The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-09-11
SEES GREAT MINE
IN IRON BLOSSOM
Expert Mining Man Gives De-
SCription of Its Ore
Developments.

Favorable reports Of ore develop
ments in the Iron Blossom mine,
which have been persistently circu-
lated the last several weeks. are con-
hrmed I'm a general way by f. G. Coffin.
superintendent Of the Lower Mann
moth mine. who. within the last three
months has twice examined the Iron
Blossom workings. each time having
been permitted to take samples with
out reserve.
Il visited the Iron Blossom mine
about three months ago" said Mr..
Coffin yesterday. accompanied by a
practical mining man who is thor
oughly cOnversant with Tintic forma-
tions. We were both at that time
greatly surprised at the volume Of ore
shown i'm the workings. as well as by
the uniformly good values Two weeks
ago 1 went through the mine with the
same man. when we were more sur
prised than before. on account OF the
Improvement which had been made
I'm that time. After having examined
the showing I said 20 William Knight
that he was evidently bringing into
sight at least two tons Of ore for every
ton extracted His reply was that 1
could have said three tons without
getting outside the limit.
Ore for 900 Feet
THE main workings of the mine at
this time, as is generally known. are
from the No. 1 shaft. On the 500
foot level Of those workings the vein
has been opened 1900 feet on its
strike. The drift Is not continuously
in pay ore for that distance. for the
reason that the drift follows the foot
wall Of the vein. Wherever a raise Is
driven. however. the pay ore is quick
" entered The mass Of the ore runs
approximately $40 "A ton; that is, after
the ore shoot proper has been entered
| Occasional shipments which are made
up from ore taken from the drift
show lower values.
The main stope in this ore body is
| about 100 feet south OF the No. ]
/ shaft IL is from four TO seven sets OF
| timbers wide. and ten sets high. Work
| has been going on in that stope the
/ last three years, and more ore is In
| sight there now than there was three
/ years ago.
About $50 feet north Of the shaft
| Is a raise fourteen sets high, entirely
| in pay ore. That takes il nearly e
the 4OO-foot level. The same ore body
has been opened on the 6O0-foot level
| where a drift has been run about Zoe
/ feet i'm pay ere. At no place has thu
! ore body been CrossCut. as far as
| could see. and. on account Of thu
| sweils and contractions which charac
| terize all Tintic ore channels. no on
can even approximately estimate tn
! average width Of the ore body.
Gold Stopc Is Richer
The stope which is known local..
as the gold stOpe is about ESQ fee
| southeast Of the No. 1 shaft. The or,
in that stope is Of a different charac
ter from the other, and it carrie
somewhat higher average values. al
though il is perhaps i'm the same chan
mel. or. possibly. an offshOOt from tn
main channel.
/ Within the last two weeks th
Iron Blossom management has inn
| proved It's loading facilities in tn
! mine so that IL Is enabled TO take on
| 12O tons Of ore n day, whereas tn
, capacity before was around seventy
five and eighty tons. The compan
employs a force Of approximately fift
/ men. Its expenses should be abou
$1,000 a month. Judging from m
own sampling Of the ore, I should sa
that the average value Of its ship
| ments would run close to $50 q ton.