Show 0 COPPER NEAR ANNABELLA reaper richfield utah there should be a mining excitement in this valley at present it has always appeared strange atthe thattie th hills east of glenwood and annabella should not yield up some kind of mineral I 1 it has remained for parley anderson formerly of grass valley to make the important discovery of copper bearing ore in red butte canyon just a few miles from annabella he has been at work quietly for a few months on what appeared to be some sort of mineral but he was not quite sure as to its value recent assays essays have given him TVs per cent copper iaz ounces silver and 40 cents in gold this was from samples taken from near the surface and he expects greater values with depth he has sunk on the vein ten feet and it is about eight feet wide the ore has an appearance of gray copper it slopes to the southeast and on the west of the vein there is porphyry fissure from forty to fifty feet wide mr anderson made his first discovery of ore from a piece of float he picked up last fall while out deer hunting this float had the appearance of mineral bearing rock and he commenced commented a search for the vein he found it and carefully marked it later he returned and commenced work on it when he got down a few feet he selected some samples and sent them to salt lake for an assay the returns are such that he has resumed work on the property and will sink to considerable depth in the shaft which he started water appeared and this has caused considerable trouble but he is keeping away from it now he has located a large group of claims along the ledge and will continue operations mr anderson is all alone in the venture but he is convinced there is mineral wealth in red butte canyon and hills surrounding it |