American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1915-11-13
Bay State Mine
Strikes Big FiSSure
Thought 10 Re the Mother Of Rich Ore
Found In the Grass Roots. =

In response to a telephone message
from George Tyler, Senator John II.
Wootton went up TO the Bay State
Mine Tuesday. The men had Just
broken into what Is considered the
most important discovery made on
this property. a five foot well defined
assure heavily %impregnated with ga
lena and carbonate ore and spar. The
men have been finding many samples
OF ore In the grass roots, and almost
everywhere In the mine that n round
OF holes were put In some ore. would
be shot out. During the recent
months and while the weather Yves
good for outdoor prospecting the men
have been trying to locate the 6ssure
that was the mother OF these grass
root samples. Fon Chapman is the
one who has the honor OF finding the
assure. II was discovered In a sort
OF trough about fifteen feet under
the surface wash. and just before find.
ing II he came across n sample of
high grade orc big no n man could
lift.
After prospecting the fissure on the
surface. the men went into n tunnel
lower down. and after drifting but
eight feet they caught II again. Senator
Wootton says that II is strong, wei
mineralized. with smooth walls, cuts
the entire formation, and strongly
reminds him Of the famous assure II
the Silver King mine In Park City
by driving tho lower tunnel ahead
another 100 feet the assure shoull be
cut at a depth OF over $50 feet. wher
tho lime IL favorable for making bis
bodies of ore. Before this distance t.
reached the porphry dyke and tw'
other assures will be cut. all of which
are counted on for making importan'
revelations. Work on the extension
of this tunnel will now be resumed.
John McTague left Thursday morn.
ing for the Texan mine with 1900
pounds Of giant powder AMI a lot o.
other supplies for Charley Tying
who intends keeping q force OF mer
working there all winter. lie returned
with a big load Of ore from tho
Pacific mine. Several other teams viii
be- put to work getting out a ship.
ment from the Pacific. which Is nov
taking out some fine samples In their
drifting from the tunnel level anf
another level so feet above. Every
shift demonstrates that the Pacific
will be a big mine and next year may
be counted on to be n steady shipper
Simultaneous with the main canyon
producing a steady shipper. the Deer
Creek section promises n similar p0r
Torrance In the Wasatch King, for
merly the old Ontario. Drifting has
been done for 20 feet on each side o.
the flssure where the strike was made
and II shows about five feet of good
milling ore with from eight TO to-
inches OF high grade g%alena. TIL
leasers held n meeting this week
elected It's officers for the rev cor
poration and will resume work or
the tunnel to cut the assure o
greater depth and permit of takin'
the ore out o. a o economice'
scale. Two months will be require
for this work, and II development
justify. n small mill will be built T.
the spring,
Many properties have been busy
this week laying In a stock of sup
plies for the winter, They are no"
pretty well stocked up and the comini
winter will see more work bein
done than during any other winter @
recent years.
AS we go TO press negotiations ar
going on between two properties tina
have had but little notice In the re