Show COPPER IN LA SAL RANGE miners basin utah nov 5 what is rated as one of the most important ore developments in the history of the la sal mining district of grand county utah has occurred on the panama property at the head bead of beaver basin fred mccoy owner of this ground a few days ago struck four feet of solid cop per silver ore in a tunnel crosscut started about two months ago 1190 to test at greater depth a sensational surface strike made at that time after running a tunnel crosscut some forty feet lie he encountered the vein about a month ago showing greatly improved conditions it was here a soft gangue body between distinct walls containing occasional bun bunches clies of copper ore mccoy started at that eliat time to drift on oil the vein toward the ore shoot which had been opened on the surface A months drifting has finally brought him into an ore body that strikingly demonstrates the solidity and permanency and ri richness cliness of the ore body between walls of syenite and porphyry lies a massive four foot body of and pyrite enriched with silver and gold values the ore in addition to substantial values in the precious metals runs from 20 per cent to 60 per cent copper three tons of this kind of ore have already been broken down and sacked and the drift that is advancing daily along the vein into the ore body is practically in a full face of ore at this writing mccoy has no idea of the extent of the ore body but every indication is that the find is a very important one A carload shipment of very high grade ore is assured within a week or two as there is considerable sloping possible between the present level and the surface the owner of the ground declares that every dollar realized from the sale afore of ore will be put right back into the ground the strike is very significant the original surface strike was not well defined but depth has demonstrated that the ore body is regular vein matter in place between well defined walls the strike occurs in the bottom of beaver basin 2000 feet lower than the surrounding hills and summits it occurs below the water level confirming a theory long held in the district to the effect that th eligher the higher zones are considerably sider ably leached beached out and that below the water level the bulk of the ore has finally found its resting place the panama group of five claims is a near neighbor of the green mountain mining milling companas Comp anys property and the recent consolidation of fifteen claims being developed by the dewey annex tunnel |