Deseret Evening News | 1901-04-11 | Page 11 | Syndicate to Mine Sapphires

Syndicate to tl Ml no Sapphires The Tue now new Mi sapphire mines syndicate will wl In n a n few CI days resume operations at lit litIs Its Is mines near Yogo 1010 and ant the managers anticipate the tie most mon successful ful season peason they the eVer had although there thoro U hi some olne reason to fear that the season ennon may ma bo be a n short one Olt as there Is probability of ot a n scarcity of ot water wlter says the hue Great Falls Tribune Last season was the longest tho the company over oer hued had there being a good ond supply of water early earl curl in the hit year and Ind It I not freezing until lato hitte 1110 in the thai fall fht Contrary to tho the usual custom the com corn company pany pal has hus had limO quIte a large force torce ot of otmen men employed during the th winter preparIng pre preparing paring mel for the tho seasons season work worl and the lie most important preparation made Is 18 the building of oC a it line of galvanized iron pip piping InK hug In II which will wi be caught time the wlter the tho sluice boxes It 11 Is hip s It pours from I may then be carried back and ani used nov sev several Be eral erah erl times In washing trashIng the tho gravel gr l and cia clay clayA A very ery large quantity nf or the clay and formation In which the thai are found has been exposed ec all al winter It Is n a peculiar property of ot this forma formation I tion that flint exposure to the time air causes canes It ton to slake It easily movable In this condition It will wi go through the sluice boxes like gravel ravel The sluice boxes ure nrc filled with sith wih tItles which cause boxes are fitted with wih which cause caule the sapphires and gravel to become sep sap separated lep In from the hit play clay and be heM held helt In Inthe Inthe Inthe the boxes hoxel and the sorters may then cushy sort the tho precious stones atones from the worthless s ones