Show WORK STARTED AT EAST HECLA david J cook an experienced operator of the bingham district and one of the best known mining men in the state has been made superintendent of the newly organized east hecla mining company owning a valuable tract of ground at alta utah he has recently shipped tools and equipment to the property and the expectation is that work there will be continued all winter the companas comp anys ground lies between t the mountain lake on the east and the south hecla on the west and extends close to the albion on the southeast corner mr cook reports that he has started work on oil a new tunnel to secure greater depth on a prominent vein in which a good showing of ore has been exposed ore carrying copper lead silver and gold has been opened in a number of places on the prop erty and one old foot shaft shows four feet that contains good values george H watson general manager of the south hecla mine and the man who developed that property from a prospect to its present status recently said 1 I know every foot of the east hecla and consider it one of the most promising pieces of ground in the entire camp with money back of it it can undoubtedly be made a mine colonel watson has no interest in the east hecla of which john B taylor is president and general manager |