The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-06-03
BUTTE MEN GET
COPPER IN UTAH
Northern Engineers Snap Up
Property Adjoining Old
LeWiss0hn Mines.
COMPANY TO BE ORGANIZED
AND THIRTY-FIVE CLAIMS ACT
IVELY DEVELOPED.


Based on the report of its field engi-
lneers, Wallace Corbett and Burt Adams
Tower. the board of directors of the
Mines Exploration company last night de-
cided to organize the Lucin Copper Mines
company for the operation of properties
in the Lucin mining district, Box Elder
county Utah, says the Butte Miner. The
company viii be incorporated for 1,500,OOo
the par value of the shares to be 81 The
papers for incorporation are now being
prepared by J. L. Templeman, counsel for
the Mines Exploration company. The
board of directors will be chosen from
among the board of directors and stock
holders of the exploration company.
About two weeks ago Mr.. Corbett, the
field engineer of the exploration company,
returned from trip through Nevada and
Utah, bringing with him some wonderful
specimens of native copper from two Utah
properties He was accompanied by ChriS-
topher Lynch and George Thaine, original
locators Of the property. Before return
ing to Butte, though not having made
more than superficial examination or
the claims Mr.. Corbett secured an option
on the ground. At the direction of the
board of directors; Mr.. COrbett, Mr.. Tow
er and Mr.. Templeman, accompanied by
Mr.. Lynch, revisited the property week
ago, making a more thorough examina-
ton,
FIatterinq Report.
Aside from It's technical features the re-
port Is flattering, and Mr.. Corbett states
that If he should travel a lifetime he
would never expect to see such rich
deposit of copper ore again. The party
whole country in the vicinity of the
claims. and the titles were examined by
Mr. Templeman and found perfect.
The property consists of twenty-five full
claims, or total of 800 acres. in the
Lucin mining district. Box Elder county,
Utah, seven miles from the smelter at
Tecoma, New, a small town just across
the state line on the Lucin cutoff of the
Southern Pacific railroad, and about 100
miles west of ogden.
The formation is of lime with quartz
lite Gaping mostly eroded. The ore Oc1
ours sometimes at the surface, and in
some places it is at a depth of about
ten feet. There is also heavy iron cap
ping, beneath which the rich ore bodies
are found
Adjoins Shipping Mine.
The property ad5oins that of the Salt
Salt Lake mine formerly the old Lewis
sohn mines. now shipping about 135 tons
Of ore a day which runs from to s per
cent copper, on which the smelter charges
l.
iron which is sought by the smelling COM
panies as a fluxing material
The Salt Lake company has developed
it's property by means of open cuts and
tunnels. One of the open cuts is 200 feet
long 100 feet wide and 100 feet deep. and
is all one great mass Of ore which is sim
ply Quarried out There is also a tun-
mel and workings to the extent of about
200 feet, which has found no limit to
the copper deposit.
While the Salt Lake company is now
shipping all that score of teams can
haul TO the smelter. the facilities are to
be increased by the building of a spur
four miles long, and an aerial tramway
three miles in length. which will increase
the output Of the mines to about 500 tons
a day Some of the workings OF the Salt
Lake company are not more than ,2S
feet distant from the side lines of the
Lucin Copper Mines company, the for
nation of which is identical.
Iron Gaping.
1t is not claimed for the Lucin COM
pany that ore is in sight in shipping
quantities, or that any ore body has as
yet been blocked out. but with the con-
ditjons the same as that on the Salt
Lake property. and the presence of the
same iron Gaping, the engineers do not
hesitate 70 stake their regulations on the
statement that the Lucin property will
develop into wonderful producing mine
within a very reasonable time.
The field engineers end their report by
recommending the organization of COM
pany for the working of the property. The
company will hold undisputed title to the
twenty-five claims. 1t is probable that
a limited number of the shares will be
sold in Butte, and the money so derived
will be devoted to development pur-
poses.
Speaking of the Salt Lake mine, the
ad Joining property. last night, Mr.. Cor
bett stated that It is the biggest mine
he had ever seen. and that one can walk
into an open cut 100 feet wide, 200 feet
long and having a back wall of eighty
feet, and see nothing but ore. He also
stated that native copper is plentiful
the ground in all directions. Chunks
weighing as high as 200 pounds have been
taken from the surface.
corbett Enthusiastic.
IF there is anything bigger" conclud-
ed Mr. Corbett. 81 have never seen it,
and I have spent my life in copper min
ing"
Mr.. Templeman describes the property
as having the greatest surface deposits
that he ever saw, and the richest.
According TO the engineer it will take
but a short time and the expenditure of
only a limited amount of money to bring
the property to the producing stage, for
the reason that the ores come almost to
the surface
The Mines Exploration company which
is the sponsor of the Lucin Copper Mines
company, thus starts off under the most
favorable auspices, and with the Lucn
company a success. and there does not
appear to be anything to hinder ii has a
brilliant future. The stock of the expIo-
ration company has all been subscribed
>. osERNDoRFER,
Stock Broker.