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Show MARVSVALE MINES ARE AGAIN BEING ACTffflK DEVELOPED i According to H. E. H.vnor. the mines in and around Marytvale are being more actively developed at this time than ther havt been at any period since tha old DaJtoa mine was one of the rich shipper of thia state. A number of mining operatora are going into that district and tha leasers are especially activa in work. Claims have been staked out in .all directions and some of tb old time propertiea are being reopened with energy. Toe eoun try ij ideal for prospecting in. as there ia a great deal of timber and water, and the railroad ia within reach of most of the section where tha ore deposits are found. Ruben DeWitt ia one of tha fortu nate prospectors of that section. He first obtained a lease on the Bullv Boy and Webster properties, and found ore within a short time. He is said to have made a profit of S1S.0OO before his leas expired. Th company then took th property and haa opened up a large amount of ere, itidh g ojaaiHl this product is a direct shipping ore. while there it enough of the eeeond elasa stuff in the min to warrant the installation of a mill. This eompanv is now planning to bring up a mill from Bullion creek and place it in a convenient location for treating the orea. DeWitte haa in th meantime oh tained a leas on a tract in Ten Mile canvon ana mi arrmpea im imn bodv of or which showa value of $M 1 to the ton across the vein. Thia ore body ia closa to the snrface and they 1 have recentN put a force of men to I work developing the ore channel on a larger scale. A vein of high grade ore has been ' developed in the Shamrock mine. This is paving for all development work and leaving the company a good margin mar-gin of profit. The Caacade also has a good tonnage in eight, and it ia aid the company ia making arrangements to install a mill plant. The old Tal 1 ton mine ia to be reopened soon. Men are working on the Log Cabin group with good aucceaa. An engineer ia sampling sam-pling the ore bodies of the old Deer Trail mine, and if the returns war rant it the eompanv figures oa build tug a large reduction plant. At the Greenhorn the force have the tunnel driven in 700 feet. This drive ia being made along a dyke which came some value. They have vet to drive 200 feet befor, they get into the ore bearing eonntry. A consider able amount of high grade waa taken from thia pro pert v at some depth front the surface la tha early daye and the prevent company ia working for a greater depth |