Show deep mining for the old spanish in a recent letter f from ram dr C E watkins of boston president of the old spanish mining company operating in the hellhole country utah above richfield the mining re view is informed that the company has arrived at the conclusion that in the further development of its property deep mining must be the order of the day in the surface workings of the old spanish lnig mines F 3 stringers of very rich ore have been frequently encountered but so far no body of mineral has been disclosed insufficient quantity to justify the statement that the company has shipping ore although at times the e indications were that this condition would speedily be reached now however it is believed that only deep mining will prove the value of the property as to high grade ores although some very good bodies of low grade milling ores have been uncovered in the past in the mine workings and it is stated that work is soon to be resumed with the intention of going to the deep in the endeavor to prove that with greater depth the ore zones are larger stronger and richer than they are near the surface the review is also informed that dr watkins associated with utah and boston people is heavily interested in several other promising gold properties in utah camps one of these is located in gold mountain district piute diute county and another is in the antelope mountains both north of richfield Rich neld and it i is 3 learned that it is the intention that these properties shall form the basis for the incorporation of a new company after which an effort will be made to perfect some sort of an arrangement whereby all of the stockholders in the old spanish mines mining company can also obtain stock in the new nev company free this generous proposition to be made probably because of the failure fail vre sa so far to place the old spanish mine on a pay ing basis and as a recognition of those who have stood by the doctor in his efforts to make a producer out of this really promising prospect active work is to begin on the properties on gold and antelope mountains as soon as the new incorporation is perfected on one of these it is learned there is a copper claim in which there is an eight foot vein showing values assaying 1360 in gold and copper to the ton it at the grassroots the doctor has the best wishes of the mining review in his hh enterprises andi and as one at least of his new properties i A located in one ot our best known and richest mining camps gold mountain it would seem that success should crown his efforts effort in his persistent search for bon bonanza anziL propositions in the mining camps of our fair fa i r state which with ith out doubt is one of the greatest mining sections of this intermountain region |