Show SPRUCEMONT CAMP REVIVED The revival of the Old c camp mp of at Sprucemont Spruce- Spruce mont which was exploited by local talent talent talent tal tal- tal- tal ent sev several ral years ago is watched with keen Interest by almost every investor who takes a shy at mining propositions in the sagebrush State It 1 is well ell known that the mines of or that section were ere worked with profit to the operators for more than a a. third of a century and though It has haa lain dormant for the past two years it is II cheering to learn that It has again entered the list of active shippers ship ship- pers pets to the local mark market t. t Last October Prof Carl Hand and Wil Wil- liam Dunn chanced to stop ov over r In Sprucemont on a tour of or inspection of the thed State and so 0 favorably were e they impressed Im Impressed im- im pressed d with the geological c formation gr of t the the camp section fo that thoroughly O they h decided I Only I to a investigate nl few days were required to convince them that they had found the making of a big mine In th the tha Contact claim owned by C. C il 51 Spence They accordingly bought a one- one half interest Interest- In the claim for 2500 and commenced d development work at once The result Of their l labors bors Is best evidenced evidenced evi evi- evi- evi by the fact that last week they took an option on Mr Spences Spence's remaining half hall Interest st In the claim for the snug sum of payable ble in sixty days daYI An option on nine other r claims adjoining I the COntact c was i et taken b by the same parties par par- ties which calls call for a cash payment of 1 nIi in sixty 1 days s. e s Hand and Dunn are preparing to make daily dally shipments of ten en tons of or ore from the mines to the smelters In Salt Lake A large tonnage of high-grade high ore Is now flow piled plied on the dumps and as soon as teams can be procured to haul the ore to Wells a distance of ty fot miles regular daily dally shipments will be ho made The ore averages 35 85 per cent copper and carries small values In silver sliver The ledge i is an and the ore are Is Js being extracted at a nominal cost coat Hitherto 5 Sprucemont h has s been regarded as a silver lead-silver camp and the opening up of a large body of high-grade high ore is both surprising and gratifying to people Interested in the camp |