The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-05-14
Marysyale and Gold Mountain
Give Evidences of Real,
Sound Merit.
VICTIMS OF PAST
POOR MANAGEMENT
Shamrock Property Indicates
That Great Wealth Will At
tend Proper Effort.
Special To The Tribune.

mining camp whose history has been
quito so unique as that which clusters
around the region lying 10 the east and
north OF the great upliit known on the
map as the Mt. Baldy, which occupies
the northwest corner OF Piute county.
1t has been the especial victim OF Salt
Lake hotel chair warmers with a special
preference for nearby wildcats baited
with Mark Twain's definition Of mine
hole six feet deep and liar on the
dump--for eastern investors, Even worse
than the adverse verdicts OF the chair
warmers has been the Ignorance. ana
often downright dishonesty OF those who
have represented eastern capital ooth IN
NnrysNalc and in the Gold Mountain di-
vision OF the Mt Baldy mineral belt
Today many nquiring and anxious
eyes are being turned toward this local
'tN as n prospective region Tor investment
And for that class of Tribune readers.
aad for others who may care to person
nllY investigate actual conditions in this
locality. the Impressions and results OF
three days of strenuous climbing and In
Vestigation in Bullion canyon, seven miles
west of MarYsvale. may be interesting
God nature, never yet made mine
and failed 10 set up the accompanying
guide boards, The trouble with pros
always read the true meaning OF the
signs left by nature. But those condi-
tions that. in other districts, have been
Sure harbinsers of nearby bonanzas may
be relied upon TO insure like results in
other localities. For that reason n few
paragraphs on the comparative geology
OF Bullion canyon may be timely
The formation OF the famous Phoebe
mining district is almost exclusively
hCddcd quartzite and limestone. From the
southeast portion of the district the Yuba
dyke extends over the low mountain TO
the northwest. On the cast face OF the
mountain the old-time bonanza veins
the Raymond and Ely and Meadow Val
ley-intcrsccl the Yuba dyke and extend
rorthery through the qnartzite And
,lzt Ii,.g-p i,tN,s eel,
rich veins derived their values from solu
tons thai ascendcd along the Suba dyke
Another comparative illustration is
found in the Delamar district some forty
or fifty miles westerly from Phoebe. \
north-south fault line OF slight displace-
ment. cuts the qusr!zite alonG the south
hillside two porphyry dykes. with cast
west strike, cross the line OF fault -hsSur
ing just described. And il is at the inter-
section OF the fault and the dykes that
the greatest and richest bonanze shoots
OF Delamar were found.
Now for the application of the lessons
found in Poche and Delamar TO the 10
calJv west OF Marysvale.
Orisnally lbe area 10 be discussed was
bedded Guartzite and limestone. At least
one visiting rocksharp has named the
Guartzitc iurassic But the numerous
lower carbonIfcrous fossils found In the
limestone which caps the Marysvale
uuartzte provo that il lacks many mil |
lions Of years OF being iurassic.
At the period Of the Mt. Badly uplift |
lllT uNdftGltc ana limestone 10 the SOUTH |
west of Maryavale was terrGcally fis-
surcd and faulted from the present east |
face or the mountain back 10 the west |
a distance Of four or 1--WE miles where Il !
line OF north south faulting now shows |
as massive reef OF quartzite several |
hundred feet high and which forms an
enormous dam across the Bullion canyon |
gorge From the apex of the reef the
puartzitc and limestone dip sharply 10 the |
west under the rhyolite flows from the
Kclknap or Mt. Badly. divide.
BlIlliup iS fhp trough |
formed nv the ancient fault--enarsed by
glaciers from the higher attitudes 20 the
mediately following the Bullion canyon
fault nearly parallel fissure cuts the
duartzitc castcrly and westerly a dis
tance OF 1000 feet AT the west end TO a
halfnile at the east end south OF the
present bottom of the canyon and Is now
a porphyry dyke Extending from the
about south. 50 degrees east, a number
Of assures cut tho quartzlte at distance
Of 900 to 500 feet apart over a. distance
canyon. The Webster on The east Is
the oldest and hes, known Of the veins.
Although the upper portion of the vein
grade lead-silve ore, II would yet yield
several fortunes Ii properly opened But
the most significant feature is found In
winze from the lower tunnel from
which. In sinking nifty feet a car lot OF
orc was shipped that sampled $40 I'm cop
per. gold and silver. From some mex
tion In that part of the mine
TO the cast OF the Webster is the old
DHseret property. a assure in. porphyry
with certain promise OF entering the |
ouartzite when the tunnel Is extended |
farther into the mountain The next is-
sure in quartzite west Of the Webster is
wide. with a magnificent showing of
high h-grade copper, silver and gold. Milan
omtting Inc Shamrock, for The moment,
the old Star assure is the next vein
toward the west 1t is owned by eastern
men. and is idle
developed ground toward the west II is
being worked by an eastern company and
with good results. From the lowest
workings a winze is being sunk on fine
showing Of silver-lead ore that samples
$50 10 $40 10 the ton. Between the sew
cral assures that have been enumerated
there are numerous veins with such
showings Of coppersilver-g gold ore ar
would command the attention of inves-
they situated within the radius OF the
mining halo that emanates from the min
Ing exchange and chair warmers of the
But IL is OF the Shamrock that We de-
sire to moro. specifically speak. because
u Is typical tissure. and because OF the
fast that every other fissure along the
south side OF Bullion has equal show
10 become bonanza n the owners would
get move on themselves or SOIL out at
reasonable figures 10 others with more
nerve. sense and money than the present
owners seem to possess |
Years ago some rnu a tunnel on
the Shamrock vein. They opened up
small lenses Of ore and made 81 shipment
The property was then abandoned and
remained open during many years. Some
Two years ago G. +. Dalton. well known
IN salt Lake mining circles. located the
ahandoned bonanza. He interested w J.
Wolstenhomc OF Salt Lake. They drove
the tunnel farther into the mountain
and took out carload OF orc. Every
thing that looked like ore was sacked |
but the Slipmpnf a'y 1cH IL 4 |
dollars per ton. winze was then driy-
en- down distance OF a few feet and
another carload OF ore went to Salt Lake
Another winze was sunk 10 a depth OF
thirty-flve feet, and. presto change, the
Shamrock has mighty few equals in ap-
pearance in the west today when the
amount Of work is considered
At depth OF thirty five feet. and in
a. more than six-foot vein. the Shamrock
shows from two feet to three feet Of |
copper glance orc that. If selected, would
assay frlm 900 ounces oliver 40 ner cent