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Show CANYON NEWS ! i Tho body or 107-ounco silver oro In tho left hnnd drift of tho Dutchman tunnol Is reported as opening up most satisfactorily with Indications of bo-comlng bo-comlng a regular bonanza. Additional men wcro put to work on tho Dutchman Dutch-man this week, and tho property Is being looked on ns tho next big mine In tho enmp. Supt. Ferlln hopes to havo It In tho producing list by tho time he has tho mill ready to receive oro next month. Tho old Austin Patent nt tho head of Major Evans Gulch, nnd recently acquired by C. W. Earl and associates from tho Tcarnlno owners, reports n strlko of ore, nssaylng several hundred hund-red ounces In silver por ton, which Is creating considerable interest in this section. It Is In tho old tunnel wherq tho miners last week struck tho ore. Thoy will raise on It In an endeavor to learn Us extent. Tho Austin Patent lies between the Earl-Eaglo and tho Globe, becnuso of this and Its having produced some of tho most sensational float In tho canyon it Is referral to ns tho "Soux Con" of tho canyon. l ok .1- A oloud bin st last week in tho canyon can-yon nbovo tho Ilay State toro out Its water lino for a short distance, filled up gulches 10 feet deep with boulders weighing several tons nnd sent big logs down tho stream as If they were tooth picks. Further down near Van's Dugwny It caused a mud slldo that mndo It impnssablo for sovcrnl hours. The Canyon had many locks washed Into tho road, bufthoy havo now all been taken out nnd tho road is once moro In good condition. y Miners from tho Flora camp woro exhibiting somo of tho finest looking rock shown In a long tlmo. It Is llbof nlly filled with silver bromides tnk-on tnk-on from n six Inch streak In tho vein near tho surface. Tho Red Cloud miners lmvo hern woiklng for tho past month getting tho propoi ty in shape to do nctlvo development work. Next week they will hnvo tho Mineral Flnt power plant In shapo to operate the mnchlno dillls to bo used In driving the deep tunnel Into tho fissure. n |