The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-11-10
SIERRA MADRE
DISTRICT ACTIVE
Southern Pacific, Santa Maria
and Others Developing
Extensively.

Prospects for getting into ore bodies
OF commercial size and richness in the
Sierra Madre mining district. eight
miles nOrta of ogden. were never
brighter, according TO j. W Durham,
general manager OF the Southern Pa
cific Gold q Copper Mining & Milling
company, who was in town yesterday
The Southern Pacific property Is sit
uated two and One-half miles almost
due east OF the Ogden Hot Springs, and
at an altitude OF 1890. Mount Brady,
a little TO the east, runs up 10 near
J. 600 feet, and is so rugged some OF
the peaks are almost inaccessible Mr..
Burnham is one OF the oldest practical
miners Of the state. having mined for
years in Ophir and other leading Utah
camps
Great Naturalization.
In all my experience 1 have seen no
district with better conditions Tor ore
making than the Sierra Madre. And
several OF the mines are proving the
district There is diOrite dixie taking
a rOund-a bout turn through the dis
trict, which can be traced Ola the sur
face 5000 feet. being in width from IS
10 40d feet. This dixie is the source Of
euriching the district, no doubt. II has
broken through the gnelss. or granite
formation. and from the surface down
as far the dixie has been prospected
II has shown values. A few inches from
the surface il VIII give up per cent
copper and from 50 cents &c 81 IN
Operations in the district have been
rather backward this season" said Mr..
Burnham, ION account OF the scarcity
OF water. but now conditions are favor
able and work has already been started
on number Of the properties.
Seasons Work started.
eve started the seasons work on the
Southern Pacific two weeks ago, and
expect 10 prosecute vigorous cam
paign al winter long We have a 400
al in nm a IL %. ?
mated with copper. The whole body Is
a concentrating proposition. Al The
300-fOOt station We sent out DRIFT %
Ieet. A vein L. feet wide was crOsscut-
BOrnite copper has been encountered in
this tunnel which went as nigh as 10
per cent. a white quartz has given
as high as $500 in gold. Some ore en-
counUered a few days ago went Szo.6O
in gold Some OF the quartz shows free
sold. The tunnel now has 2l5 feet YER
tical depth. There are three incline
shafts on three distinct bodies OF ore,
and the main workings are making Tor
the ConVerging point or these three ore
bodies. Many strlngers have been cut,
and these seem making Tor TINS prin-
clpal ore point.
Don McGuire's Santa Maria has re-
Gently completed its 2,ro0-foot tunnel.
In its course IL c9t eight copper veins.
one blind vein quartz showed 200
ounces silver, which Is the only dlseoN-
cry or silver on this slOe OF the hlll or
any Importance. The work has been
drifting on various veins. One big con-
tract was just completed few days
ago. and others are being let 10 carry
on these extensive developments These
new contracts viii bc started November
Is. On the DUN. are immense guam
Titles Of ores from the workings. This
ore runs from 3 TO 4 per cent copper,
and from s. 10 S4 in gold. The Santa
Maria is a concentrating proposition,
with here and there spots OF high grade.
Assays from the blind silver vein run
from 230 10 as high as $40 ounces, and
Just what this VII! lead 10 Is matter
OF much interest in the district.
Golden Eagle and Others.
Between the Southern Pacific and
Santa Maria is the Golden Eagle, where
some masnificent ore is being mined
II suns high IN both sold and copper.
Near by is the silver queen. Recently
on this property "a sold strike was made
which caused a furry OF excitement in
the camp. 10 has splendid indications.
The Midland group is close By and is
working. The Overland is working a
force OF men, and the district i'm gen
eral is in a very healthy condition at
the opening of the 1ai and winter
work.