Show THE MINES OF GOLD MOUNTAIN 11 in an int resting article on the mines of gold mountain district the sun of richfield utah says L H Rich fields well known mining man spent last week on gold mountain looking after properties in which he is interested and sizing up conditions generally on the hill he said that things were beginning to hum up that way owners are developing their properties in all parts of the camp and the merry music of the pick and shovel and the roar of giant powder impresses a visitor with the fact that something is doing the sevier mill is closed down and but a small force is employed in the mine at present the owners are getting everything in shape for the erection of a new mill of much greater capacity than the present one when this is done and the necessary machinery installed the sevier is going to be heard from mr had much to say concerning the great and only annie laurie that famous mine is in better shape this summer than at any time in its past history and is constantly pushing ahead the mill is running night and day but latterly its output has been reduced owing to the damp nature of the ore which it has been handling this is improving however and it will not be long until the regular tons of ore per them diem will be treated in no 5 tunnel there is a breast of ore thirty five feet in width carrying good values the connection between tunnels 4 and 5 is about completed and the ore will be taken to the mill through no 5 heavy steel rails have taken the place of the light rails on the tracks in no 5 and a number of new cars will soon be put into commission ore is being brought through chutes to the mill from the blue bird tunnel it is of excellent quality and is increasing in value every day at present about men are being employed in the mine and mill the new power plant at sevier station is rapidly nearing completion and the two points will soon be connected by wire speaking of other properties on the hill mr said that billy johnston is doing assessment work on the congress and expects soon to reach a body of ore that had been encountered in the shaft last fall within the next fifty feet james long jr is preparing to resume work on the properties owned by the piute diute investment company in which company he is largely interested tunnel work will be continued and it is likely that twelve or fifteen men will soon be given employment mr long has his family on the mountain all are enjoying themselves in the high altitude beneath the waving pines in the best furnished residence on the mountain A notable strike has just been made in the tunnel in the golden treasure south of kimberley this property has been attracting tr the attention of mining men during the past year as its ore bearing vein intersects ter sects the veins of the annie laurie the sevier signal peak and other big properties the recent strike was made in the face of the foot tunnel which the company has been driving since last fall picked samples of ore just encountered in this tunnel show values of about 70 in gold and 22 ounces in silver the strike has made quite a sensation in the camp it is reported that the company will drift on the vein and a contract for the work has been let the golden treasure group comprises twenty one claims and its president is J T breckon a never say die mining man the company possesses ample funds to prosecute the work outlined and it will not be necessary to make an assessment on stockholders it looks as if a compromise has been effected between the bank of england the apex and the annie laurie extension companies representatives of each company met together last week each making concessions ces and each striving to have all difficulties settled without carrying grievances further in court the principal trouble has been a dispute over alleged encroach ments work will be resumed at once on the bank of england and the apex properties and will add considerable more activity to the camp in speaking of the annie laurie extension in which gilt edged proposition he is a heavy shareholder mr said that work is being prosecuted vigorously two shifts being employed the tunnel is now in to a depth of feet about feet beyond a twenty foot vein of good ore that was encountered some two months ago later on it is the intention to drift t on this vein towards the annie laurie the face of the tunnel indicates the presence of another vein as stringers of quartz are encountered with every foot of progress referring to the strike made about ten days ago on the old surprise group of claims mr said that there was no exaggeration in the story A vein of decomposed quartz was discovered on the surface in one of the properties very rich in the yellow metal the vein being from eight to ten feet in thickness the strike was made by mr J W jones an old time prospector who recently returned to gold mountain from a long absence in arizona he is interested in the surprise holdings and a number of years ago made a very rich strike in one of the proper properties fies mining who have examined the ledge just men 1 ered by mr jones pronounce it somei something hing sensational and say that if present values value continue to develop the surprise group is going to spring a surprise indeed work on the signal peak property win will be 16 resumed on the ath dinst with three shifts put into commission the recent run which caused trouble last spring will be tackled and an effort made to go through it while it is supposed that the vein which has been sought for in the main tunnel since 1903 has been encountered it is the purpose to push the tunnel straight ahead with the intention of 0 crosscutting cross cutting the entire porphyry dyke and ascertain if it contains other veins |