Show MAXFIELD SHIPMENTS fred H vahrenkamp of salt lake general manager of the boston development company returned last week from a visit to the old maxfield mine in the big cottonwood district of utah which is under development by his company he sald said we went up to look into the reported strike at the foot of the incline working shaft I 1 found everything as reported we have not yet reached the big ore but outthink think we je are close to it J t the mine looks better now than ever before in its history in the next sixty days we should have a big producer we have lately shipped tons of 65 and 69 ore we are having a little ja m i hauling ore on account of the recent snowstorms snow storms but that is onry only tempee V r ary the ore showing mentioned is at the bottom of the 1900 foot incline shaft from which F the alij drift is now out a distance of feet the showing is considered highly important some is under way in addition to the drift which is being sent in on the ore mr vahrenkamp who is consulting engineer for the copper basin mining company with holdings near mackay idaho has received a letter from that property telling of a strike on the level there he left for that section immediately upon his return from the maxfield the report from the copper basin said that the new strike is a black oxide of copper and that the vein assays essays from 10 to 20 per cent A carload sent out from the property before the strike assayed 96 per cent copper 2 in silv silver r and 80 cents in gold to the ton 0 |