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Show MINING OUTLOOK IN SOUTHERN UTAH Prominent among the districts that have been claiming the attention of mining men during tho past year, the Bull Valley gold section of Washington Washing-ton County has been chiefly in the lime light by reason of some of the" phenomenally rich highgrade ore that has been shipped out bringing handsomo returns. This oro has been called "jewelry rock" and specimens have been found which aro among the very richest ever brought to light in tho west. Tho future of Bull Valley however, cannot be predicted alone on its high-grade high-grade ore which has natqrally been of limited quantity. It is the groator deposits of lower grade ore that havo been developed within tho past few months which point to the real prosperity pros-perity of the district and which now givo evidence of being great enough to insure an almost indefinite period of production. Most of the activity has been confined con-fined to the opening of the ore reserves re-serves in the Hamburg claims by the Bull Valley Mining Company where the streaks of hlghgva.de gold ore were found running as high as $100,040 a ton. This streak has been encountered at various times and has produced a largo sum of money through several small shipments that wero made. In tho meantime a much larger body of ore several hundred feet in linear extent ex-tent has been shown up to a depth, of 280 feet and this ledge is declared to vary In width from five to eight feet showing values averaging in the neighborhood of $20 a ton, According to the statement of Robert McQuarry, who has charge of development work on this property, the showings already justify the construction of a mill for the Hamburg Ham-burg mine, and that contrary to the general belief there is an abundance of water available for milling purposes. pur-poses. - vJflsiri Bull Valley district, confining most of tho work to the Combination and Enterprise En-terprise claims where excellent showings show-ings have been made. A ten-foot ledge has been opened up in this ground with railling ore running from $10 to $20 and development work is now being done by R. C. Lund and associates. asso-ciates. Salt Lake capitalists among whom aro Messrs. Evans and Scowcrof t havo ifco'en interested in the section and it is these men who control tho destinies of the Hamburg group. It waa announced an-nounced some time ago that eastern capitalists were making an examination examina-tion of tho ground through tho medium med-ium of mining experts. Should nothing noth-ing como of theso negotiations it is very possible that a number of leases will be granted on theso properties and that tho summer of 1015 will see consldorablt activity In tho way of actual production. Silver Reef Tailings Valuable. From time to time during the past summer a number of mining engineers engi-neers representing widely scattered interests have examined the famous old Silver Reef property in the vicinity vicin-ity of Leeds with a view to working over the old taillngB that are known to carry a high percentage of silver lost in the early methods of ore treatment treat-ment This mine has a production record of some ten million dollars and was in the hoyday of its prosperity about 1876. Owing to tho fact that tho ore was treated at a number of different mills in the vicinity of Leeds, the tailings tail-ings aro badly scattered and it is this fault .alone that haa held up active' operations on tho old reef. The reports re-ports have been go satisfactory in other respectsj however, and the chances of fair recovery so good that there is every likelihood of the early installation of a treatment plant. The mine itself is still believed to hold large deposits of low grade silver ore which may be marketable with the dawn of transportation in Washington county and the looked for increase in sllwr demand. 4'r Prospects Bright. perienclng a lull in activity by rMMx H of the European war, it is generally IH conceded that this condition of affairs H can last but a short time and that H copper production will be resumed H with redoubled energy after fuianelal jH skies havo cleared. H There is no doubt but what Wash- H ington county will bo one of the big H gainers when this development activ- H ity begins again. She is reputed to H be tho possessor of splendid copper M prospects nnd there aro old mines H within tho confines of the county H which aro believed to havo been just H started in production in spite of the H fact that large quantities of ore havo H already been extracted. jH The Dixie copper mine, a Bhort H distnnco from St. George is ono of the H famous properties of this section ow- H ing to the early extravagant methods H that wero used to put the mine on a H producing basis. This mine achieved H notoriety more through the money jH that was put into it and the accom- H panying road expenditure for the H transportation of tho ores than for H the money taken out. This was not H tho fnult of the property but of ex- H travagant management and the mine H itself is still considered ono of tho H richest propositions in southern Utah. H Soma of tho highest grade copper H ever found in tho state can be taken H from tho Dixie mine at the present H time and there are still large bodies H of lower grade ore which will eco H the smelters of"lho future. H Besides the Dlxio there aro a num- H ber of othor copper prospects that H have engaged tho attention of Wash- H ington county residents for a number H of years, but capital has always been H lacking to develop them on auflWent H scale. In thlB respect Washington county has been held back even more H than other southern counties through H lack of transportation, hut optlmista H feeling Is rapidly gaining ground that. H this condition will speedily end. H |