The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-09
MINERAL RESOURCES:
PHYSICAL CONDITIONS


While my Investigations and re
searches have not proET essed far
. enough to allow of my makingta posi-
tive statement and while. in NJ ~ s
ment. many things touching the Seoioey
of the district must await the dis
closures that are sure to result Win
development. I have seen cnoUFn dur
ing my ten days tramp through fne
district to thoroughly convince RE ta,I
il has g future and that tie m mes VIII
be found to 90 to the deep. The forInn-
tions indicate it and work, ] feel Ger
tain. viii demonstrate the correctness
! of my opinion.
/ This in subsistence was tie st9te'~en-
/ made by w. r PiersOn, tho --o-era0
mining engineer and expert who iS woll
/ known al over the coast and Who $ stu
in the district or about conclHolnG ms
! Investigations there. COrrins fr'9l
! such an authority. the statement
! though lacking in detail. ear he counted
as significant and of the highest v7'ue
/ TO the investor and claim owner wTo
4 may feel ''shaky' concerning the LITE
and possibilities of the region under re-
view.
Great lodges Of gold bear quartz.
/ splendid belts. reefs and dykes OF
/ pOrOhyritic granite with lines anu
: schists, are found throughout the dis
Z triCt while iron rlavS an iD1pOTtaDt
part in the naturalization Of the camp
! In most of the properties where any
depth has been attained copper appears
i'm conjunction with other metals ana
the vein structures are such as to
establish in the mind of the expert that
the ores 20 down In general WaV II
has already been demonstrated that
/ values increase with de0th and that
permaneucc OF the deposits are as
sUred.
The mineral belt OF the district has a
general northeasterly sOuthwesterly
trend and development Is showing that
the main contacts are literally laceu
together with cross assures. over on
the Searchlight side of the district. in
the Ouartette and other properties.
nearly 900 feet in depth has been at
tanned.
In this particular mine values near
the surface were small. At 200 feet the
ore carried only SO or "a in gold per
ton barring the rich streaks. At 800
feet the management was on the point
, of giving UP. but the superintendent
was so thoroughly convinced that the
mine was beneath his feet that he as
sumed the responsibility of going dowr
o. another 100 feet. At $50 feet the values
began to climb and from that point OF
Z he had no trouble in making the propO-
sitiOn pay. Today the mine is said Il
, be milling rock that averages about 81
, per ton in gold, while not a little ricf
ore is sent direct to market Othe1
l | mines have had similar experiences
: | and that end of the district. of which
: the Crescent camp is an integral part
{ has had its permanence and wortl
/ | thoroughly. established
: Crescent's Mines and Prospects.
!, The lodges of the Crescent distric
T are not all gold-bearing, in the sens
= that the term is generally applied he
/ markably fine veins of lead-silver an'
g silver-goid have been discovered ant
L some of these properties are airead.
: attracting a great deal of attention
One of the best developed propertie
r in the district is that of the Nippen
= =
q agement of which rests in the hands o
V Grant n. Halfpenny, his associates be
4. ing Philadelphia capitalists. The min
j has been opened through numerou
Y shafts and tunnels and during the pas
d few years a great deal of rich gold or
IT has been shipped out to Marvel, Ca
s The vein is a remarka bly, strong on
,e and Manager Halfpenny states that i
l. some places the ore bodies leave tn
ir vein and run out in the bedding plane
lie to a distance of 200 to $50 feet.
For some time past the chief -wor
le in hand has been the development {
a water. Quite a flow has been secure
IS in two tunnels run for the purpose an
s. Just now crOsscut is being made frOl
" the bottom OF a shaft, sunk fartht
m down the hillside. for the purpose {
Id cutting the water channel at dept
ID Within a few weeks Mr.. Halfpenny e1
m poets to have developed enough waite
l. here to run a stamp mill, at leas
al and if successful plant will be erecte
m without delay. For such a mill he say
in he will have no trouble in supplyin
t; an abundance of $40 ore. One sha
I'd on this property has been sunk to
in-i depth OF 225 feet and splendfdIy tin
in bered. The ore taken out in sinking
e. paid every dollar OF the cost. notwitl
Il standing the long haul to Marvel /
IL team. The ore thus shipped from Il
ed property is understood to have nettt
he better than $S5 per ton. after an :,
IS penses were deducted. This shows hi
as the camp is productive OF rich ore.