Show IN r PIR J F eibl gibbs veteran operator Oper toi talks intel 13 of recent aati itie in N metal detal and alunite mining alining J F gibbs the veteran margate mining operator and geologist in the sunday issue of the salt lake tribune talks interestingly interesting 13 of recent activities tivi ties in the line of metal as well as alunite miring in tile the mary vale district and states that accumulating evidences evidence point to a revival of mining in this too long ion neglected region neglected b bv that class ot mining men who nho would apply methods to the business of selecting favorable ground and its development the crude methods he save sa of haphazard mining the heritage ot the das of 49 are slowly but surely fielding to the rule of common sense ense and wildcatters wildcat are being started out by more discriminating investors just as they are in every camp in the net et A recent personal investigation of conditions in pine bullion canyon proved that reports of improvement in the quartzite limestone cont contact ac 0 of f the great western Consoli consolidate dat i mining hn compa company nv largely owned b bv salt lakers are not exaggerate while riot not stait startling ling the improvement be entirely bati factory to the hackers backers of the enterprise at the point where the tunnel emerged through the qua quartzite rt wall nearly 1000 feet th thick k aa anil entered the limestone the leon c contact tact with a southwesterly strike is ii nearly vertical lenses lenes len es of galena occur in the limestone but are not reg regular the tunnel ni vas as nor northeasterly the contact began abi a timing a less Ner vertical position and with that change ore began making in the contact tile flattening of the contact continued until at the face about feet from the starting point the quartzite anil and limestone are dp bendine cen dine toward north northwest on ip of about forty five fi e degreed from a tew lew inches of S 00 ore at tile the the ore not no at the face 1 11 fully four feet thick nth values in leal lea I 1 ihei goto golo ot or sll 11 per ton the po an gioi anti ani sharply carpl har pl define 1 bodding ld lnE plant plan of the eruptive beds ci overl verling mpr the oie cleat western limestone indicate the pie ence of an elit cat ca t vest nest igneous dike a thousand feet or so north of the point where here the tunnel enters tile the hine limestone tone is a visible lea fea ture that increases confidence in the ultimate lalue balue of that property that tile the dike or dilea are rich in disseminated and here and there concentrated lead silver anti anil gold is abundantly proved by a half century of prospecting and shallow exploration on one of those unusually nth concentrations of gold silver ore thomas potter is doing cx exploratory continued on page four revival of interest in marys vale mining alining continued from page one work A ork and with mith reported excellent ec ellent results R I 1 Blakc blakeslee Iee and C L dewitt are extracting per ton lead siler ia gold ore f from rom a f fifteen inch N vein ein in a quartzite limestone contact of an exceptionally promising appearance mar s ale quartzite reaches its highest altitude about a mile south louth of the mouth of pine canon camon surface evidence points to the proba probability biliti thit in the down faulting of webster basin the quartzite quai ozite and lime tone beds v were ere tilted donn downward to the ne west net t from an 1 ele elevation eleia aaion tion of feet to a about 1 out feet in the basin on about that descent the oie is dipping to the west mr Bla blakeslee leslee i is authority for the statement that the contact is ea easily alv traceable from its initial point north northward Nard down to pine cheek more than a mile distant there ale aie e eral indic indicative aln e straws trai ig that point somewhat decia becis iely toward bovard the le ie of the potash industry that since nice 1921 has been a 1107 filzen fi ozen en asset indicating an eail resumption of moil bv iler winkelman and a asso ao chate on then vast at potash aluminum ore deposits in dbr creek cin c calnon in on four wiles northwest 4 of man ilan s ale are about to mater alize that abat iz is if pretta well authenticated reports cioe to be leliaone leli ieli aole anle th the ic leason i on for the reported pro poel i is based on a mg alleged di lischer lis coxen coer of vanadium nadium Na as a by bv product of the alunite deposit added to quite recent reports the contents of a letter aei the presence of from 2 to 4 per cent of vanadium associated with the formerly suppo supposed zed chief alues in potash and aluminum the letter also predicted the early election of a reduction plant at the confluence of deer creel creek and the seiei mer anil and within a few rods of the demei is rio hio grande western track an inhere interesting ting feature of the reduction of alunite ore b the mineral products controlled ba b the almour comply comp tny is entitled to attention since the clo closing ing down of that indu industry the ast dump of accumulated dureg the c extraction trac of the pota potash h content hi has been almost continuous h going out in eat cai lots to san francisco francico to portland ore to se seattle ittle and points in canada and the demand is indrea increasing ing reputedly put edly tile the is used for firebrick and casina casier vater mater maina sewer semer pipes etc with the MOW of presenting rust and the images of alkali if electric powei in sufficient quantity were mere aai lable that lump dump of would be north at least per ton and which illustrates merely one of the latent resources that in the not 1 emote demote future will vil he be added to pre present ent rapidly developing dei deN eloping industries ries |