Show lj ube be mines of the marydale Mary maryvale vale country j it UT from belknap i into n t 0 marysvale Marys vale suddenly emerging from sevier canyon whose rugged and per cip itous mountains and scenic beauty strongly appeal to the lover of the beautiful in nature the traveler on the southern extension of the rio grande western rail way is ushered into a miniature v valley a I 1 I 1 e y a mile or so in width aud and two or three miles in length down through the valley in its sinuous windings to the nort north h runs the sevier river with an emerald carpet of meadow ian land d on either side in leaving this majestic majest C and picturesque canyon the iron horse passes by the point of a jutting volcanic butte while to the southwest a half mile or more there is a long stretch of foil age from which peep pee P numerous c cottages 0 t t a g es and more pretentious dwellings and stores comprising the pretty little town and mining camp of beauties of this enchanting spot to praise its many charms dull humdrum hum drum prose is inadequate but yet it may be truly said that marys marysvale vale is is possessed of many resources and advantages within its environments majestic pines sentinel like rise here and there above the groves of lesser trees and shrubbery along the creek bottoms and these in the cool canyon breeze nod to each other and give to visitors a dignified salute of welcome and this welcome in which the thankful and 4 S af 7 4 ak XV jovon THE CRYSTAL HOIST AND BOARDING HOUSE makavale marysvale Marys Avale vale where a hearty greeting is sure to await alcait the tired and hungry passenger from the north A poet with inspiration nicely tuned might reel off columns in describing the I 1 gratified people of marysvale Marys vale heartily 1 was keenly relished and enjoyed by those who rode into the town last sunday on the first train to enter there being bein the final consummation of hopes and wishes of many years may well be likened to a mountain gem and yet it is one of the most unique and pastoral mining camps to be found in utah stock ranches farms and meadow lands dot the bottom land up and down the river as far as the eye can reach to the west are the everlasting hills in which the mines of the district are located the town itself is situated almost at the confluence of bullion creek and the sevier river bullion canyon is the highway to some of the principal mines of the camp and ana from beautiful beautia ua gorge z zag aa trails tra ils lead to higher elevations to mountain parks where some of the roost promising mines and prospects of the camp are a re located south of marysvale Marys vale some two oi or three miles another canyon cuts down through throng the mountain range ange r this is cottonwood canyon and about equidistant equi distant between its mouth and head bead are re located other producers and prospective bonanzas while between these two canyons on the bench lands there are many square ml miles iles of auriferous gravel from which millions in gold will c wealth looked locked up yet oe lakein nna in this sun parched plateau being brought down by glaciers 11 from the lofty mr baldy range to the west and there is no doubt but that for ages this deposit h has a s been lapped by the buy bucy waves of an inland sea which are contemporary with lake bonneville bonne ville for twenty years or more marysvale Marys vale has been noted for its numerous prospects and for its few producing mines we say few for the reason that marysvale Marys vale has not been a productive camp in the true sense of the term and yet it has several properties which have made enviable records as producers the deer trail is one of these the webster is another t while at one time a quicksilver mine situated near the deer trail almost at the mouth of cottonwood was equipped with reduction works in bullion canyon the remains of an old mill propelled by water power attest the fact that in the early daya of mining in that section ancient mines now almost forgotten paid tribute to their owners As a matter of fact however the country around around marysvale Marys vale as far as mining is concerned is a virgin field A little surface scratching 11 has been done in exploratory work but no real deep mining has been done the canyon sides and mountain tops present a network of quartz ledges large pieces of float have been found which are of often ten more t than n half j gold old pockets of ore spark ling with the yellow metal have been uncovered and yet with hardly an exception no determined effort no systematic or extensive work has been d done 0 n e t to 0 prove what these rich blossoms lead to but the indications are so favorable the outlook is so er encouraging cour that from now on now that the new railroad gives direct t and speedy contact with the markets of ON LION HILL ten miles southwest of marysvale Marys vale almost on the crest of lion hill is the park group of eight claims and a the group has an elevation of about feet the country being unbroken while the mountain sides are covered with good looking float which has become broken and detached from the strong quartz ledges which traverse the country in a northeasterly and southwesterly direction the formation on lion hill is a quartzite and contact the park ledge being strong and well defined with