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EHIRES TO BE OPENED IN STATE LINE CAMPsrWILL OPERATE THE OPHIRBeck and Associates to Work Old Producer —Johnnie May Resume,isLda-i-Cedar City Citizens Provide Means to Develop Big ie i Fourteen.I,tcis.1*ih \0r-t-i-3-at»-io Citizens of Cedar Cits*. according to p* I W, j, Dooley, who returned frnm there | yesterday, arc not only dolrtg their part in fostering the oil excitement, hut they are taking renewed interest in the mining resources of their county. During the last few weeks a largeblock of the stock of tho Big Fourteen Mining company has been sold at 10 cents a share In Cedar City, ami Manager S. A. Higbee fs preparing to resume work at once In the company's promising property at State Line.Just before work was suspended a strlge of high-grade ore was made in the Big Fourteen. A trJal shipment o£ 1.500 pounds of the ore was sent out. and it gave returns at the rate of $425.61 a ton. The entire shaft at 55 feet depth is In ore which, aside from the high-grade streak runs about $40 a ton in gold and silver. The shaft will be pushed down to 100 feet before any drifting is done. Cedar City people are confident that the Big Fourteen is the making of a great mine.From other sources It Is learned that Phil Beck and associates have taken a bond and lease on the Ophir property at State Lino and will start operations at once In the old producer, while is also Is reported that work Is to be resumed in the Johnnie mine. There is every evidence that the advantages of tho State? Line and Gold Springs districts are beginning to be appreciated by the mining talent and that an era of progress and prosperity for those camps is in sight.711-.0ntt-hcoes?eETt■ipreuitt
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Salt Lake City Intermountain Catholic
Salt Lake City, Utah, US
Wed, Aug 21, 1907
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