Salt Lake Tribune | 1911-06-11 | Page 18 | Beck Tunnel Cave Holds Lead Ores

BECK T1IL CAVE HDLDSL0D ORES Apparently Good Tonnage of Welcome Rock Has Just - Been Discovered. "There 1b lead ore In the Beck Tunnel cave, and from all appearances thoro is a pood deal of it." This was the message telephoned to Salt Lake City Saturday afternoon from Eureka. No details regarding the extent of the cave or tho ore were obtainable, for such things demand time to demonstrate. demon-strate. It Is known, however, that th cave was encountered as the management manage-ment was drifting on carbonate ore to the southeast, and away from the Uncle Sam lines. . Tho cave Is making In a section of Tintic only a few hundred foot distant from. the famous Beck Tunnel and Colorado Colo-rado ore channel, the body which has afforded af-forded such handsomo dividends to these companies and to the Sioux and Iron Blossom as well. This discovery of the past week goes to show that all these companies can expect new ores as work Is sent out into virgin ground and away from the Colorado channel.