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Show $100,000 Option On Mining Claim Closed Honey Boy Claims Bring Nice Price; Salt Lake Men Will Operate As Swastika Mines Co. The; ofl-'xpresel belief of prominent mining authorities that the hills ea.st of Milford would be found to be as heavily mineralized mineral-ized jus those to the west which have already produced hundreds of fortunes and that those ame east hills Would some day ho found to rival the rich Tintic district, seems to be lxrne out by the renewed fever of activity in that section, interest havin.0; j-'ached a high pitch this week with the closing of an option on the Honey Hoy mining claims in Pole canyon, ten miles east of Milford, with an even hundred thousand dollars as the reported .sale price. William J. and Robert Burns and 'I honias Prichard of Salt Lake are the parties who, with additional financial fi-nancial iKicking, will operate the property, which has been developed by J. S. Murdock, Carl FJ. Roberts and R. I!. Myers, wellknown local mining men who have felt confident that they had something good a belief be-lief sliared by other mining authorities authori-ties who liave visited the property. The mine will be operated under! the name of the Swa-lika Mines company and Mr. Prichard is in charge of the work. Fight men are' being employed immediately and: the force will be increased in the near futuie. Machinery for a complete ofeiating plant has been purchased! and will le on the ground and in- j stalled by October 1"j with a view to' getting the nunc into production in' tin- shortest tim possible. Work will f ii st lie concentrated' on the sinking of a shaft in oie in Pole canyon and on necessary road work. Later Lat-er developments will involve some exten-sve tunnel work and other activities ac-tivities to facilitate loading for shipment. |