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Show I ANTELOPE STAR MINE I PROMISES TO BE A I PRODOCER OF MERIT (Dy Western Press.) H Salt Lake, Jan. 29. Further en- PPPJ couraglng reports aro coming from B tho Antolope Star mlno in Iieaver H county, Utah, which make It appear PPH niaro luminously promising than has H bocn rellected by previous reports, PPPJ1 notwithstanding that it has horoto- PPPJ forp been reported as a very prom- PPH ising property. PPH Investors who Inspected tho mino H during tho pust weok, say that they H round conditions even moro favor- H nblo than had boon previously re- H ported. All agreed that they found PPH tho principal elemontuls for big H mlno making, boyond question. Tho B essentially moro Important of these H favorable physical conditions display- B ed by tho estate, were found to bo PPH a scries of north-south and east- H west fissures making into mammoth M ore deposit's, which was suggested M ' as u likely consequonco, by tho pros- B onco of splendid ores of sevontcen B Biirfnco openings. Development PftV work was found to have dlsclosod m largo faces of oro in eight separate 1 ' and distinct places. In pushing this B plan of development, tho fact was M conspicuously reflected that every M day's operations count immensely In M hastening tho dato of the beginning B LH. tlle Pcr, ' regular and largo H f j-k yield, from an apparont oro bearing area 1800 feet In length and 800 feet in width. Superintendent A. C. Nobeker has Just returned rrom tho mlno, with all details or tho strike In the property, prop-erty, or which ho had sent tho first Intelligence by wire several days ago. "Our scheme or devolopmont," explained ex-plained tho superintendent, "Is pointing point-ing to realization very soon of all tho pretentious potentialities carried by this property. It Is not going to bo Just moroly nn ordinary, but an extraordinary producer. "Two points of operations aro seats of exceedingly favorablo producing pro-ducing promlso nnd ono Is Just as Important ns tho other. "Tho lower adit tunnel Is dovolop-Ing dovolop-Ing a gigantic body or milling oro at tho shallow depths it Is passing through on its routo onto the mountain. moun-tain. Tho magnificent milling ton-nago ton-nago will bo a considerable asset later In tho life or tho mine. "On this same body, which tho lower tunnel Is plorclng, a shart 65 feet deep; has been sunk. This shart went down on oro all tho way which carries 5 to CO por cent load and tho bottom or this shart, from flvo to eight reot squaro, Is all In oro or this value. The oro makes In bods six Inches to six feet in thickness. "What wo call tho south tunnel runs southorly and Is on a north and south fissure and Is conceived to Intersect In-tersect n cross fissure. This boro has been pushed In 150 feot on oro. Its race Is all In oro and there aro numerous reasons for believing that tho body of oro at this point Is very much wider than the tunnel faco. This tunnel has to bo driven 200 Teet Turthor to Intersect tho cross fissure, whoro there Is every reason for believing the ore deposition will bo found much higher grade and occupying a hugo area horizontally. There will be 225 feet or ore above this tunnel level. "Then thoro Is tho east tunnel which starts into the hill 1,000 feet northeast or tho south tunnel and Is on tho north-south flssuro being pushed northerly. This boro Is In 140 feet and hns passed through an east-west fissure which Is being followed fol-lowed easterly. Hero is whoro our splendid copper-silver values are appearing. ap-pearing. "There Is not only this Importantly Important-ly significant circumstance connected connect-ed with this tunnel, but also tho fact that sixty feet moro length added to It will bring tho faco under tho Intersection In-tersection or three fissures, nil carrying carry-ing oro bucIi ns ten or fltteen tons, which wo have out and which assays as-says CO per cent lead. "Whon wo reach tho Intersection or theso three fissures tho workings will bo 250 rcet under tho surraco pits showing tho high grade and ni-rord ni-rord us 250 Teet or stoplng ground abovo. "There Is yet an upper tunnel on tho cast hill, which follows nn east-west east-west flssuro and Is In oro all tho way. In this tunnel thcro Ib an Incline In-cline shaft on tho flssuro flfty-flvo reet deep In oro. Tho cast tunnol extension on this flssuro will cut under un-der tho upper tunnel nnd glv.o an additional 200 reet depth. "Then 1,000 reet rurthor east, over tho ridge, thoro is nn lnclino shaft twenty reet deep in which lead and bayrites aro showing. "Our development so Tar Indicates thoro Is oro all tho way through tho hill. When our workings shall hnvo reached a point under tho apex or tho hill, we will have 700 reet or backs. This situation will bo created creat-ed when wo shall have extended our principal workings altogether 500 reet rrom tho tunnel portals." |