The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-08
AMERICAN FORK
MINES ARE BUSY
No Signs of Depression in
Camp That Is Making
Many Shippers.

American Fork. Utah. Dee. Med
Wild is down from the Dutcbmar
mine, in American Fork canyon, very
much elated over conditions at that
property. Mr.. Wild and his brother
Heber have a lease on the mine and
have been spending their time and
money there for the past year with the
hope of opening up something big. In
d1catiOns have been for a long time
past that they were approaching one of
the rich carbonate ore bodies with
which the Miller hill is known to
abound, and. if reports are true, they
have opened up one of these ore bodies,
and il has every Indication of being
permanent. The vein is about five feet
thick, and the miners have gone into
it for a considerable distance. In years
gone by the Dutchman was a heavy
shipper, and great many thousand
dollars worth of ore have been shipped
from this property.
Development work at the Silver Flat
Mining & Milling company's property,
in Deer creek is progressing nicely. 1t
is reported that the condition of the
mine is excellent, and that before
spring they will be sending ore to the
market. They have a very fine lead of
rich galena ore, with every indication
of it opening into large body at each
and every shot. Preparations have
been made to carry on heavy develop
ment work throughout the winter.
The Major Evans gulch property,
belonging to the Jackson boys and J. j.
Jones of this city, has been incorpo-
rated for 100000. with shares at 10c
each. The company has some very
prnrqTGinO fnnEinq ground which
considerable work has been done, with
the result that high-grade silver ore
was found, some of it extremely rich in
native silver The company is prepar-
ing to carry on a system of develop
ment that will surely put the mine
among the shippers before many
months. A cabin will be built on the
property and men will be kept at work
all winter.
The Surprise Mining company, whose
operations were brought to a stand
still a number of months ago, through
with the Tying brothers,
begun operation, having put ten men
to work the first of this week extract
ing ore. 1t is understood that the tTou-
BILE between them and the Tying broth
ers has been settled. The Surprise
company leased the Surprise claim
from Judge Baskin OF Salt Lake about
a year ago. and after some extensive
development work encountered a rich
body Of carbonate ore and began TO ex-
tract the same, when the Miller mine,
through the order of the court, placed
an injunction on the ore, claiming that
the ore was on the Tonic claim, be
longing to the Miller company.
The Knight interests are doing some
extensive development work on the
Mineral Flat property, recently ac-
CURED by them. J. G. Jensen has
charge of the work and spends a great
deal OF his time in the canyon. The
property is located in the head of the
American Fork district, just over the
hill south of Alta. The property is in
fine condition and, as one of the stock
holders was heard to remark, could be
shipping ore now if it was the desire
of the company. With the heavy de-
work that is being done
there now, it is expected that it will
be one of the heaviest shippers from
the district next season.