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Show Mineral Flat Mine Reports Good Strike Lessees of;01d Knight Property 3Iay Urtc Opened Ore Body Which "Un. TZT '- V'jr?- ' r Georgo Tyler caino down from Ain-yorlcan Ain-yorlcan Pork cilnyon early In tho week nnd reports n strlko in tho old Miner, at Pint proporty that may mean tho placing of this otico promising property pro-perty in tho dividend list, at any rnto tho lessees, Messrs Rnbbo and Dan-ulolo, Dan-ulolo, nro now taking out nu exceedingly exceed-ingly lino grade of lend enrbounto oro that runs ns high us 150 ouueos In stiver, some gold and about 40 por cent lend. Nick Ivcrson, tho veteran vet-eran ennyou saw mill man nnd oro hauler, hns contracted to haul the oro to American Fork, where it will bo stored awaiting a rise in tho metals. Those who hnvo seen the strike any thero is twenty inches of it, and that tho way It Is opening up, tho Indications Indica-tions nro thnt It will develop into a good sized body. When Mr. Tylor saw it, tho men hnd struck It but n dny and n half before, but had alrcndy taken out about 10 sacks. Tho oro is found in what Is known ns tho Broad-bent Broad-bent or mlddlo tunnel, where It Intercepts Inter-cepts tho old Missouri fissure about iOO feet from tho portals, nnd Is about 200 foot from the surface, directly under un-der where tho lino oro wns found ou tho Burfuco which cnuscd the exton-slvo exton-slvo dovolopmont work, hoping to encounter en-counter It nt depth. It, appears that Messrs Rnbbo and Daniels hnvo boon prospecting the Mineral Flat property on a lease for ho past three years. They hnvo devoted de-voted their energies largely to searching for oro In tho tunnel 310 feet deeper than tho Brondbent tun- nol, Several yours ngo considerable zinc oro wns tnkon out of tho upper tunnel,' and n few days ngo It occured to thorn thnt tho hnnglng wall of tho zinc oro might bo tho ciiBlng of nu- othor oro body. Accepting this theory, :i few days ngo, they put n round of holes Into tho wnll which 'proved to ho only n limo bar, nnd tho first shot disclosed tho oro. t tho new find Jovolops pormiinoncy tho leasees will push tho lower tuunol In 200 feet fur. tlior, which will then glvo then a depth if 500 foot of stuping ground. Others who have seen the strike my thnt It is developing most promls. Ingly ami will probably menu a lot hoth to the lucky lessees as well ns to tho many BtocltlioldiTH who have spent much in tho form of Irish dividends. divi-dends. Can on Xoli'N Ned Wild cuino down from the Dtitdininn Monday and reports an Im- nroveiucnt lu tho showing in the Wnd- i cy Brothers lease In the old Wyom- i ng, Ho nlBO confirms the good newH of tho recent strlko In tho MlnoralW Pint property. Mrs. M. J. Stownrt enmo down from Salt Lako City Monday, nnd wont up tho canyon to' inspect the, Stewart j mine, lu which sho Is tho principal owner, and In which we reported a 3trlko Inst week. Her son, Claud, como down from tho mine Tuesday nnd confirms what was said about the property In tho article, and Bays that It continues to Improve as Work develops. de-velops. , i |