The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-09
LUCKY STRIKE HAS
MINE EARMARKS
Good Grade Shipping Ore Is
Found Within Easy Reach
of Railroad.
Special to The Tribune.

Spcclal 10 Inc lTlDunc.
MORGAN, Utah, July Sat very
early hour on the morning OF the 4th
your correspondent was waited upon by
c. j. Toone, a citizen of Salt Lake City.
and John Clayton; the first named. pres
ident, and the second, general manager,
of the Lucky Strike group of mining
claims, located three miles east Of Nor
gan. Seated behind a. good team. the
mining property was reached before the
ordinary breakfast bell was sounded. In
getting there, well-keDt county road Is
passed over. well shaded with willows on
the south and the mountain footlands
on the north, This road parallels the
Union Pacific railroad and the Weber riv
er to a point within a half-mile Of the
grounds.
The contact condition of this property
differs materially from other examlna-
tions made In this district A large
gulch. extending northward, seems to be
the dividing line between the mineral
lied portion Of the mountain range on
the east and twin range on the west,
the latter being massive red sandstone.
valuable only for building purposes, and
In quantity sufficient to build q city.
Here. within tho space OF a step or two,
the radical difference in the country rock
cannot fall to attract the eye OF the pros
pector, A lime contact, highly crystal
lized. is encountered first, and as the trail
ascends the slope the wash from decom-
posed iron stains the pathway In several
places, until hundred feet, or more. In
height has been reached where some
work OF several years ago appears to the
right of the trail. Here an incline shaft
dipping Into the slope OF the mountain,
is found. from which some ore was ex-
tracted but later on. and higher up the
trail, better conditions were discovered at
a point about 100 feet from a large and
highly mineralized dyke of porphyry. ac-
companied by reef Of quartzite. along
the track OF which large boulders OF
hematite lay imocdded on the surface.
At the upper shaft and incline tunnel
good results rewarded the workmen from
every round of shots. The workings here
represent fully 200 feet In parallel in
clnes. at the bottom Of which a CROSS
cut has been made from one TO the 9TH
er. thus joining the two and creating an
air draft. through which the smoke Is
quickly drawn to the surface. This drift.
or lntersectine cut Of about twenty feet
in length, exhibits a face of ore along It's
whole length. showing dip Of 40 degrees
and. on the right. where the last shots
were fired, fissure has been opened re-
vealing a change from 40 degrees TO 81
perpendicular, The assays along the en-
tire length of the righthand incline show
more than ordinary values. varying from
S1.40 10 Sl4 gold, from IL to 81 per cent
copper, and from five to fourteen ounces
silver. the values being Increased as
greater depth Is reached. This, coupled
10 the iron product as fiux, adds great.
ly 10 the value of this property,
Located. as 1t is. to within a half-mile
of the Union Pacific railroad. the ton
mage expense by wagon haul is a matter
of favorable consideration, seldom falling
into the way OF mining property. Prcsi-
dent Toone states that while this prop
crty is Incorporated for 200,0 ,00e shares
he has not attempted to dispose OF any oi
them, IL being The desire OF the company
to reach the porphyry contact before
placing the stock upon the market. Not
withstanding the old saying that "all
signs fail i'm dry weather." the writer IS
OF the opinion that this property has too
many earmarks for a good mine to fall
under its present management.