Show WILL DIAMOND DRILL PROSPECT THE HOLT GRANT MINE NEAR enterprise UTAH writing from st george utah under date of the ath ili instant stant A B harris tells of renewed activities at the old holt grant mine W H billy williams old time gasoline engineer and allaround all around miner dropped into st george a few days ago and has enthused the people here to quite an extent over his activity at the holt grant mine near enterprise in washington county mr williams has obtained a bond and lease upon the property and is now busy making preparations to accommodate the workmen to be employed in diamond drilling to begin on or about the of the month it is the purpose to test the ground for several hundred feet below the water level it will be remembered that a heavy supply of water rises to within about feet of the surface and the purpose of the drilling is to reach the vein below water level to date he has a great tonnage above the water level of 12 ounce silver ore containing some little lead and copper he has a strong vein outcropping cropping out from one to three thousand feet long and of a width of from four to nine feet which seems to widen with depth the ore is of such a nature that it appears possible to treat it by the oil flotation process the vein seems to be of a quartz nature the country rock is is lime and tle the vein vein dips about 85 degrees H M hartman and others from ophir are associated with mr williams in this enterprise and his old friends from st george of whom the writer is one wish him success |