| Show I SOUTH HECLA'S PROGRESS IN THREE YEARS 1 Just three years and two months ago the writer of ot this article made a n. careful caroul care caro- I ful ul Inspection of the South Hecla Ing Ing- ng company's property at Alta Alia In company compan company com com- I pan pany with Col George II Watson atson then and ind now president and ami general mana mann ger At that time tho the mine showed a wonderful but had bad hadnot hadnot not a pound of or shipping oro ore coming comInS' down the tho canyon canon The following optimistic op op- article appeared in Tho Thu Her Ilor- ald Republican of July Juh C 6 i. i 1912 under ho tho head hend South Hecla Making of Big Mine lIne The Tho article elicited considerable considerable considerable consider consider- able unfavorable comment on account of Its optimism But nut since then Colonel Colo Cob nel net Watson atson and his valiant supporters have made good almost ever every pr prediction ion tion have ha produced upwards of or in ore arc and today havo have a mine second second second sec sec- ond to none none- In ln the thc Alta AHa Cottonwoods Alta with a monthly production of oC approximately approximately and the stock selling at 2 a n. share or a II mine valuation of while whilo at tho the time tho the article was written the stock was quoted at atC 6 C cents and was a n drug on tho the marIc market markot mar- mar Ic kot ket t nt fit a amino mine valuation of This article now almost what might be called historic Is as follows Beautifully situated In a n great rock- rock cd edged ed bowl In tho the cry er tops of or the snow capped peaks of or tho the Wasatch tho famous old camp of or Alta Attn with Its Ita production production pro pro- of or of wealth dealt out to 10 an eager cager world with its celebrated Emma lawsuit putting two continents at swords' swords points a camp once boasting a n hustling population population population lation of or people with over 2700 men having havinS' mine holdings in the district dis but finally an nn avalanche a n dod dov- dov d 10 U 1 t 1 h lire lle all mi but comp a ec t mu o wholesale death blow I delivered in tho the great fall Call In the white metal But brighter er days das now appear on Alfas Alta's horizon horl horlon ho- ho rl rl on on and the quickening effects of or new blood are beginning to show on every side the tho now active mines having having hav hav- ing Ing- Inga a payroll of or nearly miners which number Is IH being constantly Increased Properties for years cars abandoned are resuming re- re re resuming suming work long drain tunnels are In Inthe inthe inthe the air mills mitis are aro being overhauled and j oiled up lip for business a big tramway tramways I Is s under reconstruction and a railroad offering cheaper transportation are aro among the go good Dd things In store for the great old camp Occupying the entire south side of ot the he district and embracing tho the former territory o of nine separate groups Is Isho the ho South Hecla Mining company compan which gives ever every promise of or some Bomo day de de- into one ono of or the biggest mines In n the tho district Under the tho present management management man man- shipments of or high class ore have ha lave ag aggregated many hundred tons while In old olden n days das such properties as ashe the he Hustler havo have a reported production of or while the tho Kate Hays Has Ben HarrIson and Wedge each have hal a n goody good good- h y production record The South Hecla has las the receiving mineral soluble limes of or the district It has the mineralizing porphyry dikes and Is strongly fissured b by y ore bearing veins which outcrop prominently and are found in the deepest deepest deep deep- est st work workings Tho Tile South Heels Hecla has in all over 30 00 feet or six miles of ot workings workings' This must have o averaged 12 a a. foot toot showIng showing show- show Ing ng an expenditure of oC Largo veins have hav been bee o. o opened ened In In man many places ces at a n. vertical depth or ot to lO feet icet and on tho the dip fully tully twice that distance dis- dis tance ance These veins outcrop on tho the surface sur- sur face ace tho Kate for instance beng be be- Ing ng easily traceable for 2000 feet teet On the tho ho Dwyer Dwer level one big has a foot 70 raise ralsa and a n foot a n proven pro vertical depth of or feet with tho ho oro ore still going strongly strongly- both up and down own There Thelo are arc three principal fissures cutting the formation This Is made up p of ot an Intrusive granite on n tho the east st with underlying quartzite all II underlain by white dolomite and I blue lue limestone Tho The three fissures ures and the he contact cut through tho the apex of or the hill ill with a southwest northeast strike and nd dipping to the northeast the same samo sames as s in tho the big mines a n gunshot across the he little basin ln to the north Then there here aro are the west east porphyry dikes heavily mineralized One Ono is a a. great dike OO feet wide which has been opened up OO feet wide and feet beneath the surface In the Dwyer alit This era entire boel body carries 2 per percent percent cent ent copper sulphide resembling the tho mineralized porphyry which Is making I Ithe the he Utah Copper famous Undoubtedly South Hecla ha has tho the same samo system of or fissuring as found in the Emma mma Flagstaff Flag Flag- staff taff Columbus anI and other producers adjoining It on tho the north South Hecla H cla could put putt fifty lel men to work worl ork on oro ore tomorrow and Judging from om the appearance of ot the mine to to- to da day at tho the end of or a acar year car there would be more moro ore oro In sight than there Is to toda to- to da day All AU efforts of or the present management management man man- have been directed toward opening up a