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Show PROMISING MINE ON PROMONTORY RANGE Professor J. H. Weber, geologist and mine inspector, reporting today on the United Promontory mine, 27 miles west of Ogden on the Southern Pacific railroad near Saline, 7 miles thence by a good wagon road, stated he found "one of the best formations In the world to make big, deep ore bodies, and that, in his opinion, the company should raise funds to develop de-velop the mine and make it a big dividend divi-dend payer." "With tunnel sites which can pierce the ore many hundreds of feet," he said, "after surface prospecting, having hav-ing such large low-grade ore bodies now, there is a possibility of striking a bier zone of secondary enrichment." The property comprises nine full I claims, or 1&0 acres. "When this ! mountain was lifted up," said Professor Profes-sor Weber, "great fissures were made north and south, cross fissures east and west; then in the bowels of the earth heated solutions carrying gold, silver, copper, lead, zinc, barite and silicon in the form of vapor and steam arose and by accretion deposited deposit-ed its metallic substances in these fissures." fis-sures." He told in detail of the geological geo-logical processes which formed the mineral zones. A shaft has been sunk 130 feet, penetrating ore, mostly leached, all the way down. A drift was run on the contact and ore running as high as $112 was found, said Professor Weber. We-ber. A crosscut is now being driven lo tap the shaft and the ore body at 140 feet. The property now has a fine cabin and a bunkhouse, stable, blacksmith shop and tools. There is plenty of water and timber. The ore is gold, silver, copper, lead and zinc. "There is one carload on the dump and many carloads in the mine ready to ship when the crosscut tunnel Is finished," he said. He recommends installation of a compressor and hammer drills and how the drifts should be run. He Is enthusiastic concerning the future of the property. Interested in the property are George Horn and L. Phillips. oo |