Show exploration of the big basin basill in glenwood richfield area by E F B daude M E although in last article I 1 had announced another subject for this weeks publication I 1 have el chang fanged cd it t to 0 the above to topic c after serious consideration anali and for 0 r the reason that definite plans have been arrived a at by and for the Ri clifield silver L alsan aa zinc company the company has after a thorough survey of the conditions existing in the areas of the rich field glenwood district aggee agreed that the most practical plan will be to have the big rasin basin group of claims held by the company drilled by the method of core diamond drilling to a depth of 1000 feet the reason for this program is that the formations in ill the district in which the group of claims claim is located is made up of very vert old ex carrying carrying iii in the rock proper a ver ven uniform type of in the fhe form of decimated copper with silver values the consistency of the decimation is such as a 3 to indicate in some proportion the the possibility of large decimated copper bearing formations combined fifth rather consistent silver values suh such uniformity of fornia fornication ton nation tion makes it possible TO diamond drill the area and obtain more direct information of the depth stratas and the than could be obtained tha through rough standard shaft work the plan to be followed is that the ri richfield clifield silver lead zinc company let a contract TO a large drilling corn coin pany of national reputation for 1000 feet of drilling using the core nier method lied and bringing up the core of the fo formations drilled through these cores will be tested and analyzed at every thirty feet as a the drill goes down in this way within less than perhaps ninety nineta days davs we vve will have a complete conille te log 0 of f the drill hole giving the company exact information where to sink a corti commercial mercial permanent anent shaft thereby thousands of dollars will be saved that would have to be stent spent in seeking this information by other means mean and with the th e log of the drill hole the company will be enabled to seek such j 1 outside capital as will be necess necessary arv to bring the mine mine into possible production the cost of sinking core con drill holes to a depth of 1000 feet including all outside operating expenses cannot cost over and the cost of sinking a vertical shaft for exploration purposes to only a depth of feet would be at least 05 part of which would have to b be e pal paid for equipment that could be used for I 1 this purpose only the policy of the richfield silver 1 lead zinc company is to obtain the most direct information in the cheapest 1 and quickest possible manner the company is interested only in the direct development of possible ore bodies I 1 ies and not a promotional proposition the drilling company will ill dri drill for core of stratas at so much per foot on the basis that the drilling company handles all details of the operation including 11 equipment as well as labor the company to pay as fout age is made therefore there will be no lost motion and no unnecessary expense the attacking for ore will be made in a simple and direct manner u understandable to everybody if depth proves what the surface already has proven it will mean that a silver co copper area ivi will be added to the rich fitce field dg d G glenwood enwood district the type of found on the surface is as a rule conducive to persistent and large operation which necessarily will bring in large operators and payrolls and all this will be d done at t the minimum cost for getting the information in with results of f a direct nature the type of formation found in the R glenwood areas must not be confused with the great sedimentary formations of the salina redmond areas in which the salina lead zinc co company nipan is is operating these two are different formations occurring in geological horizons widely apart in age as is well as character sedimentary ry deposits cannot be drilled for core information they forni form groups of lenses chamber q and cavities in which the mineral has ascended and deposited itself so that the sediment aries are governed by the structural conditions condition 1 1 in which the minerals came up on the other hand deep seated e estrus ati us ives are formed under terrific ther thermal nial heat beat action the rock foin forming ling elements and the mineral magma likey likely occur in ing at the same time such action accounts for decimation and such deposits deposit are responsible for the bingham copper areas and large areas in british columbia I 1 shall dav ay more bout about it next week in my article artial c about copper copler in this district the salina lead zinc company i is sinking and mining in the only w way ay logical in a sedimentary area while the richfield silver lead zinc company is going to attack the deep seated es in ill the only logical way chese hese can be attacked which is by core drilling thereby reaching depths which it would be economically impossible to obtain by sinking a shaft both operations are different and the results to be obtained by bv the salina lead zinc company can irl in no way be applied with benefit or advantage to the he insults to be obtained by the Ri richfield clifield silver lead zine zinc company both companies desere support respectively ively in their own sphere of endeavor the one for developing lead zinc deposits anti and the other for copper and silver deposits yet both operations will add to possible industrial prospects for the entire valley and both are of equal interest as each of them will prove up different mineral territories consequently the appeal of the richfield silver lead zinc company for assistance in developing a field new in southern utah and creating industrial po possibilities does not conflict with the efforts of the salina lina lead zinc company but rather enhances them because e the mineral activities tivi ties of the valley bring into hito existence a diversification of exploration work they are absolutely consistent with good 0 od business practice |