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Show Boom Is Sprouted in an Aged Camp New Strike in Wyoming1 Claim Followed Fol-lowed by Struggle for American Ameri-can Fork Ground. With thirty teams now employed in tho transportation of ore from' the Miller mines, with the Dutchman in possession of lare volumes that await concentration, concentra-tion, nn Important elisclosure in the Pittsburg Pitts-burg and another strike reported In territory ter-ritory recently acquired by James Ivors and associates, Is the condition in American Ameri-can Fork Canyon at this lime, said Frank Illnes last night In reminiscent of old days. That tho Miller group Is about to report the history of the period and when It operated Its own smelter and a line of railway Is no surprise to him. On tho contrary. It was in 1S70 Hint Mr. Hlncs, with Judge Baskln as his associate, associ-ate, began to operate a lease on no properties, prop-erties, and up to an hour In 1S77 that their equipment wns washed away by a cloudburst, they succeeded in taking out ores from the old stopes and surface with scrap bullion, etc., of the value of over $100,000. In unearthing bullion that had settled down beneath the furnaces of the plant Inclines were run under them, said Mr. Illnes, and bullion for which they received about J25.O0O or $30,00-3 per ton was recovered. Slnco that hour. tho properties have been worked under lcaso at long Intervals and not a few have mado it profitable. Tho Wyoming claim In which the recent disclosure- was mnde. Is located at one of the highest points on the zone and between its apex and the old stopes along the main tunnel levels, there Is, ns Mr. Illnc-s recalls it. about 475 feet of virgin ground. Nor Is this the only opportunity to dig a fortune out of that locality, h added. On tho contrary con-trary thoy are there In nbundanco and the development on the Miller group will no doubt Induce many others to re-enter the region. From "71 to '75, a period which was characterized by much activity, tho Miller oporated Its smelter on Ores that averaged about IS per cent lead with 40 ounces silver sil-ver and from $14 to $30 gold por ton. There, said Mr. Illnes, Is an evidence of what awaits the miner over there, and the arena should soon be mnde one of the most active ac-tive In the Stale. |