The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-11-21
CHICAGO UTAH HAS
MAPPED OUT WORK
Company Arranges to Operate
According to Advice of
It's Expert.
Special 10 The Tribnnn

| Special 10 The Tribune
MORGAN, Utah. Nov. co-The Chi
cago-Utah group OF claims, nine In num-
ber. laying three miles southwest OF
Devifs Slide. received the attention OF
Engineer c u, Bereener of Chicago on
Wednesday last, who vas accompanied
10 the grounds by his eastern friends
named In letter descriptive of the Nor
gan n-Cresoent group. published In The
tribune under date Of the 14ih instant.
Owing to the depressed condition in min
ing for the past three years this prop
erty. like thousands OF It's kind. has been
laying Idle until the present time. The
president OF this company William n,
Rich, who was present at the examina-
ton with your correspondent. states that
arrangements have been perfected for an
immediate resumption OF development
work; that an entirely new plan OF OK
plotting The group has been determined
upon which VIII correct the work per
formed under the old management, The
expenditures made for the equipment to-
gethcr with the comforts bbly constructed
camp buildings and uncnsineered wort:
Done has cost many thousands OF dol
lars, much OF which could have been
avoided had the advice Of a. competent
engineer been secured at the beginning.
The ore extracted from this property
rs PROBABLY among the richest OF its
kind yet discovered in Utah. 1t Is of the
chalcocite variety. but commonly termed
black oxide OF copper. and from more
than one assay has rating of II per
cent copper, which is within "A per cent
the additional value of s23 90 In gold and
silver, makes a record seldom surpassed
IN copper ores, This extraordinary ore
has It's home In a lime shale, through
which two tunnels have been driven. one
on tho cast and the other on the west
side OF the gulch, almost facing each
other the eastern tunnel being 240 feet
in length and the other 80 feet. In ad
Sta laS
been sunk TO a depth OF l2o feet. The
same shale condition is shown In the
three workings, except that In the west
the re-bearing vein into the
rock.
From the base to the crest Of the
mountain slope all immense cliffase OF
many feet above the surface. To this |
lndoubted wall to the ore vein is where |
the eastern tunnel and incline shaft have
1ss been reached. The highly percolated
condition OF the shaIe with every crevice |
illed with chalcocite, in its richest state, |
indicates large bodies OF high grade cop
Der and gold ore when its true walls arc
cached. II is q. common habit in de-
;criblng mining property to talk about
probabilities, but In this property all
,onditlons m are 50 so plainly marked that.
luction viii be unearthed here From
MS investigation and complimentary
tatemcnts. Engineer BergenzerS report
0 bis eastern capitalists must be highly
avorahe.
The Carbonate group. laying about
hree miles north OF the Iron King prop
rty. on the same zone and under the
management OF Matt Daugherty. has 100
ons OF good grade galena and silver ore
eady for shipment to the American
meter. Whipple & CO. OF Ogden have
he contract TO deliver the orc 70 the
abroad William Martenson, in charge
{ the orc teams, left Morgan on Mon
ay for the mine.
Before returning to Chicago. Engineer
se ersenzer and party visited the Valley
lew, Morning Star and Lucky Strike
roups. regarding which a future letter
ill be written.
Wendell P. Slayton OF Chicago aud
'aniel Heinsr of Morgan have com
,enced development work on a group OF
* claims, lying one and a half miles
orth of Morgan City. Mr., Slayton Ia
erin ic ndlnc the work nersnnallv