Inter-Mountain Republican | 1909-02-26 | Page 6 | New Ore Shoot in Old Sharp Mine

I NEW NEI ORE SHOOT IN OLD SHARP MINE K I High Grade Lead Carbonate at Meeting With Sulphides The h Nevada evada Utah tah D Development v company compan o operating mUng the tho ol old Sharp mine In lii iI Columbia Columbia district northwest of oC Tintic has in its il main tunnel tunnEl encountered encountered en en- countered a new shoot hoot of or high grade lead carbonate ore Three hundred sacks of oC tho rich stuff have havo been taken taen out and the extent eden t of or the tho to shoot has ha not yet been tested The Tue depth from the surface of the te tunnel level is about feet and ad where the tho tunnel cut the ore Is i at nt t the tho o point of ot change chanse from flom carbonates to sulphides In Iii II the upraise the ore soon becomes all aU carbonate but on the tunnel level lovel Is I a mixture of ot sulphides carrying about 32 2 per cent lead and 32 per cent zinc zinc It I is la a good product either way and tho the Indications are that tat it i will wi at ut depth develop into a avery avery 3 very ver Important re resource Louis D. D Gordon who returned yesterday yes yes- c from tho the camp says sas that th the proper property presents one ono of tho the best lead prospects he has ever over seen What hat ap appeared appeared op- op ap- ap peed to be 10 much the stronger of two parallel veins has ha not yet ct been touched b by any of o the workings s. s Inthe Inthe In the tho first vein a number of Cf oro ore shoots b short tunnels have been opened by tunnel covering a lon long distance on the strike Wherever work has been done Mr Gordon says an ore oro showing showing has ha boon boen made on and it looks as though systematic systematic BS B'S development could coul not 3 01 avoid making a great mine