Inter-Mountain Republican | 1909-03-21 | Page 12 | Wasatch Utah in Strong Fissure

WASATCH UTAH IN I FISSURE At Feet Depth Conditions Favor Making of Ore The he Wasatch Utah Mining company com pan formerly the Consolidated Jefferson Jeterson operating at tho the mouth of Big Ds Cottonwood Cottonwood Cotton Cotton- Coton- Coton wood canyon in its ig drift pursuing a northeasterly direction has hns followed tol owed for the last feet on the hanging wall wal of ot a fissure In which conditions are aro such that Superintendent F. F W. W is expecting almost il 1 to break brenk Into a bod body of or good ore are Tho Thu vein matter is highly mineralized mater cc and tho the values have been Increased steadily the latest assays showing 1 15 5 per cent copper about ono one ounce In Insler silver sl er and 80 SO cents cent in gold sold The faulting which characterized the vein on tho the opposite side of the gulch considerable high-grade high told sold old oro was mined In the Intervals between frequent slips has hos entre entirely I disappeared tho the disappeared tho vein Is strong and andIn andIn andin in formation peculiarly favorable forthe for forthe forthe the making of ot ore oro The Tho northeast drift has feet further to go to cut a quartzite contact The Th vertical depth from tho ho surface to the tho present face tace of ot the drift drifts is s close to feet teet and the drift is gaining raining depth as a It goes goe into tho the lull hill hi at it the rate of ot foot for foot root The fissure was located b by following follow follow- ing InG ng a small smal seam which proved to be bo boa beL a L leader the seam having been picked pickel up after the tho drift had been run about 00 feet teet nearl nearly paralleling the fissure For or the feet that It I has hns been followed fol tol- fol- fol owed lowed the fissure Is in direct line lino lne with wih the tho vein opened on the surface It I Is only ten Inches wide at nt the surface however while In the drift below blow the has hu not yet been encountered It I Is the tho Intention within the tho next few ew w days das to crosscut croscut over o to the foot- foot raIl vall It being not Improbable that ore oro ores oroIs Is s I carried on that wall wall The h company Is driving a second rift almost due east to cut a granite contact Altogether the situation is much muchie he the ie best that it has ha ever or been In the theold old ild Id Jefferson mine The management ha las as now a true line lne on the vein system hero before operations were con- con dueled in the dark it is In the solid sold and is in country countr where for the making of ore oro in rge bodies could hardly be Improved pon on S