Silver and Copper Ore near Desert Switch.

ORE RUNNING HIGH IN

SILVER AND COPPER

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  Peter Frandsen came in from his mining claims about eight miles south of Desert Switch, this county, to spend New Year's with his family here.  Himself and brother Lars Frandsen of Price and two miners are putting in long shifts sinking a shaft on their claims and at the same time getting out a car load of ore to be sent to Bingham Junction.  According to Mr. Frandsen some ore recently sent in to Salt Lake assayed as high as 176 ounces of silver and 20 percent copper.  If the carload to be forwarded goes as high in value as anticipated Emery County will have a steady shipping mine for some time as there appears to be a good sized body of smelter stuff. 

Emery County Progress
January 5, 1907

Cedar Mountain Claims.

THE MINING FEVER HITS

PRICE EARLY THIS YEAR

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  Ras Frandsen and R. Pace of Price have gone down to the Cedar Mountains to do some prospecting on a twelve foot ledge of ore recently located and about fifteen miles from where Peter Frandsen of Castle Dale has been working for several months with good prospects of making a mine, he thinks.  The Price men have several persons associated with them in a bunch of claims and after arriving there will ship out some of the mineral bearing stuff to a sampler at Salt Lake City and to Denver assayers. 

  Peter Frandsen recently shipped a car of ore from Desert Switch.  It went to Bingham Junction, where it is being put through the sampling works.  Twenty-two tons constituted the car load.  Peter Frandsen is now at Castle Dale, awaiting returns from the shipment.  All of the ores so far uncovered in that section carry values of copper, silver, lead and gold.

  There is some talk of the oil well near Lost Springs resuming work in the spring.

Eastern Utah Advocate
February 8, 1906