Show A N apoleon M a gh era M mines in sierra M madre ladre M mountains aunt ains BY WILL C HIGGINS for majestic beauty and rugged grandeur the canyons oi of the si sierra erra madre mountains in box elder county utah ten miles north of ogden compare very favorably with the magnificent scenery of the canyon of the colorado noted the world over for its wonderful beauty which borders almost onto the sublime tt it is well worth the trip trio to take a days outing into the canyons and chasms of the sierra madre had re mountain mounta in from the south sierra madre district equipped with pencil and brush kodak or camera if for no other propose than to place on canvas or sensitive plate the weird beauty of its towering cliffs and cloud encircled mountain tops it is also well worth the time of the mining nan the investor the capitalist to visit this region which nature has so richly endowed with some of the greatest deposits of copper ore and other minerals to be fould in many of the districts and mining camps of this intermountain region being so near at home has been in reality a handicap to this wide stretch of mining country and this in a measure has restrained men of means and experience from engaging in successful and profitable mining within its environments for who could believe that within sight of a progressive gres sive and hustling bustling city like ogden with every natural and artificial facility for big mining operations such asi as railroads and ar amp T AA L 1 57 OV 14 40 A smelters shelters sm elters so near at hand a great copper belt exists which only awaits systematic and intelligent development and operation to be turned into the coln coin of the realm from copper in its native state into thousands ard even millions of dollars still this condition exists and only a few have hane taken advantage of this golden opportunity almost at their very doors and yet there are those who for years I 1 have bec recognized the opportunities existing in the sierra madro range and of these some few have done much in proving to the world the existence of h huge uge ore deposits within the rock ribbed walls of this really favored section of these the napoleon maghera machera mining company has expended a large amount of time and large sums of money has done extensive development world work has been free with its mine equipment and as a recompense has opened up large bodies of ore which is now awaiting chota phala hj by I 1 fill C higgins transportation to the mill or smelter smeller the napoleon maghera machera Ma ghera although this group of mines in canyon in the sierra madre mountains have been known hitherto as embracing u large area of copper bearing territory it is not in copper alone that this property is to play its part amongst the mines of the west for within its boundary lines are to be found ledges and veins carrying payable values in gold silver and lead and the company is the owner of a body of iron ore in the same locality sufficiently great to furnish fluxing flexing for the local smelting smelling sm elting market this group is large enough to satisfy the most grasping grappin when it comes to acreage and every claim in the domain of the company has an intrinsic worth of its own and is of such undoubted value as to appeal strongly to those whose education and ex portion of the mountain there are five vaery very strong mineralized lodes in the napoleon sc maghera machera group these are the napoleon and anima nevada lodes paralleling each other feet apart from east to west and cutting through the quartzite contact a distance of 1000 feet the north borth and south veins are the eulalia M aj 4 t L 4 X unloading station at mouth of illinois tunnel photos by vill C higgins mouth of illinois tunnel and argine burldine Buil dine peri ence qualifies them to judge correctly of the good points of a mining claim there are twelve claims in the napoleon mashera group which are known as the napoleon wary agnes Wolf tone bone sarsfield st ruth kuth tugela grace st dominie maine and maghera machera Ma ghera the group composing a parallelogram up and down the west and the he wide contact vein lying between the gneiss and quartzite higher up being a part of tile the eldorado silver lead vein in the quartzite and limestone the napoleon gold and silver bearing copper pas has a width of about twenty five feet save at the contact where 1 it is larger and wider with nith values running from 2 to 4 per 1 71 7 r K L p M g V A ak K A I 1 I 1 I 1 ore dumps and machine shop at tunnel no I 1 side of sierra madre mountain being 1800 1 l feet beet iu in width and about a mile in length geology and formation the ille arc abc of this parallelogram covers the rock formation of the old granite or gneiss halt half way vay lip the mountain side crossing 1200 feet of quartzite and far into the ian ia n limestone 11 me stone which w constitutes the upper photos by vill C higgins Hig sins cent copper 5 57 to ag ounce s silver anufrom and from 2 to 4 gold the emma is a wider vein than the napoleon with values a trifle higher and like most large copper coppe r deposits de posits the ores are largely concentrating in their character and may be classed as s a product which will mill five tons ton s of crude ore into on one e of con cen carrying pounds of copper per