| Show AMERICAN FORK MINES ARE BUSY No Signs of Depression in Camp That Is Making Many Shippers American Fork Utah Dec Dee 7 Ned Wild is down from the Dutchman mine in American Fork canyon very much elated over conditions at that tha property Mr Wild and his brother Heber have a lease on the mine and have been spending their time and money monsy mon y there for tor the past year with the hope of opening up something big In Indications have been for tor a long time past that they were approaching one of the rich carbonate ore bodies with which the Miller hill bill is known to abound and if reports are true they have opened up one of these ore bodies and It i has every Indication of being permanent The vein is about five feet feel thick and the miners have gone Into it for a considerable distance In years gone by the Dutchman was a heavy shipper and a great many thousand dollars worth of ore have been shipped from this property pro pert Development work at the Silver Flat Mining linIng Milling comp anys property il in Deer creek Is la progressing nicely It Itis Itis Itis is reported that the condition of the mine is excellent and that before spring they will be sending ore to the market marlet They have a very fine lead of ot otrich rich galena ore with every Indication of it opening into a large body at each and every shot Preparations have been made to carry on heavy develop development development development ment work throughout the winter The Major Evans gulch property belonging to the Jackson boys bors and J T J 3 JJones JJones Jones of this city has been Incorporated Incorporated incorporated rated for with shares at lOc each The company has some somo very promising looking ground on which considerable work has been done with the result that silver ore was found some of it extremely rich in native silver sliver The company is preparing pre par i ing tog to carry carryon on a system of develop development development ment meat that will surely put the mine among the shippers before many months A cabin will be built on the property and men will be kept at work all aU winter The Surprise Mining company whose operations were brought to a stand standstill standstill still a number of months ago through litigation with the Tyng brothers less lessees es of the Miller mine has again b gun operation having put ten men meno mento mento to o work the first of this week extract extracting extracting ing ng ore It Is understood that the trou trouble trouble trouble ble between them and the Tyng broth brothers ers era has been settled The Surprise company leased the Surprise claim from rom Judge Baskin of Salt SaIt Lake about a year ago and after atter some extensive development work encountered a rich body ody of carbonate ore and began to e ex extract tract the same when the Miller mine through the order of the court placed an injunction on the ore claiming that the he ore wan waa wa on the Tonto claim clairn be belonging belonging longing to the Miller company com pan The Knight interests are doing some extensive development work on the Mineral Flat property recently ac acquired acquired acquired by them J 3 C Jenson has charge of the work ork and spends a great deal of his time in the canyon The property is located In the head of the American Fork district Just over the hili lill of Alta The property is in Infine infine fine ine condition and as one of the stock stockholders stockholders holders was heard to remark could be shipping ore now if it was waa the desire of ot the tile company With the heavy de development development work that Is being done there here now it is expected that it will wille willbe be e one of ot the heaviest shippers from the he district next season |
