The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-10-31
Charles Tying, Pioneer Mining
Man of District, Gives In
teresting Data.
HOW OPPORTUNITY
HAS BEEN NEGLECTED
Valuable Claims We're Open for
Location Only Six Months
Ago.

There arc few men better able to
Judge OF tho possibilities Of the Amer
ican Fork mining district than Charles
Tying, one of the successful pioneers Of
that rich mineral section of Utah. and
there is not 4 more loyal friend Of the
camp than he. The Tying brothers were
the ones who reopened the old Ameri-
can Fork region, after il had been
neglected for thirty years or more. They
spent their own money in developing
their property there, and not only have
they made snug fortune by reason of
their mining operations, but they have
established the district once more firm
ly in the estimation Of the world. Mr.,
Tying was asked by The Tribune Friday
Tor American Fork news. he having
just returned from u trip TO the mines
In which ne is interested, He said:
''Since my connection with the dis
trict there has never been the exten-
sive amount OF earnest development
work done as right now. From our
Wyoming property for the past three
no one knew much, il anything, about
it, Had the Wyoming been located
anywhere else, our shipments would
have been followed by great excite
meDt, but, as 1t was, up to six months
ago any person had the opportunity to
come to American Fork and secure tre~
1nendously valuable mining claims mere
lY fer the trouble Of taking them off. !
AS for ourselves, while we could have !
"bogge5' the district during these |
pa:t four years, we simply secured |
whal we could honestly develop.
'!But recently there has been a great |
deal Of property staked off, and much |
81 nj, i,Jh-
ms associates have been the largest |
purchasers of territory and loc1tcrs as
well, and I believe &c would be safe
for me TO say that the knight inter
ests have at least 400 claims in Ameri-
can Fork the most Of which were se-
cured at prices much less than their &C
tual speculative value, to say nothing OF
their intrinsic value. Mr.. Knight has
registered some very fine showings Of
mineral on the upper levels of the Min
eral Flat property, and now he is send
ing In long tunnel to gain good
depth on the resources.
''The past year the Wild brothers,
on the Dutchman property. have shipped
generously from their lease, the rock
being of q very high grade. The last
two cars sold for $3.50 per ton in the
face of the very low prices of silver
and lead. Their lease On the Dutch
man has expired, and n new leasing
company, composed of Salt Lake peo,
pie, now is operating the same. These
have equipped the property in
an up'to:datc manner for the proper
care of their employees, and thev are
driving a long tunnel 10 get in under
the workings of the former operntors,
The Whirlwind, whic his owned by an
American Fork company adions this
group Immediately to the north. The
lcasers developed the Dutchman ore to
& point only forty feet distant from !
the Whirlwind lines, and as the orc was
making direct for the Whirlwind, the
latter organization has an evident Ger
talnty OF making good finds within a
short time.
- Among the interesting and very
valuable territory of American Fork !
is the Mountain Dell, the property Of ,
Judge Baslsin. This group is lust 10 ,
Che, northeast OF the Whirlwind. An
incline shaft on the Mountain Dell en-. :.
,ountered fine ore, some of which was {
shipped, but tho incline proved to be ! !
700 expensive to work. so the JUDGE
began tunnel which is destined to tar c
me resources at point 900 feet in !
Tins tunnel is one OF the best work. !
ngs IN the district, being large and
.inely timbered The Mountain Dell is
very busy property, :
" A property that will bear watching I
q the Pacific Mining L. Milling com, J.
>any's ground. THIS company has {
opened up a fine tonnage of low-prnJe
'ulphides, and developments are being
pushed to the limit in order 10 brinS
's much OF this ore into sight as pos,
lbie bot@ce definitely deterIpuljno On
ne size and character OF the mill re. e
!uired 10 treat the ore. The awnnrs Il