Show EXPLORING OLD SPANISH MINES NE R M keen superintendent of the old spanish mines twenty miles northwest of richfield arrived in the city yesterday to attend to some mining business as well as to get repairs for broken machinery mr keen is enthusiastic over the future of this enterprise and is confident that in these old workings they have the making ot of a bonanza pro position at the present time he is engaged in running tunnels to open up the mineral wealth of this section one of these is in a distance of sixty feet and within thiry thirty fact more should tap the big chamber in the old workings working sata at a detthof depth of feet but little exploration has been made of this old treasure vault but quartz showing free gold and tell urides have been taken from its walls after first breaking off water crystals and stalactites the tunnel now in 75 feet will undoubtedly break into the bottom of the new shaft in forty feet more in the bottoe bottom of this shaft some stringers of very rich gold ore were found the royal metal being in a free state and assaying as high as to the ton the tunnels are being beina run through hard blue lime and have encountered a few pockets of fine ore dr charles E watkins of boston president of the old spanish mining company is expected out here about the last of the month E V harlow also of boston and treasurer of the company made an inspection of the mines recently with his brother R 0 harlow both gentlemen bein being heavily interested in this valuable property the brothers have claims adjoining r the old spanish mines which have formed the basis for a new incorporation known as the utah development mining company |