Show THE STASLTJS MINE Ore Bodies Were Leached Out Above Water Level V In an exhaustive and able writeup of the Starlus mine at Bingham the Bulletin pays Aside from the showing at the Win namuck the developments of the Star lus mine give perhaps a better idea of the character of mineral veins around lower Bingham than these of any other I property They consist of about 1200 feet of openings including a main tunnel I tun-nel driven 700 feet crosscuts from it to determine width of vein an incline tunnel I tun-nel sunk 160 feet and 200 feet of drifting drift-ing at 200 level Everywhere there is mineral in sight in streaks varying from ten inches to three feet and at a glance it conveys a good impression The main tunnel is a fine piece of work 5x6 feet It is dry as a powder house except at a point perhaps 400 feet In where a few drops of darkly mineralized water trickle from the wall I into a little pool by the car track We noticed scraps of old iron had been thrown into the pool and found them covered with copper precipitate a quarter quar-ter of an Inch thick Of all Bingham mines we have visited visit-ed not one makes a more ATTRACTIVE SHOWING than the Starlus But everywhere one gathers the impression that he is inspecting in-specting an article on dress parade care having seemingly been taken not to detach any part or parcel of vein matter that would help out the show I In but one place has an attempt been made at production of which later on Recourse to quite an elaborate record rec-ord of assays made in the progress of developments shows that at various stages ores have been encountered I in kidneys l and in patches not I worth bothering with averaging about 22 quncesof silwr 5 in gold and 6 percent per-cent copper An average of all assays gives about 5 ounces silver 2 gold andS and-S to 9 J per cent copper per ton In the I stope referred to 10 or 12 tons were knocked down that did not sell for I enough to quite pay expenses We should add to this record also a small shipment of I VV V OXIDIZED IRON ORE I taken from a tunnel or open cut toward i the top of the hill that yielded 12 in i gold to the ton This was the same I cyanide truck that is found at the surface I sur-face of all of the veins of the same i character in the neighborhood l at the Highland Boy Niagara and Old Jordan The dressing UP of the Starlus was I done under the management and direc i tiun of Colonel O B Hardy He seemed I to have great faith In it but whether I exercisinghisown sweet will I or influenced in-fluenced by designing and wicked partners I part-ners we are unable to say was txing to unload it at a fancy figure On sight i this could undoubtedly have been done Under close Investigation it could not j I except as purchased by some one with more insight into the mysteries of j cause and effect than is enjoyed by I Colonel Hardy His enterprise did not j prosper But we have to add in this connection our conviction that had he succeeded the person necessarily I worsted in the deal would not have been tli rurehas = r I The incline shaft of the Starlus lacks some 40 feet of reaching water level I Time was when water oozed from the vein at and above tunnel level Traces of this can be seen In every foot of ground fcxposed In tie distant past when Bonneyllle surged upon the benches below Leadmill and much of Utah was a watery expanse the little creek that creeps through Bingham canyon was a fearful and constant torrent tor-rent Then its bed was the ancient relic which we fInd high up on the banks about level with i i THE STARLUS TUNNEL j Then the lower portion of this canyon I with climate tempered by the proximity I I I of a greatinland sea presented a semitropical I semi-tropical scene The precipitation was i cOjjgreat that there must have been a rainy season covering a great part of I the year during which and in fact i continually springs burst V forth from I every cleft and crevice Every mineral vein vra to a gdbater or less extent a I water course air Investigation proves f f I and the Starlus to the depth to which it has been explored was no exception There can be no doubt that during the ages a mountain of copper seeped away from this canyon to say nothing of silver Innumerable springs that were once active have for ages been dry but we find some still working assiduously the waters of which are charged with onefourth to onehalf per cent Copper They are as an open boolc telling of tremendous losses in the past If Colonel Hardy had read the language lan-guage of these mountains he must have reasoned that the upper portion of the Startup vein was mined before the dawn of history Instead of putting put-ting capital into the barren zone preparing pre-paring it for a possible buyer he would have used a far less amount in sinking below water level where the vein is reasonably certain to be found intact Thus might his ambition to be at the head of the heap have been realized without resort to questionable means Without any reasonable doubt he would have V I PENETRATED RICH ORE BODIES such as the great Highland Boy is showing In areas that were up out of the action of the elements going on In the lower part of the canyon We are assured that the present management man-agement of the Starlus Is impressed with its true character and condition and further operations in the upper workings if any will not be in the line of exploration There is a plan partly matured to run a tunnel from a point some 200 feet down the canyon from the lower side line which would reach the vein under the Incline at about 40 feet below water level Such an opening while affording important drainage and circulation would show up the vein where it may be expected to contain pay mineral and plenty of it We believe as a result the company com-pany would be stimulated to at once procure a plant with which to go down 500 feet When that is done the Starlus may become agreat paying mine but never until them When it is done too if we mistake not mining in this part of Bingham will take on a new and I highly important phase |