Show The South Hecla Mining Company irE in Alta District tho fact that IN 1 during the past calendar t year of or from irom ore the property proper proper- t. t ty of oC r the he South Hecla Mining company compan located In tho the Alta was groath groat- groat fly h i retarded on account of labor short- short 1 ago S-O S and the almost impassable able condl- condl I Hion tion of oC the tean pum road oad roat for the greater part of oC the thc year tar tho the results attained by Its operation remain to so f t tor lory ry as ns to place tho the South Hecla l Ing h company in the rank of oC potent taO fac- tors toward maintaining tho the great orent mineral mineraI wealth of oC the state stale fj t I That transportation of the company company's S Sore fore ore durin during the pre present year ear will be berreath bey I y facilitated lies In tho the tact fact the Cottonwood Transportation corn oom- oom-I oom pany lias hns assured th tho company that Its railroad will be bo completed carbo early enough to take care of shipments ship 1 ments from Crom the mine to Wasatch l During the year ar ore developments on company compan account Wee confined j mostly to the wed wedge c vein which h his lis s licen cen opened near the western end of the hc property 1 by the so called Wedge shatto shaft and levels ls driven along the vein rAt ait t an average e depth of feet on Its lip flip and h by some tome limited d. d but hut Important tant tanto worl workings ln s on the eastern end oftie of I the tie vein S system over O a n mile a away Wa from tho main development I f 3 The Thc lead t on tho the west sl side e of j I hc mine were opened on the tho foot level eve vel and th the ore bod body on this level le appears ap ap- ap I pears ears ars to he be fully as lar large e a as on an any of ofie j i ho ie levels above and the grade of there the pre fe re is much better both in silver and I copper contents During the carl early part parl 1 the year car exploration work was corn com JI on the eastern end of the com I vein In the sulphide zone and where I I tho ho W Wedge ds- ds vein was penetrated a lar largo laro o Lod body of ot silver copper ore oro was enco From Flom the present back of the raise being sent up Ur along the dip clip of the ore oro bod body It Is about 00 feet to tho the stir sur surface urI ur- ur face and Cl C every Indication Is that the theore theore ore oro continue and ind connect up with the shallow exploration pits on the surface This This This' development is b by far Ithe I tho the m mo mot t Important In the thc history of or the thc company and anti at no limo timo was the Indicated tonnage In the mine as great reat 11 as it was at the close of I During the year tho the company purchased purchased purchased pur pur- chased thirty four arres of patented mineral land lanti situated adjacent to the western portion of the company's mm- mm oral holdings In the Alta AHa district for Tills This makes a totaL or of aboUt I i acres of or mineral land which tho the 1 j company compan owns In the Alta district I I Less than 10 r-er r cent of this has been I I explored o red The prop property of the company Is well I I I equipped with t all necessary r buildings s I I and machinery nil surface co buildings s sarc arc are electrically lighted and everything that Is used in iii the operation of oC the mine Is of the latest and most economIcal economIcal economical econom econom- ical pa pattern t tern The contemplated exploration work woric for the year 1919 will give e Important information concerning concerning- tho the dimensions I ext extent nt and value of the ore bodies opened and partially developed de With Ith j i the thc new railroad completed complot d to the mine j 1 jand and thou thousands of tons of oC oro ore broken i and blocked out but ut In both the carbonate I ond sulphide slopes the future of ot tho the j property is very r promising I George H ii Watson of Salt SaIl Lake Lalee City I Is president and general manager of tho the company compan t I |