The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-06-16
WHY MORGAN MINES
ARE NOT PRODUCED
PrOspectOrs Fear Terms Upon
Which Railroad Owns Much
of the Land.
Special to The Tribune.

MORGAN, Utah. June 15.--AD investi-
cation OF the large Mil Creek mineral
zone under the guidance OF w. $.
Graham Morgan Citys mayor has re-
venled to your correspondent some very
surprising features. the first OF which Is
the reason why this large area of coun-
try. lying at The door of Salt Lake City
and It's contiguous smelling plants, has
heen permitted to lie idle for the past
forty years. The gift of the government to
the Union Pacific railroad OF all odd sec
tions of land on either side OF the road
within the limit OF twenty miles has vir-
tually shut out intelligent prospect work
for The precious metals contained In the
mountains within the limit Of the grant
The land department OF this road, In CIV
cXcepts all coal, gold, silver, copper and
lead that may be discovered upon the
lands decided, This exception; whether
for the protection of the railrad by rea-
son OF the United states mining laws
or not, leaves q doubt In The minds OF
the prospcCtor TO the extent that he Dc
comes diSheartcncd for fear that his dis
coveries may be taken away from him
after his hard labor and time have been
expended, this in conjunction with the
further fact that II is impossible for the
prospector TO know the difference be-
tween odd and even sections. prevents
him from wasting his time on either class
OF land within the limits OF the govern
ment grant.
The second feature of astonishment
was the discovery Of thousands of feet
OF dead tunnel work done IN the early
DAYS of mining in ttah, To the pros
pcctor and miner OF today the sight OF
these old workings seems TO indicate
desire on the part OF the then owners
not to find the ore II possible TO avoid It.
by reason of the mineralized conditions
being so great tha; 1t must have been
a matter of study to avoid intercepting
the ore veins.
YOU reach the settlement of PorterylIle
at which point Mill Creek flows Into
Hardscrabbe creek stream about nan
the size OF the Weber river West OF
PortervilIe the foothills of City creek
range facing east. are encountered. iroln
here for a distance of about elGnt miles
n moderately good road skirts the hanks
Of Mill creek, first on one side and then
the other The downpouring waters
from this grand stream are heard nun
dreds of yards away as they leap over
I'm a seeming whirlpool race. For the
first three miles up this canyon the hlgh
hills and mountain shapes are composed
Of n red sandstone unchanged with con-
tact rock until n point called the mar
rows is reached where. like the flash OF
a picture show. the view is changed into
a beautiful panorama, and more inter-
estingly so to the prospector than TO any
a single step passes him from an un-
productive rock into a highly mineral
zed zone,
,n for a distance OF five miles ledges of
1uartH granite, uuartzlte. porphyry. lime,
shale and tale are seen upon tne rlght
and left slopes. Two and half miles
above the ''narrow" you find the homo
If Daniel NJ Murchic, where he and his
good wife have lived for the past four
teen years under the belief that each
spring, summer and autumn
would bring to them a purchaser of their
extensive mining estate. The word eN-
ensive is not misapplied In this case for
the reason that Mr.. Murchie's location
notices give 10 him the present heirshtp |
If nearly all the shaft. tunnel and incline
work OF those who came and went be- !
'ore his date of residence and appro- |
oriation. Since then Mr.. Murchle mas
levoted his entire time In prospecting his |
and as a reward he has unccv-
,red several rich veins Of ore showing |
'oppcr. silver gold and nickel. not only |
n color, but In quantity sufficient to
enough to give our markets the benefit |
If production. The rich red and black
'xides. sulpherets, silver bromide
'arying from 81 to $40. together with |
ample iron and tho best OF lime for
luXlng look attractive and should not go
begging on account OF money for de-
'elopmcnt and reduction works.
1T is seldom that finer water power
$ found In the mountains than is here
unning away. The stream Is large
nough 60 supply any power for an cleo
ric plant. for mill, mining and camp
use. Through tho courtesy OF Mr..
Iurchie the writer was shown over as
much ground as the limit of one day
would permit, al the close OF which our
lost remarked: You have not seen the
lalf OF it," a second visit will be made
n the near future. To visit this prop
rty the prospeutor should Corae TO Nor
,au where provision and transportation
an be easily obtained.