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Show MINING MATTERS ARE LIVELY NEAR LEHI Special to Tho Trlbuno. LEHI, Jan. 21. Consldorablo activity has developed In mining In tho vicinity of Lchl. Dcerlng nnd Liraon, who havo a group of claims in 13ccf Hollow, about six miles west of Lehl, report having broken into a big body of Hand carbonate. carbo-nate. Thoy havo run a tunnel on this property. 225 foot at tho end of which thoy havo an incllno fifty fcot deep. In another placo they havo a shaft about eight feet deep and It Is horo tho recent llnd waa discovered. They also have a flno nprlng on tho proporty and expect to bo Hhlp-plng Hhlp-plng oro In a abort time. Messrs. N. A. Brown, Chaso Feathcr-ctono Feathcr-ctono and David Roberto aro operating a ji uajjuui went ul ouraioga apririRa, ivlkjus. thrco miles in what Is known as Information Informa-tion canyon. Thoy havo an incllno about seventy-five feet and report encouraging results. A party of Bingham minors oro operating operat-ing a prospect In Tlckvllle nnd yesterday cumo into town for moro supplies. Thoy showed samples of rock which from ap-pearancca ap-pearancca would run well In copper and silver and probably somo in gold. Mopsrs. Melvln Johnson, S. J. Taylor, YV E Hooker, Charles Johnson and Frank Hldenrleck arc sinking on an Iron blowout In Tlckvllle. Tho blowout contains con-tains moro than enough Iron to pay for Its smoltlng nnd tho rock also shows values val-ues In gold, silver nnd lead, Increasing In valuo as depth increases. B. C. Steele, J. C. McCondlas3, James Tuckflnld and S J. Taylor aro following a plpo of ore down on what Is known as tho Landrock, about ono mllo west of tho Saratoga springs. This rock runs well In silver. Tho Mayflower Mining company has had two men at work for a couplo of months on their property In tho "West canyon. Somo stuff was brought down from thero yestorday that brought Joy to tho hearts of tho owners. The samples sam-ples oxhlbltcd would undoubtedly go above 70 per cent load and charactoiistlo values In gold and sliver. Tho vein from which tho samples woro obtained is about eighteen Inches wldo and lies In a twonty-foot twonty-foot vein of low-grado mattor that will pay for milling. The big vein lies between be-tween porphyry and whlto llmo and experts ex-perts who havo examined tho proporty eny that it Is euro to develop into a bonanza, bo-nanza, Considerable activity Is also displayed. In tho ilro clay lino. Tho Utah Flro Clay company owns a half-dozen patented claims about thrco miles west of Jordan river and have dono probably J10.000 worth of development work. Thoy havo a twonty-flve-foot vein of clay that makes a perfect fire brick and at present nro Bhlpplng about thrco carloads per weok. jnotner nouy or nro ciay auout ono mllo northwest of tho Utah Firo Clay company's deposit has recently been opened by S. W. Ross, M. Walker, S. J. Taylor and Abo Powell Thoy havo a fifty-foot vein of clay and analysis of It r.how3 it to bo as good If not bettor than any herotoforo discovered. Tho gentlemen gentle-men oro preparing to commence actlvo development work and will probably co-operato co-operato with Salt Lako parties In tho working of It. T. J. Wadsworth, recordor for tho Lchl Mining district, says that It has beon a long tlmo slnco so much activity has been manifested In this locality, and ho is kept busy placing newly located claims on tho record. |