rugged crop pings and a dip to the northwest the crop pings pinas measuring forty feet in width while they can be traced for a distance of 2000 feet the float from which is highly mineralized specimens of which are often picked up which assay to the ton in gold and silver in the development of the park which is a comparatively ively new enterprise in an incline shaft to the ton at the I 1 the shaft leaves the V vein ein the I 1 where of the ore is 16 ounces silver general 66 at a depth of feet the shaft and sl encsy 1 25 it a streak of talc ranging in e width edth fro from three feet and anderl zt underlying ying the vein ping pin towards the contat contact e from and d 1 which have been abt obtained showing 13 assap a and 8 in gold and this mccu ounces ounce ail lv occurrence arence minds of mining men is looked in the great favor as the presence of bodies upon carrying gold and silver values is of tale 11 indicative of the generall genera near presence 0 of f large body of pay ore ei in the way of improvements improvement s and ment the park e egui lines up well with the properties of the camp A n nice lee substantial older olde and roomy whim and shaft house protects the a working force from the piercing rays of the summer sun and from the snows and freeck free zin winds of winter and in this snug retreat i a k a n 4 rift V Z n abi i 3 54 2 v ir THE PARK MINE AND HOIST HOUSE this long neglected camp cami is almost certain to receive the recognition at the hands of experienced experienc eU ett mining men of capitalists and investors that its visible merits so richly deserve A representative of the mining review recently made a visit to marysvale Marys vale and while there made an inspection of several of its leading mines and prospects a few of which will receive attention and mention in this review of the camp it not being the intention odthe of the writer to into detail go as to the geology and formation of the district as in this issue there appears an article on the geology y of marysvale Marys vale from the able pen of prof marcus E jones AM which certainly will be e read with interest by those who are in any way identified with the mining industry ind astry of this section with a pitch of 65 degrees has been sunk to the foot level for sixty feet the shaft followed the vein on the at this point the ledge 10 flattened on its dip to a pitch of forty five degrees the shaft continuing down in the it being the intention to sink until a depth of feet is reached when a cross crosscut cut will be run to intersect the quartzite contact which dips to the southeast so uth and which 1200 feet to the northeast yields free gold and horn silver the sand from the bug holes in the quartzite being rich in native gold the st sand ind often yielding gg nuggets as large as a pin head from the collar of the shaft to where the workings left the vein at the sixty foot level the shaft was all in ore which is a although near the surface a chloride was uncovered going as high as ounces silver and in gold nu works the motive moti ve power of which is a davis whim In which in the estimation of superintendent in tJ F gibbs is a piece of mecha ism that is unexcelled in point of safety and convenience the cage as it come from the incline dumps itself automatically mati cally the shaft being equipped with a hot air ventilator while the works can boast of the usual blacksmith shop and forge and every facility for economic aud and successful operation two thousand feet from the shaft house westerly a narrow canyon widens out into a little valley valler which is known far and wide as bri brighta park The of the company tate in this beautiful retreat which is wooded and av watered by purling bt sparkling springs it is here that the parl park boarding house is located together 11 with other 06 buildings including stable and spring house the boarding house which is a substantial tia structure of 11 logs i is s 1 cosily nestled n inin I 1 gigantic pines and one could not find a is do pleasant place for a summers oil outing ling wha nl acted as for a winter retreat it is amply pro by its natural environments and surrounds surround n r the park company has equip equipped ed itse itself if 0 systematic work in the development but I 1 abich lion hill property concerti con concerning cerni na anic I 1 generall I 1 little is really known by the p u blie i vi a and nd while operations are to he be 11 P prosecuted this coming fall and winter do W to the intention of the organization 00 instead sted of in w ole mining in the ground in papers the park is owned by the park gold company of this city which is incorporated at shares its official roster bei being n as follows W D mathis president dentandt and treasurer W E vigus 6 vice president isaac B hill secretary J F gibbs manager and these with H D sabine comprise the directory the Alis missouri syndicate of liberty mo G W corbin president and general manager owns a group of ten claims adjoining the park on thelast the east and south the victor claim embraced in hi the group containing the southeasterly extension of the park contact development 1 work on this property has been largely lone done on oil the victor lode arid add consists of a tunnel on the contact which has been driven in a distance 0 of f 75 feet the face of