The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-20
Centennial Phoebe Work
Breaks Into Change Where
Company Calculated.
FIRST BED Is SAID
TO BE NEAR AT HAND
Mining Engineer Writes His
Views on the Prospects
of Company.

| Word has been received from Plochc
TO the effect that the Centennial PIochc
company. one of the most active CurIt,c
the wait for the resumption OF railroad
connections with the world. has driven
from the lime formation into the shale,
and at point calculated to n nicety by
me othcialS The first bed is expected
10 make It's appearance within the ncXt
MY MY ieet OF depth, being one OF seven
oeds IN which logically large and rich
ore bodies should be found. \ prominent
mining engineer. who recently visited
In, [nis property wrote to one OF the stock
holders very Interesting aud concise
opinion Of this group. and 1t viii be rcaJ
Win pleasure by all the stockholders.
rms letter. In part is as follows:
NJ! recollection OF the formation is
that the surface consists principally OF
limestone, with underlying shale and
then quartzlte. The beddngs have a
stilke generally northeast and southeast
VIII WIN a arp 10 the southeast. To the
east OF the Prince Con, as well as the
centennial workings, is a strong dyke OF
porphyry. having q strike west of north
Inc main assure OF the Prince Con was
lound at considerable distance south
west irom the porphyry dyke and appears
TO be fault Nssure, having a din To tha
southwest, wl;ilc between this llssure and
@ sne dyke OF porphyry arc n great many
SHnIer nsSurcS, mostly fault assures
having a dip TO the northeast toward the
porphYrN dyke and Il strike southeast
Inc veins in the Prince Consolidated
consist principally OF large deposits nf
IRON manganese ore. containing load and
silver making In the beds Of limestone
oyeTlying the shslc as well as i'm the beds
OF lime found in the shale, wherever cut
by the large break or fault described
above. In addition to these large demos
EtS OF loW-gradc iron manganese orc and
probably the most important was Tho
alscoNery OF several fault issurcs lying
10 the cast OF the main break and toward
the porphyry dyke. 1t appears thai
wherever these assures cut a limo strata
In the shale. the entire limestone has
I'S,.i pccH repiaced win an exceptionally high
grade lead silver ore. There were several
OF ihcSc bcudinSS found I'm The Prince
after the shalc WAS enCoup-
lGredi an OF which was thoroughly miner
allied for a long distance TO the north
ana south, as well as to the east
My reason for giving the above de
scflpIon and my idea Of the makeup OF
me Prince Consolidated. is to show why.
I'm my opinion. I believe the Centennial
'loche stands a splendid chance Of pick
Ing up continuation OF the same veins. |
The Centennial PIochc property lies
southeast OF tho Prince Con Tho he'd |
iingS dip I'm that direction and the small !
.auli assures mentioned above through |
which the m!ncralizng solutions came IN |
rom the deep. and the old fricndl-- dyke |
10 the cast. all have n strike i'm the s1nc
Erection. II appears that the best grade |
>re is found I'm the lime beds below tho |
ihale therefore Il looks reasonable tn |
expect results soon after the shalc has |
pccn encountered
'Of course. We all realize there is = |
'crtain amount OF risk involved i'm mining |
Enterprises. and that there is a limit TO |
W ore deposits and fissurimss. but in this
'ase the close proximity OF the Ccntcn-
iial Piochc TO the Prince Consolidated
md the fact that the shaft is being
Junk ON tho cast side Of the large fault
lssure. which dips southwest. ought To-
when the shalo is encountered. cut tho
extensions Of these fault assures and
weddings OF lime mentioned above and |
lrmIy believe viii respond very nicely
.itb developments"