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Show CANYQNJROSSCUrS Tho prseent activity is more than the canyon has soen for somo years. Ovor 70 men are working in tho district dist-rict and riftcen two-horse teams. Tho strike of the Amorlcun lcaslng Company la daily showing bettor, last Sunday Mr. Koyea and F. I.. Bwlng of Salt huko mado a trip to the mtno nnd reported general nssayH of the oro to bo from 18.00 to $15.00 gold, 74oz. silver, 8 por cent copper nnd 10 por cent lead, making an oro which they can reasonably expect some $55.00 por ton from tho net smelter returns. Vivo teams arc now hauling which will no doubt bo nugmontcd by sovorul othois Immediately. Mr. Koyes stated stat-ed that two men milling oro lu tho mine could keep Hvo tcaniB busy, haul. Ing to Amorlcan Fork and that tho drift was In tho oro body for CO feet. It U a bedded vein at least Cfect or more wldo ns the drift has not reached tho 'bottom. In tho bottom at tho face Jnoro lead wob coming In which Mr. Koyes foil was a mark of permanency nnd a very large deposit Is expected. Tho Mldwost Mining Co. aro build Ing n telephone line from tho Wild Dutchman to the camp at the 8ierra mine, a distance ot about one and one half miles. They are also hauling up considerable machinery and ,lumber Their foreman, Mr. Laurson, ia a hust. Icr and haa 24 men actively at work. It Is said that a very strong party of New York people aro behind this enterprise en-terprise which consists of driving a 1700 foot, tunnel under the Miller mine. Among thoso mentioned aro J. Whitney Whit-ney Paynosand a mining engineer ot World wldo reputation, the latter, It Is said made a trip to Utah and to the Miller mine last summer without .his presence becoming known to the mln. Ing world. lit addition to tho American Ias in and Miller Mines, the Uruno mln-Jng mln-Jng company who are mining the Pittsburg property, and tho Pacific mlno aro all working on the samo go. logic formation, viz, tho1 limestone overlying tho quartlzlte. The Pacific Paci-fic mine has produced some $250,000 from their quartzlto fissures whlcn they havo now followed to tho lime which they are expecting to cut at any day. This oro has been produced from the footwall flssure.the hanging .wall fissure lying some 15 feet further furth-er In the mountain only having been 'opened up by three crosscuts thus far but shows from S to 4 feet of milling ore. From calculations based on whero th0 llmo was encountered in a stope 50 feet above, they should cutj tho llmo shalo in about 16 feet from I the end ot their lower tunnel 1400 foct from the portal and COO feet underground. un-derground. If tho fissurlng can bo fololwed through tho shalo Into tho llmo beds it is quite probable thoy will add one mor0 to tho splendid de. volopmentfl which aro looked for by local people next year. Tho Uruno pcoplo aro employing 25 men and rushing their aerial tramway to completion, as well as getting the mlno 'n ehapo for Instant production when tho tramway Is ready. Tho manager, Mr. Yoraton stateB that they huvo n volume of ore of both shipping nnd milling grades. In 1 this property the fUsurcs aro plainly In cvldenc0 coming up through tho shale -from tho underlying quartzlto and bedding out Into tho limes. He looks to bco a large mine developed ut moderuto expense. Not In years havo tho prospects looked so good for tho district nor such Intelligent work being carried on at 'depth. Tho Olcbo Con. Tunnel is ad vane. Ing steadily with their long tunnel through th0 Mcrrll Group and will soon bo mining oro on their own ground, It Is confidently expectod, al. though tho oro now being taken out Is trom ground controlled by Uio Am-crlcan Am-crlcan leasing Company, but Mr. Clcghorn is confident that tho or0 uody will extend to and Into his prop. crty. t j Craig und party of Salt Lake were visitors at tho Pacific mine last Sunday and stated thoy had nover seen so much gonorol activity at tho mines and along tho roads, as was then In ovldcnco. |