The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-26
Mines and Mining Stocks
GETTING READY
FOR BIG THINGS
Operations in American Fork
District viii Add New
Shippers Next Spring.

American Fork, Jan. 25.-That American
Fork canyon is preparing to inaugurate
one of the most active campaigns in the
history of the camp is already being APP
preciated in this city and this end Of
the county, and that there will be a num-
Der of shippers added to the list is now
the prediction of old-time mining men.
Word was received the past week that
the Dutchman lease has encountered a
large body of high-grade carbonate ore,
and that blocking IL out was already in
progress. The present iedseTs of this prop
erty took charge of this mine In July last
at the conclusion of the Wild Boys lease.
A tunnel was started at point about fiji
~ feet lower down the hill from where
the Wild Boys had extracted about $40
600 worth of ore the season prior to this
After running about 90 feet crosscui
was driven for thirty-fiYe feet, when the
fun face of the drift opened up into ore
From reports the vein is about seven
feet thick and is of much better grade
than the ore usually taken from this mine
This season promises TO be a. profitable
one for the leasers OF this property.
Leasers of the Miller Hill company
property on Miller hill have made an i'm
portsat strike They have encounters
the largest ore body in the history of the
mine Taylor & Brown of Salt Lake have
the lease on this property. and have al
ready taken good many carloads OF orc
from It. They took the lease on this
property at the expiration of the Tying
Bros lease last July and have done much
development work there since, and have
put over 10000 feet of lumber into build
ings at the mine,
The strike in the DutchmaH, which ad-
joins the Wbirlwind property, he's caused
the stock of the Whirlvind to make ar
advance of about &c in value the past twe
or three days- Superintendent P1nckleN
of that mine was in town yesterday and
the day before quietly buying up all inc
Whirlwind stock that he could at from
&c to &c per share. While be states thal
the mine is looking good. he viii not ad'
init that they have any ore, or that con
ditions are such as to cause any excite
ment. However. his action in picking NJ
the stock looks as though he were expect
ing some important developments to take
place at the mine before long
The Mary Ellen Mining company. in Us
monthly report Just sent out to the stock
holders, gives some good reports OF tht
doings at that property No work Is De
ing done just at present on account Of
the danger of snovslides and not wishing
to take any chances Of getting the min
ers caught. They expect to be working
again full blast by the middle of mex
month. Just before closing, the miners
encountered a three-foOt vein of materIa
which carried enough good galena to make
them anxious to return as soon as posi-
BILE and continue the development work
This property is one of the best located
in the canyon. and the company is wei
financed and prepared to do some ex
tensive development work the coming sea
son.
The Pacific Mining company is still
making good progress at the Blue Rocl
claim The ore is being blocked out ant
part of it Is being sacked. 1t is report
ed that by the time that teams can be
gin hauling they viii have something Il
surprise the stockholders with
The Mountain Dell has the ore and vii
no doubt be d heavy shipper this comins
season. It Is also reported that the Sierr;
will be among the shippers from this dis
! trict next summer.