Salt Lake Telegram | 1919-11-08 | Page 12 | Rich Ore Found in Old Mine near Silver City

RICH ORE FOUND IN OLD MINE NEAR I SILVER CITY Discovery in Southern Swansea Expected to Revive Revive Revive Re Re- vive Interest There Recollections of the famous Treasure Hill HIlI and the old Sunbeam mine from which was taken the first ore discovered In the Tintic district and which resulted In the birth of the town of Silver City have been revived by the finding in an anold anold anold old prospect hole on the Southern Swansea Swansea Swansea Swan Swan- sea of ore which assayed 1670 ounces of silver and in gold It is expected that the discovery will result In a revival of Interest in the Silver Silver Silver Sil Sil- Sil- Sil ver City portion of the Tintic district and also Increase interest in all the adjacent adjacent ad ad- jacent country The find was made several days ago but news newa of the event has not extended far owing to the fact that two men men men- George Jones of Eur Eureka ka and Richard B. B Shepard of Salt Lake own Lake own practically all aU of the stock and the mine has not been worked during the past three years In anticipation of the early resumption of work on a a. tunnel started several years I ago Jones and Shepard in company of a visiting mining man from Colorado visIted visited visited vis vis- the property which comprises fourteen fourteen four four- teen claims and while following a a. fissure which extends entirely across the holdings hold hold- ings they came to a hole presumably dug by the original locator of the ground A brief Inspection revealed a a. small vein from which was wu taken a specimen which yielded the values stated Later Mr Jones who Is president of the company visited the property and se secured secured se cured other r samples which lc assayed S about J ounces of t sliver f and more o than h i 2 1 in gold It was then decided by the two principal principal principal pal owners of the holdings to resume ac active active active ac- ac tive operations and for this purpose an assessment was ordered and a contract made for r sinking k g a shaft using the old prospect e eh h hole as ga a beginning ln Mr Shepard the treasurer of the Southern Swansea stated today that de development development de de- operations would be conducted In an energetic manner with the hope hop that the entire South Tintic district would become rejuvenated The Southern Swansea property I is I. about half a mile from the Knight mill milland milland and It eventually will be affected by the drain tunnel which will the entire district and again make possible pos pos- Bible sible the successful operation of the several several sev sev- eral erat famous mines DInes of the the- district