The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-03-03
GREAT BODY Of
IRON BLOSSOM
Mining Engineer PrOnounces 1t
the Largest Now Developed
in the State.
ORE IS BLOCKED OUT
FOR 0NE-HALF MILE
Actual Conditions i'm Iron Bios,
som and Colorado Mines
Are Described.

That the Tintic camp In general never
promised more splendid results than IL
does today Is the opinion Of j, Fewson
Smith. tho mining engineer OF the United
States Smelling, Refining and Mining
company. who, on his return yesterday
from Eureka. was urged by The Tribune
TO give some expression regarding this
wonderful mining camp OF the state
Smith stated that the recent develop
ments In the Grand Central. Victoria.
Gold Chain, Opohongo and Black Jack
on the westerly side, and In the Iron
Blossom Colorado. Sioux. Beck Tunnel
give assurance OF a long and useful life
in several places OF the district
In the Iron Blossom mine, he stated,
the ore shoot has been blocked out
longitudlnally for a distance OF 2600 feet.
In extreme places the ore Is as much as
200 feet In depth and the width varies
from 10 to 80 feet. suggesting n reason
able average of at least 20 feet In width.
Mine Is Exceptional.
ut is safe to say that in no other mnc
IN Utah is there so much ore actually
blocked out as there is In the Iron Bios
som today. AS TO the value Of this ore.
am disposed TO think that the value
Will not average as much as rumor
claims. But the volume OF ore is by no
means exaggerated.
Nowhere else in Utah has there been
an ore shoot blocked out at one time
continuously for over one-half mile in
Isn length ~, as is at present the case With With
extends to within few feet OF the end
line OF the Governor, and the surface
deve!opments through that property con-
form with the trend OF the ore channel
as far as il has been traced TO prove
that it will continue entirely through the
Governor and Dragon properties. So
that when the Iron Blossom develop
bp
and Dragon give assurance OF becoming
great properties IN short time,
Untouched Colorado Ore
"In the Colorado Mining territory there
is practically 400 feet of the lode which
has not yet been touched Three hun
to the Sioux Consolidated line. extending
northerly. and 100 feet yet remains in
the heart OF the rich ore body just north
1T is true that the ore in the south
erly portion rs somewhat silicious, but
" is enriched by streaks of eXtravagantly
reiop Into bodies Of good grade ore. The
orc limits at the south end are 80 unde-
termsned as yet that it is not safe to
assume that the channel will not broaden
out towards the east. as it is shown TO
do in the recent development work OF
the neighborng Sioux mine.
In the heart OF the rich ore 100 feet
north of the No, / shaft is missing link
which no effort has been made TO follow
out: but conditions in general warrant
the assumption that with little pros
pecting it will be found misplaced but
in existence.
"At the Beck Tunnel, the Uncle Sam
the Beck ground lies a little below the
tunnel level and as yet not sufficient
work has been accomplished to enable
the, drawing of conclusions as to the
probable trend or dimensions of the ore
But the body exposed is the typical lead
ore being shipped by the Uncle Sam COM
pany."