The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-26
GOOD STRIKE MADE
ON VALLEY VIEW
New Location at Morgan Shows
Some Fine Grade Geld
Rock.
Special 10 The Tribune.


| MORGAN. Utah. Aug 25.-The search
in the hills for new discoveries along the
lines OF the mineral zones In Morgan
district during the past month has re-
suited In more than a score OF new To-
cations. This can readily be accounted
Tor when the fact Is recalled to mind that
The Tribune has frequently referred in
Its descriptive articles. to the unpros
pected condition OF a large per cent OF
the mountain ranges here. The field Is
open and II is a large one. Two weeks
ago fine group of claims was located
within less than two miles from Morgan
upon grounds tramped over for fifty
years. and aside from having an un-
marked stake here and there, showing
years In age, abandonment and non
representation left the door open 10 who
ever might want TO enter. Under the
name OF the Valley View group, the old,
with new grounds, were located. staked
ana recorded. by prominent citizens Of
Morgan, which gives TO them a contnua-
ton OF the Morgan Crescent vein, now
attracting wide attention locally as we'll
as with eastern investors
On this new group three openings have
Deen made on prominent quartz lodges,
Inc largest OF which shows a width OF
thirty feet. upon the surface. As an in
alcatlon of strong ore bodies below, an
incline SHAFT showing a depth OF ten feet
below the quartz Gaping reveals a half
decomposed quartz. The shaft does not
at It's present shallow depth; the whole
quartz body is completely honcycombcd,
the cells being filled with iron carbonate,
showing traces OF lead and silver. These
cells vary in size from one inch to q foot
or more. from which several sacks OF
sand carbonate have been extracted
While examining this property with the
locators your correspondent suggested
a
surrounding walls. with a View of deter
mining which of the ores predominated
This was done: the sample was delivered
TO "A; T.. Custer, manager OF John
McNicker's office in Salt Lake City. On
August 10 Mr.. Custer returned his certl-
tcate. showing gold 4.93 ounces. value
$9S,6O per ton. and only a trace in sill
yer. This flattcring return was astound
ing to the locators and especially So
since no effort was made to select even
an ordinary sample This fact. In con-
junction with the additional one, that
the shaft is eight by six feet. with. as
before stated. no walls and surface crop
ping thirty feet wide, makes as q whole
very remarkable strike. At a distance
OF 200 feet west an open cut reveals
second vein OF similar quartz running
parallel with the large vein and scattering
IFS float from the bottom to the, top
OF the ridge. Six hundred feet down
the comb of the goldbearing ridge a
third incline shaft has been started.
with every indication of being equal to
Since this fiattering gold discovery
was made the owners OF the group have
been devoting their time in prospecting
their surface holdings. In thoroughly de-
fining their exterior lines and preparing
for fall and winter campaign of earn
est work. AS the youngest group in 1.-The
district the showing thus far made is
equal to the best of the older ones. As
a gold property. il surpasses any in the
long belt 1t represents. In addition TO
the strike in gold. the recently printed
reports in The Tribune descriptive Of
the Morgan belt can be appended to this
item as part of its belongings.
The Morgan Crescent mine has all
hands 1T work today in placing a new
Morse engine and air equip
mcnt In position at the mouth of it's
large tunnel. With this Improvement the
ventilation and other time saving con-
ditions will enable President George r
Stenhouse TO have a "bg talk" with the
smelling people Of Salt Lake City.
The Carbonate Gem Mining company
added eight more men to their working
force last week