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Show . filuIING OPERATIONS ARE ) CONDUCTED IN SALT LAKE Sens of Alfalcs Younsf Have Sunk Shaft and Arc Tunneling on Father's Propcrtj. How many popl In Salt Lake ara a war that active raining operations1 art being carried on almost In the heart of the city? That, in one of the finest resident districts dis-tricts of the city a ahaft 1 being sunk and4 tunnel Is being run? T&t a miner's cabin has been erected' and that three enterprising miners are : spending all -the time that they can get In the work of developing their claim? Yet such is a fact. Several prospect holes were dug on the property before the shaft which Is now being sunk was commenced. True, no gold has yet been discovered, but the prospectors have strong hopes of striking pay dirt soon. , The claim is located at First and E streets on the property, of Alfales Young and his three sons are the miners, Stewart, Stew-art, age 14, Perclnel, age 11, and Marshall, age 7. During the summer these three enterprising enter-prising youths " built a saucer track on their father's "property, on which they Invited the other boys of the neighborhood to come and try their speed. About a month afro their older brother returned from California, where he had been studying mining engineering. Before leaving for New York, where he haa gone to continue his studies, he told his younger brothers some of the wonder of the mines which he had visited. This fired the boys with the idea of having a mine of their own and work was forthwith commenced and continued from time to time when they were not busy in school or at their studie. At different times some of the neighbors' boys have assisted at the work, but the three brothers broth-ers are the principal owners and miners. Anyone wishing to buy a partly developed devel-oped mining claim should apply to Mr. Young. The shaft has a depth of about five feet, while the tunnel is about ten feet long. The dirt is of the gravel kind commonly com-monly found on the north bench and not easy to work. The working tools consist of a pick and two shovels with a small bucket and a rope for a hoist. The entrance en-trance to the mine is reached through the cabin and the visitor must know the pass words and signs before he can enter. |