
~ view Is fully twelve feet wide and
It's showing at nearly 800 feet deep Is
such as TO put the question Of per-
maneucy beyond all doubt,
DISCOVERY OF THE WEDGE,
subsequently, the Wedge was dis
covered a half mile or so southeasterly
from the Dalton, and created great In
tercst by the richness Of the ore.
Notwithstanding the marvellous
showing OF ore on the surface, only one
or two determined efforts backed by
a combination of brains, experience and
money have been made to determine
the questions OF value and permanency.
In many instances great sums of money