The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-29

RADIO No 5's sixty five foot tunnel there
is ten feet Of ore uncovered, having a
five-foot breast. that runs In gold and
silver S27: and on the Eldorado No. the
width OF the ore groupings Is two feet
and widcns TO seven feet at thirty three
feet depth in its incline shaft. and its
values. as assayed by the American
Smelling and Refining company at Salt
Lake City, December 10. 1905 were: Lead,
40 $-lo per cent; zinc. u 2-lo per cent,
on the Eldorado No. claim is in $50
feet and follows blind lead. and is now
within only % few feet Of the Eldorado
lead proper, the same that of tunnel
No. Is ore. and at the point of junction
there should be bonanza Of rich ore.
Strikes and Dips.
The general trend Of the strikes in the
district are northwest and southeast eX-
cept that of Eldorado No. g. which is due /!
north and south and that OF the Eldo-
RADIO No. I. which Is northeast and south |
west. The lIldorado vein dips sixty de-
grees TO tho southwest; the Eldorado No. /
{ tBully Boy vein) dips ninety degrees 10
the west, the Eldorado No. CHematite, /
! Iron yein) dips sixty degrees TO the west.
dead. zince. silyer1 dips seventy degrees
10 the northwest,
Mining and Shipping
Cost Of mining, s. per ton; hauling. 81.
ray, Utah: SO per ton OF ore.
The Eldorado ledge is. approximately.
100 feet wide; the Eldorado No. ~
porphyry dyke is 100 feet wide; the Eldo-
Traado rado N No. $s ledge is 30 feet wide. and
phyry ledge is IS feet wide.
The altitude at Marysvale. six miles
east OF the Eldorado mine. is 500 feet.
and at the point on which the house on
| treme east end Of the property. is 5000
feet. and at the .middle-center OF the
Eldorado No, claim top apex of Edo
RADIO mountain, II is 10,5O0 feet.
Development Work.
! This consists OF tunnels shafts and
minor openings on the Eldorado claim,
400 feet Eldorado no = 1i25 feet: Ell
dorado No. 3. 30 feet; Eldoredo No 1. 1873
No, 6. 30 feet. and Eldorado No. l. 60
feet, Grand total OF workings on the Ell
dorado group Of seven lode mining claims,
Surface improvements consist of good
conditioned, large two story house. well
situated on the main wagon road TO
lion creek. The house is well equipped
10 feed and house twenty or more men,
Also there is well-located blacksmith
shop and wheelbarrows track tools.
dressed mining timber and some coal,
powder and house supplies on the
premises.
There is a good wagon road leading up
from the railroad depot and the Marys-
vale. Utah, poStoffice. six miles to the
house on the Eldorado property and I'D
to Bullion Creek Falls one and a half
road leading up TO the main mine work.
ings that connects with the road TO town.
lust below the house. Besides, there are
sufficient trails To other parts of the
property.
Bullion creek. large. swift stream,
open the year round runs across the
east end Of the I!dorado claim. Out OF
the mouth OF tunnel No. there is
constant large flow Of good drinking wa
ter. Besides. there are two open springs
located on the upper end of the prop
crty.
There IS considerable good mining tim
Der on all Of the claims in the group and
an abundance OF very large pine timber
on government ground adjacent thereto.
Porphyry Butte. a Landmark.
There is large porphyry butte that
is II landmark on the upper part of the
propcrtv being part of dyke that eX
tends Cor many miles through the coun-
Try in "a northeast and southwest course,
and the main leads OF the district ap-
parcntly. cmanate at close TO this high
butte, or by undernc cath which there may
be the chimney or hub from which they
were thrown out from.
There is an excellent site on the east
enh OF the property for deep tunnel
proposition and a mill site close TO Bull
lion creek. The property is not patented.
but the title Is personally known TO the
writer To be unquestionably good.
Thirty or more years ago this camp
was fair size mining town and the
county seat and there were some OF the
richest ores shipped out by wagons dis
tancc OF over loo miles TO the then near
est railroad but the Mormon church did
NOT encourage mining, and as the mines
we're owned by Mcrnons and their ig-
the mines closed down and the town
abaudoued and the county seat moved to
Junction. Piutc county, Utah. where It
now is. THEO. A WOODRUFF,
Dated July :. 1910. 7aS N'Hs San f'NpSTi Julian
street. Los Angeles. Cal. +