| Show SALT LAKE AND california MEN START operations ON THE TWIN APEX when the twin apex mines company was organized in this city last may to operate the wm win mcclure group of mines adjoining the ford red bird properties above clayton idaho a start was made that promises to make the promoters of the enterprise rank with the keen mining men of the day this much is indicated in the way big mining b men and concerns are gobbling up ground in the same vici vicinity anity with a purpose of carrying on a broad guage Z campaign of mine making development A G guthiel of salt lake one of the prime movers in the organization of the twin apex company with other prominent salt lake men succeeded in interesting H J heffron son of the old time salt lake operator col H G heffron and gilbert H beesemyer of hollywood california in the undertaking in the organization of the new company H S brooks salt lake was named as president A G guthiel vice president and field manager G F mcgonagle salt lake secretary and treasurer wm mcclure of clayton was made mine superintendent and heffron hessemyer Besse myer and lee case additional directors after the organization was perfected and mining conditions at the property were gone into one of the first things decided was that the splendid showings of silver lead ore in the rather shallow workings on the property should be tapped at considerably greater depth to that end preparations were at once commenced and the word that now comes from the property through mr guthiel is that the driving of the new tunnel will commence at once concerning what is doing at present the mackay miner of recent date says A G gutheil of salt lake city accompanied by his wife and his son L G Gu gutheil thell arrived a couple of weeks ago and are now at the red bird camp where the group of claims is located mr gutheil made a trip to this city on business the latter part of last week and while here informed the miner that a crosscut from the mine tunnel driven i in r a southerly direction had opened up twenty feet of excellent milling ore this group of claims joins the henry ford red bird group and the group of claims recently acquired by the hecla mining company mr gutheil stated that C W reese a former engineer with the jessie knight interests in utah was on the property surveying and mapping out plans for a ne new w tunnel to be started immediately he explained that salt lake and california money has been raised and very extensive developments are being planned and that H J heffron and L L st johns are now on the property assisting and mapping out the development work for the future and at the same time immensely enjoying a summer outing this group of claims is known as the mcclure mining property and has been held by mining men of this section to be one of the big claims and now that sufficient capital is interested in the development work which the property has heretofore lacked much is to be expected in the future as to these activities |
