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Show LULU DEVELOPMENTS AT FRISCO i WATCHED WITH KEEN INTEREST The reported strike of honeycomb quartz, inclined in places to be crumbly crumb-ly and evidencing the presence of gold in the Lulu mine at Frisco, being operated op-erated by the American Smelting & Refining company, has put every prospector and mining operator on edge in the mining districts of Beaver county. That the Lulu is in ore was understood under-stood ten days ago when the intense driving of two headings down on the 400-foot levels of the Lulu wasbeing pressed by a crew of fifteen miners. Considerable secrecy has maintained about the reported discovery throughout through-out the week. But intermittent trips to Frisco by merchants and prospectors prospect-ors appear to substantiate that the Lulu is on the verge of an important strike. Robert Clark, engineer for the American Am-erican Smelting and Refining com pany, made a hurried trip to Frisco from Salt Lake late in the week to confer with R. C. Dugdale, resident engineer in charge of the operations. Detailed information of what had been struck could not be had, but it is understood that about next Tuesday a statement will be made of the value of the ore struck and the importance of the intensive work, which lias been prosecuted in the mine all summer, may be to the great mineralized area of the famous Frisco camp. Engineersof the Tintic Lead Mining company, which is operating the Horn Silver mine at Frisco, who have made frequent visits to the workings of the Lulu, since the two headings being driven, began to get into the ore zone appear elated over results in the district. dis-trict. They report that the Horn Silver -ground is constantly- improving and that better ore is being encountered there, with the steady shipping going on and a better outlook for bigger output. In addition to the Horn Silver mine, the Tintie Lead Mining company owns about 10,000 acres of adjoining mineralized min-eralized land, any of which, it is predicted, pre-dicted, can be worked into a mine. This area has been examined during the week by a number of miners, possibly pos-sibly representing outside capital, with the view of getting leases with option to buy several claims, when the expected Frisco boom develops to-pro-portions of substantial activity. Also reports have come out of the mine of the Frisco Silver-Lead Mining company during the week that the converging ore veins which appear to aim at a very large ore deposit are steadily improving. The Frisco Silver-Lead mine adjoins the property of the Tintic Lead company and is in the heavily mineralized Frisco area. From another mining district in Beaver county reports have come during dur-ing the week that the Moscow mine has a full face of heavy iron silver laden ore. This was encountei-ed on the 1)00 foot level. It is being examined exam-ined carefully to ascertain if an important im-portant strike has been made and the general prediction is that the new discovery dis-covery will result in greater activity for the Moscow. With the report that Lulu is in gold and that bigger veins are being discovered dis-covered in the Horn Silver, the Frisco Silver-Lead and Moscow, prospecting has been greatly stimulated throughout through-out Beaver county. Outfitters and those who grubstake have been very busy, the general con- elusion is that although winter is ap-: ap-: proaching there will be increased ; prospecting instead of any seasonal i letup. : And this prospecting is much after Ihe manner of the way the old timers ' found their bonanzas. It was at one time thought that a "flivver" would aid prospecting, owing to the fact that it served to help prospectors to get around, but instead the conclusion row is that automobiles help prospectors prospect-ors to get around so fast that they pass up mineral formations, which they might stumble onto were they on foot, desperately riviting their eyes to the ground. With this turn to old 1::v.e prospecting, it is almost certain that discoveries of unusual import- : nee will be made. i ; Engineers of the Salt Lake offic-- of thn American Smelting & Refin-1 ing company admit that important' progress, has been made in the two 1 headings being driven in the Lulu mine at Frisco. Definite information, however, may not be available until next week when Robert CUr!, engineer, engin-eer, will make his report. American Smelting & Refining engineers, are highly optimistic over the future of the Frisco mining district and they have been checking up every bit of progress made. Garrett S. Wilkin, president and general manager of the Moscow Silver Sil-ver Mining company, admitted in Salt Lake late during the week that the operations on the 900-foot level of the Mioscow mine were of considerable importance im-portance and that the silver-lead ore impregnating the iron may he considered consid-ered high grade in every sense of the word. S. L. Mining News. |
