The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-26
MASCOT COPPER
LOOKING FINE
Judge Street IDspects Copper
Property in Which Utahns
Are Interested.
NINE is PROVIDED
WITH MODERN PLANTS
Development Mapped Out by
Capt. libby Is Bringing
Big Results.

Judge John 4, Street returned Monday
morning from a visit 10 Des Caoezos
Ariz.. where he and several other we'll
known Salt Lakers arc Interested IN the
Mascot Copper company. This was
Judge Streets first inspection OF TINS
copper property In six months, and ne
found q decided improN ement along all
lines, Regarding the company and prop
erty he said To The Tribune that ne
found everything in very fine shape ana
the friends OF Captain Benjamin w, I'D
by who. is in charge of operations, VIII oe
pleased TO learn that his campaign OF
development already is proving HIS pre-
dictions to be sound. results demon
stratIng his knowledge OF copper mining
and being in accord with his reputation
During the past six months, said
the Judge "a modern. high-class power
plant for mine operations mas Deen IN
stalled and many other permanent I'M
provements have been placed on the prop
erty including hoisting plant at the
three compartment oregon shaft extern
sive compressed air drilling system FOR
the workings OF the mine. a strictly high-
class boarding house. and numerous seq
regated small cottages for the workmen
complete electric light system also mas
been placed In operation,
'tThe development OF the property Is
in charge OF Captain Tibhy. who is well
known throughout the intermountain
country. especially in Butte and salt LAKE
City The new power plant Is rapidly
assisting In opening the mine, and WIN
It's aid the carly predictions OF Captain
libby that the Mascot would make nlg
copper mine have already found partial
lulfllment There arc many workings
on the fourteen copper veins contalnod
within the lines OF the company. and
without exception. all this work shows eN-
tsnsive naturalization In several places
ores of secondary enrichment have been
discovered. but the general zone OF sec
ondary enrichment has not been pene-
trated TO any great extent
Permanent copper sulphides. which
cstah hlish the continuance 10 depth of the
larger veins are being found In aound-
ance. tho latest DEVELOPMENT IN TINS re-
shaft which will al n depth Of 4oO feet
connect with the Consolidated tunnel
has I'm strict accord with Captain Ttbhy s
predictions. cut into the oregon vein and
has disclosed zone of chalcopyrte ores
associated with which is some bornlte
The extent Of the naturalization at this
point is not vet disclosed, as the smart
hes not reached the footwall OF tho vein,
but other workings northwesterly and
southeastcrly from the shaft upon tho
same vein, are providing convincing
grade smelling ores will he developed
within short period Of time in this vein
alone.
feet Of copper orc within, 400 feet OF the
Oregon shaft. and as there is a vide
cross ss-flssure within the same area. the
extent OF naturalization in this region
can be partially estimated. Certainly the
surface showings. and the workings al
ready penetrating these veins. make II
the opinion OF many well-known experts
who have examined the property that this
Is one OF the greatest copper vein systems
IN a like area in all the copper regions
OF the country.
''As the Mascot Copper property covers
an area nearly as large the profitable
copper area OF the Butte camp, II is, OF
course impossible to make the haste In
thorough development that could be
made on a smaller group. In the south
easterly portion OF the property there lis
n vein clearly traccable across the sur
face for $500 feet which. In the opinion
OF the experts who have examined the
property for the numerous strong finsn-
cial interests now interested. will become
one or the strongest copper veins In cop
per mining. The vein ls over 200 feet
I'm width. and the surface disclosures
show very extensive copper mineraliza-
tion within the walls. A tunnel known
the 33-inch drills, being pushed to the
desired objective point in the vein. and
Within three or four months this tunnel
will undoubtedly penetrate the vein at a
vertical depth OF $50 TO 500 feet. and moro
than 100 feet on the dip.
with the development Of the ores in
this vein by tunnel workings, il is eX-
pected that the company will be in shape
for its own smelter installation. and the
present plans contemplate a smeltcr of
q size commensurate with the extensive
bodies of ore already developed and
which arc believed TO be certain by virtue
OF the present campaign OF development"