| Show wool 11 lei lei lei lei lei i I 1 2 2 sierra adre mining district distri et by doron maguire EM EH E H 1101 lei 1 1 1 I lei miami 1 I mimi WI WIl work has been done by only four companies on sierra madre mountain during the t e year 1902 these were the eldorado prince of india maghera machera and midland with assessment work done on a number of others there are about forty persons holding claims on this rich ore repository and like all districts with a record it has had to pass through its trial period during which the work of development is being carried out on the eldorado the drain tunnel was completed and foundations made for new buildings at the mine water was developed for milling and power purposes and new work of development on the north veins on a property situated as this one is it requires patience along with the expenditure pend iture of money to bring a mine to the line of constant production that the ore bodies in the eldorado ahre are strong and destined to last for many years working has been fully demonstrated the work now in hand is further development of these bodies and reduction of the ores to be taken from them work will be pushed during the winter and the spring of 1903 will see more being done than during any year in the past history of the district very much has been learned during the year 1902 relative to the true of this district As elsewhere so it is here the first discoveries prove rhems themselves elves to be only outcropping out cropping of vast ore bodies lower down so far the eldorado has given to the smelters shelters sm elters of this state very little ore for or treatment but this arises from the fact that the character of the ore here is largely of a concentrating class and to prepare for lor such a treatment as it requires in the way of concentration has kept back thip the wor of ore marketing from this mountain this refers wholly to the silver lead ores those of gold and copper are not as yet sufficiently c ie n aly developed to permit of them being classed as mines of the paying order next to the eldorado we may place the prince afindia of india as regards development the owners 0 of f this property live in iowa illinois california and utah they have pushed development work very energetically since last march 1902 and at present are am drifting on their ore bodies with very satisfactory is results as the veins in this property are opened up by tunnels and and depth gained rapidly the work done so far has proved itself of such a nature as wilt will beof be of service to the property for all time some water has been encountered in driving the work in these mines but not more than the tunnel can easily handle and there does not come enough to interfere with the miners work in drift or tunnel every feature of this splendid property is now in the best possible condition and with sufficient money in the treasury to push the work of opening up its ore bodies the year 1903 will place this among the very thrifty mines of utah the midland group owned by residents of utah will be worked during the present winter and the work to be thus done will continue i to be done upon the 0 ore re bodies broken brok en into last march the maghera machera copper mines are about to be placed in new hands as the bond held by eastern parties willin all probability be taken up and if not by those by others who stand ready to put their money into info it t tho the santa maria and mexican group have simply done assessment work for the year 1902 and the same may be said of the euwanta vulture and Cash lings groups which lie quite high on the mountain not a little excitement was caused in very private circles over the native gold and silver deposits found in this district during august and september and many wrong impressions have gone out relative to this discovery some telling that it was disposed of at one of the utah reduction ibn works and that the value of the silver was over ounces of almost pure silver occurring in spar and that the gold was in a pure state associated with the silver and that of the gold there was almost four thousand ounces the above statements are not correct there was no such amount of either disc discovered overe d and they did not occur in the same vein nor were the veins of the same character moreover there was not one dollars worth of either r disposed of in the state some have it in salt lake city and ogden that this treasure was found in what is known as the prehistoric working which was discovered in the summer of 1901 between the eldorado lower house and the maghera machera mine this is not correct as no high grade ore of either gold or silver was taken from that working where these two veins exist they cross each other like the arms of the letter X and the rich gold came from the junction of these two veins there seems to be a mystery about this affair that is to me most unreasonable however it is not advisable to attempt further exploration before the coming of spring as the spot is one of the most bleak and inaccessible in the district and it is doubtful if the two or three persons said to be there now working can remain until spring A word further about work and development by those who hold large areas of ground in this district there are a few who will have to do more talk less or show why they feel like threatening the rights of others to mine in this district when those whom they see fit to put to trouble very honestly try to develop the locality such a course is very likely to bring on a crisis during the year 1903 in some parts of this district |
