Show the utah gold and copper mines company by WILL C HIGGINS i throughout the west in nearly every lining state there are certain sections ertain localities which have long been doted for their splendid eavy producers dividend paying mines nd promising prospects at times the lining camps and districts in these old ime me localities are strong in public favor N 1 e w discoveries i n virgin fields may lure the he mining man and prospector iro the hinves or and the speculate ng public from these ld id camps for a while aut these in due t time me crift back to the old bonanza districts the tried tied and brov proven eit amps an and d are emphatic in the statements that the old love is better belter and more enduring than the new that the ream cream of the mini mining ng discoveries were made by the early pioneers rs and nd that nothing can excell the wonderful bonde rf ua discoveries made by the grizzly old prospectors of thirty years ago section gave an excellent account of themselves the discovery of the horn silver mine at fr frisco led to the building of a railroad into southwestern utah and the smelting smelling sm elting and reduction plants installed there for the treatment of ores were fed by the mines of north and south star districts from bradshaw san francisco gran of country abounding in mountain streams and forests of heavy spruce and pine timmer it is a mining district dj strict all by itself one might say and yet it presents one of the greatest mineral fields to be found in this intermountain country here without doubt will be located a second leadville for in this district there exists enormous sans r as 45 4 looking east from the indigo blue group photo by arvill C Irig gini I 1 in utah there are a number of old I 1 camps samps and districts of note but nowhere n the state is there a greater or more I 1 1 intensively mineralized section than beater i county with its numerous mining districts and in the west there is no locality where the veins are larger or the re richer in point of production in the of mining in beaver county the nines of this interesting and attractive ite beaver lake and preuss and innumerable mines and prospects added to the worlds supply of enduring wealth in other portions of the county there are otner districts of merit and promise none of which are more attractive and inviting than is washington district in the needle range beaver county utah but easily accessible washington district is located in the southwest corner of beaver county in a section deposits of lead carbonates bo nates lead sul aphides galena and copper ores and for milesa miles along the course of the chief ore bearing zone therb are many pr which if intelligently developed ana opened will be the equal kopial if ont the peer of any b bonanza 0 n a n z a dividend payers to be found in the west utah gold copper mines co it is in washington district that the holdings of the utah gold copper mines company compan y are located the company now has a mine and has passed the prospect stage credit Is due the management for the success which has crowned his efforts in the development of the companas comp anys property chiefly because of his good judgment in the acquisition of this valuable ground and his faith in its future outcome any novice however who would sink a shaft or drive a tunnel in the companas comp anys property would find ore even if he did not have sense enough to appreciate the value of his discovery so prolific are the ore deposits and so easily are they uncovered the properties of 0 the utah gold copper mines company are located fifteen miles north of stateline Stat eline utah and thirty two miles north of modena a station on the main line of the san pedro salt lake and los angeles railroad more popularly besig if any powder being required when work is confined to taking out ore for shipment and the mill character of ore the ore in the indigo blue group exists in a quartz gangue and ranges from a heavy lead sulphide to high grade carbonates and galena the general average of N S A TA k 4 upper workings of the indigo blue and cabin photo ij by will C higgins bated as the salt lake route the holdings of the company embrace thirty seven full claims divided into two groups with water rights mill sites forest lands and other rights the principal work at the present time is being done on the indigo blue group of nineteen claims on which a discovery of vast importance was made only a short time ago the manhattan group of eighteen claims a copper bearing proposition i is located th three ree miles north of the indigo blue towards the indian peak country and is quite a near neighbor of the blue jay mines noted throughout the west for the magnitude and wealth of th their e ir ore deposits formation and geology the fo formation ri nation of the indigo blue group of the utah gold copper mines company consists of parallel fissures in porphyry there being seven veins showing on the surface within the environments of the group the fissures have a northerly and southerly strike and dip to the east at an angle of about 40 degrees all of these veins and fissures have been developed more or less by open cuts tunnels and shafts and range in width from two to six feet between well defined walls the ore bodies in the veins are strong throughout and the metallic values are well and evenly distributed through the entire mass on either wall the cleavage of talc defines the ahe ore from the country rock and the pay rock slips from the walls in masses when work is in progress in its extraction little the sulphide ore ranges from 12 to 15 per cent lead 12 to 15 ounces silver and 1 to ain 2 in gold to the ton the sulphides sulp hides are ing tables tabled chilian mills will handle sulphides sulp hides admirably the galena and carbonates will a in the neighborhood of per cent 1 15 to ounces silver some gold is a first class shipping product aej an this class and grade of ore the coin will make carload shipments to to the market from time to time ore sh lp in have already been begun development and imar improvement ov ement in all about 1500 feet of tunnel i has been done in the development off of indigo blue and about feet of work wo rk all of the workings showing show na ore principal work however being in the i t tunnel which was started on the blue claim this tunnel is being run in an erly direction and is crosscutting cross cutting the try and the ahe series of parallel veins which the group is noted this thi s tunnel in feet when mining operations placed in the hands of john T ere bret in september of last year when b by y veys made it was found that the fo fori course of athe the tunnel was between i well defined veins vein as the tunnel had swung around so that its strike was air al in a northerly direction under mr br B ons direction a change was made ani ai crosscut cross cut starting