Salt Lake Telegram | 1923-02-18 | Page 29 | Watson Reports on Alta Mines

ATSON ON ALTA MINES Developing Emma Ore S. S Hecla Development Development work In both the Emma Sliver Silver and South Hecla mines at Alta Is being carried on in an aggressive loan loan- man manner flop ner by the present management Ore Oro production Is now being made from the Emma property and indications are South Hecla will soon complete completa some extremely interesting exploration exploration- work that should bring that property back to toa a producing stage George H H. Watson president and sep ep eral manager gives the following account of the work being done at these properties proper proper- ties During the week In the Emma mine an a aggressive campaign of ore oro lion in the new on the level has been carried on work on tho crosscut driven In on DO th tb 00 foot level ha has been going on In 4 vigorous manner Work on the tho ore be bein bea in the level has been followed for better than seventy feet and appears to to tobo bo ho goIng up and down strong sad and Is six feet wide Values seem to be lag Ing as the tho cross fissure is approached Enough work has now been done In Inthis this ore body to lead the management to believe bellevo that an Important ore oro body has been discovered The property la is to the foot level At the tho South Hecla two new raises along the main lime contact Of the district have been started Thee Thess raises are shortly to go up from the Dwyer tunnel or foot level to th the southwest on a degree SO-degree- pitch at th the intersection of the tie two southwest fis fissures fissures fis- fis and the limo At Ata At Ata a point about feet ahead of the present pres ent faces of raises the northwest fissure should be encountered at this point and Is the place where thO roan man expects to find two bi bl ore bod hod ies This Is tho roost most Important exploration atlon work the company has haa done la Ia years Some work is being done In the tho new strike on the Lexington tunnel level Some ore is being sloped from this point and with satisfactory results