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Show I- HUB MINE GETS GflEATORE BODY ' , Meaner County Property Discloses Dis-closes Ore Body Over Forty Feet in Width. ' ! I! COMPANY IS NOW PREPARING TO SHIP ., Prominent Boston Interests ! Have Found a Prize in This Utah Ground. I III J An ore body i-i feet in width, the nv- 11' I crago value of which is $-J per ton, Is I I tho present attraction In Heaver county, j ' this splendid property bcinp on the Hub J. 1 1 property owned bysthc Utah Mining, Mlll- 3 i Ins: & Transportation company. Sam ; l.cvy, consulting-engineer of the company, li has returned from the mine, and to The ' ' Tribune Friday he sovo nn recount of the lf recent developments on the Hub. which I prove that another subHtantial shipper I of ore is added to Heaver county's list K ' of honor. ' "This new ore hotly," said Mr. Levy, 1 1 "is found on the Lady Bryan property lf( recently purchn.sed by Ihe Utah company ' , 1 from Matthew Cullen. The body was en- ' countered by means of n crosscut sent 150 feet from the station on the 200 level of I the Lady Bryan shaft. The ore occurs j! at a vertical depth of from 350 to 100 " j feet, which gives backs between -100 to i SOU fee: on thu dip of the vein to where I' It Is exposed on the surface. The ore la ' I 12 feet in width, and It will average 520 1 per ton In value, the principal metallic foutenl belni; copper. The oro carries an I, excess of iron over silver by 20 per cent, i)'" and It Is ideal smelting rock in every ;,, particular. ,j "The management is raising: on the ore. while the shaft Is belnrr driven to the It 200 level, and from the 300-foot station j another crosscut will be sent to cut this , ' fame body, and there Is a certainty that I it will be found with depth. Since this ( "re shoot was opened, the management ' has constructed ore birjs, roads have been onstructod and the property placed in rondition to begin shipments Just as soon as an ore contract can be negotiated with , the local smelters. The property Is within with-in six miles of the railroad tracks, and , at least three curs of ore are now mined I i and in t he bins roady for shipment. 1 "In every way the Hub Is in Ideal shape ' I and every credit Is due the Boston intcr- , I .'sis. headed by C. T. BIrchnrd. for lak- L I inp this prospect and bringing it to the J production stacc with such precision. Tho Hub Is a big mine, and the coming, re shipments will prove It." |