Show IN AMERICAN FORK CANYON citizen american fork utah the pacific mining company are figuring on building a crusher and set of jigs to separate the lead zinc from the silica they have an unlimited supply of the lead silver zine ore that gives big values in both lead and silver but the zinc in it runs the cost of smelting smelling sm elting up so that it would not be profitable to ship as it is with the crusher and jigs to remove the silica the ore could be handled at a handsome profit negotiations with the concentrator people are contingent on a contract with the united states smelting smelling Sm elting company by which they are to buy the lead zinc concentrates this will simply mean the elimination of the silica which the jigs can easily do if this contract can be obtained and we understand there is hardly a doubt of it the pacific should very soon rank among the states dividend payers H J kruse one of the best posted mining men in the district has been engaged to superintend the property E C tyng and john cleghorn of salt i lake were here friday in the interests inter ests of their canyon mining properties the mountain dell will also soon be in the market with another car of high grade ore the prospects at the dutchman continue to look favorable for regular shipments throughout the season the ore shipments from american fork district are getting quite numerous the yankee lease and jones miller lease are each loading a car of ore at the american fork coop co op switch this is the second car for the yankee in the past ten days the miners at this property have a good showing of ore and are taking out about four tons to the shift george B tyler was down from the canyon mining district part of this week mr tyler is manager of the bay state mining company here and he verifies the reported in that property in which the miners have developed a 6 inch vein of rich silver chloride ore carrying big values in lead the vein is widening with each shift and the stockholders are expecting the property to develop into a big milling proposition H W owens and his son james who are driving a tunnel in the laura mine one of a group of claims in deer creek came down tuesday to make a few days visit at salt lake they brought some fine copper samples almost the pure red metal taken from the face of their work the ore is scattered through the vein matter and looks very encouraging to mr owens who knows what constitutes ore he expects to get something big in this property the recent expert opinion on the silver flat alatis Is proving good the miners working on the point directed have encountered the vein which is scattered ered through with galena the directors are in the air with expectation pec tation of ore shipments mr H W owens who exported exper ted the property is satisfied they have a big proposition claiming they are now on the main ore belt of the district which can be readily traced through to miller hill and clear through to the park mining district |