Show wa 11 1 1 wa of THE BOSTON AND TERRACE MINES S 1 in jveta frundl Foun dand nd mining dulrich w lei wa w 11 special correspondence ogden utah september 25 the invasion of the great american desert by the new cut off now being made by the southern pacific railroad has haa opened to the che miner and prospector a district which has hitherto long 11 been known to be one of the best localities in utah for valuable and extensive deposits of gold I 1 silver lead and copp copper er ores but which owing to the wild and almost impassable des ert by which it is virtually surrounded min ing men were practically unable to visit its mines or examine into the merits of its immense veins and ledges this section is no other than that em braced by the new Found land 41 district I 1 well known since the year 1892 but 1 in n which only limited work has has been done for the reasons above stated athow it now transpires that thai within two years new Found land district is destined to become e one of the best camps of the state the new railroad being built to cross the lake will come within five miles of the property now being worked by the boston terrace min ing company making it possible to reach ogden in three hours from the silver king workings owned by this company the sil v ver er king and shepard lodes now being opened and developed show ores of very high quality in gold copper arid and silver the V vins ins are of good width are we well ft defined as fissures and are exposed along the surface for over feet each and much of the ore will net per ton in gold silver lead and copper mining is easily carried on with no water to interfere with the workings mr C T birchard of boston is president of the company and mr heather of ogden is manager the latter at the present time be ing engaged in the of a tunnel which will cut the vein at a point joint feet below the outcrop of the vein besides which he is taking out ore in the open cuts along the surface when this tunnel reaches the vein drifts will be driven to the right and left upon tie ore bodies and as last fast as the ore is removed it w will 1 I be stored near the mine ready for ship ment as soon as the new railroad is completed to new Found land station mr Bi birchard and his associates are to be congratulated upon the acquisition of this splendid property which in the past has been almost inaccessible but which is now looked upon as a coming bonanza with the completion of the railroad and the aca acq acquisition aisi of this property is regarded here as one of the successful mining ventures of the season showing as it does that propositions of high merit and promise may lie dormant for years only to be seized upon at the proper time and hour by visitors from the outside to our state the small amount of stock in the company offered by mr birchard and associates for development purposes was sold within a few hours and no further shares can now be obtained in the local market and the first offerings are held heldak at an advance over the first purchase price As to new Found land district its future is now certain The Boston terrace people have secured the choice of the lodes known to exist there and yet there are lesser properties of merit in the mountains which are being rapidly located by those who have abundant faith in the outcome of this now favored locality A representative of the mining review will visit new Found land district as early as convenient when a general report upon the mountain and its surroundings especially with regard to the formations altitude climate water accessibility etc will be made the formation is said to be an ideal one for the existence of strong rich veins dykes cutting the various formations are found there the indications beino being that this locality will compare most favora favorably bly with any district in the state discovered within the past ten years |