Salt Lake Telegram | 1902-10-27 | Page 6 | M'Kinley Company to Sink Deep Shaft

CO COMPANY lP ANY TO SINK DEEP SHAFT SHAFTA A shaft haf on the property of ot the McKinley Mc- Mc Kinley Mining company compan whose holdIngs holdings holdings hold hold- ings comprise about abut acres of or ground direct directly across the gulch from Senator Clarks Clark's famous Ophir Hill Hi mines Is Isnow Isnow isnow now being planned by the management with the determination to reach the same sune vein that has hns made the Montana Mogul Moul UI group STOUp a bonanza It Ii I Is no Idle hope that the directors of or the McKinley McKinley Mc- Mc Kinley are Indulging asa thorough h and scientific investigation of oC the formation formation forma forma- tion ton has shown that the vein rein cannot lie le deeper than 1000 feet teet On the northwest northwest northwest north north- west side of ot the canyon the location of oC Senator Clarks Clark's Ophir Hill II ground there I Is a great fault Caul that has thrown up UI all al the strata which h on tho the other side of or the gulch Julch lie le horizontal A study of oC the condl conditions by expert geologists had led to the conclusion that the vein on the southeast side of the canyon canon lies les between SOO and 1000 feet below the surface and the McKinley company compan is JS isnow isnow now arranging to sink for this which when found Cound will wi place the successful future of oC the property beyond beyond question queston Up to this time the company compan has expended ex ex- nearly 1000 In surface work ork and tunneling with wih the result resul that while man many rich pockets ha base hae e been found some sonac of ot which have ha afforded profitable shipments values have not been permanent Secretary S 5 S. S C. C KInney Kinne of the McKinley McKinley Mc- Mc Kinley said ald toda today that the determination tion to sink the shaft had been reached ton after careful study and that there would be no lack of or means mean even cven though work vork 2000 was s required to completo the