Show PARK VALLEY MINES I 1 work progressing in the operation of the century and susannah special correspondence golden utah sept 22 upon visiting the park valley district box elder county utah the stranger is greatly impressed with the activity displayed throughout this section during the past ten years the ma jorty of the mining men of the west have considered this as a one mine district it must be admitted that such a view was not wholly without reason however as until the last year nearly all companies owning g round ground in this district have been satisfied to allow their properties to lie idle after first obtaining united states patents to protect the same in the meantime the old century company was left almost wholly alone in the field to demonstrate the worth and merit of this portion of the state in a mining way the century mine at the present time the century company is keeping quiet but it is sawing wood every minute those who have been heard to assert that the century mine is worked out have a surprise abating awa ting them in the near future the susannah mine the susannah mining company whose property adjoins the century on the south has h liven developing the extension of one of the century veins this work has been going ahead quietly under the able management of harry martin until an ore showing has been disclosed which is really remarkable cons considering dering the amount of money expended having sats satisfied fied themselves as to the value and extent of the ores mr martin and his associates a few months ago decided to install a small amalgamating and concentrating plant this plant embracing a lane slow speed chilian mill is now practically completed and has been started with an initial capacity of forty tons daily the first trial run showed a very close saving the tailings assaying only while the ore milled was of a high grade the management of this property is a very con serva tive one and very few people are aware of the wonderful amount of free milling gold quartz which has been developed in the susannah in so short a time the raft river company at the raft river companas comp anys property further s south what is considered as being the same ven system has been encountered and developed sufficiently to prove the continuity of the veins for at least two miles along the strike with uniform gold values the entire distance the monument group 0 anthe monument group just east of ahe the susannah james rosevear has dis discovered cov some high grade silver lead ore no particulars as to the extent of the find are at present obtainable working g the planetary under the direction of wm H weyher of salt lake a small force is kept continuously at work on the planetary group th s property lies about two miles from the century it is the policy of the company to work on a small scale and thereby keep out of debt ore running extremely high in gold values has been developed at the bottom of 0 a shaft and a tunnel is now being driven to tap these theise old workings and to handle the ore more economically shehan visits park valley mr pat shehan of salt lake was in camp all of last week while here he made a most thorough examination of the century and susannah properties on tuesday in company with T W ireland superintendent of the century mine mr shehan visited raft river and johnson creek and measured both streams to determine their adaptability for power purposes |