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Show Twenty. Three I Properties Doing I Development Work OREATSET ACTIVITY IN CANYON'S HISTORY OVER I FORTY COMPANIES WILL SOON BE ACTIVELY AT I WORK IN AMERICAN FORK CANYON AND NOT ONE I OF THEM WILD-CATTING. H Never boforo in tho history of American Fork Canyon wore so many properties doing or propnvins to do development work. A canvas of the properties now actively being developed shows nt least twenty, all of whom will continue during the summer, I iiiul most of whom are well financed to continue operations for 'n in' Iwo veavs. The list includes the following: H 'iw l'avlflt't concooilcil to bo ono of Hthc stato'a big mines Is being opcrat-Hcd opcrat-Hcd under lenso by Charles Doolittlo Hand associates. This iiroperty Is In Hthc cast section of the camp. H Tlit! Hay State- lias two Bhlfts drlv-Hlng drlv-Hlng a dcei) tunnel to Intersect n prom-Hinctit prom-Hinctit Hssuro from which tlio men aro now Backing ore from tho working nearer th0 surflcc- GcorK 'r'ler Is nanagcr ; H T'10 ml"' 1ark linB a froco of '"'"' Hera dovclopliiB n proinlsInB load bc- Htn'ccn tho Pacific mid tho Mountain 1 hair Thl.i Is tho George O. Helph j Hand Senator Wootton property. 1 The Slhrr rial sent three men up to their proporty this week to resume -"work on ono ot tho deep tunnels nt Ma'Hthe head of Deer Creek. M The Alplne-Einplro on the Doci Crcek and Dry Creek dlvldo has four ftdHmon ciaklap: on tho contact from tho A tKunnel level, and has tho best copper 'Oi'Brock In the district. nhe jrcrwr-StiMvnrt Is iv now consol- -Bldatioa of Deer Creek properties that bas a nnmbor of men nt work and . BvlU hicreaso Its forco In tho near fu-tiu fu-tiu turo. H The Trlnnlniiin Group, In Major . Bfrans Gulch. haB a forco of men 11 ' pushing their tunnol below tho Karl- Mn( basic. This week they took out ono irub HMcr of lead vclK"Inj; over 200 ftoumls 1,1 BH The Knrl-Knslr, located nt tho head i Hit Major Kvans Gulch, has two shifts nd will soon increnso to tlnoo shifts ''ioklnK on Its deep tunnol intended kHo cut the nclorphnn flssuro In 000 .tlniKnoro feet TlH-TeMin.inannKcd by Charles Tyim ftas a foicc ot n dozen miners doing Hhe best work In tho canyon, running jBwo tunnels, ono down In tho quart-Itc, quart-Itc, and the other up In (ho solunblo J The Wlilrlniiul, nnothor Tyng prop-""frty prop-""frty Is Just comincnclnR n deep tun- EHicl nnd will soon Install drills and vomprcwed air. io H.Tlu mo,'Inm rJ,r, f"")'"" Mlnlii',' antoHrft- owner ot tho Hcaloy group of vlcht clnlms has had n man at work Hrr ton tla'B eleanlng out tho old tun-"'"'iel tun-"'"'iel nnd will soon htart drifting for , til be rariflc vein. The Capper Olam-p Is tho surprise iiIilntH0' ,l10 ycfir II 1mR l,oe" ,y,nR vn" rant for years till loented a few montlm aco by rotor Mlllor and Hurt "''Hfurrant and now roncoded to bo units! me of tho best properties in tho enn-arrMHon enn-arrMHon Miller started after tho Pacific Pln this week nafrt'H T,M' ''"'He Intension, lying across --,Bbo Onleh from tho Pnclflr nnd nd- ;BolnlnR tho Hay Stnto, hns sovoral men Jdw after tho Hay Stnto vein. The niil Kmlnni Hell, that will horo-"'ter horo-"'ter bo known ns tho Rod Cloud parted men to work this week. Thoy 'vo an Itirllno down 200 feet with Hllliri" blowing from 2 to 4 fret of good oro all tho way down. Tlu llt'Iorplian, conceoded to liavo tho fissuro that lias been tho sourco of hundreds of tons of rich float in tho Mary Ellen Gulch, has two shifts cutting 2 1-2 feet of rock per day. Tho tunnel Is duo to cut this flssuro any day and many aro predicting that tho Holorphan-Knrl-Kaglo flssuro will bo blggor than the Pacific. Tlip Major Hums, that owns tho biggest big-gest terrltorytIn the canyon nnd contains con-tains sovoral known oro bearing fissures fis-sures sent its engineer nnd now malinger mali-nger up to tho property this week to locate a most suitablo plnco to 'oni-menco 'oni-menco work. 'Ihe Clolio Is on tho big vein between be-tween tho llclorphan and ICarl-Kaglo and this week started a forco of men at work to drivo n deep tunne to cut the oro in tho solunblo lime that shows so prominently In tho tight llmo on the surface. The Slhcr I.ii'io group lies next the Karl-Kaglo on tho Silver I.ako sld" of tho mountain and last week started some men tunneling for tho same vein. The Wasatch Itange, below Silver T.ako struck threo feet of high grade ore last summer. A contract to drive the lowor tunnol 200 foot to cut it nt jlopth Is now Hearing tho vein. Tho Holey Is another now company whoso miners nio now sinking a shaft to cut tho limo-quartzlto contact south of the old Wyoming. The Old Miller, or Wyoming which produced ovor $2,000,000 In Its day li now being operated under leaso to tho Nlclson llrothcrs, who already have two car loads of zinc oro ready for hhlpmout. Tlu Smuggler, located on Pittsbug Hill, sent n forco of miners up the canyon Inst week to rcsumo work on tho tunnel being driven for tho Pittsburg Pitts-burg contact. The Old I'lllslHinr, whidi wns scheduled to comnirnco shipping on .luno 1st. received n heavy act back when its president, A. II. Tnrbott died twp months ago. Things liavo now been arranged to Increnso Its force of minors nnd carry out tho plans of tho old management. The Miller lllll i:plarnUnn f'n this week cleared off a place near the bottom of tho canyon nnd about midway mid-way between the Pacific and the Dutchman mines, whore thoy will Rart the tunnel Intended to cut tho P-"-1 fie flssuro Just scuth or the Illue Tloek No. 3 claim. Olhors who arn preparing to wotk nnd will probably liavo men on the crnund within two weeks Include the Indlnn. Osbourne. Horse Shoe .Tob-nv. .Tob-nv. Ilredemoyer. Doer Creok. Milk Mnld Aixorlcnn Volunteer. Waterfall Wat-erfall I't'ih Centennial. Marv Kllon Hntch nnd two companies now In process of retting out their nrt'elo" or Incorporation. |