Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-12-21 | Page 14 | Woodlawn Copper Finds Rich Ores

WDODLAWN COPPER ! FliS RICH ORES Second Fissure of High-Grade High-Grade Is Cut in Big Property. According to telephone messages received re-ceived Thursday night a nd yesterday from the property of the Wood lawn Copper Cop-per company, located in Honeycomb gulch, on the Dig Cottonwood side of tho Alia district, one, although not the chief of the objectives sought In driving the big working tunnel, has been attained. It was something like six or seven weeks ago, when ihe tunnel was In 1005 feet, that a I'our-foot fissure was cut containing streaks of exceptionally high-grade high-grade ore, the assay values showing ') ounces silver. per cent lead and 4. per cent copper, but this was regarded as only a beginning and the driving went steadily forward. At l2;ir feet In. which furnishes a vertical depth of f.OO feet, a much larger fissure was cut and the last message from Superintendent Harry Gardner is to the effect that he has about ! two feet of the high-grade ore. AV. J. lawrenee, manager of the Wood-lawn, Wood-lawn, said yesterday that notwithstanding notwithstand-ing the satisfaction aroused by the latest disclosures, the tunnel would be pushed steadily ahead, additional Impetus bing given by the fact that only fifty feet ahead lies the third big fissure, larger 1 han both or Ihe others combined, which lias rich surface showings, with only the heavy zinc above as a hindrance to the extensive development. Inasmuch as the. ore found in the tunnel is free from the objectionable zinc (as proved by the val- ; ues in the two fissures already cut) the. theory upon which the development has: been worked out is being maintained ; that is the shallowness of the zinc. The miners are now making about four ! feet per day, and, with eUie allowance for the holiday respite, the first month of the coming year should bring the workmen to the principal objective. The YVoodlawn company holds 1.17 acres of patented ground, possesses a complete modern equipment and laid in all its supplies for the winter so tiiat the campaign of development de-velopment may be pushed without interruption.