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Show FOUND A WONDERFUL MINE. Prospector Thought He'd Dltcovered Valuable Quartz, but It Wasn't. "While tho Great Salt Lnko of Utah Is on record as one of tho seven wonders won-ders of the world, tho North Pole Mine at Alta is in many respects tho most rnmarkahlo mine In tho world. Although it Is not working at this time, It contains Inexhaustible quantities quan-tities of material that would bring $20 per ton In Salt Lake," snld Mr. Tucker Tuck-er C. Cheney of Salt Lake City. "Tho man who discovered tho North Polo drovo a tunnel for 200 feet and struck a now formation. It was apparently appar-ently n very clear crystal quartz. Tho tunnel appeared very cold, so tho miner min-er knocked oil a few samples and dropped them In his lunch basket and came to Salt Lake. Ho sliowcd his specimens around. Nono of tho boyt had seen anything like the stun, so ho hied himself to tho asaayer's offlco and porfectcd a deal with tho assay-er assay-er to put his samples through tho mill. "When ho went to look Into his satchel for tho samples tliey had strangely disappeared. Thero was nothing on tho Inside of tho grip but dnmpness and a plenty of it. When ho went back to his mlno ho mado some further experiments and found that ho had struck a mlno of puro ice. lie had driven his drill Into an old glacier. There appear to be thousands of tons of lco ln tho strike, and I have often wondered why a company has not been formed to market it." |