| Show A areat mining region and a deserving mining enterprise by william E white down at the base of old mount baldy near marysvale Marys vale is one of the world s great mineral legions here between bullion and cotton canyons lie many square miles of rich mineral ground as yet scarcely more than scratched by man at the south corner comer lies the great deer trail properties with a past production of gold silver and lead of between and from this property in the past thousands of tons of a thousand dollars pr ton or better ores cires have been sh shipped ped and some of it was so rich that it was shipped to smelter by express the U S smelter co is now operating at the property and is reasonably cean certain to produce more millions of dollars worth of ores thousands of feet above the deer trail lies the famous wedge mine with a past production of perhaps much of the wedge ores were vere one half or better gold in volume and a goodly part was pule L lold gold old nuggets near the wedge lies the dalton of great renown years ago with a production of perhaps of gold ores similar to those of the wedge tedge on the north side of this great a t min mining region in in bullion canyon about six miles westerly of man marysvale Marys s vale the utah lead company owns or controls a mining empire of about one hundred mining claims clustered about and including the far famed bully boy thousands liou sands of feet south to and including and beyond the dalton yesterday hearing whispers of a great strike of ore in utah lead the writer hied himself to the n mine adne to secure information for the richfield reaper and piute diute county news arriving at the mine I 1 was transported in charlie carlsone Carl sons ore train of twelve mining cars eichten bull hundred feet in bully boy working tun nel to the scene of strike risking my sixty year old legs climbing a hundred loot foot ladder I 1 reached a mineral sight that more than repaid my risk and labors here in the north end of a drift in tho the electric light of the dr illers glittered a seven foot breast plentifully carrying steel galena running high in gold silver and lead and thirty feet south was a breast of four feet of like mineral the chute appeared strong and persistent and is probably of great dimension and is one of the best ore strikes the writer has seen in thirty five years of mining experience how many millions million s of dollars worth of ores may lie within the thousands of feet and tile the other thousands of feet perpendicular from this rich strike to the phenomena llly rich ores of the wedge and dalton only the future exploration of utah lead can determine not content with a view of the mine I 1 proceeded down the canyon to the utah lead mill and found it working like clockwork with tables loaded with rich concentrates treating about sixty tons per day and capable of treating tons per day which lattre will in a short time be reached ached from the new strike michael barnett president of utah lead and the genius and motive power I 1 of that company is the most remarkable I 1 inar kable mining man I 1 have met apparently patently ly lie he has never seen or heard of the word failure throughout all the difficulties and obstacles incident to the rehabilitation of an old mine and mill his courage has been invincible and his judgment sure As an example of his judgment was his securing the services of james miller and A E english to mine the ores of utah lead these expert mining men have mined fd in half a dozen states of the union ion and even in south america mr english is a graduate engineer and an expert in his line the pair are not of the kid gloved variety but belong to the horny hand ed type and can break down more ground than a dozen ordinary miners I 1 cannot imagine a happier ha pi er or better mining min i ng triumvirate than M this combination mr barnett with his courage wisdom pleasing personality and mr english able expert of ore extraction appear invincible and sure of success and these with jacob young an expert mill operator for years familiar with the treatment of marys vale ores and tile the exceedingly richness of the mining region herein described appear to make utah lead the best mining venture in the west |
