The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1914-06-06
Canyon Mines to Be
Opened at Depth
Most Important Campaign OF Deyel-
Opmeut Ever Undertaken In Can
yon's History to BE Commenced the
coming Week.

j. W. Storrs, Ben Farrer, Bert Mil
Ter and II. II. Green, the latter being |
city auditor for Salt Lake City, spent
the forepart of the week inspecting
the mines in American Fork Canyon.
Mr. Storrs is secretary OF the Bay
State property, where the recent strike
was made, and Mr.. Green's chief pur-
pose In making the trip was to per-
sonally inspect the Bay state with the
object, If his inspection was satisfac-
tory, OF taking over a block OF 10000
shares of the company's treasury stock
and putting several thousand dollars
into the treasury, all of which will be
used for development purposes.
Mr.. Green is somewhat of a mining
man himself. In common with his
associates, some of whom were down
last week, he thinks Il good deal of
the canyon prospects, and indications
arr that they will back up their judg-
ment with liberal supply of cash.
Recent returns showed that the ore
tIom the new strike assays 80 per
cent lead, 2S.4 ounces in silver and
Az cents gold per ton
Enough development work has been
done on the Bay State strike to prove
that the ore is going down on true
assure. The probable course will be
to ginto the old Tyler tunnel, and by
pushing II In sixty or seventy-fiye
rect further, intercept the vein at a
depth of scvonty-tve feet lower than
/ ITS present workings. From this point
prospecting will be done both ways
and a determination may be arrived
at as TO whether the proposition is a
mine or prospect.
The most important transaction In
a long time affecting canyon prospects
was the deal Consummated this week
between Peter Miller. representing a
bingham syndicat. and the Pacific
Mining q Milling Company. whereby
the latter leases the Pacific mine to
the Blnghamites for period of Ave
years or longer The papers are all
IN Mr.. Millers name, Mr.. Miller is a
miner of wide experience in nearly
all OF the western states and will use
this experience IN proving the posi-
bilities of the canyon. lie says that
all of the work so lar done in the can
yon does not prove anything. All the
mining SO far has been in the car
Donate ore-grass root mining. While
this system may take out bodies of
several thousand tons OF ore, yet 1t
never has proven up camp In any
state The permanent bodies neces-
sarily must lie in baser state at a
greater depth. SO far no mining has
been done in American Fork at a
greater depth than $50 feet.
Mr.. Miller will go up the canyon at
the beginning of the week with force
OF ten men and commence sinking in
, the lowest winge in the vein. This
is in the upper tunnel. and the bot
tom of the winge has n depth of about
$50 feet from the surface. II he finds
that the supply of water makes II in
convenient to continue work in this
place he will put force at work ex-
tending the lower tunnel till il inter
cepts the vein. BY continuing this
tunnel 500 feet 1t may be counted on
intercepting the assure at depth of
about $50 feet II then the ore shows
the expected values, work will then be
continued on down, even II machinery
becomes necessary TO take care of the
water Mr. Miller does not count on
taking out any ore for marketing for
eight or ten moHths. His chief con-
Germ viii be 10 prove whether the
Pacific is mine or not II the bodies
of low grade ore are sufficiently large
to justify he Is prepared to install Il
$3.50 reduction plant next spring,
OF course if high grade ore bodies are
encountered they will take care OF