Show VALLEY it is the returns from ore sales the consignment sign ment of bars of gold and silver to the mint and the prospects for big profits and regular dividends that attract attention to new mining camps in this western country 1 then there is a rush to get in on the ground floor and as if by magic long neglected i camps suddenly fall into line as favored local cities F ries much to the gratification of those who 1 for years perhaps have had unbounded faith i in their m and their future out come utah during the past few years has devel aped some of the richest gold districts to be found in this intermountain region with two 1 or three more which are striving for recognition at the hands of the mine operator investor and capitalist one of these is park valley in box elder county a section f t that is remarkably rema kably rich in its extensive gold deposits and aich which promises in the near future to give to the world a score at least of breadwinner bread winner and regular dividend pay ers it is in park valley that the century mine is located a recent producer which is now regularly sending to the metal market bars of gold galore and in the workings of which new bodies of high grade free fre e milling gold ores have been disclosed of late which in their extent and value virtually promise long life and prosperity to this embr y otic bonanza in the golconda also in park valley there is a splendid showing of 24 oie ore the el amigo has blocked out a heavy tonnage of pay rock the deer trail in shallow surface workings has uncovered a five foot ore body running from 80 cents cent to in the yellow metal the globe ada adjoining oin has a nice showing ofa ore the planetary a near neighbor has uncovered a seven foot chute of rock averaging 45 to the ton in the precious metal selected samples of which run up to and over the sunrise has ore in such abundance that the management is already talking of putting in reduction works in the spring the brooklyn in which important strikes have been made of late while numerous other properties in this locality of more or less promise with more extensive development will doubtless blossom out into heavy producers and distributors of velvet money included in this list might well be mentioned the raft river group owned by the raft haft river mining com company pany of salt lake city this group of four claims in a solid body ody is joined by the century mine on the east and by the west century on the northeast the recent strike in the lizzie claim of the century mine being about 2000 feet from the endline of the raft river holdings bodD gS on the raft river the formation is most favorable for the existence of large ore bodies the group is traversed by three parallel veins running northeast and southwest the ledges being true fissures in granite grange and these can be traced for a distance of alore than 1000 feet on the surface the veins in many places at the grassroots grass roots showing a width of more than ten feet the droppings crop pings being largely of oxidized quartz very prominent and strongly mineralized two of these veins are but b ut feet apart while the third one is not more than feet from the middle fissure the existence of three such strong ledges in such close proximity indicating a heavy and the continuity and permanency of the ore bodies believed to exist at greater depth in the development of this property the company has run a tunnel for the purpose of cutting the first of these three parallel ledges at a vertical depth of about feet fee t from the surface this tunnel is now in a distance of 90 feet and it is believed that feet more will lead to the desired connection the opinion of experienced mining men abeln being that at this depth a large body of pay ore will be uncovered there are two good springs of water on the group which in their capacity are ample for all purposes while timber for fuel and mining operations abounds in abundance in the near vicinity raft river kiver is equipped with a log cabin blacksmith shop car track and tools and it is the intention of the company to take in provisions and supplies at an early day in preparation for an active winters campaign in mine development the company owns its group outright and practically has no indebtedness debt edness and while the property ls is in a prospective stage the enterprise is legitimate with a reasonable certainty that in time it will take rank as one of regular producers ol of this favored locality |