The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1918-03-09

eripg upwards OF u quarter of a cen
tury, Interrupted infrcQuently by in.
dividual efforts of sporadic char
aoter, the Dugway mining district.
in western Utah. appears TO have
reused from its lethargy and gives
promise Nf developing into one of
the really active metal mining
camps of the state, And unless some
extremely favorable indications prove
to be erroneous. all that Is required
to make Dugway consistent and a
valuable contributor to the mineral
wealth of the state and the country
is an intelligent and concerted cam
paign of development and adequate
Transportation facilities.
Since the collapse of the boom be-
gan in the early COS, when Sam Gil
son located the fabulously rich lode
in the old Buckhorn mine. there has
been but little development other
than that necessary to cover annual
assessments. The Buckhorn yielded
ores carrying gold and silver and
naturally other prospectors confined
their search to the more valuable
minerals, neglecting the numerous
surface indications of copper, which
Runtil within the past two or three
years, was not in great demand and
commanded prices which made II
possible to operate under only the
most favorable conditions. But gold
and silver are not the predominant
minerals in Dugway, IL the develop
ment SO far may be taken as a cri.
terlon. Dugway Is copper district,
and the advance in price and tho
great demand for copper since the
war began has started anew the de-
yelopment of the region. The efforts
Of the prospectors, however, have
not been futile, for they have demon
strated that favorable surface indl-
cations were supported when the
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furthermore, those same efforts are
responsible for very large SHARE
If the claims in Dugway going tc
, patent
Inadequate transportation facill
les, probably have been more re
ponaiblo than any other one item
For hamparing development in Dug,
way. Fifty miles or more from the
. railroad DuEway could market only
ores OF an unusually high grade at
4 profit Branch rilroadg have beer
suggested, but the matter endal
, ! practically with the suggestion fol
, he reason that sufficient develop
r ment work had not been done IL
The district to warrant the eXpens,
incident to The construction of
branch line. In this respect there
has been little change
. But new plan, the construction
g Of smelter in the district, ha
! been offered as a means OF overcom
Ing the transportation handicap. De
, yolopmont work has bacn stlmulat
ed, the owners OF the rospeetiy,
( properties are getting together. anI
the Indications are extremely favor
u able for campaign of activity sucl
as has never before boon recorla,
q In the Dugway country.
The recent disclosure of an i'm
g mense body of copper ore in tn
n property of the DuGway Bertha Min
! ing Company has attracted attention
;, to the district, and. incidentally, wa
largely responsible for the idaa 0
a constructing 4 smelter While tin
" n.fthl can be said to be only in Ill
Il nfpu In 50 far as develop uont i
: concerned Pierre Pougeot, cngines
;, for the DugHay Smoiiips Company
. after ,lak'ng a careful AID thorous'
y exau. 'ua.oH Ct tho property est,
5 mates tnol ihe ore reserves alradd.
disclosed viii aggregate 10000 tons
, the average value Of which Is beitN
than per cent copper disresardip
$ small values in gold and silver
e Probably more ore has been actual
; " blocked ont in the Dugway Coupe
Mining Company, generally known a
A., tla Peterson holdngs, than any on
en- group Of claims in the distr'1
n vast body Of ore haa been dove
opad and some Of it broken d2"i
:, but taken as a whole the grade wa
n too low to be handled at IA prof.
= with existing transportation iacl'
ties.
g \ oursory examination of some c
- the properties fthe district, in con
many with Mr., peugeot a few day