The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-19
BOSTON TALENT IN
MORGAN PROPERTY
Recent Purchase of Half Inter
est in Pine Canyon Group
Looks Wise.
Special to Tho Tribune.

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MORGAN. Utah. July 1s.-Messrs,
Thayer and Thurston OF Boston. Mass,
are the parties who q month ago pur-
chased half interest in the Pine Canyon
group OF claims located a mile north Of
the Morgan Crescent mine, now attract
ing so much attention in the Morgan
district Your correspondent has just
completed his inspection OF the group and
now feels justified in expressing his opin-
lon OF its merits,
While the general features OF this
property are similar 10 that OF the Nor
an-Crescent. the ore and vein matter
are radically different. This can readily
be accounted for by reason OF the ore
zone not being on the same track, and
also on the eastern side of large
quartzte ledge, which Is very prominent
from the base OF the canyon as 1t climbs
the rapid ascent OF the mountain to Its
apex and thence north In its natural
trend. a quarter OF a mile east OF this
quartzite ledge a second one, OF equal
size, parallels the first In its northern
course and from the viewpoint near the
upper works seems to point to an inter-
section at the final top OF the range.
1t is between these two quartzlte dikes
that the ore zone shows its prominence.
Porphyry, shale, tale and lime hold their
individual space as each travel along the
same general trend together. About sew
eHty-UNe ISel aDCNc lne canyon
a tunnel has been started in the face OF
which n gray carbonate OF silver, heavily
charged with gold, is the first interest
ing feature. This tunnel has been started
with view of driving its level under the
incline shafts not less than 1900 feet
up the slope Of the mountain, thus CIV
ing to the owners of the ground one foot
OF depth to every foot of tunnel driven,
tracing the ore from the vein as the
work progresses from day to day. Two
working shafts have been started at the
point designated, from which excellent
values have been attained. not only by
recent work, but that performed years
ago and abandoned by farm owners liv
ing in the valley below. From these
works extremely rich gold and silver as
says are recorded In Salt Lake City. The
ore here is of rich bromide, chloride and
gray carbonate OF silver, lntermiXed with
tale and shale, also quart2-porphyry,
from which the gold values have been OBJ
ta!ned.
\ hundred feet or moro above the tun-
mel a ledge, showing to be not less than
surface. In color this ledge has a dull
reddish cast. shale-like and massive in
places, with quartz pebbles imbedded on
both hanks and In the center, and il not
for its leaflike breakage, could be pro-
nounced a conglomerate. This feature
dismisses the conglomerate thought for
the reason that flakes larger than an
ordinary dinner pail strew the surface,
showing an almost level surface and 1T
orally covered with silver -colored scales
from tho size OF pin point 10 that OF
Il tack head. These scales are metal OF
some kind and before an accurate state
ment can be made an assayer's opinion
will have to be given. 1t is not iron; 1t
might be silver, but more likely TO be
mobybdenum. In one sample of this
rock several specks of free gold are
shown. AS to quantity there is no ques-
ton, as this. enormous ledge, with Its
thirty feet Of uncovered surface, shows
a uniform deposit OF the metal.
In reaching this property you travel a
distance OF four miles from Morgan over
ali ordinarily good road, one over which
an ore team can easily make two trips
per day. With a force OF workmen large
enough to sink the shaft to It's intended
tunnel level and drive the tunnel TO rvs
connection at the same time, there Is no
reason why ore shipments should not
commence within the next month or six
weeks.
Some extra good gold discoveries have
been made in the i.s, rict within the past
ten days, a des ,'iption OF WI ich will he
given as soon as the grounds can be
visited.