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Show - -p. ,, Stewart Property ' Makes Big Strike Important DiMclopnicnts In Deer Creek Proper!) Indicates u Future flrent Mine. i . News of what appears to bo ono of tho most Important strikes In American Ameri-can Fork ennyon, revorded In recent years como to light this week. Mr. W. p. Holt came down Wednesday and returned Thursday with threo more miners, so as to put on an extra shift at the Stewart mine. The strike Is n four foot Vein or lead carbonate lying between tho porphry and lime. Tho vein bears all i the Indications or being permanent and also or Increasing In size as the tunnel In extended. The Stiwart property, whore tho strike was made, 13 loeoted in Deer Creek, extends over tho rldgo into the Silver Lako Flat nnd up tho hill toward the Silver Flat Mining company's com-pany's property. It has been owned by Mrs. M. J. Stewart, proprietor or tho Stownrt and Helmont rooming houses in Salt Lako City. Tho pr6-perty pr6-perty has been worked qulto extensively exten-sively on tho surruco In yenrs gone by, and a lot of good oro taken out. Four months ago Mrs. Stewart Bent J. E. Teeter, n mining engineer of wide experience, up tho canyon to look over tho ground. Ho was very favornblo Impressed with tho surraco showings nnd after returning soon fixed up nn agreement whoreby Mr. Teeter became the owner with Mrs. Stewart in the property. He secured a gaBolIno engine, nn air compressor, somo "merry widow" drills and with two other men started to provo out his theories. While excavating for a cabin In which to house his machinery his men uncovered a likely looking vein located locat-ed about 175 feet bolow tho lowest former workings. The vein wns but a few inches In width to commence Uh,but,-graduuUyjpwldenca out as progress wns made, and within the last few root, at n distance or 100 reet from tho portals or tho tunnel, It hns developd to a width or over four feet of lino looking ore, making for a point directly under the old workings. work-ings. An extrn shift will bo put to work at once and the possibilities ure that the coming winter will restore re-store tho ennyon to Its pristlvc. glory of old Miller days. Prof. Karl Valtlnkor, nn eminent government geologist, was In tho canyon can-yon about threo weeks ago. Ho examined ex-amined tho geology and mineral formation for-mation In tho locality of tho Stewart mjno very minutely, nnd nfter a week's hard work pronounced tho district ono or tho most fnvornblo Tor tho making or largo oro bodies that he had ever seen. |