the workings showing pockets of free gold and horn silver ore and a body of mineral from three feet in width carrying values averaging about 30 ounces silver and 5 in gold to the ton this is a promising piece of ground which is idle itt at present but which should be worked THE CRYSTAL MINE half a mile or so west of Bri brigham allam park and situated on the brink of a dizzy precipice which drops down several hundred feet to the south bank of cottonwood creek is situated the main workings of the crystal mine one of the most extensively developed properties in the marysvale Marys vale region the group embraces eloh eighteen teen claims claim s and is owned by the crystal s mining company of new york the main workings of the V 4 4 4 V A h lit d A X 77 A t 0 o M A k 4 4 4 x y N U 77 THE loweff TUNNEL ON THE WEDGE crystal consists of a foot incline tunnel which lias has a dip to the southwest of about twelve degrees the workings having followed a contact vein between quartzite and lime the being in the quartzite the hanging wall being capped by a tra chite overflow from a huge dyke to the south on each side of this tunnel there are numerous lateral drifts which disclose large bodies of ore from one to five feet thick and which carry average values in the precious metals of 10 per cent lead 20 ounces silver and from 2 to 5 in gold to the ton large quantities of dry quartz are also blocked out which carries practically all y the same values in silver and gold but no lead at about feet from its mouth this incline tunnel enters a most remarkable and unusual formation being nothing more or less than a fossilized ocean beach the evidences as disclosed in the incline prove that subsequent to the filling of the contact the waves of an ancient ocean tore away the lime hanging wall and ore and on the quartzite floor laid down dobz a thick bed of beach sand pebbles and boulders smoothed by attrition through t centuries perhaps and afterwards cemented by the superincumbent weight and heat from the overflow of tra chite previously mentioned this geological phenomenon no doubt caused suspension of work in the in dine cline but it is possible that by driving the tunnel down through this fossil coast line ore may again be found on the other side of it to the west however different conditions are found here the quartzite dips to the west or northwest at an angle of about forty to sixty degrees the contact being quartzite and porphyry about 1000 feet northwest of the foot tunnel supt bupt S 0 james has a force of men at work running a tunnel to intersect the contact the face of this tunnel which is now in some feet is in ledge matter consisting principally of tale talc in which occurs sulphide ore run running nino 0 12 anc and I 1 up to the ton and the indications of the near pres presence nee of a fine body of good pay or ore are excell excellent eDt as physical conditions appear to be most favorable the property is equipped with a small steam hoist at the incline tunnel while a fine concentrator is located a short distance below the mine workings the motive power for which is a horse power pelton water wheel the process of ore reduction utilized by the plant however has been found inadequate in the saving of values from crystal ores and before the plant is placed in commission again it is more than likely that some process more adapted to this class of mineral will be substituted several buildings adorn the group grou pi included in which are two board 7 ing houses while a complete and well equipped assay office stands near the mill mil 1 the crystal is easily accessible by good wagon road up cottonwood canyon its location is sightly and strikingly picturesque the group i is heavily timbered and boasts of a splendid water supply both for power and culinary purposes this is looked upon as being 1 one of the leading mines of the district and under the he able supervision of mr james who is an expert miner gives promise of making a good record at an early day as a steady producer of the precious metals mr james by the way is one of the commissioners of piute diute county for the past eight or ten years a great deal of interest has been centered in the horse leaven heaven I country above marysvale Marys vale horse heaven way up in the clouds is a place of unusual beauty and is nothing less than a in the mountains is heavily timbered and abounding in 1 n numerous s springs p r 1 n g 8 che waterson waters water of which are as cold as ice even in the summer time for years it has been an ideal logo logging ing camp and might have remained so until this day had it not been for the discovery ery of the dalton and the subsequent finding of the rich wed wedge ge mine and numerous other promising prospects the result be that at the present time this section presents a scene of activity and great expectancy pe pec tancy in mining matters THE DALT DALTON ON MINE H horse 0 se heaven cpr sprung U n g first into prominence as a mining 1 camp through 17 the discovery of high ore at grass roots on e claim the ore carried sensational values in native gold and tellurium the find caused great excitement in mining circles in this petty city and elsewhere and great areat chunks of quartz were exhibited at the companas comp anys salt lake office that were literally bristling with |