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Show WORK AT THE MINES : SOON TO BE RESUMED But Little Snow Remains and Will Not Hinder Operations Oper-ations in the Canyon. TWO SLIDES REPORTED. Compressed Air Line at Boff Iron Lease to be Laid Dur- Gomim? Week. Thero is now about four feet of snow on tho Pacific flat In tho Am. orlcan Fork canyon according to Roy Thompson and Albert nurns who havo returned from a two weeks-trip weeks-trip of Inspection to tho Mlllor Hill, Pacific, Dog Iron and Mineral Flat mines. At Doer Creek there Is about two and ono-half foot of snow, whllo nt Ed HInes' thero is three feet, ton Inches, of nuow, according to Mr. Thompson and John Sommcrvlllo who started last Sunday morning to cross tho dlvldo by tho way of Alta and camo down by tho Mineral Flat, Bog Iron and Pacific mines to Inspect tho buildings nnd tho snow conditions. Thoy also report four feet, two Inches of snow at tho Pacific mlno nnd six feet nt tho Mlnoral Flat mlno. This Information will como ns a surprlso to many who had cntortnlnod tlio opinion that th rccont storms had left vory doepwnow In tho Am. orlcan Fork Canyon. Only two snow slides nro reported, both of them only slight slips. On tho Btr ngtu of theso reports' on the sndw situation It is understood that tho Bog Iron lease, which is now tho Earl-Eagle's will start laying (tho pipes for Its compressed air lino during dur-ing tho coming week. It is also under, stood that a forco of men undor thoi direction of Burt Durrani will start work nt tho Bolorophan mlno nt an early dato and that other operations at the mines of Amerlc-uu Folk uiuiyou will ho begun within tho next fow weeks. . o |