The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-30

The new year augurs well for the de-
velopment of the mining interests at
Modena and the various camps for
which Modena is the shipping and dis
ltributing point The Desert Wonder
group of four mining claims within a
mile of the town are being thoroughly
examined and prospected, with a view
Of determining which one of the three
Gre veins crossing the property Is likely
to afford early production Of profitable
| ores
| At present a prospect shaft thirty feet
in depth is being driven down the side
of north and south crOss-cOuntTy lode
\ of quartz and calcite forty feet in
width, showing on its face average val
ues of S7.4o per ton in gold and several
ounces in silver. This lode will be cross
/ cut at a depth of fifty feet, and should
an average of only 50 per ton in gold
/ be contained a splendid milling PROPOSE
/ ton will speedily develop. owing to the
superior adaptibility of the ore to cy-
sniding. The property is owned by w.
| II. Bramel and r. L. NOlf of Salt Lake
City, i. x. Ross of Wallula, Wash, and
| H. w. Forman of Nashville, Tenn.
| A paralleliDg vein 200 feet east Of tn ;
quartz lode of 80 per cent hematite iron.
| associated with siderite. calc spar ana
quartZite. has been explored to q suf-
| fcient depth on the same property TO
disclose indications that appear to justi-
fy the belief of the owners that n cop
\ per mine will result in further develop
ment.
A vein of pyritic quartz and a cross
assure of limonite are also being inves-
tigated.
1t has been freely predicted by ex-
perts who have inspected the ground
that the matter of developing a paying
mine on the property is solely matter
| of financial expenditure and develop
ment.
| Adjoining the Desert Wonder group
On the east is the Utawalla claim,
owned by w. c. Dibblee and W. q.
Case of Walla Walla. Wash. A four
| foot vein Of calcite AMI quartz in por-
phyry, and yielding 81 in gold per ton
at the surface, is being Frospected and
gives every indication of developing
something substantial IN values with
depth, the vein being of the true rs
sure type.
| The King Festus group Of three
claims two miles northwest of Modena,
owned by w. II. Bramel and r. L. Nolf,
are to be developed during the present
year. These properties abound ~ bold
| ly outcropping veins of calcite and
quartz carrying low values in gold and
silver, but which promise to develop
into splendid milling properties.
At no time in the history of mining
in this southern section has the coun-
try hereabouts been so much prospect
ed as during the year just past, and 4
better understanding of the geology OF
the country and a more patient search
| for minerals has led to valuable dis
coveries on all sides of Modena-
Activity at StateIIne.
| Stateline. sixteen miles northwest, al
though much abused, has survived I'M
der circumstances that have more often
than not demised camps of created
| fame; and the perseverance of the re-
sident claim-owners, who have stead
tasty refused to De moved by the aIIur-
| ing reports spread broadcast by better
advertised camps, is likely TO meet with
golden rewards during the year ush-
cred in.
The recent discovery on the big a.
property of ore running up in thousands
Of dollars per ton IN gold and silver. the
opening up of the Side Winder proper
| ty, in close proximity, carrying splen-
did values. are signal discoveries that
may prove the keynote to the abiding
place of the treasures of. Rice mountain
On this mountain free gold may be