The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-11-09
District Near Ogden Seldom
Heard From, but Work
Shows Results.
VEINS STRONG AND
CARRY MUCH WEALTH
Sierra Madre District Has Cop
per, Gold and Silver in
Abundance.
speciaI 10 The Tribune.

Special 10 The Tribune.
OGDEN, Nov. S.-To a majority o; tie
people OF this state living outside OF we
ber county and TO large number OF
those residing here, the facts connected
with the mineral wealth and mining prop
critics in and bordering on Weber county
aro total!y unknown, 1t IS for the Pur-
pose OF acquaintng those Interested In
the mining Interests OF great state with
the mineral resources in this secuoE that
this article Is written
What is known as the Sierra Madre
district lies about lortE-hNs miles h9Itti,
OF Salt Lake City. The chief physlca!
feature of the district is bold, precipl-
Ious mountain known as Sierra Aadre,
which lies Immediately east OF the GrsaL
Salt lake and about midway between
Brigham City and Ogden, This district
was long known TO be mineral bearing
and for more than 4 generation rlcn oe-
posts OF gold, silver, lead and copper
have been picked UP along aIg,n me oSSe az ,be 0
Santa Maria group OF mines In the sierra
Madre district has made good progfSSA
during the summer and autumn OF !yVS' 'S
This company has equipped 2 very clh-
cient electric power plant on Its property
and installed q power drill In The NAN
workings OF the property.
About six years ago prospeclofS maze
locations in the Sierra Madre district and
little later the Eldorado silVer-iead
mine was discovered For some cause
mysterious TO every enc save the OWL
standing idle without pound OF ore pc
ing removed from il. No matter what
the cause may De, the mine Is unworkeo.
There are, however, other properties on
the mountain that are being vigorously
handled by the owners. In a recent Visit
10 the Santa Maria group, the writer was
ment being carried on, and at the same
time the wonderful system OF mineral
veins being thus opened TO production on
the property Going by wheel conveyance
10 the base OF the mountain, many points
where work has been done are obserVed
or outcroppins veins. The trails pass
along the side OF the mountain TO broad,
deep canyon. at which point II reaches
what is known as the Santa Maria lower
workings, where a group oE mine brlld-
ings snow the site OF the Santa Maria
adit tunnel. This spot constitutes very
respectabl mining camp In Itself, and
one Is surprised TO see the amount or
machinery and heavy timber that has
been carried UP by means OF donkeys ana
other pack animals. for as yet there is 70
this group OF mines neither wagon road
nor tramway; but most certainly the
camp is well supplied with all that goes
70 the modern method OF opening up u
In visiting this property one is at once
interested il the system Of lodes or veins
found. and at the same time surprised
20 find so much work done upon them.
Most OF the miners employed are Swiss
and Italians, who are engaged in con-
tracing the driving Of a l700-foo tunnel
in a tangent course from north 10 south.
which, wnen completed, VIII cut a system
OF parallel veins at right angles. The
mountain to the north and eastward
rises precipitateiy into steep. bare cliffs,
and this tunnel, in its course. gains depth
10 such an extent tnat in distance OF
100 feet the north terminal point OF the
Santa Maria tunnel will be vertically 1893
feet below the surface. The physical
conditions. found at this mine are Ger
tainly unlocked for and unusual. The
rock formation is gneiss and the veins arc
The narrowest OF them is about twelve
feet In width, and the widest, which is
the last TO be cut with this lower tunnel
Is over 100 feet In width; The values IN
the copper being the chief metallic value,
save one known as the North Blind lode,
in which high silver values are encoun-
tered, associated with lead In the form
OF galena, and in places In the form of
argentito disseminated through the
quartz gangue OF the VEIN Iron and cop
surface OF these veins, and with depth
She copper gains strength in volume.
The angle OF the dip differs in. these
wins: ,Sli whieh prompts, pts, many many 10 believe
depths and thus become one immense
lode, This Is quite unlikely. as some OF
them are OF different periods in age, and
they may all become parallel in dip as
depth is gained. In visiting this property
the writer did not learn In general the
ralties In either metal contained in de-
tailed way, but values seem TO he quite
general. and the quantity OF concentra,-
Ting eres presented Is tremendous even
in the work already done, The lower tun-
mel is now driven a little over 500 feet.
ThEeo veins have already been cut and
within the next 100 feet another very
prominent vein will have been reached.
This Will be crosscut the same as the