Show STRIKE IN THE SUSANNAH park valley mine gets picture rock after losing its main ore body special correspondence golden box elder co utah nov 10 A couple of months ago operations at the susannah mine were going ahead in the finest kind of style the mill was running at full capacity with a full force or miners breaking the kind of rock which makes dividends everything looked very bright for the future of this promising little gold mine suddenly and as unexpected as such developments always occur a fault in the ore zone was encountered As the south drift was advancing along a 7 foot vein of milling ore of a fine grade the ledge without any warning disappeared as completely as if it were cut off by a huge knife knowing that the south portion of the companas comp anys holdings was the logical place to find the necessary ores for future dividends this setback set back caused several of the backers of the proposition to be attacked by a bad case of cold feet with the result that the mill and mine were closed down with the exception of a very few miners after having milled what ore was already broken and in the chutes at this point harry martin who has been the mainstay of the susannah company from the beginning came to the rescue with the assistance assi assistance of T S greenslade mr martin has undoubtedly solved the problem of the faulting and last week disclosed a solid face of picture rock the vein was proven to have made a sharp break to the northwest with a total offset off set of seventy five feet the vein has now resumed its course to the southward and bids fair to once more put golden on the map the deer trail I 1 at the time the deer trail companas comp anys Vor workings kings were at the most interesting point in the history of the mine supt bupt B H hunt was hurriedly called away by the serious illness of his wife and work at the mine was temporarily suspended the deer trail is one of park valleys most promising prospects two large chimneys of lead silver ore are exposed in the upper workings and a survey recently made shows the lower tunnel to be within striking distance of the first of these should the values which show above extend to this level the future of the mine is proven beyond a doubt the backers of the deer trail have demonstrated time and again that they are the kind of who make mines I 1 mr hunt is expected to return to the mine in the immediate future and development work will be resumed at once the planetary mr W H weyher located at the salt lake offices of the daly judge mini q company who is managing the asfalg 0 f the planetary company has ordered a survey made of the underground workings preparatory to resuming operations the writer recently visited this property for the first time and was most agreeably surprised at what was to be seen in the way of as well as at the great amount of development work which ha has been done all of this work has been performed with but one objective point in view with the result that no money has bas been wasted on numerous shallow shafts and tunnels scattered broadcast over the hillside as is the case with so many mines to be seen throughout the west mr weyher and associates have stayed with the planetary for a good many years but the time appears to have arrived when results can reasonably be expected for the slow and expensive work of driving the long crosscut cross cut tunnel to the vein is about completed |