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Show BALDWIN EXPL01UNG EXPEDITION. EXPE-DITION. Wlmro llioy have btn and what tlity liavo semi. si'Ai;. " In our iU'L'oiml yt-slcrday iiuii'iiinj; of tl jc B;tklwiu Exjiluring Kxpuliliuii nL ISUr district, Bi'iivir enmity, we ncgloi-'tal to mention one of tlie im-porUint im-porUint products of Unit region, and one which will he much needed and highly pri.ul l-y furnnec men throughout the Territory. .USh;uin-ty .USh;uin-ty fc'prings tliere are extensive betU ol lire-eliiy. of a (jiuility .superior to anything: any-thing: before discovered in Thili. Tlie smelting company at that place are Ufaing it in their furnace, and find, by actual practical tests, that it withstands with-stands heat much better than Die fire brick of Colorado or those of Xevada. The expedition assaycr usul it in his portable furnace with perfect satisfaction. satisfac-tion. The quantity is unlimited, and it will doubtless come into general use for smelting furnaces. SAX FRANCISCO. Leaving Star, the expedition next examined the mines and prospects of San Francisco district, liftecn miles northwest of the former, and also in Beaver county. The district is large, covering an area of fifteen or eighteen, sunn re miles. There arc ten or twelve distinct, vnins in t.lm dkfriH, nn all of which locations have been : made, and several good mines opened. There, as in other districts isolated from railroad lines", developments develop-ments arc held back, the ores not being of sufficient value to wen-ant shipping to distant reduction works. Developments, however, will soon receive re-ceive a new impetus, the owners ol the Florence mine having contracted wii.h capitalists to eieet a ten stamp mill ali Wah Wall Springs, eight miles distant. The district differs irom Star in the mountains being high and rugged, but the ore is much the same as that in the latter camp. The scarcity of water is a serious drawback to mining operations in San Francisco, which is also the case in all of the districts of that region. Eventually, it is thought, the ores from Star, Spruce, San Francisco. Rocky and Granite, will be taken to Beaver Kiver, that being the nearest stream from which sufficient water can be obtained to carry on the extensive reduction re-duction works which will inevitably be built. Three prominent mines in San Francisco are the Jlassachu-setts, Jlassachu-setts, Florence and Siiveropolis ; yet there are numerous others upon which considerable work has been done, and which promise satis factor)' lesults. Five miles north of San .Francisco, and on the same mineral line, is Spruce district. Numerous locations have been made there and some work has been done on them, but only the Mountain Queen has been developed to any extent. Holcomb it Co., of Salt Lake, recently purchased the property, pro-perty, and are employing over one hundred men in opening Uie ledge, preparatory to extensive operations when their smelter shall bo completed. com-pleted. A shaft one hundred feet deep shows the ledge to be twenty- eight feet thick. J'rof. Blossom made j assays of ore from this mine obtaining ! from ten to twenty-eight ounces ol I silver io ihe ton and from forty to sixty per cent. lead, ihe smelter which it is expected will be fired up early in the present month is being erected at Wah Wah springs, also owned by the same company. ' KOCKY AND GitANITE. line ledge, carrying lioth copper and i silver iu paying quantities. Several of the mines have been opened, and on the dumps arc piled hundreds of tons of argentiferous ore, 'awaiting : the erection of convenient reduction works. On the other ledges tliere arc surface indications winch arc cxeeed-!y cxeeed-!y flattering. Ciranitu district-, in the CI rani te range, twelve miles west of Beaver City, is a promising camp. Capital for development is what is needed, and returns tor the investment will be sure. On one bismuth ledge a shaft has been sunk eighty feet, having the vein the entire distance. There are also a number of ledges of free milling mill-ing silver ore, which proiuiso handsomely hand-somely to the owneisj. Several tons taken to I'ioche over one hundred .mil twenty miles distant worked $7 per ton, more than paying all expenses ex-penses o I mining, transportation, and milling. IUUX L'OL'NXV. I." tali's great wealth lies not in its hundreds of valuable gold and silver ledges, but in its iron and coal fields. The seemingly fabulous stories of the immense iron deposits iu Southern I'Lah, but, told part of the truth. The Baldwin expedition, on reaching the iron fields, crossed the Wall Wah and i'iniou ranges of mountains, which they found covered with the finest pine and cedar timber, sufficient for the requirement.-! ol the country iu that vicinity lor years tn come. The surface of those mountains indicates no mineral ; but Nature has made up for the absence of tlie precious metals I iv jit ving lo that section what is more usclul to mankind limber lim-ber and good pra.ing. J'itito iron mining district, in which is he famous Iron mountain, i one vast ext. nl of rieh m ignelie and hematite iron ores. The ledges crop out of the r.nlh in place.