from a point from the tunnels mouth was pointed T tall V tw 01 A ell r main tunnel workings on indigo blue group photo by will C higgel Hig gil in a soft granulated form bosit and yielding and a miner can drive his ack up to the eye in ore extraction this ore will concentrate four tons inco one and requires no crushing in milling practice finishing rolls will be about all that wll will bo be requires in preparing it for the concentrate east true to the compass and ana show that figures do not lie a fissure was countered in the crosscut cross cut at a point sin si five feet from the starting point this 1 sure is six feet wide between well deain walls and presents a solid mass of ore t feet of which next to the hanging insl of galena and carbonates the hulk bulk of wb t the ill 0 b is a first class shipping product ance of the ore body is a fine ling pl act duct and will average about IU 01 15 to the ton lj the tunnel is being pushed into the as rapidly as two shifts can drive it and in ih its course will cut three moro more irown blown veins in going feet before reaching the ore bodies exposed in the old shaft workings kings on the crest of the hill during ithe the visit of the writer to the property of ahe the company on the dinst the showings in the face of the tunnel gave every assurance that another of the parallel fissures agures gures was about to be encountered and its existence at depth will probably be demonstrated before this issue of the mining review goes to press t prominent mining men and experts recently visiting the property of the company ind and who have carefully examined surface 1 and nd underground under ground workings are unanimous f in the opinion that sufficient ore is now exposed in the indigo blue to justify the installation stal ital lation of reduction works in addition to the magnificent showing in the crosscut cross cut run under the supervision 0 of amr mr breckon work in the tunnel where it 4 turned to the north has disclosed the fact that the workings were run along the hanging wall of a large ore body for a distance of sixty feet or more and short short cross cuts to the west have exposed large areas of the finest kind of mill milling bg ore which is interspersed with rock of first class quality power and water facilities A mountain stream threading its way from the summit of the needle range on whose sides large forests of pine and spruce exist crosses the indigo blue group this water right is owned by the company and supplies half a cubic foot of water a second according to measurement by piping a distance of about 1200 feet a head of feet can be obtained and this head falling on a pelton wheel will generate ten horsepower and this belted direct to a dynamo will vill generate electric power sufficient for the lighting of mine camp and the proposed mill the wheel will also drive a blower for mine ventilation work is now in progress in the installation of this plant from the wheel the water will be conveyed to a tank above the proposed mill from which point it will be piped to the mill and to the companas comp anys camp below where a number of buildings will be erected this summer consisting of boarding and bunk houses superintendents office and a residence for the manager the present camp on the ridge above the tunnel is feet higher than the proposed new camp and et A new road is now now being built from the new camp at a small expense to stateline Stat eline this road will shorten the distance to modena about three miles besides saving the heavy wagon haul over the hill to the present camp the new mill the indigo blue is to have a mill this has been decided upon and money for its erection and installation has been set aside for this purpose this mill is t to be in course of construction within a period ot of two months the process employed will be straight concentration the plant is to handle tons of crude ore daily at first making a concentrate which will stand shipping and still pay a handsome profit the wagon haul to modena on the salt lake route is largely downhill down hill and freighting will cost from to aj ton the company is working a force of twenty men in mine development and surface improvements and this force will be greatly increased when mill building begins and work is begun in ore extraction and treatment the manhattan group equal in importance to the indigo blue is the manhattan group this group is located three miles north of the indigo blue and is marked by immense surface crop ago and can now say that it has ta a mine continued development will doubtless prove that it is mammoth in its proportions work is being prosecuted with the greatest of care and the expense account is restricted to the lowest possible point the manage ment is doing its mining in the ground and is interested in the making of a mine min e only and not in stock manipulation owing to conditions confronting it in the start the company has had a long and discouraging pull but so confident so sanguine has the manager been in the belief that here was the making of a great mine that never for a moment has he despaired dis paired land and now that he is surrounded by men of excellent reputation and who control ample capital for the carrying on of the enterprise it is a pleasure to his many friends to learn that he is rapidly approaching the goal of his ambition XI z 19 1 4 swe A ot the day shift at the indigo blue after supper photo hy will C higgin pings the formation is a contact between porphyry and quartzite the ore being an oxide going as high as 3 to 67 per cent copper 17 per cent lead 2372 ounces silver an and d 6 in gold the vein is from six to eight feet in width and has a northerly and southerly strike with a dip nearly vertical the vein can be traced on the surface on the companas comp anys ground for feet development work on this group consists of a 30 foot shaft and several open cuts work is to be resumed on the manhattan during the coming summer A fine water right goes with this group and in its near vicinity the company controls thirty acres of fine spruce land and pine timber which can be used for mining purposes future outlook viewed from any or all standpoints it would seem as if the utah gold copper mines company was on the highroad high road to success it passed the prospective stage in the operation of its property sometime incorporation and capitalization the utah gold copper mines company was incorporated under the laws of arizona with a capitalization of shares of a par value of 1 each the stock of the company is fully pax and none as ses sable the officers are W U ladd president C A spaulding secretary and treasurer C E D watkins general manager john T Bree breckon kon mines manager E W senior is the salt lake attorney for the company the main office is maintained at phoenix arizona while the office of the general manager is at denver |