The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-11-14
MORGAN DISTRICT
SHOWING ACTIVITY
Chicago Mining Engineer Max.
ing Examinations for East
ern MOneyed Men.
special TO Tho Tribune.

special TO Tho Tribune
MORGAN, Nov. 13-After a week OF
strenuous travel and mountain climbing
with Z. 10, Bergenzer. Of Chicago a min :
ihs engineer who came here at the in
stance OF eastern capitalists, accompanied
~ wendell P Slayton and James P.
Sauiheld, also Of Chicago. and j. w.
emerson OF Battle Creek, Mich. your
correspondent with George T. STEM
mouse william III. Rich. A. w. Francis
ana George Y, Robbins as fellow COM
panions and guides. greatly enjoyed the
5000 fellowship OF our eastern acouaint =
ahces, and In many ways have been
sn5 ora5efted, particularly so in a mineral
atio INNING point Of view. To those
VI ,he party unacquainted with the
liiethods OF mining and the home Of our
prSScl9ns metals in the hills. the week =
schooling upon the ground, I'm tunnels.
shafts and incllnes was to them one Of
WONDER and intense interest. unabated
WIN questions regarding the various
M.nus ,1' OF rock, the color OF ores. their
ValueS and how to distinguish one from
another. In short. it was week OF in
termountain education which TO use
.helr own words. will always be re-
The first valuable property visited was
shat or the MorganCrescent of which
MI Stenhouse is president and Mr.. Say-
ton is vice president, Here the most
- N'tiNN ltdlulG IN lDe examination was
tle new tunnel opened but few days
ago. In which the earmarks of future
valuable ore deposits are plainly visible
me me tunnel being in O. quartz .porphyry
FORMATION with a ouartzlte wall on the
east and iron carbonate heavily tine
tured with maiachite and azurite copper
on the west with. yet. no retaining
wall developed on this side. illustrated
10 the experienced observer a most flat
terlne condition as we'll as Offering to
the company renewed encourae aeement to
prosecute with vigor future development
To this end force of three shifts has
been installed during the present week
which Is now making an inroad toward
the apex al the rate Of about nine feet
per day With this additional force the
fssure vein, as indicated by surface
measurement should be reached within
the next ten days or two weeks The
perpendicular feature OF. the various dikes
of country rock, carrying with them the
mineralized porphyry. quartz and shale
In parallels. gives TO this district a COM
forting assurance that when true assures
are encountered permanent production of
ore will follow AS an additional assur-
ance as TO what may be expected. an
enormous chimney Of bematlte iron. car
rying with IT. gold. copper and silver
appears at a point about ESQ feet up
the mountain slope, Immediately under
large duartzite dixie. which protrudes
throughout the entire group. This blow
out as far as uncovered upon the sur
face, shows a width OF about sixty feet.
trdCllOn OF winch II ldul(su W INC
west. but the main body OF ore seems
TO dip directly toward the quartz-por-
phyry TO the cast and In An exact line
with the new tunnel. This interesting
feature caused Engineer Bergenzer 10
make three separate visits TO the mine
before venturing q descriptive report
The examination OF the Iron King
group located upon the same mineral
zone and about one and one-hal miles
north. gave TO the visitors a change OF
scenery as well as an opportunity 10
verify the continuity of the mountain
stratincation, showing how natural causes
follow unaiterahle lines. The ore being
extracted from n new working SHAFT,
near the mountain crest, differed from
that Of the Morgan Crescent for the rea-
son that II Is taken from a parallel Vein
living a few rods 10 the east. which
carries less iron and more tale and shale
within the retaining walls. The ore con-
sIsts OF gold. silver and copper, with
silver and gold predominatinG In the or
der named a Doubt shift OF men rs
at work upon this property. and il the
present good weather continues Few
days longer, self-supportinE conditions
seem TO be assured. Assay values at the
openine OF this shaft rates at $40 goid
and $40 20 in copper and silver let
ter following this one will be descriptive
OF otlper grounds examined by the par
ties herein named.