n. big mine leaving a shipping shipping ship ship- ping record to follow Xo No effort has hns been made mado at sloping only raises and wines having having- been run to determine tho trend of or the veins The Kato Kate Hays fissure which produced near tho surface has been followed In the Quincy Quine level lc b by crosscuts and drifts for over o 1000 feet showing an average width I of or three feet teet Tho The Quincy adit opens It feet feat from tho the surface and feet teet on Its dip A follows the ore oro S So 85 feet reet still till deeper An aver aver- ago ngo In values runs 17 ounces silver sliver and 12 per cent lead The Don Bon Harrison fissure has been opened for 00 feet teet teeton on this same sarno level averaging two and d dr r one half feet wide feet teet below tho the thoI I surface Smelter returns from a n. ton ty shipment from here ran 40 o cents gold sliver silver copper 9 97 7 silica and Iron In one place the vein has opened out Into a shoot of ot heavy copper sulphides six b by six feet teet About feet north and running parallel with tho the Kate Hays Hns fissure is the tho Wedge edgo vein On the Dwyer level le this has been open opened d for feet foet showing an average R width of ot 18 Inches A thir thir- ton ty-ton shipment to the tho smelter ran gold gald 02 silver sliver 4 49 H copper silica and 18 Iron Up the hill a foot shaft shaH has been sunk Bunk In the outcrop A shipment of ot 40 tons from the shaft showed smelter returns of lead 1 11 15 gold old 45 silver silica and 51 61 Iron Some ore came from Crom this shaft that assayed 1 1500 OO to tooer over o 2000 ounces silver er Another lot lotof lotof of ot 87 tons from the tho Quincy level gave smelter returns of oC 75 if cents gold sliver silver 1422 copper and Iron It was sold when copper was high and netted tho company The vein was caught b by the Scott adit 1700 feet teet in This Is a big v vein ln In 30 feet teet between altered granite walls showing heavy copper and magnetic magnetic mag mag- sulphides There are two other outcropping fissures In the granite granite- limestone contact on the east cost end of ot tho the property which have not yet been touched at nt depth On these are aro several several sev sev- everal ev- ev eral remarkable blowouts showing big bigIn bigin bigin in malachite and and load all ver One of or these blowouts is twenty feet teet square the big vein dipping regularly regularly regularly regu regu- Into tho the ore making New Work ork A force of sixteen men Is Is' now nol em cm- employed opening up the Quincy and Dwyer DWier levels with three throe and one ter machine drills One Is working 2500 feet from the tho portal of tho the Quincy feet teet vertically from tho the surface and 1400 feet teet on tho the dip The face Sunday afternoon when seen soen b by bythe bytho tho the mining editor of this paper showed a limo wall with porphyry coming cominS' in and tho the iron sulphide vein carrying good values in silver and lead leal still sUll pronounced Every cry indication Is that the vein which has hns been followed over o feet teet Is again opening out into an Important ore shoot The other force Is IB driving tho the west drift on the Dwyer level to get under the Wedge shaft haft which gave up remarkable silver values The face Sunday was teas feet Ceet from the tho objective e objective point It I Is 1800 feet from tho the portal and feet teet vertically from the collar of or tho the A mineralized break hero here had been followed several l hundred feet This face faco was still in the softening lime with sulphide ore oro showing at the tho left The Indications are that an nn unusual mineralized country Is at hand Both Bolh these faces are looking exceptionally encouraging All South Hecla requires to bo n. n com a-com com com- mercial mine toda today is one ono of ot three things a a. mill a tram to railroad or orthe orthe orthe the railroad Itself Indications point to the acquirement of ot at least two of or these within a n. twelvemonth With these facilities making marketable tho the second and third grade gr ores oros thero IB Is Isnow now sufficient ore In sight to siva give steady employment to a a. sm small ll army of ot men Already there Is ts several thousand thousand thousand thou thou- sand tons of ot ore on the stock piles and knocked down down in In the unused drifts All the main levels are aro electric lighted To Col George H. H Watson Is duo the credit of this merging under one ono head of ot six old producers including tho the South Columbus Bingham Centennial Quincy Alta Ivanhoe Alta Hecla South Sonth Columbus Con Can Lilburn and Columbus a n. great Teat domain of ot acres of ot splendid ground practically all of ot which is either pat pat- opted or under way tho the t roaul of ot six years ears of ot hard work A vast sum aum o of development dG money bas baa has been boen scat 1 over or an In extensive to toa toa a e. purpose but now the company compan has bast reached tho point when hem returns are are- In Insight Insight insIght sight with a a. smallpox smallpox- ox ex South Hecla Heels Is lI a l H- H of or 1 I par value Of Ot the tha shares share only about IB Ii a outstanding outstanding ing and outside of ot a n. small floating debt of t about 1000 tho the company is free reo from encumbrances This Is a 0 remarkably attractive condition for ter a n. mining mining- company with such a So domain and over of or development de and ond with such an Don oro ore showing ehO and great cat credit Is IB duo tho management t felicitous state elate 1 Tho The officers of oC tho the company are Colonel Watson president and general manager Herman vice vloe president H. H L. L Pratt secretary treas IL It C. C Edwards Ev B C C. I. P. P Palmer and Thee The tho the other othol directors Carl H. H Gabrielson H.-Gabrielson Is la mine superintendent |
