The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-10-12
/ On SIERRA
|IR[ MOUNTAIN
|.,,uire is Developing
lbpsnss Veins OF
Copper:
ByE PROMISE OF
M FABULOUSLY RICH
Inscription of Great
lies Near the June
ton City.

ton City.
IN. 1.-THE work that
~ has undertaken on the
as .;, Sierra Madre, q few
y ~ OGDEN. and perhaps the
,re eminence in the
lssI ,.rsIsp the immense copper
II the greatest and most
Fr;pg undertakings IN the
4. Stare Of Z Utah. 1t Is the
n6ls that It has been near,
10 Mr.. Mcguire s personal
Ssi have been expended; hIss
s.;r;on Of these splendid
ssd in such development
Z been done.
Is;usl location in the Sierra
ssisin, Mr.. Mcguire has
-rher of years and much
% h acquisition of the sur
,sims, having himself. with
.;rs Of wears as a mining
~ peologist, examined the
.rtent OF these mammoth
.,srer, both to the north and
gs discovery. Where the
al is where be acquired the
he now has seventeen of
dpp one OF the most remark"
Er.fsms in the United States,
known as the Black Cop
~ pronounced by the mem
3 geological survey of the
,,s' who made a preliminary
year, and who recommended
survey for 1907, as the
|Egitic copper vein on the
I'd the biggest conner mine.
La. the exception of the
Ian copper ore bodies.
EMirs's preliminary develop
was exclusively on tie
'rp proper, and during the
|rss acquiring adjoining prop.
|Ueat prospective value, he
nsl 500 feet on the strike of
faiing the copper ore for
|,,t Of the total, the hiatus be-
|lrtrts fault of sixty feet.
4 that the last 500 feet Of
is IN ore OF q high grade,
alizstion running from 5 per
Der cent in the metals. and
|aEying GOLD from So TO So.
r Of running this tunnel was
nsts the continuance of the
iiroueh the contact and TO
be bed, 1900 feet deep, that
the eranitic gneiss that
b,se of this massive noun
Six Other Veins.
anta Maria holdings there
BE- distinct veins, n addition
lrnoth Black Copper. With
tion their strike is uniform
rd south, and because of the
la OF the formation they are
ssi IN the vertical cliffs or
and can be traced by their
cfoDpings some distance to
4 and far 10 the north. The
Is the Charles vein, which
vain which comes from the
10 the northeast, and appar-
y itself IN the Black Copper
pant or them ell.
ing up the gulch the South
|'tFty feet wide, shows IN the
E up strongly and continuing
mated peaks, and next comes
Mama, and another vein ten
Fdth, until the New York, one
at important OF the lot, is
1ses seven parallel, except the
sad between them IN the
are numerous small veins
pense!ves would furnish sn
output.
" most remarkable veiu sys.
Q seen IN the West. The
10 big and massive. ard when
taat the mountain IN which
!oeated has great basial
a IS 10000 feet above sea
conception Of the immensity
seaval that created these ore
be obtained.
f!op these immense ore bodies,
-Ee has just started a lower
ae, the adit beinq COO feet
ideally than the first Santa
Lae!. This is one Of the big
egs In Western mining. The
~ oe i've by seven feet and
-nven INTO the mountain, cross
saca Of the veins that are ex.
A e1oslon, distance Of 700
weep Is the formation that
,eahel IS completed a vertical
4 ~ ioz9 feet win have been at,
i - TINS will be under the New
X Inc hrst 100 feet q vertical
.su teet will be attained. and
rss,i -. me Black Copper vein will
siea, some minor veins If the
- intervening.
'PaA0ing Retaining Walls.
I !, mouth Of the tunnel force
IA : AZ work building heavy re
N NJ no. On the precipitous side ci
~ er,.a aug just above the stream
,sSrnoiVe sSon.o machine shops, black
Il, ips and large living apart
'sss, ,ae men are to be erected
iIf I. :. torce is nine men. but
A., A. oe increased as the building
so,ds'aailon sod are erected, and az
!, compressor plant will fol
i, ne tunnel is in 200 feet. A
m m supplies and material ar,
ssJ .ne made trail on burros
p,s.s I; tne region and so steer
Irb;lIsSal wagon road is out @,
aes, and Mr.. Maeuire vii