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Show : Mount Masonic 1 1 .. Looks Healthy Appcnrance Taken by Park City It Paper to Auur Well for East IS Side of the Camp. Progress nl the Blount Masonic mlno at Park City lias been rapid o late, nl-l nl-l though lltllo talked of. The tunnel Is j, now In 00 feot and since Wednesday the ! face of the ttmnol has been In quartz. 1 and this is considered a very favorablo Indication. The tunnel has been run following fol-lowing the contact and is now within 50 or 75 feet, according to tho survey made, of tho cross lissurc. This Assure was found to cross tho contact ir the old workings at tho top of the hill and at J- the point of crossing good ore values I were found. Therefore It is reasonable to supposa that tho oro will again ho uncovered, and will lead Into a largo ' body of It. The lay of the country Iirjj been carefully studied by tho nianage-j.- ment of this property, so that they aro not depending upon chance to strike I' Spopncr informs us that this week final 5, jviyment was mado on tho ground, so I'- that now the company owns Its prop- p crty and is entirely free from debt. Bo- ' allies tho original S5 acres purchased from the Snyder cstato, they possess now a I1-! one-half interest in tho six O'Donovan 1 1 patented ciaims adjoining tho Mount Ma lt ronlc. a valuablo acquisition. Development (ft on this ground is being watched with '1? Interest, as It Is confidently expected that ,j good news will bo given out in tho near i futuro- According to Professor Boutwoll. j tho expert geologist, who spent several I months hero not ong ago studying the I formation of tho country, the Mount Ma- ' sonic la situated In what ho believes will soma day prove up ono of the richest dls-: dls-: trlcts In tho camp. All Indications arc very favorable, to say tho least. I It seems to Iks ' generally taken for I granted that tho cast side of this camp ! is barron of any deposits of the hlgh- J grade ores of other portions of tho camp. h says tho Park City Record, and conse- j quently but comparatively little interest is taken In prospecting that district. If Ifl ono of the numerous prospects over there I should meet with deserved good fortune. It would mean a now life for Pnrk City. Tho whole Deer Valley district would then bo looked upon with favor and much development work woidd result. Besides the Mount Masonic, whleh Is being well prospected now. the Steele group, Portland Port-land Park, Ilasson property, patented claims owned by Thomas ICearns, tho Aristocrat group and numerous others would be looked upon with more favor and would be moro or less developed. A little further over, across the divide, comes the East Ontario. St. Louis Ontario, On-tario, I-Iarwood and many others, and ntill further down In the valley again the Nelson boys ground. Hot Air. Majestic, Ma-jestic, Brown Eagle and other Elkhorn district propositions. |