The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-06-06
DR.. PACK DESCRIBES WORK OF THE
STUDENTS In CAMP OF PIOCHE

Dr. Fred J. Pack, Deseret professor
Of geology at the university, has re-
turned from Phoebe. where he has had
charge Of the junior geology trip. The
class of thirty men remain in the dis
trict six weeks more in charge of Pro-
fessor +. c. French for the course In
mine surveying, which includes both
underground and surface work. The
juniors collected a great deal of data
on the district and they viii compile
their notes and make a geological map
OF the district. Speaking Of the trip
Dr. Pack said:
The students of the department Of
geology of the University Of Utah have
Just completed the most successful field
work ever done by the institution. Be
tween the junior and senior years OF the
mining engineering work, the students
are now required to spend ten days IN
the field making geological eXamlna-
lions. Last year the work was done IN
the neighborhood of Salt Lake City and
in the Tintic district This year the
Phoebe mining district of Nevada was
selected as the field OF operation.
Under TIE prevailing condition the
Phoebe field offered by far the most en-
couraging outlook. The geological con-
ditions are so varied that problems are
offered In nearly every branch of the
science In addition 10 this, the mine
operators and people Of Phoebe IN gen
eral were generous enough to offer TO
paw the transportation charges of the
entire party of more than thirty men.
To this most liberal offer the people OF
Phoebe have lived up TO the minutest
detail. Everything possible has been
done TO make the trip complete sue
cess.
"On the night OF May "A the univer-
sitv party left for Phoebe in a private
Pullman furnished for them by the min
ing men of that town. A wait Of about
four hours was made at Caliente, at
which point an examination was made
Of the old volcanic flows and tuffs. 1t
will be remembered that the entire dis
trict in the neighbOrhOod OF Caliente
is composed Of igneOus excursions. No
better example of a water deposited
tuff can be found than in Meadow val
ley. Just this side Of Caliente.
On the arrival of the party at Phoebe
nearly the entire town turned out. Car
riages had been provided at the depot, !
and the boys were conveyed to the no
tells. In the university party were sew !
eral good musicians. The boys gave
the people Of Phoebe q genuine feast OF
college songs and yells on the evening |
OF the arrival.
THE morning Of the following day |
was spent In making camp. The boys /
arranged their tents on the ground of 4
the old historic PanaCa claim, from 4
which perhaps not less than S20.G00000 /
has been extracted. The first geolog- /
icai work was done in making a hasty /
examination of the entire field This /
necessitated the climbing of the high !
est peaks and walking not less than /
twenty miles Some Of the most inter |
esting features Of the field work were /
the examinations of the new properties /
on the south side of the Phoebe noun /
tains. including the Phoebe King, Gold |
en- Prince and the DemijOhn. Several /
igneous bikes were discovered i'm the /
neighborhood Of these mines. Field ex- !
aminatious lead to the belief that this /
part of the district is destined TO be- /
come heavy producing territory. The /
structure is not unlike that i'm the i'm /
mediate vicinity of the Old Raymond /
and Ely and Meadow Valley ground. |
Several good veins have been opened, !
and tine prospects are very favorable I
for further development. In Conuec- !
ton with the triE to this part of the /
district the students laid special en- |
phasis upon the name Of MIR. Lloyd. who /
So very COurteOusly showed them /
through the Prince property.
A second udN was spent IN the col !
lection of fossils from the Cambrian |
snales Of the Phoebe mountains. 1t viii /
be remembered that the Cambrian for
nations present the earliest forms of /
life These shales are especially album /
daut i'm the early forms of trilobites 4
and braChiopoda. over 100 pounds of /
these fossils were collected and shipped 1
to the university.
Another pleasant and profitable day
was spent i'm the Highland district ten /
miles to the west Of Phoebe. The party /
was conveyed 10 this point by teams |
kindly procured by Ed Prudential. I
Here the students were given genuine I
work I'm tracing dykes and other igneous !
iutrusions by means of the surface /
floats. Dinner was taken at the Men /
dom mine after which MT. Cook man
ser Of tho property, showed the party /
through the lower workings. From /