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Show II IEJUT0P II 01 Continuity of Resources lias m Beou Shown Through Ad- &' vice of Utahii. f'J HOCK HUNS HIGH IUt ' IX THE METALS It I , Kf Manager Kieblcr Gives Some II '( Facts of Interest About. P 1 Important Strike. B i The first, details of the must impor- il' tant development lor many years in i.s I j tho Cocur d 'Alone eonnlry ol" Idaho, wero brought to Salt Lnko City AEon- frC j day by George J. Kieblcr. Mr. Kicbler y !' is general manager ot! the Beartop b I ; property of that scelion, the Bcartop being tho scene of this find, that -has K ' created no end of cxeitemcut and inter- jB ' est in circles acquainted with the fJS Coeur d'Aleucs. The Bcartop is lo- D i catcd across the mountain range from ll'f tho great lead mines of this noted m ' Idaho district, and on the north side I ,1 ' of what has been considered almost I. if universally the actual lead belt. , E f , Whon the Beartop company started y to work tho management had to eom- l bat public sentiment to a certain cx- : i tent, for few believed tliat tho ores l ' : as shown on tho shallow levels would bo found to extend to any depth. But I'jirj tne company persevercu. auu nuw ui u. Ej J vertical depth of 1000 feet has cstab- .y M lisbed the permanence of its resources. " ' . . Mr. Kicblor brings with him a sample 4 of the ore now being eneoiuitored at this depth, and it is a lino grained ga- 1. lena, all shipping rock. Assays eIiow ' the oro to average SO per cent lead, ) and from ten to thirty ounces silver. ' ' In addition to these values, the oro I averages 5 per cent copper, while as h high as $12 gold has been secured I) . from it. 'I This chute was encountered in a long ; ft , funnel, and, as stated, at a depth of "hV,: 1000 feet from tho surface. The tunnel IS . was driven for 1C00 feet before finding v . ! the vein. The management has drift- f j ed for thirty-five feet on tho rich oro, v lM' the drift being four feet in width and U rII ore. No crosscut has been run as tf, yet, but the officials expect tho chute t ' to be over fort3 feet in width for the W ! reason that it was fort- feet wide 500 feot higher, and it is the custom of B' Coeur d'Alene properties to show a bet- ' ter width and length of ore with depth. 1,1 The find has been one of tho sensa- J lions of that part of the mineral West I )t over sinco the significance of this dis- I j covery was appreciated, and there are I u-j innumerable properties on that side of lij the range which have not been very I actively developed on account of tho ,' ' existing prejudice against this north j side. But now with the continuity of : J! t,ho ore demonstrated on tho Beartop, ()T there is scheduled a great deal ofmin- ing in the near future. Mr. Kieblcr 1 ! states that a branch bno of tho Idaho j Northern railroad has been a mooted . . matter for some time in the past, tho B ' ' brunch to feed this north side of 'ho fl district. Sinco this find, and with the Hjr prospect of a great deal more mining H. ( work being dono, the railroad will bo H , ' constructed with as little delay as H h; possible. H ill Mr. Kieblcr generously gives tho n J1, credit for bringing such splendid dis- BV l, closures to light to Herbert Auerba.h. m !', the well-known mining engineer of Salt Kt-l.t 1 Lake Cit', who has been operating in HjC t the Cocur d'Alonea for many seasons. H lj Mr. Aucrbacli is the Bearlop consulting HK A , engineer, and the present condition or n, this mine is directly in line with his I. predictions when he mapped out tho jji campaign of deep work to display tho q. resources. |