Show TO PROSPECT DIAMOND DRILLS state journal ogden utah in view of the fact that money has been coming in for the development of the rare metals company the company contemplates the purchase of a diamond drill to first prospect the ledges at a depth of or feet this will assure its merits as a mining property and thereby secure some of the money now being sent away for the development of mining properties in other parts of the country for the development of a home mine it is a fact that the ledges on the wasatch range are as meritorious for mineral on the outcrop as many of the mines found in nevada or colorado where the telluric conditions are the same it is a fact that the chemical combinations will not permit of all the values being had by fire tests as are shown by chemical analysis As an instance of this an assay by fire test in this town showed 80 cents per ton while aya the balance of the samples mil lograss were shown in gold or close to 25 cents per pound of rock it is therefore not to be wondered at the slowness with which money is raised for the development of this range it is a fact however that the rare metals company is in the field as a prospect to make a mine of its thirteen claims and with the best rock quarry on the range located on its grounds giving encouragement that it will soon be a property of great value |