| Show GARRISON MONSTER AT CLIFTON PROVING A substantial PRODUCER A promising deposit of silver lead ore is being opened up by B T hickman salt lake mining man mail in the garrison monster mine in the clifton district twelve miles from the gold hill and one and one half miles from the deep creek railroad according to an ail interview given out early in the month about a year ago mr hickman took over the property from the garrison monster mining company formerly controlled by J P gardner and associates and started to sink on the vein in the last four months said mr hickman we have shipped sixteen carloads of ore which will assay from 30 to 44 per cent iron to the ton 15 to 45 per cent lead and five ounces of silver the ore is is a mixed galena and carbonate in addition to this class of ore we have a large body of ore that will carry 44 per cent iron four ounces of silver and 16 per cent lead the ore body which will run from three to fourteen feet wide lies in a fissure vein traversing the limestone dip of the vein is about 40 degrees operations will be centered on oil sinking to the level where we will start drifting what drifting h has as been done on the other levels indicates that the is is persistent si stent in a short time mr hickman plans to run a short tunnel to eliminate some of the hoisting the property is equipped hoist and a compressor however he says with a gasoline as the formation is so soft that as good time can be made by hand the compressor is not being used the garrison monster mining company ran a tunnel from the other side of the hill a distance of feet when this is continued 1200 feet more it will cut the vein at a depth of feet this work will probably be completed of sinking on the vein to but mr hickman is first desirous additional data on the formation get activity in the curtailed the low price of arsenic has the nevertheless mr hickman said gold hill district demand for lead for arthe the outlook is good with the prevailing 0 which district has a number of promising lead prospects with development should make profitable mines |
