The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-11-27
RARE ORES MILL
FOR DEEP CREEK
Frank L. Wilson in East Ar
ranging for TungSten-BlS-
muth Plant.

I'VE can get out any amount OF that
tungsten in a short time" declared
William +. Wilson, referring TO the
recent opening up on the surface OF
a deposit Of that rare metal on the
Lucy 1. property at Deep Creek, IN
western Tooele county, where Mr..
Wilson has spent the summer and but
receutly returned. The property mas
opened up much better during the past
few weeks, and that we have large
and valuable deposits OF both tungsten
and bismuth on our properties IS GER
tain. On the Widow property there is
a sevsn-fOot vein on bismuth opened
right close to the surface,
.-On the Lucy L there IS e vein
opened I'D five feet wide OF tungsten.
We have taken out large chunks Of
nearly pure metal. The vein IS look
ing better all the time. We have
great property there, and that bismuth
will come out all right, too. / have
been in Deep Creek nineteen years
now, and the district never looked
better. The Wilson Consolidated the
Frank L and other properties are only
waiting transportation 10 show what
there is in them"
Tungsten-B ismuth Mil.
Frank l.. Wilson. manager Of the
Wilson properties. is now i'm Pennsyi-
Nania comforting with stockholders
relative TO the construction at Deep
Creek in the spring of mills for the
treatment of the rich tungsten ana
bismuth ores.
Recently he said relative 70 the Lucy
/ property which in many ways Is
typical of the whole Deep Creek dis
trict: The formation, or country rock,
is granite, limestone, quartzite, por-
phyry and carboniferous shale. The
gangue of the veins is iron, baryta,
garnet rock. quartz, metamorphie
limestone and jasperoid. There has
been about one mile of shafts, drifts,
tunnels. upraises and WINES COM
pleted upon the Lucy l.
Big Copper Vein.
The copper vein is one OF the larg-
est in the state OF Utah, and compares
faVorably in size and richness with
the largest in the country. IL is 250
feet in width and outcrOps prominent
" for 200 feet On the strike OF the
vein. The size of the vein and the
character of its naturalization make
one of the most striking features Of
the property. 1t has been developed
10 the depth of 600 feet. Much of the
ore is high grade in copper; the aver
age. however. viii probably not go be-
yOnd three per cent copper and from
81 TO S3.50 per ton in gold, with a
small amount OF silver.
The bismuth vein is one Of the larg-
est ever discovered. 1t has been de-
velOped 10 something over 500 feet in
depth, and is from twelve TO thirty
feet wide A large tonnage is on the
dump. and an immense amount of
ore could be extracted from the re-
serves in the mine Bismuth is worth
S1.S5 a pound. The gold values in
the bismuth average see a ton.
Tuns stem Deposits.
In 1909 the rare mineral known as
-'scheelite" was discovered on the
property of the Lucy l. company. All
the ore SO far discovered and devel-
oped is of a very high grade, analysis
showing il L contain 66.6 per cent
tungstic acid, which is equivalent TO
more than nifty per cent pure tung-
stem. The vein has not been extern
sively developed.
Tungsten is one of the rare metals
and is now worth in the market 81
per pound. or $4,000 per ton. II was
discovered in 1871 and named the
Swedish "tung" (heavy) and ''sten"
(stone). 1t is not found native. but
occurs as tungstate OF iron and man
sanese in the mineral '"wolframite"
and as the calcium tungstate IN the
mineral sCheelit9.
Within the past few months tung-
stem has revolutiOniZed the electric
lighting world, and has proven the
greatest boon TO the consumers of cleo
trio light since the discovery OF the
incandescent lamp by Thomas A. Edi-
son some twenty-five years ago.
Lead Veins.
The lead vein in this property is in
limestone. The ore is the carbonate
and galena, with high values in sill
yer. The vein runs east and west and
parallels one of the greatest rhyolite
porphyry bikes in the district. At one
point on the vein thirty feet of ore IS
exposed. and considerable ore has
been extracted and is in sight.
Transportation.
Owing 10 the absence OF railroad
transportation, il has been impossible
- reach a profitable market with our
ores. the expense Of the long wagon
Matchmaking il pTOhibitive except upon
very righ ores. The high-grade. as
vel! as the low grade. remain upon the
dumps, or standing in the mine ready
for extraction as soon as better facili-
ties are offered Ia transportation.
The railroad is now assured within
a short time. The Western Pacific
Railroad company will build a branch
from its main line directly into the
heart OF the Deep Creek country. The
branch VIII be fOrty-hve miles in
length, and Will leave the main line at
Wendover, III miles west OF Salt
Lake.
An immense tonnage and a profit
able business await both roads, and