ton with a byproduct of gold and silver in payable quantities the eulalla eulalia cross country vein is a mineralized erali zed dyke faulting the two lodes above described and throwing them feet at the fault the copper values in the eulalla eulalia are contained in a black oxide in this lode there are also chal copy rites or yellow copper and the gold and silver values vary but little from those found in the other veins of the group the eulalia lode crosses the group in a tran transverse transfer se direction for a distance of over 1900 feet the contact vein crosses the prop property erty from north to south for 1800 feet it is a Bj Ba arding house near the mouth of the illinois tunnel remarkably strong lode being forty feet iu ill width between walls and showing oxidized copper ores in large bodies at and near the surface with sulphides sulp hides appearing at a little depth the eldorado vein of silverlea silver lea lead d ore extends for feet feat through the east endom the napoleon maghera machera group and has a width of about twenty feet between the contact and the eldorado veins there are frequent stringers of rich silver ore break ing ins up through the contact illinois workings down this or raise the ores from tunnel no I 1 will be dropped for transportation to the mouth of the illinois tunnel and over the tram N jp w 7 4 mi a zi S W looking down canyon from tunnel no i outcropping Out cropping of ore in center photo by will C higgini development and equipment in the development of the napoleon Ala machera maghera ghera group something in the neighborhood of feet of work has been done and it has been for good purpose and in a workmanlike workman like mannar manner most of this work has been performed in trie exploitation of the napoleon lode upon which five tunnels have been driven upon different levels these are designated as the illinois or lower lover tunnel which is now in the mountain a distance of 1800 feet beginning at the portal this tunnel cross cuts the formation for a distance of feet before encountering the ledge a fissure in granite from this point a drift has been run on the ore for a distance of 1400 feet beginning at the point where the workings cut the vein the hang ingwall for a distance of nearly a thon thousand sand feet is ai almost as true as the roof of a house this is a re remarkable markab le condition and shows the strength immensity and continuity of the ledge the ore body the entire length of the drift has an average width of about twenty two feet and th the e ore is all of a good milling product with occasional enrichments enrich ments of sufficient grade to ship as crude ore A second tunnel above the illinois is known as no 1 this is 1200 feet in length feet of which follows the vein and in ore the entire distance A on the ore body in no 1 tunnel has been sunk to a depth of feet all in ore towards the illinois tunnel level this will be sunk feet deeper to connect with the way already built to the at the mouth of the canyon this is a broderick bascom tram 2700 feet in length therall the fall being feet from the loading station and ore bins at the lower terminal near the ai A X NA axi A lower terminal of tramway and office photo ly bj will C fliggins Ilis gins 3 the tramway is operated by gravity it was completed late last fall and is ready to go into active commission at a moments notice the ore bin at the un loading station has a capacity of tons f of crude ore I 1 title and surface improvements the entire group of claims owned by the napoleon maghera machera company is owned in fee simple by the company by patent from the united states in iii addition the company owns a and a townsite town sibe at the tramways tram ways lower terminal the I 1 he surface improvements on the napoleon maghera machera are of a most permanent and substantial character at the mouth of the illinois tunnel a boarding hlous housea capable of taking care of fifty merr men has been constructed in addition at this point there are engine and machine shops eq equipped u upped w with ith gasoline engine and blower and tools and machinery required in modern mining operations no 1 tunnel is also equipped with gasoline and blower for ventilation the plant being housed in a substantial structure no 2 tunnel has a similar equipment and at the portals of each tunnel there are extensive dumps of ore which are read ready y for removal upon the completion of the approaches to the new trama tramway ay quite an extensive tra tract d of land is embraced within the boundary lines of the com banys townsite here at the lower terminal of the new tramway a large and well welli built house has been constructed this is company headquarters and is furnished for the transaction of business connected with a large and producing mine on the townsite lown site there is also in addition to the tramway terminal and ore bins company headquarters a machine shop blacksmith shop stable and granary an airoff air of neatness and order lp around abound the townsite buildings and every effort has been made for the comfort and convenience of the men in the companas comp anys eni employ ploy even a well assorted library being provided for their use the water supply the napoleon Mag magliere maghera liera has created an excellent water supply in its mine workings