Show I PROVO STRIKE IS GREAT FOR TINTIC Proves Ore Indications on the East Side May Be Fol Followed Followed lowed towed Safely The strike of ot carbonate ore on the foot level of ot the Provo Prove which Is Just north of ot East Tintic Development and northwest of ot Tintic Tintie Standard Is re regarded regarded regarded by mining men as one of ot the most Important strikes made In the dis die district district dietrict in a long time It proves that the conditions there as to lime limestone limestone limestone stone which are the same as those ex existing exIsting existing in the best portions of ot the proven section of ot the district are not mislead misleading ing that Indications which led to the opening of ot ore bodies In Centennial Eu Eureka Eureka Eureka reka Eureka Hill HIlI Grand Central and other big mines on the western uplift may be as safely followed on the east eastside eastside eastside side No effort has yet been made to open up the body of ot galena ore encountered ten days ago age on the level of the Provo mine further than to determine the course of the vein says the Eureka Reporter In fact tact work was suspended there and the miners were transferred to the level where another and much more important strike was made on Wed Ved Wednesday Wednesday The last strike was made at a point about feet east of ot the shaft Superintendent Del Roberts and those who are familiar with the mine did not expect to cut the ore until the drift had been pushed In a distance of about feet This leads to the belief that the theore theore theore ore body which has been encountered is entirely different from anything which has yet been opened up In the East Development mine which adjoins the Provo upon the south The ore which has been een encountered Is In the southern portion of ot the Provo mine and inasmuch as the vein makes north and south there Is every reason to believe that it will extend entirely through the Provo ground giving the company about 1500 feet of the vein Tintic Men in Charge Some months ago a number of local people secured a lease tease upon the Provo property and ever since that time de do development development of ot the ground has been car carried carried ried tied on under their direction Two shifts have been kept continuously at work and Del Roberts a well known mining man who was superintendent at the Sioux Consolidated mine for a couple of ot years has been superintending the work The stock which is upon the mar market market market ket Is the stock of the original Provo mining company the owners of ot the lease have issued no stock whatever The lease leas however carries an option upon a pretty big block of ot the treasury stock of the Provo company and the parties who are arc Interested in the lease should not only be able to clean up a nice piece of ot money for themselves but by the shipment of ot ore will no doubt be able to make some money for foJ the shareholders of ot the Provo company Mining men with interests In the east eastern eastern ern era part of the Tintic district have been watching the Provo closely because of the fact that a strike In that ground would be a wonderful thing for that sec see tion and now that such a strike has been made they all declare that the Provo Is destined to become one of ot the bonanzas of the east side |