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Show if American Fork Mines. ( I , A few weeks more and the miners of i '". , American Fork'canyon will havo drawn ' the curtains for the winter. The seasoa f ' ' ; ' tlcre has beon an active one, and al- N I . though the oxtractiou of ore has bee ' v v l heavy, the bodicj. continue very largo Tho Live Yankeo $md Mary fillea, Iks- , t. x lougiug to one company, in which Bert' ft Holden is tho most prominent figure, J have boon putting out about 200 tons a ? mouth, and will suspond shipments I about December 1 until Juno next year, Threo years ago when those diggings that had been noglectcd for so long a timowereentored by Mr. Iloldon, many doubled his ability to prolitably handle tho ores. Fourteen vears before the effort had beon given up by the pioneers who had found no process by which to handle tho pyrites. These had been thrown over tho dump as worthless un- Mf till they reared .themselves into hugo J heaps. Upon those Mr. Holden and r his associates, who organized the-Morse fil Mining company, began thoir oxperi- ? ments, and it was not long before tho i secret of profitable treatment with lm- 2 proved methods at tho smelters was if mastered. Since that timo tho dumps if . loft by tho former owners have been ah steadily shrinking, and thousands of K'f v .'." ' tons have gone into the furnaces, while $' , j ", thousands of dollars have been earned RS&wT A Jjy tho company. Tho controls show $2$'. V'i tjgi ,' that associated with tho pyrites that msTtefc. SiWfPShteviofil us much' ae 37 nor cent. iron, in , r'Wl , , " T&' gQ(j varying from jjjjo to ifoO per Ion, and r, ' ' . V " "from 10 to 25 ounces silaor. Tho com- bination is now recognized at tho smelters as a most desirable one. In tho sulphides aro occasionaly oncounter-'ed oncounter-'ed pockots of silver-lead oro that affords from 30 to CO per cent lead, from 15 to 00 ounces silver and from .$5 to $20 in gold. Soveral othor pmoorties are being worked in the samo locality, all of which aro now preparing to-clean up for tho , ' t ' ,' " season. Tribuno. I 9 |