- hundreds of leet high, and appear dm thu surface for eiirht ; luindied and a ihotisand feet, invtliig .apitali.-ts tn double and tripple their fortune:- with scarcely a possible ri.-k t l-MMg a cent. But a lew miles d Maul are imiiT-n-e beds of e ul uuh which lo mm it out tin.- imce l-ly of material wealth. Uuuide ol" tin ln;ui.m-, and development.- th;h1c by I'ne expililion. imtliing of eop.se- uence ha ! n dene in tins iron r-fc.ou. --iivo J-y tnc Cre.it U'e.-t, ru :;M inantil'.teluriiin company. Thai i ir;:ttii;ilii u r.i us a i-ni.ili furnace .iti oil four mill ? fn 'in In -n Mountain. Moun-tain. I ne company lime manu I'.te-C I'.te-C 1 1 r d M'u nl hundred ton- nt ea-tins tortlie r.ivhe ma:kel. a-id arc How p-p.iinn.j ti,.-;r furnace. prepaiMtm y to tu-ikiii' i..f e.t.-iing- inquired in the i oiilni'. I.on ot a i.nge furnace to i-0 (. rccttd by lln in in.xt jc.ijjon: ni:inul'a-l.i re pi'.; i n 1 1 for I'io. hr. A- i- tiio ca-e in eiiier -nl i i-.tti di.--f.-. iv.ii' r iMivc whs. re ii m"-t .t'.'Uii'iaai iu l-ie :i;i:y of t::c ; iu: .; . pi'e ..sxi u-r toking. ii;e d.iy :- n i.tr ih.-t.in: wli- n hou cn".;t-:.- dl If n ;mb; red ..iUo:i ; ieat iron p;- u :v: u;-in. L-rl" L-rl" t'.e .ntm- nt. l:.c ,W ' :: -n I- V.-...1 of time, the on :;.ii : w.l ' - -me to cm:uc. Mom.;J ;V..;n j ..- i-t a-d -co thai :a I t.,h ! liiuv :yi pl.i. -e M .vw".d nuaus m a j 'b'..' :-of i..-.::d vheU ti.aL l:nc to abound in tlie c:i:.b'rn i:irt of the counly, hut of this nothing definite L known. J C1NNA1IAK. heaving the iron regions t'uc exjier dilion jiioceeded to St. Ceorge, mak.-iug mak.-iug that point general headquarters for some time. From there the party par-ty started in three directions; one, led by L. C. Karrick, going down the llio Virgen, seventy-live miles into Arizona Arizo-na Territory. Another party weiit lo wants the MagoUsue; and the third in the vicinity of Mount Trumbull and the Buckskin range, south easterly east-erly from St. George. The latter party par-ty discovered and located, a valuable cinnabar deposit, of which mention was made in the Hkrai.i) at the time. Lad: of space prevents us from describing des-cribing minutely the region visited, therefore we mention only a few of the most important objects examined. The celebrated ADAMS Cot'l'KR .MINK, Situated south-cast of St. George, in the Grand W ash of the Colorado, i one of the most valuable appearing copper lodes in the Territory. The vein, so far as exposed, ia lour leet thick. From assays made on the ground it was ascertained that tlie ore carried from twelve to sixteen ounces ol silver to the ton, and from forty to fifty per cent, of copper. The property, which is owned by the Grand Gulch Mining Company, of St. George, is not being worked at present. The country rock in the region arc lime and sandstone. t',vrsuM. An extensive deposit of valuable gypsum, twenty-live miles south of St. George, is of incalculable UnuJit to Southern Utah. It is of excellent quality, transparent ami clear. KANA1IRA COAL. Tlie fields of coal at Xanarra are undoubtedly tiie most extensive in the Territory- Only a few of the beds arc being worked at present, the demand de-mand tor the article not being sufficient suffi-cient to warrant extensive operations. The most prominent of the beda are the Thompson, twenty feet thick; and the Bollock, eight feet thick. Lignite is the only kind yet found, but it is of good quality, burns well on tlie forge and in the stove. WHAT Tl IKY ilAVK DONK. On their way north the expedition revisited many of the mining districts, collected specimens of coal, iron, silver, galena and other ores, which will be placed on exhibition in the city shortly. They have located and purchased mines in several of the districts, have organized new districts in Utah and Arizona, have thoroughly ' and scientifically prospected the country over which they have passed, have explored hitherto hith-erto unknown regions, and have done more for the general development of the Territory than has ever been ac- ! ' complishcd in the same length of i lime. Tlie benefits to he derived . from this expedition of a few months' duration can only be properly estimated esti-mated when it is known that they have inaugurated the work of developing devel-oping and throwing open to the world one of the wealthiest mineral regions in the United States. The company 'will disband here, Major Baldwin going to Denver and Pueblo, Colorado; Silver City, New Mexico; and afterwards to New York and Washington. Prof. Blossom will go to San Francisco, to assay and analyze an-alyze the specimens which have been collected; and Mr. Board man will immediately im-mediately proceed to the work of making plots of the country over which they have passed. |
