Show GREATEST LEAD MINE IN THE WORLD ogden examiner colonel C H reeves accompanied by his wife bif e arrived arria e d in ogden baden yesterday yester day morning and is visiting mrs L goss a sister of mrs reeves who resides at twenty fourth street colonel reeves is one of the largest stockholders in the famous lead sil ver mines known as the hercules which was discovered twelve years ago and of which colonel reeves was at one time a half owner owne r the mine is the property of the hercules mining company and is situated one and a half miles from burke idaho in the coeur calenes dA lenes the hercules mine is opened up with three tunnels nos 1 2 and 3 which 1 ch are run in on a vein of unknown width and attaining a vertical depth of 1100 feet in the upraise from tunnel no 2 to tunnel no 1 a solid body of lead carbonates was encountered which is said by experienced miners to be the richest body of silver lead ever opened up in the world this ore body has been crosscut cross cut at intervals a distance of from 20 to 40 feet from the foot wall without reaching the hanging wall and its width is as yet problematical much of this ore is pure crystallized lead almost as white as snow and some beautiful specimens were shown the examiner representative by colonel reeves about tons of the richest ore has been marketed each month and shipped to the shelby smelting smelling Sm elting works where it is highly prized and commands a premium the vein has a dip of about 20 degrees no 3 tunnel is in about feet the last feet being in solid ore of unknown width it is estimated that there is broken up in the mine and on the dump over worth of second class ore all of which has been extracted in straight development work the first class ore is almost pure lead the distance between tunnel no I 1 and noa no 2 is feet and between tunnel no 1 and ana no 3 feet after examining the hercules mine charles dark clark son of the bona bonanza anza montana senator s said that there were but two mines in the united states the hercules and tho the united verde the company is planning to put an electric motor in tunnel no 3 and will open up tunnels 4 and 5 which will be driven entirely through hercules mountain colonel reeves reaves will be in ogden today going to salt lake tomorrow and returning saturday and on monday will start for san francisco accompanied by his wife and mrs goss while in san francisco the colonel will complete arrangements for installing concentrators of ton daily capacity for the treatment of his se second cond grade ores colonel reeves and his wife took to ok a drive over the th e city yesterday and enjoyed agdens scenic attractions |