The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-07-16
. GOOD Showing IN
THE SANTA MARIA
Big Property Near Ogden Soon
to Become a Large
Producer.
COPPER PREDOMINATING
BUT SILVER ALSO FOUND
buildings Are Adequate and
Great Things Are Confident
ly Expected.
Special TO The Tribune.

epecIE! 10 The Tribune.
OGDEN. July 15.-High up in the noun
tains north OF Ogden City there is a min
Ing property which promises in the near
future to figure materially. In the mining
wealth OF Utah. This property Is known
az the Santa Maria, and Is one of sew
erai properties in the Sierra Madre dis
{ trict The property Is located east OF
the Utah Hot Springs. which is ten miles
from Ogden.
During the past few months the de-
velopment work on the Santa Maria has
been vigorously pushed, and at this date
the lower tunnel has reached a distance
of 1850 feet, there being only $50 feet yet
10 be driven before the work Is COM
petcd. When this is done. work will at
once he begun on the drifting into the
orc bodies already cut In the eight veins
that show up in the crosscut tunnel. Al
ready large bodies show tremendous uuan-
tities Of concentrating ore. the values
being IN gold. silver. lead and copper. In
IN" grand aggregate the values of the
Santa Maria lodcs prodomlnate in cop
por, but when II is understood that some
OF the silver values encountered run as
high as 600 ounces TO the ton, IT
can he seen that silver Is n large factor
In the output Of this mine
Is Great Property.
There never has been mine Hike the
Santa Maria opened in the Great Basin.
The difference being that the system OF
nssurc veins are parallel, very wide and
existing wholly In the gneiss. III Width
They run from twelve to ninety feet and
All dip at The same angle OF inclination,
yet seem TO be Of different ages. Seven
OF these fissuros are cut or faulted by a
cross country vein or dyke. which is also
ore bearing. ana this shows up very
prominently where cut In the main tunnel
Water is abundant already. and the
created SprlnyS
IN til" canyon below. IS quite sufficient
for creating power To be used in mill
work. The ore bodies as shown In the
tunnel exhibit large quantity that IS
oNidiZed. The greater part, however is
sulphidc. and much Of ii evidently OF
sufficiently high grade TO be treated at
tho development OF this group OF mines
an electric power line has been carried
10 the mine. and with this air COM
prcssor Is worked, communicating power
FOR The handling of set OF Rand Inger-
SOIL drills. The plant is complete and
In every way a modern expression rests
upon the mine and the work being done
II is really surprise to so into the
Santa Maria canyon and find such miner
allied lodcs existing there. also TO find
so much work done and the methods cm-
poycd.
Buildings Are Ample.
The buildings are well constructed and
amply large for many years TO aCcommo-
date the large increase IN the force
SIbuiu II p' IeSblNtp upon III ll' 4uluI's
ON recent trip 10 the Santa Maria
The Tribune representative was in
formed that other properties OF this dis
trict are looking well, with ores of cop
per and silver-lead I'm tho workings al
ready opened, The Santa Maria Mining
company OWNS quite an extensive area of
mineral land, and AT the base OF the
mountain. where there lies high plateau.
he company also has area TO be used
a townsite and millste.
The approach TO the mine from the
valley is by way Of wide trail carried
around the side OF the mountain Much
blasting Of the country rock has been re-
Guircd In many places, and in others the
building OF walls to considerable height
has been necessary. 4 new road from the
high plateau is about TO he started This
win make the distance 10 the railway at
Hot Strings much shorter and also de-
crease the distance 10 the Salt Lake ore
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