| Show THE STRIKE IN THE ITALIAN in the last issue of the mining review mention was made of the rich strike in the italian mine at leesburg idaho the discovery of high grade gold in the italian is a matter of more passing interest to utah people due to the fact that the mine was once owned by salt lake citizens who expended a large amount of money in its development and equipment but who finally threw up their bond through failure of mining and milling operations that the strike is an important one is verified by a dispatch from salmon city which says the rich strike made at the italian mine at leesburg proves to be even better than was at first reported two weeks ago at a depth of ninety five feet a vein was struck over twenty feet thick which averaged 75 to the ton in gold nels johnson johns on jr came from columbus neb in the interests teresta ts of some of the stockholders to make an expert examination of the situation he confirms the previous statements given out a bout about the rich strike two days ago a 1 streak four feet wide was encountered which assays essays slightly better than to the ton the importance of this strike to the people of the salmon city district can hardly be overestimated at the italian mine which is owned by the leesburg gold mining milling company there is a 30 stamp mill over forty men are employed at the present time within the next six weeks it is expected that the electric power plant will be in operation operational at the mine this plant has recently been installed with the idea ot furnishing power from the waters of big creek there will be ample power for the italian mine and for adjacent properties which will be further developed as a consequence consequence of this rich strike |
