| Show I EASE AS OF oi RUNNING I TUNNELS DRA WHACK i AROUND MARYSVALE Interesting Letter Leter Tells Why Camp Has Not Made Better Beter Showing VT w- E. E White writes write interestingly of the possibilities of minin mining in the Marys vale country and tells of the mistakes made in the tho past which has retarded den development His letter leter is i as follows Down in southern souther Utah Uth in the northwest comer corner of count county commencing com coin near ner the Sc ier county line lino and extending southward a distance of five ty-five e miles mies as tho the crow flies fies to City Cit creek near the thc to town of Junction and from the tIle foothills to the summit along the eastern easter side Fide of tho Tushar rn range rangelie rangelie e ele lie le 50 square miles mies of almost virgin minin mining territory possessing surface mineral min mineral mm- mm eral oral values alues and indications indication unsurpassed perhaps unequaled by any other Known llin mining re region ion Throughout t all al this region gold old silver s oil sil ver er copper and lead ores rEson of marv marvelous richness ha have YO been found and in the locality quicksilver ore running as high as at 60 GO and 70 per cent in in this mineral were mined and treated in local r reduction reduction tion ton works years ears ago True quartz fissures fib fis and contact veins carrying the precious minerals traverse the whole bole of this minin mining empire Timber and ad Water I Timber more than ample for lumber I raining mining and fuel purposes grows in in abundance c in ever every canyon At intervals intervals inter inter- va vals of ol three or four miles tho the finest of mountain streams of puro pure water sufficient sufficient suf suf- in volume for culinary mining milling and power purposes 9 beat on the tho thoran ran ranges range's o s summit and nd flow fow through gently genty sloping mountain vale valo and bounding over boulder and precipice after ater encircling cling oling this mining re region ion with wih their wealth empty Empt thousands of feet below into the Sevier Se river 1 The Tho Tho r region ion is blessed with wih a climate unexcelled in the thc lower altitudes and andin andin in n the higher such that all al the year year ear min mining mi mi- n fling ning ns work can be prosecuted with little i incon neon von ien ce Geologists mineralogists and practical cal mining men of wide wido repute and good stand standing ins proclaim conditions there ideal for the presence of precious minerals miner in great quantity and of high hish value for their heir economical minin mining and milling History Gives Give Excuse That 1 a mining region reon so 10 accessible extensive and anti of claimed great mineral richness should at this slay day and after fer feron long on ong years jears ears of sporadic effort be unproductive duct and all idle c comparatively general l ly y suffices for its is condemnation even en by minin mining men regardless of tho the extent or character of the tho work performed and rc regardless of the tho fact so often ofen demonstrated demon demon- in every overy minin mining state of the west that many a camp after a genera tion ton of or mistakes incompetency mi mismanagement mismanagement mis mis- m management failure and discouragement discourage discourage- ment has finally enriched the world orl with its is streams of mineral we wealth Jh when touched b by the hand of 01 genius coura courage e and ample capitalA capital A A frank and truthful statement of the history and present condition of mining in this re region ion presents ample proof that the backward condition of the fhe camp is il owns owing to no lack of inherent merit mert but because became of tho the misdirected efforts efforts ef et ef- ef forts of manThe manThe man f The natural facilities for deep tunnel tunnel tun tun- nel work that the abrupt mountains and deep canyons present has ha largely large been the s 's camp camps camp's undoing Wheelbarrow Stumbling Block Blok f II Tho Tue The wheelbarrow and the car in the prosecution of ineffective blind tunnel work because of their ther cheapness and ease case of manipulation have o ha ever eyer usurped the place of the bucket and hoist in shaft work to tho the detriment of true de do- tAs t. t As a n rule no sooner has good mineral min mm- mm eral eTal been discovered in fn place than the operators instead of sinkin sinking on the ore and developing its is direction and extent extent ex tent tont hie themselves with their ther little HUle wheelbarrow to some distant canyon canon the tho farther away the better beter on a wild wid goose chase chaee to tap their find with wih a adeep adeep deep blind tunnel which because of insufficiency of means or misdirection or other cause caus never taps anything but country rock Within a n depth of feet on the Webster property worth of ores were tero mined Then tho the hoisting becoming becoming becom becom- in ing too onerous the these e workings s were n abandoned and a a blind tunnel 2200 feet in length has been run rn almost parallel with the lead which it has never cut Many May Blind LeasOn Leads Leas On the tho Dalton Dalon mine min worth of ores were wore min rained mined d front from within f feet ct of tho the surface sinking was wu abandoned and more moro than 2000 WOO feet of blind tunnels tunnels tun tun- nels have since sinco been run rn in a futile fute effort to find the leadOn lead On liOn On the tho Clyde mine car after car of high grade ore oro was shipped from a foot shaft shat the shaft shaf abandoned abandond and arid tho distant canyon sought where 1700 feet of pf blind tunnel was wa run whoso whose only utility uti util util- ity iy is is to servo serve as a monument to folly foUy I But But notwithstanding tho the mismanagement and mistake actual production has proven this to b be a great mining country Greatest Gold Id Mine Mie On the north end of this thin thil belt bel is situated the famous Annie Laurie Laurio mine tho greatest teet rc gold old mine tine in Utah This mine mine durn during the thc last ei eight ht years ins has produced in in aol gold lears has 11 paid its it stockholders in in divi divi- lends thus producing enough gold oJ to purchase three and arid one half times all U Uthe the tho property real and personal In Piute county at its is assessed valuation and the mine mine has barely been beon scratched tho the lower workings showing allowing immense Bodies odie of ore oro of tho the old time timo values and foot feet of the Annio Annie Laurie Lurie vein vin yet untouched while many claims of ot tho the company's 2000 aC acres 3 of ot patent patented cd mining mi ml ring ning ground round have have not ot yet been prospect prospect- ed I With Wih a new mill mi and modern equipment equipment equip equip- ment the Gold Mountain Consolidated Mining and Milling company has in the tho Annie Laurie Laurio and ana as associated property t the e greatest eat t gold cold old property in the entire en on- tire tie west Will Wi Develop More Moro The Bradburn Mining inin company has juf t made mate n a new strike and is JS is extracting oro pro full fun of free gold old and horn silver sil r and andis is is preparing to ship a a carload and as tho same vein oin crosse crosso the properties of tho the Gold Cold Development De company and tho the company these lat latter r companies companie are preparing prepa-ing for extensive development development develop develop- ment and this great mining minin country seems at last lat to be coming coining to its own Marysvale a may lack some fome of 6 the elements clement that appeal ta t the tho adventurous ous prospector or raining mining investor There ara are no burning de deserts ort pr Jr cacti plains no glaciers or frozen passes pase at the the- peaceful vale valo but just mountains filled with wih minerals and scenes that would baffle an artists artist's brush under the blue bine of a a Utah's sky |
