Emery County Growing in Favor as a Mining Section.

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  Emery County is steadily growing in favor as a mining section.  She's coming all the time, without pushing or boosting.  There's scarcely a mineral one can name that is not found in some parts of this county.  Heretofore it was considered that our mineral deposits were of too low a grade to profitably develop and work, notwithstanding the fact that low grade mining propositions have been the greatest dividend payers.  The Hecker property, however, in the Summerville District, east of here, of which Harvey Hardy is superintendent, promises to change the color of outside opinion respecting mining conditions here.  The Hecker is producing more really high grade ore and reports say there is plenty of it.  A sackful of ore, gathered from 200 feet of the outcropping ledge, was assayed this week and gave returns of 233.2 ounces of silver and 67.1 percent lead.  Several other tests with almost as good results had been heretofore made.  It begins to look as though the mountains east of us contained tons of treasure. 

Salt Lake Mining Review
February 15, 1902