Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-21
SNAKE CREEK TUNNEL
WILL OPEN MUCH ore
Biz Bore IN Western Part OF Park
City Camp Gives Many Advantages
And Possibilities to Properties.


that will come with the big Snake
Creek tunnel. which is now being put
into Park City from the Snake Creek
side of the district by Uncle Jesse
knight, George W. Lambourne and
the Daly-Judge Mining company. An
interesting account OF this tunnel IL
published In the Park City Record. In
part 1t says:
To thoroughly digest the oppor.
tunitics which the driving of this tun-
mel will open up. 1t is necessary for
one to have a pretty complete knowl-
edge of all the ore deposits worked
IN this district, and in particular about
the great Ontario ore trough, other
wise. one cannot fully appreciate the
mighty possibilities which are contin-
gent upon the advancement of this
tunnel. Perhaps it may not be arniss
for us to metaphorically, but briefly.
go over a portion of the ground which
directly concerns us In the summing
zip of this enterprise. Taking UP the
finding of the Ontario vein, just cast
of NO. 2 shaft let us follow this trough
so far as 1t has been worked. This
takes us westerly through the Ontario
ground into tho DAILY; thence through
Quincy; thence through these into the
Daly-Judgo. In this latter this ore
trough is being followed with nstound-
In, success. ore finds along its strike
following thick and fast upon each
other.
NEW TERRITORY.
That the mineral bearing properties
striking south westerly beyond the
well proven. or more easterly portions
of this ore trough, are apt to excel the
eastcrly section of this ore trough Is
now beginning to be realized; although
the first two miles along the strike of
this zone have already given up moro
than $4,000. 900.
And 1t Is not now unreasonable to
predict that many millions more VIII
be extracted from this same two miles
of territory before its mineral stores
become exhausted.
along the strike of this lead
that has been worked does not
cover all the heavily mineralized
ground embraced In this ore trough,
as the workings are very narrow at
many points. and doubtless. there is
much very rich ground on either side
yet unworkcd while much of the Daily
Judge holdings along the continuation
OF this same lead is yet practically un-
touched.
FAVORABLE LOCATIONS.
Other properties favorably situated
along the strike of the great ore belt
are numerous and extensive. To emu
inerate them all would be to impose
upon the renders patience. We will
therefore. content ourselves by briefly
alluding to few of the groups which
seemingly, are of the very center Of tho
great Ontnrio-Daly mineral zone: THE
Thompson. West Quincy, Bonanza Con-.
'solidated, Snake Creek Consolidated.
1nta Low. L, ,eI,
and Utah Stars, perhaps constitute an
area which just at present occupy the
most desirable position Immediately
adjacent to the proved ground, and all
these are from showings made at vari-
Gus points quite the equal of any,
ground lying along this great mineral
zone. Il: ,5
DAILY FIsSURE.
4 The DAILY assure Is known to traverse
the southwcsterly holdings of the Daily
Judge, Just where the precise point is,
that 1t passes from out this companys
ground would probably be disputed il
stated. but certain it Is that 1t con-
tinues along southwesterly, with little
deviation from its general strike. pass
ing through the Agathos and Thor
groups on its course to Cottonwood.
That it was equally generous In min
cralizing along its course, as 1t wendell
its way southwestcry, permit us TO
show the two scdimentary formations
in which nearly all the ores of Park
City district have been found, l.. e., the
tcarbonifcrous limestone and the sub
carboniferous Quart2ite. are found
here in place whllethe sheets and dykes
iof porphyry are found intruded here
and there with the. same frequency
which, obtains in the section which has
been explored.
MAY FIND MORE.
Here, too, the outcrops OF mincralizcd
matter may be found as frequently.
strong, regular and vigorous as along
the more thoroughly explored part OF
this great ore trough.
That undeveloped ore bodies exist in
large numbers. that those ore bodies are
apt to he MS large, rich and extensive
as any yet uncovered within this zone,
imprcsses itself upon one more ,fDrcibly
every time one views this very inter-
csting and attractive section.
This feeling Is emphasized when the
ore outcropplngs and other favorable
conditions are noted, for nowhere else
In this matchlcss district are ailrdund
favorable indications more often met
or more robust in appearance. Com
mcncing with the northerly ridge which
borders Bonanza Flat and so in any di-
.rection across or beyond the Flat and
you cullllOl HISS lne utlThctlNp lnlneFuI
evidence. The Thompson shows ore IN
lime outcron; so does the West Quincy
The Bonanza Consolidated and Golden
Head each have good ore outcrops.
Tho Boulder Basin. Utah Stars and
tRlue Birds all have ore of high grade,
while their formation Is right and In
place.
SHIPPED HIGH GRADE.
The st. Louis-Fassar and southern
Tier have both shipped high grade
ores. William Began has high grade ore
In his property The Bee Hive has good
ore, so have tho Aglthos and Thor
groups. as well as many OF the groups
on the continuation of this same
lead over the divide, on the Cottonwood
side. Last. but not least, as good
omen. the first assure cut in the Snake
Creek tunnel has SOME ore in it.
Add to this showing the very rea-
sonable hypothesis of this tunnel cn-
countering the extension of the Silver
King Coalition ore bodies on their
southwesterly strike and YOU certainly
have in this enterprise combinations OF
possibilities seductive enough to cause
miser to put money into the under
taking
IRON BLOSSOM Is STRONGER.