The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-12-08
BURRO MINE
MAKING GOOD
Big Property Developing in the
Tops Of the WaSatch Near
This City.

-Four feet Of snow now covers the
hills and GALES IN the vicinity OF the
workings Of the Burro Mining company
near the headwaters OF city Creek can
yon. about fifteen miles northeast Of
tnls city. according fu Pierre peuaeof-
president 81 the company. and Leon
IeuEcot, superintendent. who returned
lueeday from visiting camp.
Last winter the snowfall was light
only ABOUT ten feet. said SuDerintend-
cut ieugeOt yesterday. THE previous
winter. when there was forty feet OF
SNOW up there. was nearer the normal"
Ihc mine is situated az an elevation Of
.9-2oo. with nearby peaks exceeding
The Burro company is doing an inn
mcnse amount OF development work. In
NoVember it had fifteen men on its
payroll which averages about $1,000
month Provisions. power. rails and
otner equipment. amounting to several
tons IN vciEhi. have just been sent up
there. and The work viii he vigorously
prosecuted aIl winter. There viii be "A
force OF eight men. and the supplies
just sent up viii provide for their
wants lntii next April. when they may
20 1nIc % tunnel out of the snOWdrifts
and come down Co civilization.
The principal work now being done
is running a long drift from the lower
tunnel 10 set under rhe Spanish shaft.
which produced considerable ore. This
VIII take the best part Of the winter.
nd viii give between 500 and f00 feet
N stoplnE ON rich vein. This ore
makes pa The lime near the contact be-
tween the lime and the uuartzite. This
summer six carloads have been shipped
Gus. which showed $50 20 the tom. uriu
cila.IN in silver and lead
IHf l-Urrs TAKES ir tha odd I.srfrerl...
property. which produced ore wears
1850. and JUS .r-nriliue- now represent
several thousand Feet much of the
uf .lllnH belnG fu ore. some free MILL
INK ore running $3.50 "a ton BIAS been
FOUND in veins several feet wide. The
work on The Burr0 mas been goin- on
HH HH.H
aud the owners are. sanguine they have
one 81 the big mines of the state. the
formations being Identical with those
Of Park city
In speaking Of one part Of the Burro
workings. the salt Lake Mining Re
view recently said.
-Four hundred feet above the cross
cur enty-flve-fOot shaft has been
sunk on the vein-all the way IN paw
ore. IN prominent feature Of the BurrO
lead-silver vein being that % f. all paw.
even at the grass roots. From the
ehHft collier "a drift hes been run on the
vein. TO the south. FOR distance Of 100
feet. the face being in a four-foot body
500 feet above this shaft and drift a
thirty-fOOt shaft is hOttOmed in the
same ore body. thus proving its con-
tinuify FOR long distance.
Zoology.
The geology and formation of the
district lS most favorable FOR ore uc-
curreu noes. lu commenting on the pos
-ih.ity and probability u rich m nos
being developed within fits boundary
lines weli-iuf0rmed mining engineer
says.
ls simple and str kinEly uniform. con
-isting OF immense reefs OF dulomite
lime and Quartzite running parallel Co.
the north Tor miles. The mineral VAL
ue. lie in tle filling OF great assures
and ore channels which extend between
these Lodges. forming very persistent
veins. az they belong 60 the class %
HHarn. a. -
with as extending to- depth
The upper or hanging wall is doIo-
mite ana TO "a considerable extent has
been replaced by ore. the lower OF foot
vein is ten degrees east OF north. The
dip of the vein is about eighty degrees
width n No. 2. the lead-bearinE edge.
varies from four 90 fifteen feet. and
has an average OF five feet. and No. ].
COR the uoId-silver bearing ledge. FROM
sixteen Co twenty feet between walls.
or great number Of samples taken.
not "a single sample has failed Co yield
some values Of the precious metals.
The naturalization is. Therefore.
general Characteristic feature OF $50
veins. and not a local occurrence.
though Of course. shoots II relatively
rich ore are found alternating with
sections OF areas or lean or low-gradl
material
Wandering Jew.
Work at the Wandering Jew prop
erty was going on this week. rIt~|
Drcpert. is across the canyon and about
mile and "a half up between Nuf|
creek and Hardscra bible. The property
is owned by willard Weihe and assoc
ciafeE.
The Buckiin Mining and Milling come
unny has been w0r.yin- -teatily all
summer and the iudfca fiun- are the
work viii be kept up during the win
ter. This is cop 1ar prOro-tffon. do
c7ted about four miles northeast oil
EountifuL
ORE FROM CHIEF coz