Show OLD CHERRY CREEK MINE mining expositor ely nev after having laid id e for almost thirty y years ea rs the gold nugget group of claims in the old egan canyon district is again to be reckoned as a shipper of high grade silver ores W B lawler and ben F harrlson the owners of that property sent out a shipment of twenty tons of ore to the murray smelters shelters sm elters last friday upon its arrival at murray the consignment was purchased by the smelter officials for 71 a ton the shipment was extracted from the old workings on the gold nu nugget get group and as several feet of this character of ore has been opened up the cherry creek mine owners expects to continue shipping to the utah smelters shelters sm elters the ore is arly suitable for fluxing flexing purposes and the murray smelter officials have signified a willingness to purchase all the ore that can be produced by the egan mines mr lawler who holds a half interest in the gold nugget group located those claims about thirty years ago and developed the ground for several years the decline in the value of silver caused him to suspend operations the properties have been abandoned for more than twenty years until they were located three years ago by lawler and arrison |