The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-27
Dawn of e New Era
For American Fork

tic, Alta, Park City, Phoebe and numer-
Gus other mining districts of this and
surrounding states-they are going TO
get the mines at depth. They are not
afraid of zinc in combination with lead
and silver any more; they will be glad
to get it. They are not afraid of cop
per making below the lead and zinc:
its appearance will be welcomed. How
different it was in the early days. Now
it is simply a matter of feeling salts
fed that a point has been found where
the ores go down or where they ought
to go down. and millions are spent if
need be. to bring the results conditions
suggest ought to come-and these con-
ditions are beginning to be pretty well
understood in American Fork.
Jesse Knight in the District.
Keep your eye on Uncle Jesse Knight
You have noticed that he. did not sig
nalize his entry into the American Fork
district by an attempt to buy up Miller
hill. The Mineral Flat country looked
good enough to him. and it was easier
and cheaper to acquire properties there.
There viii be some valuable lessons
learned from his operations at the head
OF American Fork canyon, and Ii will
be worth while to keep track of what he
is doing. He has picked up more than
100 mining claims in the district during
the past two years or So For the bene-
fit of the Mineral Flat Mining COM
pany's property he has installed a big
power and compressor plant during the
past three months, and he is now break
ing ground at a lively clip in a tunnel
through which he is confident of open
ing up a big and rich ledge that was
previously tapped, first in a shaft and
then tunnel higher up than the one
now being advanced TO a connection
with the vein. Mr.. Knight will do some
deep mining around that country dur
ing the next few years, and his explora-
tons are going TO prove of incalculable
benefit to the whole district. Men who
have been watching his campaign on
the Mineral Flat property are willing to
wager that that property will make
every other mine in the district So some
to keep up with it in production before
the coming summer is over.
Going Deep in the Dutchman.
1t is good to hear that DR.. w. ].
Holden of Cleveland, o.. who controls
the Dutchman mine near the base of
Miller hill, has signified his intention of
sinking a 700-foot shaft to open a ledge
Of zinc-lead ore which the TUNNEL
workings are too far above 10 tap. This
tunnel, which has been driven l 200 feet,
is described as being just deep enough
to cut under the carbonate and over the
sulphide zone. With a modest force of
men this property has produced $40, 600
worth of $40 ore during the past eight
cen months. and it is said there is a
great deal of fine stopping ground above
the tunnel level yet.
The Bog mine. in which DR.. Holden
and his son are large owners. adjoins
the Mineral Flat property, covers a
great blowout of iron near a big por-
phyry dyke, and is counted as one of
the most promising young sters CT ths
district Specimens of ore carrying as
high as 1,500 ounces silver. while ores
going about the limit in both lead ana
zinc have been taken out There are
eighteen claims in the Bog group, ten