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Show j Up and Down the Street i Now Parle Employing Surface Test for Ore dueers should Increase "modestly" this year over last. Standard A Poor's Corp. said Tuesday. "Reimpositioa of moderate curbs such as were placed en gold mine output In 1M3-48 Is not currently Indicated." Br Bettor. W. Bea-sdck New Park Mining Co. hope ta cUscerer sinc-lead-aUver ores by ampllnf of topsoil In toe Park City district The ingenious method of locating locat-ing potential ore bodies without hit-or-miss and expensive exploration explora-tion eras described In a paper presented pre-sented the American Mining congress' con-gress' western metals convention Tuesday by New Park geologist Ray B. Gilbert. Mr. Gilbert said that there were Indications that New Park, in the I Star area, may have found evidence evi-dence of an ore body through "geochemical" prospecting. But of course existence of the body cannot be confirmed without extensive diamond drilling or drifting. And It It not known whether the "ore body will be of commercial significance. CofTjmesteed la 14 The testing of surface soils for presence of sine values that have taseaad ileward tt weathering f flssuret) or or beds commenced - In June, (International Smelting A Refining Re-fining Co. Is now conducting similar simi-lar geological work on Park Utah Consolidated Mines Co. ground.) Mr. Gilbert said In conclusion that "geochemtcal prospecting, as applied to the southeastern Park City district, shows promise of Indicating 1 1 n minarmllsatioa where) the mineralisation has been xposed to erosion and where the covering soil Is reel dual, even - though its depth may be aa great as 10 feet. "In areas of abundant and long-persistent long-persistent vegetation. It appears that samples of topsoil will yield results aa satisfactory as samples taken at a depth of several feet Simple and rapid quantitative teals for alne and for combined Bine and copper, adopted from those developed by the U. S. geological geo-logical survey, seem adequate for outlining areas of soil rich In sine and copper." Woferatoly EaeoarBflBg Owa Kin f man, ' gologMt for the Tiiiiesss Coppdrr Co., said greochsmlCBl Investigitlonr at . aDucktown. Tnn "by his firm had bM.i "moderatsly ncouraglnj . In this prospgctlnf, fgologlatB ! analyBd "drill ootm" of rock sur j roundlnf potsntial and actual or bodies for comparison. Tnsory la that In part of T. 3. Lovgrtnf and others who bshev I that a "halo" of various kinds of rock formaUons surround an ore body or fissure system. By teatlnf aurfaco rocks or rocks surround. nf the mineralised strata some Indication as to the mineralisation may be discovered. This would assist Immeasurably In detertlnr future ore bodies without with-out exploration and chance of ex I pensive failure. I Describe Mill Earlier. Max W. Bowen, vice president and general manager. The Golden Cycle Corp.. described the modern mill that firm Is building build-ing In the Cripple Creek district panel discussion on rod mill liners In which Rolltn t Pal lan ch. milt superintendent of United States Smelting Refining and Mining Co. participated took up muck of the morning work of the operating session. i Angus C. Ensign, Oallgher Co, 1 representative here, talked on "Application and Performance of the Dual-Impact Breaker." I. J. Erck, chief metallurgist for Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Co.. Is-penning. Is-penning. Mich., discussed "Operating "Oper-ating Factors In Heavy-Media Separation. Gold Earnings Rise) Earnings of Canadian gold pro- |