Show THE AMERICAN FLAG MINE record park city utah with ore running in value from to a ton sacked up and stored away in every piece of available space in the hoisting works and 75 or tons of first class shipping ore on the dumps the american flag may conscientiously be proclaimed a mine and a rich one at that As has been stated in these columns before it has been and is a very difficult matter to get information from this property for a single reason that as superintendent rhoden put put it the managements policy has been to saw wood and say nothing the writer visited the mine this week and was royally entertained by mr rhoden who while I 1 reticent about giving out accurate information regarding the extent of the proper tys ore bodies admitted that they could if they desired begin shipping at any time A vast sum of money has been expended in the development of the mine but its promoters having implicit faith in the final greatness of of their prospect kept steadily at work despite the great expense they were under and now it really appears as though they have been repaid for their efforts a hundredfold dred fold at the mine all is activity and with the advent of fine weather this activity will increase as there is a great deal of outside work to be done workmen have been engaged this week in taking the piping down for the new compressor which is to be installed shortly and when this apparatus is in the working force at the mine will be materially increased hitherto only two shifts have been employed on account of the foul hir air but now the outlook warrants the installation of a compressor and subsequent increase in the number of employees plo A cage is on hand at the mine and this too will be put into commission in the near future A bucket is now used but when the force is increased the need of a cage will be imperative the shaft is now down 1000 feet and at this level the most sensational of discoveries have been made the ore showing phenomenally rich values in gold and alp sil ver on the level also some rich ore was encountered and though the strike was kept quiet enough for a good shipment was taken out and now lies on the dump mr rhoden has been somewhat hampered in his work by not having dumping room and for this reason work on the level was discontinued and the ore bodies there have not been nearly exhausted an assay of rock taken from the 1000 foot level shows over ounces silver 77 in gold and 47 per cent lead so that an idea of its worth may be gained A piece of this rock has been on exhibition in our window all week this summer mr rhoden will build a new office for himself at the mine the present structure having been almost destroyed by fire some time ago and also has in contemplation the erection of a first class mill this will be located on the empire canyon road so that the ore can be sent down a chute from the mine to the mill and the refined product loaded directly into the wagons for hauling the management of the american flag have certainly lived up to their maxim and keeping mum making no promises and reporting no strikes but now they have a mine they are willing to admit it mr rhoden is a thorough miner of many years eap exp experience ermence in this and surrounding states I 1 and does nothing but what will bring the desired result the stock is owned principally by mr rhoden and captain Sin gister and none can be purchased on the market we hope to see the new mill well wel I 1 runder underway way soon and feel that the property will sustain the untarnished record of the great american flag |