The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-03-23
WIENER MINES
ARE INSPECTED
Opinion Is That Properties Must
Develop Into WeaIth-PrO-
duCerS of Merit.
TlNTIC OUTPUT PICKING UP
JESSE KNIGHT is STARTING AN
OTHER MINING ENTERPRISE,

J. y. Pardce. the well known mining
man and lawyer. with Lorenzo Price, jr-,
manager Of the American Smelling * Re
filming cOmpanys mammoth limestone
quauies at TopHff returned yesterday
morning from weeks trip to the Weimer
Copper company's properties, fifty miles
from Dubois, Ida.
4 make no prctensionS to being a min
ing expert" said Judge Pardee during the
afternoon. but to say that I was agree
ably surprised at what was shown me
would be to express it mildly. ! visited
practically every opening that has been
made in the mammoth ledge that runs
through the cOmpany's ground for a mile
or more and found ore i'm every one of
them It seems that anywhere in the
great contact between the QuaTtZite and
lime that is anywhere from 100 to 30 feet
thick fine copper ore can he uncovered
with small amount of work. I am not
sufficiently expert i'm the calculation of
values TO say what the mass of the ma
teTlal constituting the main ledge would
average ana iJ is very probable that a
considerable percentage of il would run
very low But, judging from the show
ings of high grade ore. ore that the meT-
est novice would recognize as being rich
in copper, and figuring ON the great mass
of material that is saved and counted as
secOnd-CiaSS, IT seems to me that, with a
creek, for instance. almost any tOnna &c
could be mined that would yield hand
some returns. Ore that would avera e
4 to 10 per cent copper. with the nigh
grade added, ought, apparently, to be
mined in any quantity and at a minimum
of cost.
The entire lode is splendidIy miner
allied and the lenses Of rich ore are ST
well scattered through the mass and tn,
grade is so high that there is apparently
no question but that mining can be car
Tied on with big profit even though NJ
Smelter is built. though the reduction o
the ore on the ground appeals 10 me a:
being the thing to do
Birch creek is "a stream that carries
large volume of water. / should say tina
its flow right now is as great as that car
ried by the Jordan river. west of Sal
Lake. and it PUSHES down through tn
mountains with speed that should maxi
il available for power purposes. There i
a world of fine timber and every elemen
OF fluX to make mining and smelling boil
economical and desirable.
THE mineral belt on which the prop
erty is located is claimed by the resident
of that region to be traceable for thlrC
miles along either side of the range TO tn
north At the northern extremity Is 10
Gated the famous old NichOlla prOpert
on one side and the Gilmore on the Other
Here the values arc lead and silver. Whil
the southern portion OF the belt Is note
for its copper. The Weimer prOpertie
are certainly located on rich and stron
portion Of the zone and where the condl
lions for substantial results are unsuf
passed.
From the character of the ore that ha
been and is coming to this market, | Wis
tied the property feeling certain that
would be impressed with the proposition
but I was altogether unprepared Tor VIVA
I did see. II is a great property and II
located i'm a fine country. 1 am glad tina
made the trim