Show royal purple M mine ine report R aport dr it garn clark and george mathewson were panguitch visitors monday in the interest of the royal purple mining property which lies four miles north eastok east of marysvale Marys valo vale mr mathewson has been interested te in the mining business nearly all ills his life and believes that tile alie royal roy al purple property will bo be a large producer in the very near futuro auturo the following signed sig bcd statement by mr mathewson explains the property as it really appears royal purple mine mar lath W J pete peters rs ed editor aitor panguitch utah j dear sira sir 1 herewith submit to you for publication a general mine the royal purple mine is located tour dour miles northeast north east easi of marysvale Marys vale utah sevier county in the dark clark mining district and three miles east of belknap station ion on the railroads railroad where the mill wilt will be installed the property has been investigated abed und and sampled first by geo D mathewson second by dr R G garn arn olarle clark third the richfield development co A B devine mgr fourth W H tebbs and W T owens jr fifth M J proctor and less jess cherrington twenty nine assay certificates of samples taken from the mine gives anh an average per ton as follows gold and silver two shipments of ore to the united states smelting smelling Sm elting and refining co salt lake la city no 1 sh piment returns no 2 shipment returns 1105 one general average sample of 0 ibs lbs taken faken by arthur cannon over the droppings crop pings of the vein covering a distance of ft and shipped to the colorado assaying co for a mill test gave returns of 1210 per to ton n two extraction tests were made on the ore one for amalgamation and one for cyanide the extraction of the values by amalgamation gave a recovery of per cent gold and per cent silver the recovery by c anding banding can ding was percent per cent gold per cent silver the development work at the mine consists of two shafts ane and I 1 one tunnel both shafts and tunnel have been driven on the vein which proves prove a tonnage of ore to exist the writer estimates the avail abl bore at present ko ft long ions ft ff deep 2 feet wide and divides by the usual allowance a for quartz 13 cubic ft per ton which web gives tons of ore figuring the tonnage at the general average of 1200 per ton gives gross value allowing the op cra orators tors per ton for mining and milling would give the operators a profit of on the available ore at present A complete milling equipment has been purchased and shipped to the mill site and is being erected at belknap for the reduction of 0 ore r L GEO D MATHEWSON |