Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-12-07 | Page 10 | Bellerophon Shows More High-Grade

BELLEROPHON SHOWS IRE HIGH-GRADE Five Feet of Galena That Runs Above 60 Per Cent Lead Is Reported. According to the latest reports from American Fork canyon, the recent strike , or' high-grade galena ore in the Bd-lTopiion Bd-lTopiion mine, located in Mary Ullcn gulch, American Fork canyon, is proving of Par greater magnitude aivJ value than was firHt deemed Itltclv. John ClegHorn, head of the Globe Mining company, which is opera tin k a contiguous property, said vesterdav that his last word was lo the effect that the strike was holding hold-ing out and that the ore encountered a, shnrt time jiro in the upraise and drift trom the main tunnel, the raise bring: made at i( point about 200 feet In, was showing uniform values of better than fiO per cent lead and was growing stronger strong-er with development. Should this' ore body r.rove to be as permanent as present intlications point, there is fjood reason to believe that with lhe coming of sprint? the old mine wilt Hgain tako Km place among tho strong and steady producers of the famous old camp. Ah to conditions at-the Globe property, with the management of which Mr. Cleg-horn Cleg-horn la more directly concerned, it is reported that t he last fort feet of driving driv-ing on the fissure has been in strongly mineralized ground, with a heavy sprinkling sprink-ling of lead and silver values, but it is not anticipated that the main oro body will be reached until the Intersecting fissure is cut, which may be within a few feet and may require another 100 feet of driving.