The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-02
MORGAN MINE
LOOKING GOOD
Company Determines to Put in
Modern Plant of Mine
Machinery.
EASTERN INTERESTS
RESPOND TO CALL
Iron King Property Likewise
Will Be Given Thorough
Development.
Special 10 The Tribune.

| f-pccui 10 he tribune.
MORGAN, Utah. July President and
General Manager George Z. Stenhouse OF
the Morgan Crescent and Iron King com
panics has returned from his business
trip TO New York, Chicago and Boston
where his time has been devoted TO ad-
vancing the development of mining In
terests in Morgan county. particularly,
| and the state OF Utah in general way.
An inspection OF this property in COM
| pany with Mr. Stcnhouse and William
| IL Rich, one OF the leading merchants
| OF Morgan, revealed much hettcrcd
condition OF the Morgan Crescent mine
| than that reported TO The Tribune four
| months ago. Al that time tho snow-coy-
cred surface prevented an inspection of
country rock and contact surroundings
so essential to the life of mlnera lized
zones and great ore bodies.
NOW as you ascend the mountain slope
you hrst encounter the predominatlng
along The north wall with a lime shale
reef protruding above the surface many
ieet IN places. Here the scale-like slabs
furnish 10 the prospector the first signs
of mineral existence. being coated With
IRON stain, which indicates that higher
up the slope dccomposcd iron must exist
ana, as hand pointing 10 an open door
Your conviction is verified few steps
FARTHER on by coming into contact with
large iron blowout which. In It's part
" decomposed condition, 'eXplains the
wash below, Upon the solidfled surface
OF blowout the breakage shows you pea
cock iron. copper-stained quartz and red
OXIDE, and there You arc at the mouth of
the incline tunnel. from which a glance
will show you a porphyry dyke capped
with large reef of quartzite which. at
this point, reaches the apex OF the noun
tain,
These conditions go hand In hand along
and near the crest for hundreds OF Yards
TIL the southeast has been reached, when
the erosion from above overflows ana
covers the groupings from sight. The in
cline works, now at depth of about fifty
feet. presents n good showing, the entire
tace and floor being in decomposed ore
greater depth will evidently intercept a
600-foot tunnel below. probably not In a
direct course but few feet from the
right wall From this depth no assay
values havo been made. but at a point
above the following flattcring results
were obtained: Copper. 400 per cent:
gold: S5.9s: silver, s3.o6: iron, 60 per cent.
Chicago was TO lay before the company
the necessity Of acquiring proper machin-
cry Tor up -to"date mining. His report on
and plans to hasten future and more
rapid production were favorably consld-
cred. This Will relieve tho workmen of
their present handicapped labor. as we'll
as advance the time when the production
from the mine will carry the weight OF
expenditures.
While In the cast, Mr.. Stenhousc COM
pleted negotiations for Il half interest in
the Iron King group formerly known as
the Mountain Chief, The sale was made
to Thayer e Thurston of Boston Mass
progressive miners who have engaged 10
do extensive development work without
delay. This property has been looked
upon by those best acquainted with IL as
a proposition that Will respond rapidly,
Representatives from the new orcaniZa
ton are expected here at any time Under
the new management Morgan district
will soon develop another worthy prop
erty. This group lies Immediately north
cast OF the Morgan Crescent and to with
In less than three miles of Morgan City.