Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-03-31
SIERRA MAORE IS
PUSHING TO FRONT
Nav be Location Of Some Of Inc
States Future Great Cop.
per Producers.
DON MAeuIRE's STATEMENT
Saws Napoleon and Magbera VIII 800"
Be Producing--Close to os'
den Smelter.

oorrespondent writing to the MIN
- pey,ew OF this city from ogden ID
~ the opinion that BoSelder cou""
going TO be the location OF So"'e
t,a states greatest copper mines "
80 n.rt of Utah" says he. is 'he''
a,or nrornise OF phenominai cop
per mines being added 10 'hos0 , me-
orc now making Utah FAMOUS 80
sler,a Madre district has, dNr'hS i'V'
and 1908 made great strides IN proving
,,sclf a region of bonanzas' espeeis' ,5
~ IN the Napoleon and MagheFu h','
and copper property some c"p'''i
49, residents OF Iowa, Illinois eau
torcia and Utah are the o"neIs "
,ha Nanoleon and Maghera group fo'
almost two years these men nave peen
opening this property and II may Nv"
,,s locked upon az one Of the phehohi'
enal copper mines OF the conn.,
,rnosa who have visited 1t state thes
,hnra aYists two copper bearing looes
,',or a that are each from ~ 10 oo
sa"t In width, and each eSleIos
throueh the property for distance oa
mn feet. a third vein crosses .ie
,,ronartv MT right angles TO tne wv
rust mentioned, and thls for distance
~ 900 feet. shows an outcrop vi ~
,ar arc seldom found In any nine ine
nrouerty Is a little over mlle III Nnn,''
and almost a half mile III WILL
These lodea are exposed ulonk ~
sides of steep mountain oVe'looni,.H
Salt Lake valley and system oi ~
nels now being driven upon lhese 'e ne
viii cut under the east END Oh tue
W., W. 90 denth of about 3,00O feet
con,ethinu over 1000 feet OF tunnel
work has already been carried OUT AZ
d,rerent workings on the properly
and about 900 900 tons OF ore IL now
axnosed In these different WORKINGS
on the group. The ores are chlehy
conner sulphides, chalcopyrlte pre-
do,nInating and In the deepest parts
~ the present workings chalcopyrlte IL
oiao nreseut In considerable quantity
'rhe nhysical condition existing III
these immense lodes show tonnase
that a large body OF workinen coulo NY
exhaust In 80 yenrs. Aaoea 70 tno
quantity, the additional excellent Iss-
lures OF this ore being what may We
termed high-grade 'onSensla .,
ore that can be worked at the foot ol
tho mountain only few thousand rect
from the mine. An eminent mining
man who has recently visited the
nrnnertv. saws Il is easily the most re-
n,arkable example OF enormous TON
mage 10 bn found In Utah or adjoining
states. Atr,,
"rhe presesnt management is pushing
work. ,ipon this group OF mines as
,apldly as possible. Don Mcguire, When
last spoken to. stated that the company
expects TO have the mine producing
bars within is months as the ores OF
the Napoleon and Mashera group con
tain considerable values III golu' H'Eel
AS well as copper! the OUTPUT vi VIZ.
mine will be worked at an exceheht
profit .,.
"The other mines OF Sierra Madre dis
,rlct that are being pushed ahead are
the Eldorado; also the santa Maria
There are still others Of merit, but these
ARE the chief properties now attract
lng attention. In some respects the
santa Maria Is the equal OF the Napo-
leon and Maghera, and promises TO be-
come It's competitor In the prouuV.
tion Of copper ores, besides when II
carries through It large part OF th'
Eld0rado silver lead VEIN
"The Eidorado property Is now belne
considered By powerful syndicate anc
should the deal be contaminated there
win be a large force Of men employed
upon IL during the coming sumner
'Tt Is not generally known that
reduction plant Is now under construc
zion i'm sierra Madre district; this be-
ms built near the Utah Hot springs
lis ore will be drawn from Sierra Ma
Dire district and also from Idaho, Ne
vada. and wyoming, a certain railway
corporation Of national Importance u
now giving It's support 10 this under
taking, as a considerable volume OF I'M
ores To he treated at the new Sierr'
Madre plant Will come from along IL
lines.
sierra Madre district will thus b.
enabled 10 favor IT, properties with tw
markets one below Salt Lake city, am
The other M It's own door When W
call 60 mind the fact that within tou
years the district should turn out 500
tons of ore per day, It may REASONABLE
he expected that much larger plant
than the one now being built Will b
called for within the next two years
Sierra Madre district covers larg
area OF country. IL IL fourteen miles Y
length and about seven miles IN Width
and within this area mines Of gold, 81
yer, lead, copper, iron and zinc occur
The copper interests alone are suilicicn
to make Il one Of the very mportau
mining regions OF Utah. and tollowin
immense wealth OF copper found her
the silver bearing odes present hither
20 unknown wealth sufficiently eNten
sive to make the district stand easll
alongside OF those camps that durin
tho mast 90 years have made Utah on