Show IN AMERICAN FORK CANYON A great deal of activity is expected in american fork canyon utah this season and a number of properties in that favored section of the state should make enviable records as producers before the close of the year in making mention of progress being made in that section an american fork correspondent says among the encouraging features of the week in the african fork canyon is the fact that in a number of properties active development operations have been begun with forces of men which directed by skilled mining engineers promise to make a showing of marked improvement within a short time considerable betterment is reported in the property of the utah centennial company in which an important strike of first class ore was made about ten days ago the vein is better defined than ever before it is reported and evidence has developed satisfying the management that there is a continuity of the ore body that promises to make that one of the important mines of the canyon and which will give a basis of increased possibilities for adjoining properties some excellent developments have been reported from the south park properties owned and being operated by senator J H wootton of this city and salt lake and eastern associates in the south park an important streak of galena ore has been cut in the shaft which has a dip about 80 degrees and when senator wootton left the property last week the bottom of the shaft was well shot with ore deposits the ore was struck about twenty feet higher in the shaft than was expected the pacific is working a crew of men picked from the force of about fifty miners of last year all expert miners having a thorough knowledge of the underground conditions an important upraise of about feet for manway and ore chute has been driven and much other preparatory work done under the direction of peter miller among the arrivals of the week was charles W johnson principal owner of the atlantic group of claims situated on the east side of the canyon opposite the copper glance and the pacific properties he left for the mine a few days ago coming from nevada under the direction of george tyler some excellent ore is being opened up in the bay state property and H J kruse soon expects to have a shipment of ore ready at the property formerly known as the silver bell on which he has a lease A good showing of ore is reported at the yankee and globe properties the latter belonging to thomas cleghorn E J wild and jake greenwood who are working the comstock went up last week to place a f force orce of men at work at the american fork consolidated three men are now working at the bog preparations are being made to install air drills with which the work of development will be pushed aggressively it was rumored on the street that the miller mill would start operations shortly the old miller mine under lease to tim smith and associates is said to be nearing an ore body which is hoped to be a large one of the characteristic high values common to that big producer the work is now in virgin ground and if a is made the boys may make their fortunes this summer |