Eureka Reporter | 1906-07-27 | Page 1 | About Eagle and Blue Bell

about eagle and blue bell george L walker the boston cop ier authority who visited utah last month has issued a letter which gives e data on the engham con soli dated mines it singhara Bing hara and tin tic regarding the eagle blue bell mr alker sav s the eigle blue bell mine cocat ed at eureka in the mining dis trust of the oi which bigham owns a controlling is a large property iro perty upon which vet only a comparatively small imo int of dev el w ork has been done one of its six or eight claims is opened by a tunnel from which there is a haft or ame 1000 feet deep equipped with a hoist and a chimney of ore his been followed down and largely mined out to about the sixth or seventh level just about tae tenth level which has been dipping to the north turns abruptly and extends south A little more than one half of this vein or shoot is mined and the remainder is discarded fhe ore shipped contains a gross of about 12 to the ton in silver and gold with very small values in copper this property is splendidly located and the extension of work probably will reveal other ore shoots of value the ore of this property pio perty are very some of them are used by the bag bmg turn for converter linings and others aie treated by one operation bem dropped raw in small quantities into the coave with the matte AS bigham matte carries a considerable amount of iron and sulphur the opera tion refined to la successful and at thirty tons or more of oie aie smelted in this rianner r daily reports from the enokson aie to the effect that the scotia mma will soon commence the shipment of ore deiv oie houses bunk houses and othel buildings have just been corn plated and it is understood that the management is making preparation to place some of the ore which now blocked out upon the market