COPPER BOY MINE
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Developments Progressing Satisfactorily at
this Emery County Property
Work is said to be progressing very favorably at the Copper Boy Mine in Emery County under the direction of S. L. Boggs. No stir is being made about the matter but a very good grade of ore is being encountered which carries good values in gold, copper, silver and lead. About 1,000 feet of workings exist on the property which is located in the Summerville Mining District. A small fortune of $6,000 was taken out several years ago from what might be called an open cut. The ore then obtained carried 12 percent copper 40 percent lead and 119 ounces in silver per ton. The work of sinking in the new shaft has been diligently pursued during the past few months until the present depth of 140 feet has been attained. The indications are said to favor the belief that with depth a big body of ore will be obtained., In an old shaft which was sunk to a depth of 120 feet on the dividing line between the Uncle Sam and Lee claims a body of ore 6 feet wide has been exposed. It is said, between well defined walls. Some of this ore is said to run nearly 30 percent copper and to carry 66 ounces in silver to the ton. A great deal of low grade ore also exists on the property which will prove a fine proposition for concentration should a mill ever be built upon it.
Deseret News
January 25, 1900
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