Show PAY DIRT IN BULLION MINE record cedar city buah manager J R returned from the bullion canyon mine in the western part of the county on the after an absence of about five weeks during which time he had been working a small force at the properties of the bullion canyon mining company the work was in the nature of a crosscut from the for the purpose of penetrating the rich ledge matter extending in to the surface mr had been promising that when the ledge was encountered at this depth there would be some sensational disclosures to make and it now appears that he had not been over sanguine for just before coming to town he broke into a fine body of shipping I 1 ore and as the ledge is cut feet from the surface it blocks out sufficient ore to entitle the property to the dignified title of mine at least this is the way that manager and the men who have been working at the property enthusiastically put it manager confided to a record representative that they expected to have a car of ore ready for shipment early in january at the time work was suspended the ledge had been penetrated to the extent of three and a half feet and it is not known how much thicker it may be as the force ran out of supplies and was obliged to return to town the fact that the ore contains lime iron and other fluxing flexing elements needed by the smelters shelters sm elters will make it a valuable acquisition and it is expected the cost of reducing will be diminished to the minimum the wagon haul to the railroad will be less than twenty miles and a good road can be made at a trifling cost as from the mouth of the canyon to lund or modena is a level desert country water fuel and everything to make the operation of a mine economical are at hand and taken all together the outlook for the property is exceedingly bright |