Show IN CONFUSION RANGE I QI TheFormations Found in Bullion Canyon Described BULLY BOY AND WEBSTER BOY THEY ARE SAID TO CONTAIN SOME ZfcOEENSE ORE BODIES I Salt Lake Parties Interested Manager J Man-ager Weir of the Highland Boy Xeturns Prom the East and Talks I of the Smelter Humor The Cottonwood Cot-tonwood Lodes I Wyoming Said to Have Rich Deposits of Silver and CopperBase Sulphide Ores Treated Successfully By Electricity Electric-ity Work Being Done at the Virtue the Great Oregon Producer Will Save Flour Gold An Experiment I Ex-periment to Be Made White Sock District I Nevada An Ontario I On-tario Shipment Made Yesterday Mining Notes and Personals and I Other News 1 Bullion July SOut in the Confusion Con-fusion range seme 60 miles west of beset t sad near the road to Snake Yale via of Granite Pass and Conger Sl rizijTs may be seen a remarkably line 1lstaJn of the effetit of an unllft uf a ti rt ion of the earths crust To t1 e rrh > of the road a few hundred Itet is aa slated ridge about 50 roils In lergti Vlons the apex and following follow-ing u strike of the ridge is a cleft rtmm is tho entire length of the long tiarrov If vat ion The hides of the cleft a re rjrl > ttipendicular 1 in places 10 t < 15 h t detn and probably 20 feet II 1 I th HH bottom The ridge is corns corn-s 1 Mratified limestone which dips V tho < 1 and west fiom the walls of I tht j i the uplift having been so I udth 1 q in cause a fracture along tin oi I j kntrth of thi hill Aln < t diu est from the head of I Bu11n iniun old Baklys scarred V tg s into the clouds There is I U aus K I i I cv idence that waen Baldy i sas ti < l in easterly line of upi lift ex nl up-i 1 t iindcr the portion of the I mounjin n m J knov n as Bullion ojuyo md 1 tint t a trEmendous fissure extend n < atrly from near I Baldy > as ornied and rhat the same i i easxr uIfi 1 formed lateral fissures j on 001 sJfS of the principal fissure tht greater mirnl > r being on the south side Tms condition is based 1 dn tP rat mat Ole strata on the north tide oi th < anyon have a decided dip tj the nortKiist while the strata on th > souti MfJi have a corresponding dp to th tou heast and 2 the veins m the sulh ide furnish no evidence of their < xinding to the north side of the eay m which they undoubtedly v oald ra f done had not the continuation continua-tion lutj interrupted by the fissure nninl eas erly from Baldy The readers read-ers paii nte would not b thus taxed with irimmer lessons on dynamical grnlogj vtrf it not forthe fact that it ha1 an irrioriant bearing on the value of the V1 ins uf this locality WEBSTER BASIN Along the south side of the little I aey ki > n as Webster Basin the 1 mountain Mle is gashed every 200 or 2 > 0 fet wh ledges running toward the I s uh i direttly towards Horse Hacr the altitude of vhirfi is fully I 2Cl f aiune the bottom of the 1 asm Uuring etheth glacial I i f period a I Klaiifr nioktd don from near the base i of It IIIUN and completpd the wbrk v hieh < 1 Ivfure was begun by the i > forenv ntiontd fissure The reason f the 1 regung explanation is very hktly r rarent An examination of the veins in Bullion Bul-lion eanjon without reference to the Conditions btforc enumerated would v c ly I pr Ilably prejudice the minds of investors tgainst them They would naturally arrive at the conclusion that hfrc nature had developed the veins to a depth of 1000 or 2000 feet it were b < i > > lest for man to expect better riMlts with drills and dynamite Bit v hen tht foregoing facts are included in ihe problem 10 be solved it will be rearlily understood that the lowest ex posed portions of the veins in Bullion canyon are but the croppings and should be judged by precisely the same I rules as t piospwtlve value a if the I Jt oleis were exposed on the mountaintop mountain-top instead of a deep canyon and the same mi of improvement with depth should be appjed to them With the foregoing introduction 4 ixnich should inspire confidence in reflective re-flective minls we will proceed to the discussion of a few of the more prom isng of Bullions representative mines and prospts In the amount of development dev-elopment x ork in visible ore bodies and iT proving th continuity and depth of I Bullions fissuies and contacts I BILLY BOY AND WEBSTER I The Billy Boy and Webster group of I four patented claims are the most important im-portant in the canyon The Bully Boy and Webster claims were located under I the old law making the maximum IdnmrVi rf r lairn OlIA foot The otier two claims i of the group cver adjoining and parallel veins The group is situated on the south side and well down towards the eastern boundary boun-dary of Weiter Basin The property is incorporated under the name