Show bull valley gold mines prosperous according to herrick of st 81 george who is operating at the prop erty arty of the bull valley gold cold mines co that district is ia the scene of considerable activity this season not only the ground of 0 his own company is undergoing larger development but that of other companies operating lit in bull valley is ie being worked more extensively mr herrick who was in town yesterday that on the property of th ellul valley gold mines blines company a tunnel has been run feet and that the vein was topped tapped at a distance of feet frair the surface at n point feet in tills this tunnel a ainza was dropped to forty feet where a drift was run forty tive feet on tile ine banging wall and the vein here was found to have hae widened from four inches to three feet since malting mailing these discoveries diEco veries it was determined to run a tunnel lower down the mountain side eide and an opening has been made beef below the upper tunnel it is calculated that in this now new tunnel the vein will be struck at A about WO 60 feet where it is assumed to be much more extensive es and of richer valued the lower tunnel is now in 2251 feet two shifts are being constantly worked so BO that it is is expected abai that the face of the new tunnel will be made to cut into the vein some time in august the average values gained from asasys of stuff bluff in fit the upper tunnel reached 10 a ton ion in in gold and silver but when the ore shall be encountered in the lower bore it Is io expected that much better results will be obtained in addition to this property the company owns two placer claims with plenty of water for use in operating the mine among the principal owners of the property are am john T hodson odson II M R evans eans R 0 and EN Weber horrick irrie says that there is is vow now a good wagon road to within less leas than a mile oi of the camp ile he says that the intention Is ia to build a road by way of tile the enterprise reservoir and old ile bron the latter town having been abandoned to form the now new town of enterprise which will be available to all the properties of the district other ground slow biow being worked in ia the di that of the bull run co coast live claims and owne owned d principally by john and that of the e fractions group also of five claims and chiefly owned by john ratael rafiel forest supervisor in the st bl george district tile tho property of the bull valley hold mines lines company consists of wore more than sixteen claims the district is thirty five miles southeast of moana modena and forty auiles from st george in the southern part of the state much interest is being taken it in the district as a resource in developing 1 that section of the country and several i sult S alt lakers are interest interesting frig themselves in mining propositions there tor for invest ment purposes Mr left here yesterday for st george to golater go later to the mine having been in salt lake for a visit with his sister mrs mra frank penrose |