The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-08-11
SURFACE SHOW|NGS
ARE VERY LARGE
Salt Lakers Are Impressed
With Ore Bodies Opened
at Yerington.
VALUES INCREASE AS
DEPTH IS GAINED
Shipments Coming in Ranging z
Exceedingly High in the
Red Metal.

Frank Pierce. the well-known Salt Lako
lawyori e. w, Clark. manager Of tho
ophlr company, and u, NJ. Clark. man
eger of one Of tho big smolters of Mo1-
leo, returned to Salt Lake Thursday. aft
er giving the Yerington mining district
thorough inspection. Messrs, Pioroe
and e. w, Clark were seen Friday ut Mr..
Pieroe's Offices, and both gentlemen OK
pressed genuine establishment at tho mag
nihoent surface showings Of tho Yering-
ton region. This surface showing, they
both agree, Ia remarkable. and In their
freely expressed opinion, Yerington will
be one Of the greatest copper campa in
the country should tho values extend
with depth,
The nature OF the present development
work will demonstrate within q very few
months tho continuity OF tho rioh ore
bodies which have created so much Won
der from the very surface, 1t Is upon
the Blue Stone and tho Ludwig that COM
paratively great depths have boen at
tanned up to the present time, and values
have been found to increase as depth IS
gained. Tho visitors examined the Lud-
wig, Bluo Stone, Douglas. Malachite. Dy-
ar and Craig properties, and the show
ings upon these groups served to Gre
ate the most favorable opinions lmag
Unable.
Values at Depth.
Upon the Blue Stone property the COM
pany is driving long tunnel to tap the
ore bodies at q vertical depth OF about
$50 feet, and this working is described
as a model OF its kind The Ludwig
property is contributing It's ores to the
market In car lots, the values going as
high as rs per cent In the red metal.
One interesting incident In the sinking
OF the Ludwig shaft is the encounterIng
OF water at depth OF 900 feet, and which
is said TO carry per cent copper, Ma
chinery is being installed to handle this
water and for extracting from 1t the red
metal contents.
or the Douglas the returned Salt Lnlsers
spenk most encouraglngly. There has
been considerable work done upon this
group, and large tonnage OF ore could
be broken down and shipped which would
average from II TO Is per cent copper.
These gentlemen and their associates are
interested in the Mcconnell property. q
group which has shipped a considerable
tonnage Of ore to the market, There Is
very fine showing on this property. and
the owners are not allowing Il 10 remain
Idle II is stated that great many peo-
pie are going In for the purpose OF Sc
curing properties. and the showings are
creating a great and constant excite
ment In the ranks Of tho newcomers.
Plenty of Power.
tion could be capable of giving the dis (
trict considerable trouble, owing 10 the
scarcity of fuel. but 1t is found by 60
Ing up the Walker river that thore are
several places where ample power can be
had to supply the entire district 1t
would seem advisable for all the compa-
MES 10 put In n joint plant In proportion
to their interests. Mr.. Clark is of the
opinion that interesting questions will
arise when the sulphIdc zone has been
reached Owing TO the extremely heavy
character OF the gangue, the ordinary
means OF separating the values from the
gangue cannot be employed.
The Blue Stone company, however. Is
using the magnetic process OF concen-
trating with great success A magnetic
machine is one OF the most economical
means that could be employed to this end,
requiring one and half horsepower TO
a machine. making a saving of over 90
per cent, and handling thlrty-nve tons OF
ore an hour. The ore is being sent
through siXteen-mesh screen at pres
ent. and II is thought eventually that a
can be employed successfully
railroad into Yerington seems now TO
be certainty, as d. S, Taggart of tho
Southern Pacific Railroad company has
announced that a road would be built
from Wabuska to Yerington and farther
On up the valley.
While Mr.. Pierce was greatly i'm
pressed with the copper values OF the
Yerington district, he was equally pleased
With the agriculture possibilities of the
Walker river country. He states that
thousands or acres are now under active
and conditions are perfect for
this industry to assume still greater i'm
portance,
Still handles everything in the line