Show RICH MAZUMA HILLS ORE journal ogden utah seven troughs district nevada has become famous the world over on account of the exceedingly rich showing near the surface and for the past eighteen months work has been advanced systematically on a number of good propositions among them being the mazuma hills J R bischof general agent of the mazuma alazuma hills mining company passed through this city today en route to salt lake where he will await the arrival of two carloads of very rich ore now on the way from the mines to the smelter mr air bishof is one of the leading mining operators of nevada and to his efforts in a great degree has been the successful exploitation and development of this valuable estate one car of this ore belongs to the company and will average to per ton and the other car belongs tf lessees lessels les sees who are working on a lease and this ore in carload lots will run from 1000 to 2000 per ton in gold there is about two thousand feet of underground der ground development and the three drifts are connected by upraises up raises to the surface the greatest depth attained on the ore body in these workings is about three hundred and fifteen feet and the vein throughout the mine shows a general average width of from four to five and one half feet the raises referred to have been advanced with the idea of systematically blocking out and opening up the ore bodies and a is now being sunk on the vein from the lower level and this development is entirely in ore of a very high grade sensational values in gold have frequently been encountered in the progress of this work and today the mazuma hills is positively a thoroughly developed gold mine and there is sufficient ore actually blocked out and in sight to pay handsome dividends to shareholders for a number of years to come this is the second trip to salt lake which has been made by mr air bishof within the past six weeks and is a positive demonstration of the great value of this estate |