Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1922-02-28 | Page 35 | Mining Helped by Ore Strike

MINING HELPED BY ORE STRIKE Big Cottonwood Has More Activity When New Min eral Bodies Located Outstsndini anionic tho Utah min-Ing min-Ing Incltfenta of li-i the renewal of activity in the Big ' "uttinv.-ood minltiB dUtrlrt. broucht nbout by tho ErlklOg of two of tho moit Import ml KtrlkeN Hi the hlMtory if thui section. , one of which occurred In tho AltA ' Tunnel A Transportation company property and the other in the Mlch-Ipin-t't.ili In both propert ieH large or.' bodies were uncovernd. Importance of Which bun grown a dev.lopnient work na .r.-.f .rK- 1 ijtU mio now Iri tin- "lni-plnu "lni-plnu el , and the activity In '.lie two propertlen has stimulated interest n the entire dimrict. How important is the strike may be realized to omo extent when It Is pointed out that ore is now being shipped dully from six properties ID the Alts oro zone, nearly all of whl ii Il eoniini from newly discovered oi'o bodicH. U I BH F6 81 KH M MIM And thene rather i'ntrkuhlo hoW-lngs hoW-lngs urt' not In u lar' area, either. Taking South Hecla Mine.M strike In the rich Rustler ore body ts the south line, and running nurih a m.le and easterly a mile and the new disclosure dis-closure have all 10011 covered. The mines affi H a6 an as follows: Soith Me I.i Mines folnr -lt'Ml. '. Mtcfa Mines. Mlchlgnn-l'tah. Car-fliff Car-fliff and Alta t. & T. And then there l Emiri i Silver's discovery which la Ogpectej) siiortly to lend to new and important commercial ore deposits. Thli mokea five In Alt proper, and two Just over the ridge, ami Intimate ly connected with the Alta ore zono. This Is undoubtedly the most iu-tles iu-tles that this ore belt has ever wit-markahle wit-markahle showing of great possiblll-iiescd possiblll-iiescd in its long and eventful productive pro-ductive career of some JU years. At the South He. la Mines, timbering timber-ing is under way, th working station being cut at the foot of the Rustler discovery, tbe ore phute is being con- -I. ii ) beforo sloping begins on the 5" U0 ore. A drift Is being scut out beyond the Rustier ore body, and In 6u feet or so another ore shoot is anticipated an-ticipated at connection of the fissure with the breccia ted limestone member. mem-ber. At this favorable Juncture another an-other Important .strike is quite likely and would give unothor greut territory terri-tory of backs. Report, from the Michigan-Utah are that the nes ore body is holding up in splendid shape. Ih- CoUllnbUV Rcxall is adding to Its tonnage; thu Cardiff is breaking fini ore on Its 1100; from the Altn T. & T. thut m n.-ore n.-ore is being blocked out, and encouraging encour-aging accounts conn from the Km ma Silver and Wasatch Mine.-. No longer Is there doubt in tho minds of people most familiar with the Alta oro zono that the season L9SJ will prove its banner production year.