| Show ZINC DEPOSITS NEAR VERNAL the firms and persons who year after year have been doing assessment work on the zinc carbonate and zinc oxide mining claims on blue mountain are feeling much elated over the recent rise in zinc and zinc compounds says the vernal utah express zinc is the newest war baby and is now selling at around 14 cents per pound mantle brothers the utah colorado development company composed mostly of local people and company including such people as shorty anderson of craig and R J gary cary of steamboat springs are most heavily interested the zinc fields located on blue mountain are the largest undeveloped zinc fields in the world they extend for twenty miles beginning at the bear valley and ending ap proximately at redrock canyon most of this distance the vein outcrops place after place the principal claims of the utah colo rado development company are on the face of a cliff here the vein is feet in thickness and extends back for an indefinite length it is located between the uintah quartzite formation and the mississippi limestone it contains zinc carbonates zinc oxide ore and some copper the copper is very irregular this copper assays essays 30 40 and 60 per cent pure copper is another war baby and is now worth 25 cents a pound surface assays essays of the zinc formation of ore assay from 20 to 30 per cent zinc underground assays essays range from 6 per cent to as high as 60 per cent pure although the majority of them tested 6 8 and 10 per cent pure zinc is now worth 14 cents a pound these deposits are practically inexhaustible the deposits are very similar to the famous wisconsin deposits and are thought by many geologists to be an extension ot the park city formation the ore yields readily to treatment although this has been known for some time the ore is what is called a secondary deposit the utah colorado company and mantell brothers are the only local firms interested although a number of smelter companies are either directly or indirectly interested the difficulties of transportation and capital will make it difficult for the immediate development of these extensive claims but those who are interested and backing the claim sare growing more hopeful all the time that active development is not far off |
