The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-08-15
SEVEN DEVILS
SUEPH|DE ORES
Disclosures in the Arkansas
Mine Settle Future of Rich
Copper Camp.

There is apparently no longer a shadow
of doubt that the famous Seven Devils
copper district is going to cut wide
swath in the copper production of this
country. and that before long. Fred d.
Smith, well known here and at Ely, New.
through his connection with the Chain
man company, brings reports from the
Arkansas property at Landore. in the very
heart of the Seven Devils district, that
simply settles the question. The tunnel
that has been driven to cut the ore bodies
under the oxidiZed zone has encountered
the sulphides and at the present time
masses of chalcopyrite ore are being bro
ken. and while the oxides have not en-
tirely disappeared. the sulphide zone is
so pronounced and the ore bodies are so
strong that there is no question about
the future of the mine and the district
ter of ore necessary to make the reduc-
ton of all ores of the camp have been
struck in the Arkansas mine.
On this property, according to the splen-
ago by Robert N. Bell. state mine inspec-
tor of Idaho, the ledge is approximately
100 feet wide on the surface. An iron
Gaping. in which the rich oxides and
'carbonates of copper are found, covers
the monster ledge to considerable depth,
and from 1t not little copper averaging
Is per cent has been mined and shipped.
Ore that averages 20 per cent copper oc-
ours In this mine in abundance. while 10
per cent copper rock is counted as sec
ond class and to per cent ore goes
over the waste dump. The tunnel has
opened this ledge about seventy-five feet
above the level of Indian creek. which is
the largest stream in the Seven Devils
district. and which Engineer Bell figures
will be the permanent water level of the
mine. When his report was made some
copper sulphides were coming In. but the
development since that time has been
most significant and of inestimable value
to the mine and the district.
With much disclosures as have been
made in the Arkansas nothing now stands
in the way of providing adequate smelt-
ing facilities and turning the rich ores into
copper bullion, carrying fine values In
gold and silver The Ladd Smelling COM
pany tackled the proposition a few years
ago. but 1t could not succeed. The sui
phide ores had not then been encountered
and Ii was too expensive TO haul in the
necessary fluxes to treat the ores. All
is changed now and the Arkansas mine
holds the key TO the situation.
When seen yesterday Mr.. Smith, who Is
simply here for day or two on busi-
ness was 10th to discuss the proposition
but, as the news of the opening up of the
sulphides had preceded him through ac-
counts In some of the northern papers, ne
admitted all that is here told and added
that he was more than pleased with the
outlook for the future. Associated with
Mr. Smith in the handling of the Arkan-
sas mine is John Bull, jr., of Elmira, n.
Y, and 1t is here that Mr.. Smith, since
quitting Ely about eighteen months ago,
has made his headquarters. He declares
il is impossible to find a section OF the
country that has more natural advantages
than has thS Seven Devils country. ana
with its practically limitless quantities OF
high grade ore, with its wood, water ana
railroad connections. nothing can now stop
IL from occupying the place that natural
" belongs to II in the mining world.