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Show Be made in the silver wave i lode claim in american fork canyon Apparently one of tho grotitcBt Btrikes over mudo iu AmerL7 fork mii"g district has just been made upor Silver mIxhIc claim, belonging to K. 0. Keyes nnd n os of Hgke City, but leased to the American Loushu, ijiany Bu'ch Karl Ferlin is manager. jfeH Wfto Globe Con. Mining company was granted the right, n?3 Ltioic ngo, to drive n long tunnel from the Holden or Yan-Btfg Yan-Btfg Kunncl, througli the Silver "Wave claim for access to tho WUm W n' Bromd tyi"K beyond. This tunnel bus been driven & Klchinc drills at the rnte of 5 feet per day for some months .-jSiW Hjiiti course was directed across fM (Mil nd Benson lime beds which vtflH H, en productive of much high rj E,fhlpplag oro In American Fork fm 11, Im Friday Mr. Cleghorn, fSm Hpftrof the aloha Con came down "W9 Hiitli Canyon with specimens ot fc copper and sliver sulphides con Etlsg picture rock of the richest fcicter. The ore is un iron ilia Hcopptr pyritu, uomo specimens Lf literally allco wltli sulphureta ,cur; HTibould make wonderful shipping li Hi Mr. Cleghorn Btated an entire '? Btwi was Bhot into the ore body Jj. Lj oo top, sides or bottom could be g Ln. Through an arrangement with ' Hf, Ferlin he was allowed to ship J Hro railroad cars of the ore, but tho t Hutee of the ore body will, of cour- Ht, belong to the Amorlcan Leasing Heapasy with royalties to Mr. Keyes. H A Karch covering many years, with Htrdly any let-up, has been In pro's- IptH to locate the great mine known K exist In this territory, for the ?Brtuon that groat boulders ot "float" Bin continually being uncovered by the spring waters coming down Yan-tM Yan-tM pilch, one boulder alone, filling u entire 55 ton car, was shipped Iwme years agq( Tho geological coiw lotions also are perfect to the mak- ibj of a great mine, and tho iramed- Uto country has also been a large producer in times past ot high grado Iwd, sllver-copper-gold ore, the gold BcMtents alone almost making the other metals "velvet" to the operators. ' Further new a ot tho confirmation ot, tbla strike will be waited ,-yfh die greatest Interest by tno locul mln-I mln-I log fraternity who have long prcdlct- d tho big mlno to be found In tho I Merrill group or Yankee eventually. H v The operations of tho Midwest Mill-H Mill-H log company operating tho old Miller H mine In conjunction with tho Sierra li watched with keen Interest by lo- H cal residents and business people This H rumpnny recently purchased a bill ot I 13,000 worth of lumber nnd supplies, lilch nro now Holng hauled to tho H Slorrn by sovcrul 4 horse teams. It H li stated u largo camp Is being built H on tho lower end of the Sierra near tho H Junction of tho roads loading to tho H Mormon tunnel and to tho Kalamazoo, H nnd that a 1700 foot tunnel Is snrvoy- H (d which will bo driven all winter M ii nil connected with the Tady Anno Vf tunnel of the Miller company. From W this tunnel all tho old Mlllor work- " lnga can bo easily prospoctod by ral- I Ht'8 and tho ground chouply and ccon- I omlcally mined. I Tho air compressor formerly used I by tho Miller Hill Mining company has I been hauled up nnd lnstallcI to drlvo jf . this tunnel. Thoro Is llttlo doubt but that much sulphide and carbonato oro will bo tnken from thoso workings work-ings next season. It Is stated that an aerial tramway will bo Imllt down to the Dutchman mlno next spring and a now flota-i flota-i tlon iplant Installed Uiore to treat the lower grades mined. The company have already mado arningoments for tho use of a number of tho Dutchman Dutch-man cottages, etc. Tho aerial tramwuy of the Bruno Mining Company, operating tho Pittsburg Pitts-burg Is rapidly nearlng completion, subject to tho numerous dolays common com-mon to largo mechanical workB. Tho hauling of tho big steel cablo up tho sharp mountnln sldo proved a hard undertaking. Tho powerful winch at tho ton proved so strong that tho nhle parted twice and mndo necessary neces-sary another winch half way up. It ' said that only n short tlmo will be ' nocossary boforo tho tramway Is in M operation and much shipping oro vn l)rr"iRht (lwn before wltrtor sots In, JC It Is rumored that tho Company jH 'Plans octho shipping nil winter, but fH tIw older locol mln rs nro doubting IH whether this can bo dono in an or-B or-B dlnnry wlntor at such great holghts 'iH &B H'o IMttslmrg mlno, and tho usual jH ,loPtli of snow between their loading fH Btatl(" nt tho Healey mlno down' tho !H Canyon $15.00 will commenoc tho payment on tho wondorful Brunswick phonograph phono-graph and then $10.00 each month at Chipman's. |