of the Webster Mining and Milling company anr1 is owned principally by n C t hambers L W Colbath and the Heasf state The property of them the-m n includes the ten stamp mill i otherwise known as the Cooper Belt I situated about two and a half miles down the canyon j Through the courtesy of Foreman Will E Holderman permission was i I granted 10 inspect i the mine and j Through the kindness of Lem Colbath jr who acted as guide and cheerfully j answered the numerous questions The Herald will have the first underground description of the Bully Boy and Web i trr ever giverS to the general public To the east and along the entire course of the vein so far as developed Is found the quartzite footwall having a slight dip from vertical to the west The hanging wall is porphyry and thus forms one of the very best contacts con-tacts for depth and permanency The traohite from Horse Heaven very likely has formed a capping to the vein at the itf of the lower tunnel and for that reason the first O feet was driven in that kind of rock and P wa an i the vein intersected The vein is j very vide being from 30 to 6 feet oetween walls the tunnel having boon run as nearly as possible in the middle of the vein so as to make both walls easy of access and to avoid taking < ut more ore which generally follows the walls than was a < tuaI > necessary in order to explore the mineral bodies For that reason the greaer portion of the ore shows up in crosscuts to the right and left These crosscut occur at short intervals along the tunnel and were the means b > hieh its course was determined The ore bodies are found in chutes or i 4 chimneys and are rom 19 to 12 feet I v ide and vary in length which however c how-ever is a rough estimate It FABULOUS RETURNS I These chutes are found as a rule on I I I I one or the other of the walls nearly the entire distance so far explored thus making the ore bodies practically I prctcaly continuous At 1400 feet from day light a crosscut has been run to the t west a short distance into the porphyry por-phyry where a small streak or ore was cut that gave returns of SOO in gold I and silver per ton Another streak in the same crosscut furnishes ore that assays 1000 in gold and 740 ounces f silver per ton At the end of the tun nel or 1570 feet nll 160 from its mouth crosscuts cross-cuts have been run to east and west and both are in fine bodies of ore into which drifts have been run showing up continuously as far as drifting has progressed The ore Is crystallized lead carbonates carbon-ates and galena carrying silver with some gold The values per ton are about as follows Lead 15 td 20 per cent silver 2 to 30 ounces gold 140 to S 2 From the face of the tunnel up to the I surface is not less than 1300 feet and a person becomes lost inastonishment at the enormous wealth locked up in the ground thus far developed in the Bully Boy and Webster And when we take into consideration the fact I that a marked improvement is found in the ot < bodies as the long tunnel reaches into and under the mountain we can then but dimly comprehend the possibilities of the next 4000 feet before i the south < end line of the Webster claim Is rached I The product of this great vein is one of the very best concentrating ores A half mfle or so above the mine the beautiful Bridal Veil falls the noisy Niagara and the charming and picture pictur-e Que Caseadss will fut lsh thousahds of horse pdwer at the least possible expense of piping The future will witness wit-ness the erection of a great concen geat trating plant bciow the lower tunnel and with such cheap power the ore can be treated at the lowest possible cost of any place in the west The owners are wealthy and can afford to continue the tunnel on until more than 2000 vertical feet of stoplng round will be above i And while doing this the company trill be adding value t the other veins in Bullion canyon b > proving their depth and continuity A GARDEN SPOT In front of Will E Holdermans treeembowered cottage is a truck gar den where grows an abundance of vegetables The spot is about 8000 feet above sea level and there is a general impression among the farmers of Utah that frosts would prevent the successful growing of vegetables at this altitude This garden furnishes undoubted evidence that vegetables and small fruits can be grown away up here with as much certainty and to greater perfection as in lower alti tudes Peas beans cabbage etc are I well advanced and will soon be ready for the table Mr Holderman says he never saw the equal in quality of the celery grown In his Alpine garden The most perfect specimens of pan sles all shades and colorsare grow ing in the open air from seeds planted l s February J F GIBBS |