Salt Lake Tribune | 1917-06-16 | Page 14 | Has High Praise for the Fortuna

HiS iH PRAISE FOB TIE FORTH Prominent Field Engineer and Mining Expert Makes Commendable Report. F. A. Earis, for a number of years field eng-ineer of the United States Smelting and Reflnlns company and a well-known mining expert, has returned from an examination of the Montana Bingham Consolidated property at Bingham, which has recently taken over the Fortuna ground. Mr. Earls made his trip in the interest of some of the Investors who are heavily Interested in the new consolidation. consolida-tion. Yesterday lie made a signed report to the local offices of the company. In part, Mr. Earls says: With the purchase of the Fortuna the Montana Bingham has added much to the value of its holdings, as recent development in this territory, under J. S. Biggins, lessee, has opened . a large body of high-grade milling ore tributary to the old upper levels. Recent development drifting on the Congor vein, south of the Montana Bingham, exposed streaks of sulphides containing considerable chalcocite, and while this drift is not out far enough to pick up the Congor ore bodies, the presence of copper gives ample assurance assur-ance to all concerned of the bn tension ten-sion to the level of the enriched crushed quartzite ores that are now being developed In the upper Fortuna workings. While the Montana territory terri-tory is of undoubted great value, I consider the acquisition of the Fortuna For-tuna ground a strike of much importance impor-tance to the company, which is now in a position for the exploration and development of the rich territory above its tunnel.