| Show around the state I 1 0 j i heber city wave several four horse i di teams are steadily hauling concen concentrates I 1 from the curtis mine to the depot in heber iv I 1 from where it is shipped to market by ra ral these same teams load with coal on the re turn trip to the mine this mine and coni t cen is one of the wealth producers of i iq the county and is located about eight miles north of here at or near the old glencoe e diggings dig ings tc provo herald joseph I 1 bullock and robt anderson n derson returned last night from the american fork canyon mining di district where they went to inspect the borki workings on the property of the C camp amp bird mining company the main working tunnel is now 1 in n feet in the face of the tunnel th the characteristic ore bearing lime of the district has been encountered and the whole face is fissured with lead spar provo herald it will be great news for provo if the buckley mine east of the city has the amount and quality of ore claimed mana manager er jonathan buckley is very much elated over the showing made in his holdings he is exhibiting samples of ore from the diggings which run 70 per cent lead about fifty ounces of silver and some gold the buckleys Buck leys have been working the property for seven years and considerable development work has ben don beaver news john thompson superintendent of the hub mine was in town tuesday for the first time in six weeks mr thompson says everything ingoing is going on nicely at the mine and a large amount of good ore has been blocked out for an active campaign of minin mining this summer the shipments at the hub have beben held up for the past few weeks on account of the deep snow in the mountains however it is iq expected that shipments will be resumed again in a very short time american fork citizen H C johnson james chipman jr and C M beck made a trip to the pacific mine on sunday they found the property looking exceedingly good and on their recommendation another shift of miners was put to work on thursday of this week the great amount of snow in the canyon was a great surprise to them henry says he knows what it is to walk among the top branches of trees over seventy feet high such was the depth of some of the drifts there is about seven feet of snow on the level richfield reaper there is considerable activity around the jumbo plaster works at sigurd what with the ceaseless grind of the plaster companas comp anys machinery and the work of erecting the keene cement plant there is much bustle and business around sigurd mr james bickel a brother to ben bickel arrived the past week from alva oklahoma and he has assumed active harge of the keene cement plant construction ye will make his permanent home here and as he is an exert plaster and ce ment man he is a decided acquisition to thA p plaster laster interests B ingham gingham press bulletin two feet of fine ore in in a mass of excellent milling rock is what is nonbeing now being developed in the mountain mald maid tunnel of the bingham central standard company manager S H treloar states that the showing was growing better every minute and just as soon as the face of the tunnel is a little farther advanced he proposes to start a raise in the ore body and feel of the feet or more of virgin ground over his head at that particular point no assays essays have been made on this fine rib of shipping rock but similar ore opened further back in the tunnel last month gave returns of per cent lead I 1 ounces silver 12 in gold 4 per cent copper and per cent iron park record thursday t ening the di i rectors of the copper apex held an enghu spastic meeting and took steps to resume work at that promising property A meet ing of the stockholders is called for monday march when a new board of directors will be elected and plans discussed for resuming work in a systematic and aggressive manner an assessment will likely be levied to raise the necessary funds to prosecute work and if the stockholders feel as the directors do they will cheerfully put plit up this is one of the biggest possibilities for a big mine in this big district and with intelligent direction honest management and reasonable determination a mine will be uncovered and the stockholders made rich ore is known to exist in the patented ground of the company it is only a question of money and work to get to it both of which will be forthcoming after the of this month I 1 s |
