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Show REPORT FAVORABLE 01 flip STAR H. C. Parker, Prominent Engineer, En-gineer, Submits Findings to Officials. MUCH ORE IN SIGHT Advises Erection of Flotation Flota-tion and Concentration Plant to Handle Output. H. 0. I'arker, former superintendent of tho U t ;i h .Motals company, well known as mine expert and ongineer, has just completed an examination of the -Antoinuo fbtjir mine of iieaver county, embodying his findings in an extended report to 1U0 olticiaij of the company. That Mr. Parker, with his characteristic character-istic conservatism, has cot overatated tho existing condition and possibilities is assured. The stock has been active on the bait Lako exchange for several months and an etlicial statement of conditions con-ditions s naturally welcome to many who are directly interested. Substance of Report. A. digest of the signed report of Mr, I'arker follows: This property consists of nine claims in tho Antelope range, 200 miles south of Salt Lake City, twenty-two miles north of iiilford, Utah, and eight miles from Black Rock, the nearest railroad point on the Salt Lake Kouto. There is a good wagon road between the railroad station and mine, and hauling can be continued tlio entire year. Tho mine is in sedimentary limestone lime-stone with fractures running east and west, north and south, containing contain-ing barium, load, silver, gold and copper,- which shows some leaching on the surface. At presont most o? the galena is deposited in the barium. With a little depth this should change to large deposits of galena and copper, the barium cut-ling cut-ling out ond tho ore going to great depth. This groat fractured and mineral zone runs the entire length of tho property afid is about 1000 feet wide and consists of two ore-bearing ore-bearing fissures with a northerly and southerly strike and cut by five different beddings. The ore. both in fissures and beddings, vanes from three to seven feet in width. Assays As-says taken from various places give value from 9 to 60 per cent leaf Development Showing. The development work on this property has shown great results, there being a largo tonnage of mill ore iu sight also some shipping. I'evelopment consists of open cuts, all of which show ore, shaftB, all sunk in ore, and tunnels, most of which are driven in on ore. There are fifteen different places in this property where pay ore has been encountered. en-countered. 1 did not have time to measure up all blocked out, but can safely estimate that there are between SO.000 anil 60,000 tons of mill ore in sight. This does not include any probable or possible ore. The erection of a flotation and concentrating plant would double tho the value of the property. Tho mine can bo worked very economically economi-cally and produce ore very cheaply. 1'rom a geological standpoint I consider tho property a very desira- able ono on account of its great network of fissures and surface ore deposits, which I believe will go to great depth. 1 |