Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1910-07-03 | Page 34 | Scranton Mine Opens Big Body of Lead Ore

SCRANTON MINE OPENS BIG BODY OF LEAD ORE OREA A new now body of or lead ore 40 to toot foot t p wide Wid has bas been boon opened In the tho north f f workings of or the Scranton mine In North Tintie according to the 4 Eureka The ore body f twos was encountered about 86 feet reet be f f the tunnel level Jevel by bi a drift f 4 which was pushed out from one of 4 the old slopes The ore Is said f 4 to run about 10 per vor ceat ceist lead Iad The 4 f Scranton mine has for or several 4 f years ears been a Q large largo producer of or f 4 zinc ore at the tho same time send sand 4 Ing out considerable cOD lead orb f 4 Should the new strike prove to be beas beas f 4 1 as important as It now appears to 4 4 be It will place the mine In a now new 4 class as a lead producer f 4 In the south workings of ot the f Scranton a drift Is la being pushed I out toward the east at a depth of f foot feet At this tills time the tho drift is 4 f I 1 f In a distance of about 60 feet and f f it la Is 1 estimated that about feet f 1 4 more will take it to the th vein which f 4 4 shows upon the surface o and which tit It is III thought will add materially f 4 to the mines ore oro reserves 1 tit tt tt s tt