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Show If1 fill AIR DRILLS GOING yii TO LOGAN CANYON 1 -t I 0 jj jjv;j)j;j Costly Plant Will Soon Be In- Hfc jl.'ityl stalled in tho Amazon j i j J)j Tunnel. ' ,f Ij iRk13 PA"RT of the Slate, at least, lias !',( (l: i I escaped the dullness which has ;!) iflf,";! affected many of the mining i 'Ll' '! '!'' : camps. D. R. Roberts of Logan, if Ji who was In the city yesterday, brought ' JV : '!J "ost satisfactory account-of the dell de-ll fill ll vclopments In" that section. Not only la nvi '' i if tnc AmQZon company, operating In 1 l s ;R Logan canyon, preparing to put In a I ; 4 il a large plant of machinery, but the La l(; ( ' fjl Plata, owned by a Boston company and f i j I , situated in Paradise canyon, in increas- ; ' 'V.jl ing Its force, and the coming summer ' .1, ;s; H will witness a large- amount of work on ' I'l il the Nellsen property In the left fork of : t i Blacksmith canyon, southeast of Logan. i i, :J jj , The Amazon company has purchased - i'til j a thirty-horse power boiler, two air II ' ," ' drills and a compressor, an engine, rails, 1 '1' car and other necessary equipment A "l-il which will be set up and running by the i,1 , first of August. The money for these ' , . i, improvements, was readily realized by ,i 1 the sale of $10,000 worth of stock which .1,1 ! has been subscribed In Logan within the I lr J,'M part tlu-ee months. " , 1 1 '1 1 The Amazon hag been a source of . , I ;! pride to the people of Logan for the j ,j ' 'jl past three years, ever since attention ' ' , iij was attracted to the district by the dls-' dls-' ' 1 1 1 coven' of almost pure galena in the out-, out-, ' .j: crop. A Bhort tunnel which tapped the '', ' ,,.,! -vein at slight depth revealed a well de-i de-i ' j I fined vein of rich copper, specimens I ' J from which assayed as high as 76 per , cent. Six tons from this lead rhlppcd to ,,',' ( a Salt Lake smelter last year netted jjij,' )','. the company $100 per ton. ' . I. , ; For development purposes It was IjJ : j! necessary to gain greater depth, and a 1 , tunnel was accordingly started at the ,J jj base of the hill. The bore was driven (j ' ', In until It tapped a cross fissure, and ' i . ' t j this Is being followed toward the dis- ' ''t envcry vein which should be reached I l I . ; within in 150 feet. It is to hasten the j. ' tapping of this lead that the machinery 1 I ,' Is to be installed. All the men who can k ,r he used to advantage will get, work at If j the property when the air drills start. 1 j i , I ' The tunnel will penetrate at least ; I , T three veins running northeast and jl I ,1 southwest, in the- meantime following j. i , U the cross-fissure and catching tho ore J1,' i ' chutes commonly found at the intcrscc-I intcrscc-I ,i , i , tion of mineralized veins. J V' ' . All the ground in the- vicinity of tho . . i i ' Amazon has been staked out, but the Jf r il owners are simply keeping up their as- sessment work and waiting to see wliat will be done on the older claims. The one drawback to the general development develop-ment of the district is the lack of transportation for machinery and ore. Logan, thirty-five miles distant. Is the nearest shipping point. This, however, will not prove a great obstacle if the ore is forthcoming, as there Is limitless water power In the canyons and nn electric elec-tric road can be operated at small expense. ex-pense. N. M. Hansen is president, "W. W. Maughn. vice-president and H. G. Hansen, Han-sen, secretary-treasurer of the Amazon. |