Salt Lake Tribune | 1915-01-14 | Page 10 | Yankee Drift Now following Ore Body

YANKEE DRIFT NOW MMEM BODY The high grade silver lead ore that ap pears to be the continuation of tho body now being rained on the May Day ground to the no th is contlnu ng strong In the north drift from the nlnze on the Yan kee Cpnso idated ground in the Tintlc distr ct, according to a letter from Super lntendent L Mer 1ma wh ch has been recel ed at the local offices The man agement s now of the op nion t at the extens on of the May Day bhoot has been encountered Ore Is be ng broken for a shipment. 4.fter It had been determined tl at the May Day s oot was unn ng along in a nort er y and souther y d rect on and wou d. probab y enter the ground of the Yankee Conso Idated a winze was sunk f om the ow er Humb g tunnel level on the south end of the Humbug claim and about 200 feet west of the od Humbug ore channel Formerly ore had been en countered in the tunne at the lntersec t on of a north south and east west cross b eak The w lze was sunk on the in tersection of the cross breaks. Dr ft ng to the north encountered the ore body In the roof of the dr ft which co nc ded with Superintendent Mer iman s theory that o e shoots in that vie nity continua 1 rise in their southern trend and gain depth in raking to the nort The prese t ore body les approximately 350 feet under the surface on the vertical and should it prove to go up there w be that amount of stop ng ground. In the event that It proves to be the con tin ua tion of the May Dav shoot, there will be practically 650 feet along Its strike to the northern boundary of the Humbug claim. Considerable interest has been aroused among the operators In the immed ate vi c nity of the May Day and the Yankee Conso idated due to the recent deve op ment on the Yankee Conso dated and it Is be ng pred cted that t e same ore shoot wi l be encountered In the Unc e Sam the Beck Tunnel and the U ah Con so dated properties al of vhlch lie to the south or the Yankee Consolidated ground