Show PARK VALLEY NEWS special correspondence golden utah dec 9 away back in the remote ages before hon harry S joseph had been heard from great disturbances tur bances were taking place in what is now northern utah As the earths crust finally settled into its present form many cracks and rents were left to mar its symmetry A portion of these same earth fissures later became mineralized through the agency of ascending solutions whose chief mineralising mineralizing minera mineral lising izing ingredient was iron and now f form orm what is known as the park valley vein system while the chief gold bearing ledges take a course through the country rock approximately northeast and southwest there is another system of parallel breaks cutting the country at right angles to the above the century mine mainly through chance it was upon one of these large fault planes that the century companas comp anys main crosscut cross cut tunnel was I 1 originally driven while it reduced the cost per foot by following this broken up mass it failed to prospect the century ground thoroughly as none of the veins known to exist were found in place by this bore however the present management is attempting to get around bials difficulty by crosscutting cross cutting at points where the formation is in place the first vein known as the copper ledge has already been encountered it is strong and carries uniformly good values As the companas comp anys domain embraces feet of virgin ground on this vein there is no apparent reason why it cannot repeat the history of the lizzey vein which has produced over half a million in gold the susannah the lower or mill tunnel level is approaching pro aching the known ore deposits at a rapid rate with only a few feet more to be dr driven iiren the new bunk house at the mine is practically completed and manager harry martin is beginning to feel that he can soon take a breathing spell while he watches the profits roll in the ten foot lane slow speed mill is regularly giving a first class account of itself and mining men in the district are much interested in its operation and success |