The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-07-13
Red Metal Ore Worth Nir
Cents a Pound Is Dis
covered.
RICH BODY OF ORE
UNCOVERED IN A TRENC
Discovery Is Made in Grour
Near Corner of Fourth South
and State Streets.

There was a strike In front Of LJ
Dor hall on Fourth South streq
Wednesday. 1t was not the kind III
strike, however. that Is made by di -
satisfied employees. On the other han
1t was strike which every miner a
sires to make. An exceedingly rItsn
body Of copper bearing ore was efd''
countered by the laborers who wefIa
digging n trench for mains for ti"N
new gas company, on the north sic |
Of the street and about Il rod west
the crossing on the west side of Nal
street The ore body was encountere
at a depth OF less than two feet FROM
the surface, so that It was virtuallsr
a grass-root proposition. IS
In running the trench the vein war
cut on its south side and there was ess
posed a good four-inch streak OF ricrn
green -colored ore. about four feet lonJ1l
on the north side OF the ditch. The al \
OF the ore body is to the north an, !
west -
The values OF the ore were as astonsr
ishing as the fact of the discovery q,
the ore itself. Experts looked at 4,
and eyed the samples, which were pro-,
duced plentifully. In a critical manned !
and made all kinds of estimates as
the extent of the value OF the coppe-
contents, Lr
Very Rich Ore.
Guesses ranged from 4 trace to
high as 10 per cent copper. To settF
| the dispute A fair sample was takolG
| 10 an assay office and values were re-
| vealed In a short time that were OF az
! amazing nature. as the sample shovel
| copper to the extent OF 51.5 per cenF
| This brought the value OF the ore W
| TO about 8 cents d pound or betteF
which Is rather an unusual value fol
| dirt found by working on the street,
| When 1T Is remembered that ore of thf
| kind nearly always carries pretty goof
| values in silver and gold. It Is a 5afl
| estimate that the ore is worth fully y
cents a pound, or 500 ton This E
probably the best bona f1de street strlkf
| ever made In Salt Lake
A number Of times rich samples hav
| been found where excavation work ha
| been IL progress in the city, but tht
is not only the largest body Of ore ye
found within the city, but It's values ar-
| also greater.
Is in Made Earth.
There is only one element that pre-
| vents the present strike from develop
ing into paying proposition, and thu
Is that the ore Is not, as Is designate
by miners sin place" In fact, it is 4
"nade" earth The street has bee
filled In at this point to depth OF sew
eral feet In order to bring up the sur
face TO the established grade. 1t Is
F, pity to spoil such encouraging condi
tions by such cold and stubborn disap
| pointing facts But facts have beel
known to destroy theoretical mines a
| many instances.
The explanation that explains bes
the presence of the ore is that 1t ha
| been unloaded on the spot where
now lies as the ground was being bull
up The body shows about the size
both laterally and in depth. as woul'
result from dumping part of wago'
load of dirt.
Where Ore Came From.
The ore evidently came from some Q
the mining camps of the State whel
copper was not so valuable as IL !
now. After resting for time In IN
show window of some enterprising pro
moter, who failed to float the propo
sition. the pretty but at that time al
most worthless copper carbonates, 70
| such it was declared to be by compe
tent authorities was then taken
what was then a mudhole ore-dumpin
ground of former smaller Salt LAX
and discarded without tho thought tina
1t would be again the cause or ralsin
false hopes of richness In the mind
of It's future discoverers. 1t may b
| remarked that this Is not the first In
stance that ore has disappointed IT
| discoyererS