Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1909-10-20 | Page 12 | Pioche Metals in Big Fissure

MOCHE METALS MEALS IN DIG fiSSURE BI Has Important Ore Channel in Two Places 1200 1 Feet Apart The Pioche Metals mine is a winner said J 3 S Free one of the directors of the company who has just returned to the city after having been a week In the southern camp The drift from the bot bottom bottom bottom tom of the feet below the level of the Old Point shaft shat Is in ina Ina ina a fissure with wih more than a font of good goodare ore are and it is believed that it is the great fault fissure which cuts through the west westside westside side Ide of the camp In the Burton shaft shaf which is 12 1 feet south of the Point shaft shaf or in the direction of ot the thc Prince mine is a streak of eighteen inches of good ore in the same fissure Superintendent David Lemon has been ben driving the down on a bedded be ded vein in search serch of ot the fissure and he lie has ha a foot of ot ore or all al the way down With the fis fissure Is sure thus located In two places the line lne of further development Is easily outlined It I Is likely that in a very short time Umea timea a matter mater of weeks rather than of months monthS a hoist will wi be installed near the old Point shaft shaf and shaft will wi be b sunk to the intersection of the beds with wih the vertical fissure where of course coure is the best chance chailee of encountering a large lare body of ot ote art Already AI read considerable ore of commer commercial commercial cial cal grade Is blocked blocke out in the two work workings workIng workings ings Ing and it Is pretty pr ty safe to say sa that the Pioche Metals mine Is out of the prospect stage