The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-08-11
RICH ORE FROM
MOUNTAIN DELL
Yankee Lease Is Taking Out
Many BOulderS of Fine
Rock.
Especial TO The Herald-Republican)

American Fork. Aug. 1O.-The Noun
tain Dell mine in American Fork can
yOn, is fast coming into It's own tie
turns from the car Just shipped netted
the company $57 per ton, and conditions
at the mine were never better. They
are sacking from 80 10 so sacks each
shift and from the present indications
there will soon be little Nelset cum
Ing in for the stockholders OF this com
pany. Conservative estimates OF the
ore now in sight are placed al from
t60,0 to $4,000 and the ore bodlss
are stiIl improving.
Al the Pacific adjoining the Mountain
Dell, things are taking on a declqedIy
prosperous appearance. Harry hFusei
an experienced miner has recently
taken the management or TINS property
ana under him the development Work
is bringing results. They are taking
out enough shipping ore 10 pay me eA-
pense OF operations, besides Setuhs
good tonnage each shit pllso up On INC
dump Thsi is OF good grace OF Ies Az
zinc milling ore, and negotiations are
now being made with the smeIter PeO-
pie 10 handle this. II this can DC uohf S
The company will install a small MAJ
20 separate the metals, and II Is lhousht
maj n will be but a short time until
the stockholders will be having some
we'll earned dividends. s.
Al the ComstOck mine in the district
DEVELOPMENT work Is progressing IA
Ftvst LASS styie William Greenwood
has charge of the work. The cohpahy
encountered a small lead or hlsh gIauo
carbonate ore Saturday, Whlcn ASSAY
high in lead and silver, ana the w
mas the appearance Of being permanent
as il improves with every shot put IN
This property is located IN the Ilain
CANYON. near the road, ana shoulu
bodv of shipping ore be opened II coulu
ir,nedisteIv be shipped. There are no
roads 10 make or other obstacles IN inc
Uay. Ned Wilds, who took sOou
bunch OF money out Of the DuteniI ,
lease two years ago, says that II Ia
the best chance 70 make one OF thS
large producers in the district
Al the bay state.
The vein of lead-silver ore recently
encountered in the Bay STATE CONTINUES
10 improve, and the men VINO are leas
ing the property feel very much encouI
aessd win appearances The vein has
cnaned m 10 about 4 inches IN Width
and extends the full height OF the 'un
mel and has a good grade OF ledu a Hu
chloride OF silver scattered all through
rbe vein This property is on the oppo-
site side OF the canyon, from the ollSI
mines in the district and ola pIospSSt-
ors are watching the development very
closely Some predict that the richest
mines vet found in the district viii Dc
found on this side OF the canyon.
The ore shipped from the ankee Dy
The people that are leasing II het lieu
between 81 400 and $500 car. the
fhird car 10 be shipped by them Is al
present being loaded and a NUMBER OF
cars are in sight AS the expense o.
working the property is small the men
viii mako a handsome profit out or the
lease. .5 -
The ore shipped Is a sulphlde SaIliSl
ing good values in lead, silver ana goiu,
ana is being dug out practically right
from the grass roots. II is taken ouI
in large bOulders. some OF when con
rains as much as seven or eight tons o.
srood ore and there seems to be no END
10 these bOulders. As soon as one is
taken out a little more rock Is taken
ont and another one is encountered
The work is practically quarryins.