Show PARK VALLEY MINES special correspondence golden utah jan 25 harry martin through whose operations the susannah property has been developed from a mere prospect into one of the important producing gold mines of the state has decided to take a well earned rest mr martin has worked ceaselessly for nearly six years to prove the worth of ills his property as well as that of the park valley district in general his efforts having been crowned with success mr martin will leave in a few weeks for a visit with old friends in the puget sound country george yount has arrived in camp to look after the active management of the susannah min e and mill mr yount comes come to park valley most highly recommended he has been prominent in mining circles throughout nevada and idaho J C lane arrived on the from the los angeles headquarters of the lane slow speed mill company to personally supervise a few alterations which are to be made in the susannah plant while this mill has been making a close and satisfactory saving of values it is thought that a few mechanical changes will effect an almost perfect recovery of gold the mill will go into commission again in a few days the new bunk house has been completed and the assay office is nearly finished E H shackelford will be in charge of the assaying department the lower or mill level tunnel has reached the vein for which it was being driven and drifting to the north on ore has s now begun taken altogether the new year looks very bright for susannah stockholders amazon group william dix was in camp this week from the amazon property associated with mr dix in the development of this ground are charles E street and N R waterman of salt lake at one point a drift has been driven eighty feet on what is considered as an extension of one of the century veins from a couple of inches at the surface this has widened out to over three th ree feet of quartz carrying galena and arsenical iron on a parallel ledge a shaft has been sunk forty five feet an average sample across four feet of quartz at bottom of this assayed gold lion group george marley and son arrived from salt lake recently and will resume operations on the lion group this is one of the most promising prospects in the entire district it covers the south extension of the susannah vein system A crosscut tunnel is now being driven under a very prominent iron blowout with further development this ground will undoubtedly make a name for itself in the way of ore production the lion corn company pany occupies rather an odd position among mining companies of the west while incorporated and having a large block of treasury stock on hand all money derived from sale of such stock is spent solely for supplies and provisions act actually bally delivered and used at the mine the real work of driving the tunnel ahead is being done by actual stockholders with the understanding that no cash consideration is to be received for such work until the mine itself can pay for same out of ore produced associated with mr marley in this enterprise ter prise are joe and johnnie rogers two veterans of the district |