The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-09-07
AMERICAN FORK
TO MINE ZINC
Ore Buyers SampIing Property
of the Pacific Mining
Company.
.PITTSBURG is PAYING WAY
YANKEE LEASE is sAcKlNe SOME
FINE GALENA.

The American Fork mining district may
be just opening up a new era in mining.
according to reports coming from that
district. For many years it has been
known that this camp has had consider
able zinc ore, but or account OF freight
rates and the quality of the ore it has
never been thought profitable to send it
to the zinc smelter.
Recently Massrs. Chino and Salager, ore
buyers for the National Zinc company,
have been in the field looking over the
situation, and they are pleased with the
outlook. During their visit there they
made rather an exhaustive examination
of the Pacific Mining cOmpanys property
They believe that the company has made
| a mistake in leaving the zinc ore to look
for CarbOnates. The increased price OF
zinc under the new tariff has stimulated
the demand for this class of ore. The
Pacific company has thousands of tons of
zinc ore blocked out, but has paid lit
tie attention to it. After examining the
ore the ore buyers took a number Of
samples to make test, and II is prob
able that within the next 30 days some
! encouraging news may be heard.
Relative TO the activities in the Amer
/ lean Fork mining district the American
[ Fork Citizen has the following to say:
| superintendent W. II. Williams or the
I PittsbUTg was down from the mine this
week to order a stock of supplies. He
reports things looking tptOp at the Pitts
l DuIB- Inc lower tunnel Delng worked bA
/ two shifts TO cut the sulphite ore 200 feet
under the present workings, is within 80
/ feet of the ore. Two miners are kept
I busy on a vein of high-grade steel ga
| lena, and enough ore is being extract
/ ed TO pay the running expenses Of the
mine. The SulDhite ore vein has been
! opened showing il to be at least As feet
/ thick, and If the new tunnel develops the
/ ore as it is expected the company will
/ install q small mill.
/ W. S. Needham and Warren Boley spent
Saturday and Sunday at the Mary Ellen
mine. They report things looking fine in
/ that property. samples Of ore brought
down from an immense vein opened up
I giving 5000 in gold. The company now
/ has eight miners at work. The men are
now comfortable for the season, having
moved in the new building just finished.
Surprise at Yankee.
| The Yankee Lease will surprise a num-
I Der of people not on the inside. a good
| pile Of sacks can be seen from the sur
rounding mines, piled on their dump, and
/ II IS said that they took out one piece
/ or galena ore which viii weigh 1509
! pounds. The company will be in the
market with a shipment soon
The wise ones are buying up Mineral
/ Flat stock at the present low price. Those
| who understand conditions at the mine
say the next four weeks will make a
mine OF the Mineral Flat
The Mineral Flat is working 40 men
and running about 800 feet of drifts each
month. There Is little doubt that this
/ VIII prove peerless property in the
very near future.
/ The Milkmaid mine recently shipped a
/ car Of high-gTade ore from this Silver
/ Lake property. and from those who have
seen the mine II is learned the stOpe is
J looking fine.
Mountain Dell.
The Mountain Dell having now made
| their air connection, are actively pros
pecung some ore veins which hold great
| promise of some important carbonate de-
velOpments
/ The Miller Leasing company sent out a
carload of high-grade ore on Monday.
The Mineral Flat Extension company
/ has levied an assessment of 80 cents per
I Leo shares. The assessment becomes de
! nquent on Monday, Sept q.
/ Tt Is reported that the COmstock has
made a strike and is taking out ore.
/ Many local stockholders will be much
pleased to see the report confirmed