Show THE BEN BUTLER the bingham 0 bulletin always conservative and with an enviable reputation for reliability gives the following 11 account of them the recent strike in the ben butler in markham gulch since the bulletins reporter visited the ben butler last week little prospecting of the strike has been done the vein matter is soft and great care must be exercised to prevent caving timbers that were set a few days ago in are bending under the strain heavier ones are to be substituted wednesday at breast of tunnel or rather in drift just started westerly our reporter found a showing of four feet of first class lead ore that was widening at the bottom A pile of the stuff broken down was so uniform that any piece would serve tor an average r specimen it assays essays 48 to 50 per cent lead 10 ounces silver about 80 cents gold and 15 per cent iron excess twenty tons of this grade are now in tte the bin some seventy tons of second class carrying 20 per cent lead were also on the dump and teams commenced hauling it to the dewey mill wednesday A considerable shipment of both first grade and concentrates will be made in a few days no idea can be formed of the width of the second grade ore or length of chimney which of course only drifts can determine in fact the ben butler strike while holding out great promise in our judgment does not warrant the stock flurry that it has caused A body of mineral bearing indications that it will prove highly important has been cut across that is all on this the companas comp anys stock is selling at 50 per cent above par we doubt if any other utah company has sold its stock at 5 cents or any other price above par without ever having abound of ore superintendent wm W m mcqueen issued notice to everybody e everybody very body who wished to inspect the strike to show ut up on or before last wednesday after which admission would be granted only to such as came with an order from the management A large number availed themselves of the opportunity mr mcqueen explains that for some days his force has had to stand back while visitors were satisfying their curiosity and hereafter employees will be given opportunity to put in regular shifts he alms aims to have a good showing of exploration work done by the 1st ast of march |