The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-12-31
AMERICAN FORK
DURING PAST YEAR
Numerous Companies Have
Been at Work Opening Up
Their Resources.
SEVERAL FINE ORE
BODIES ARE DISCLOSED
Most Active Season Experienced
Since First Boom Days
of District.
Spacial 10 The Tribune.

Special TO The Tribune.
AMERICAN FORN. Utah, Dec. 3d.
The past year has been one of the most
active III the American Fork Canyon
Mining district since the early days,
when everything pointed TO the district
becoming an important mining camp
Ultimate success was so evident that
branch railroad WIS built to the mines.
During those early days the camp was
operated almost entirely for the silver
product, and at the time that silver
took the wellrcmembered slump, the
camp commenced to die rapidly until
not a single mine was being operated.
This condition existed for number OF
years. Different properties. however,
with the most promise were worked
during the summer months by not on
" local mining men. but Eastern men
were eventually attracted, which mark
ed the real commencement of renewed
activity in the American Fork canyon.
IT was about 1900 when Mr.. George
Tying and his SON Francis, commenced
work on different canyon properties,
finally centering their efforts on the
Kalamazoo and Millar hill properties.
upon which they spent many thousands
Of dollars without any marked success.
They were upon the verge of giving
up their mining venture in this dis
trict, when some of the men working
in the Wyoming mine, which is part Of
the old Millar hill property, in making
n last clean up, accidentally stumbled
upon an ore vein Immediately under
the ore car track, over which they had
been travelling for considerable time.
The attention which they directed to
nf In
pockets of ore ever discovered in that
section, which resulted in the immedi
ate shipment Of ore, which has con-
tinued down TO this day.
The discovery mado by the Messrs.
George and Francis Tying in this prop
erty soon excited many other operators
with the result that some other prop
critics commenced The shipments of ore,
while none were as large as those of
the Tyng output, they have been in
creasing until the close of this season
will mark the close of the most success
full and active mining season in this
district since the early days, Follow
ing close upon the opening of the first
large ore pocket by the Tying workmen.
several others smaller in size were
opened up. However, one of the last
to he opened up proved to be one OF
the LARGEST and most valuable, since the
from so to S75 per ton, and its highly
carbonized condition makes II easy 10
work. According to information fur
ished by F. c. Tying the past season
has been with them far more successful
than the previous one, and the pres
ent appearance indicates that the com
ing year Will be the best of tho three
This gives to the balance Of the min
ing operators of this district decided
impulse for continued development.
In the operation of the Wyoming
mine during the past year it has been
under the direction of Messrs. Francis
c. and Charles Tying, and it has been
one OF considerable enterprise. The
output of the mine varies from three
cars per week TO n car per day, which
however, is dependent entirely upon
the number of teams which the opera
tors can secure for transferring the
ore from the mine TO the cars at this
place. where commodious bins have been
built for the transferring of the ore
10 the cars, At the present time the
operators are unable TO secure all the
teams considered necessary to transfer
the ore as fast as it is mined. They
have engaged continually about fifty
men, exclusive Of the teamsters, who
are furnished with fine quarters at the
mine, where the late George Tying had
constructed an np-to-date hotel and
other conveniences TO make the life
of the miners one Of comparative com
fort.
Following next 70 the extensive ope
rations OF the Wyoming mine, ranks
the Pittsburg mine, which is owned
and operated almost entirely by Salt
Lake people, and which is located i'm
mediately opposite to the mines of the
Alta district, being separated only by
q small, rugged divide. The output
of this property, while not large, has
been confined almost entirely TO the
high grade ore. the lower grade being
set aside for time when the company
oan either effect the establishment Of
a mill In the head Of American Fork
canyon or to complete a tunnel, which
It is their intention to run from the op-
posite side of the divide, from which
they will then carry the ore over an
aerial tramway from Alta to the mills
located near by. Following the inten-