Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-11-17
Prominent Mining Men Attracted
TO Rock Cannon in Vicinity
Of Provo.
LOOKING FOR GOOD THINGS.
Willing to Invest If Conditions There
Justify It-SIate Canyon Coal
Claims.
specIal corresnondenee.

Special Correspondence.
Provo. Utah Co, Nov, H--Jesae
knight David Evans OF Salt Lake city,
Jacob Evans and George a. 5tous
made a trip to Rock canyon yesterday
for the purpose Of inspecting some MIN
ing claims ana the mineral indications
Of the country generally II Mossfs.
Evans and Knight consider the condi-
tons favorable, they win probably In
vest some money In the development OF
some Of the claims, which have been
located between Rock Canyon and Pro-
yo canyon since the Buckleys struck ore
In their mine lu the former locality,
There have lately been a number OF
people from Park city and other min
ing districts making Investigations, and
everything points % activity In the de-
yeopment OF the district.
The Buckieys, who are now incOr-
porated under the name Of the Garden
city Mining company with Judge
Hatch, OF Heber and Others Interested
with them, are now at work with about
fifteen men IN their mine I'm Rock CAM
yon. They have a shoot nearly COM
peted to the mouth of the lower iun-
mel with which they expect to tap the
ore body already encountered In the
drift some two hundred feet above.
This drift Is now I'm a large body OF
shipping ore II has been run about
forty feet In ore, but the dimensions Of
the ore body have not been determined
as no considerable cross cutting from
either side OF the eight foot drift has
been done. The ore assays about $50
ton In gold, silver and lead, from sam
pies taken from the lowest grade. There
are punches and streaks. as there have
been all along the drift that VIII run
ms high as 800 to the ton, and It is
fair to assume that the average value
will be above 500 The ore Is OF n
quality that makes II very desirable for
the Gmelters, and as soon az the shoot
Is completed so that the ore can be got
down to the bottom OF the canyon, which
Is about a thousand feet below, ship
ments will be made.
DISCOVERED YEARS AGO,
About 30 years ago a Mr. Prince dis
covered a mine to the west Of and adj
Joining the property now owned by the
Garden city company. Mr.. Prince and
the late II, NJ Roberts patented this
claim, but no great amount OF work
was DONE although q shaft was sunk TO
some distance. Mr.. Prince left Utah
and II Is reported he died. The mine
was sold for taxes and Is now owned by
Jesse ]. knight and some OF the heirs
Of h. NJ. Roberts They have also loCut-
ed ground on which the late Francis
Peay ran a tunnel and are extending
this tunnel with the intention OF tap
ping the Roberts mine a thousand feet
below the surface. They are I'm the
tunnel about 500 feet. aud expect to
have to go about $50 feet further II
the ore found I'm the shaft of the Rob-
erts mine Is opened by the tunnel 1000
feet below there will be no question Of
the permanance Of the veins In the cam
yon, and this will prove a strong en-
couragement for capitalists TO put some
money into development work.
INSPECTING COAL CLAIMS
Ambrose Thompson has been here
from Salt Lake city inspecting some
coal claims IN Slate canyon for Salt
Lake parties. A great amount OF work
| has been done on coal claims In Rock
| canyon and Slate canyon, but coal has
not been found In marketable quantity.
A good quality Of anthracite coal has
been found, but II Is broken and mixed
with rock and dirt, and the tunnels run
| have not thus far opened up any bodies
OF coal Scientists and coal miners who
| have visited the ground have not agreed
as 10 the probability Of coal existing IN
quantities sufficiently large TO make
mining practicable They seem 10 be
about evenly divided on the proposition
A mining deed from !, T. Decker OF
Salt Lake city TO Francis G. Tying for
the Texan mining claim on Miller hill
In American Fork canyon, has been
filed with the country recorder. The
consideration named Is S2j.