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Show GREAT FUTURE IS SEEN FOR FORTUNA PLAN DEVELOPMENT A delermdned effort is being made by the Utah Gold Mining company to establish the Fort inn district, 12 miles north of Eeavei, as an importer! import-er! gold producir. r camp. "The Fortum district, like many another outlying Utah district," said Manager John Eestelmeyer on Monday, Mon-day, "shows undeniable piomise. Both in the igneous rocks or in the sedi-mentaries sedi-mentaries remarkable mineralization cv.n be found. Surface indications are splendid, but not enough work ha been done at depth. Since the Utah Gold Mining company began operations, opera-tions, we have had some of the best geologists in the country down to look at tiie mine, and they all admit that the country has promise. "The gold showings opened up in the Fortuna property occur under conditions con-ditions very similar to those prevailing prevail-ing in other big gold camps. Values run from 60 cents to $108 a ton in gold. One boulder carried $854 a ton ill gold., Withsuch strong showings, we undoubtedly ought to develop a large tonnage of milling ore." Sir. Eestelmeyer, before taking over the mine, made a thorough study of the country. One fissure, in particular, particu-lar, impressed him. This struck north 13 degrees east, cutting diabase, an-desile an-desile and limestone for miles. Notwithstanding Not-withstanding the fact that good values valu-es c. be found right on the surface, eo work at depth lias been done in this vein. . Shaft Deepened When work was started at tiie Fortuna, For-tuna, the old U. S. shaft, sunk by the U. S. Smelting, Refining and Mining company, when it hold the property, was reopened ana exploration started to find at what angle the Davis shoot, productive of $.30,000 in .gold in a 00-foot 00-foot shaft, had been cut off. Because of the condition of the workings, this could net dedetermined. The old shaft was sunk from the 85 to the 150 foot level and drifting started on the 150 level where a quartz shoot, 14 by 22 feet was struck, which Mr. Beslelmeyer believes to be tiie continual ion of the Davis shoot. Inasmuch as it was believed that 100 feet of aditienal depth was needed to pro-pect this short piopcrty. Mr. Eestelmeyer started a drift on the 150 to the northeast to cut the big north-last north-last fis.-ure. This has been cut -anil a width of 11 feet exposed. The walls of this vein arc smooth as if they had krr-n po!i.-h?l. The gangue consists of qirirtz, tiae, l.reccia and iron. A face sample assayed $15 a ton in gold; a streak, S2!M; and an average sample, $7 a ton. Camp Improved ' Of course," added Mr. Uestelmoy-' Uestelmoy-' r, "if we can prove a sufficient tonnage ton-nage of the Litter ore, the mine is marie. In a fis.-uro of the size and .strength of that being; followed, this should he possible. Chances for getting get-ting an enrichment of values are good when we cut a ores --fissure a short ;ance lahe.'al." s.ij-. Ectelmeyer is very strongly ; (Continued on back page) GREAT FUTURE is seen FOR FOKTUNA MINE (Continued from page one) impressed with the possibilities of a parallel fissure, 'JOO feet south. This is the vein, which, when . sampled by the late Senator Thomas Keurns, .showed values of $5.50 a ton for a width of 50 feet. "Sooner or later," said Mr. Bestel-meycr, Bestel-meycr, "the outlying districts are coming into their own. When the mines In the olilor camps begin to play out, then capital will begin to investigate in-vestigate the possibilities of other great mineral areas such as the For-tuiia For-tuiia district, Washington cunty, and other localities." To expedite development, the company com-pany has installed a larger hoist and compressor built a new bunkhouse and fitted up an assay office, where all samples are assayed by Mr. Bestel-meyer. Bestel-meyer. Mineral Survey. |