far more than enough to supply all requirements for culinary and milling purposes the company also has an extensive source of power inasmuch as aa the water flowing from the illinois tunnel has a head or fall of more than feet from the mouth of the tunnel to the lower end of the tramway As a matter of fact so great is the volume of water being created in the development of ohp the ore bodies in the illinois tunnel that competent hydraulic engineers engine errs have placed its value at in excess of its value if confined to the use of the company as there will be a large surplus of power while AF ar ali R aj I 1 14 va i 1 i t ar IL 4 X TS timm isz breast of ore in illinois tunnel ha C higgins in tunnel no I 1 much of the water supply can be used for irrigation purposes distance to market and tonnage from the base of the mountain where the napoleon maghera machera concentrator will be constructed the distance to the railroad stata station on at hot springs is but two and a half miles and from hot springs the company will have a direct outlet and communication with all of the large smelting smelling sm elting plants of the country much of the ore produced by the napoleon maghera machera is a sulphide copper an and d may be classed as premium ore as it is t eagerly sought for by every ore buyer and smelter out after custom ores immense bodies of ore are showing in the various workings of the napoleon maghera machera Ma ghera andon the dumps at the portals of the different tunnels of positive ore ore available for extraction and of payable milling quality it is estimated estimated that there are between seven and eight million tons above the illinois tunnel level which will average from 1 15 5 to 10 per cent in copper to the ton 4 to 8 ounces silver and from 1 to 4 in gold the probable tonnage above the illinois tunnel level is placed at between seven to ten million tons operating costs and profits the popular mining enterprise these days is the great low grade proposition A high grade mine where the ore bodies are usually small may prove profitable but they offer no such opportunities for extensive operation and long life such as is presented by ae the big low grade producer when we talk of 0 the existence of ore by the millions of tons one must not be incredulous and dou doubt bt the statements being made for such ore bodies exist but the profits accruing after mining and miling are as small correspondingly despondingly ly as the tonnage is great the ability however to handle an enormous qu quantity and to do this for an indefinite period is the reason the low grade mine now appeals so strongly to the average mining man the average investor the napoleon maghera machera is one of these big things we read about when in active and heavy operation it should be a great profit maker to accentuate this statement we quote the following figures it is estimated that it will cost a ton to mine and mill the ores from this property concentrating cent rating Tating the ore five tons of crude into one of concentrates to haul the concentrates fron r the mill m I 1 11 to the railroad at hot springs 1 will cost 50 cents a ton the freight and siri s li elter felter charges charge s will be 5 more the concentrates according tp to tests made should carry 20 in copper to the ton 4 in gold and 6 in i silver making a L total of 30 a ton from this subtract subtract for mining milling freight and smelting smelling sm elting charges and a balance of 2405 clear profit is left the proposed milling plant is to have a capacity of tons of crude ore daily which milling five tons of ore into ane of concentrates gives a daily output of tons of concentrates which at a net value of 2405 per ton gives a daily profit of 2886 or figuring that the plant was in commission only days in the year the annual net income would be work will probably begin in mill construction st early in the coming year work in contemplation it is the intention of the 7 C company 0 to complete the underground workings by connecting the illinois tunnel by upraise with tunnel no 1 a distance approximately of feet this upraise will serve several purposes in the firsts first place it will afford ample ventilation for both the illinois and the no 1 tunnel it will drain no 1 and afford an avenue for economical ore removal from no 1 tunnel level it isalio the intention to continue the illinois tun nel until it connects with the eulalla eulalia cross country vein or dyke and also to continue the exploitation of the different veins already ekpo expo exposed se d by the tunnel the approach to the loading station and tramway will be completed from the mouth of the illinois tunnel and at the lower terminal a wagon road will be improved leading to the railroad station at hot sprino springs neighboring properties neighboring properties to the napoleon maghera machera are the el dorado santa marla maria prince of india and the midland on the first four mentioned a large amount of work has been performed and in their workings immense ammen e amounts of ore have been uncovered the writer recently visited the napoleon machera machem group and was Us most favorably impressed with the outlook for this prop erty with the large amount of important and excellent work that has been done and with the size and promise of the |