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Show out of the Mormon Chief last summer and when the mine was closed down at the beRinninu of the winter there was a pood showing of mineral in the .shaft which pave pood assays, but it was siilliciently coucetitraled to be made to l''. 1 Kurrka, Nevada, J. R Rlack and C. V. Creek, two miners from Kureka, Nevada, came in yesterday and informed the reporter for TiieTimeh thai that ouco famous camp is now very dull, little if any work bemtr done on the Richmond and many other mines which were once larie producers. A report was current cur-rent jusl before they bit to the eirect that the smelter of the Kureka Con. company would soon be put in blast. Kurd VI ill UK I' T ' The Mollie Gibson at Aspen will pay ?.''in,t!ii. to its Moeklxddt rs this month. It's earnings have ajre'ated closo to a million. There are Mime pood mine in the world that even the senders would not toind owning, for instance, a ipiart, claim in South Atiierie, near i'iibdo, which has turned out i.iMMl. 1)1)0. The result of the labor of threo men in one day was .'ll,U00 Jt i owned by one man, a natiw. named l'.c.rlolo Chavez. M ninir tlio llmi of Wealltt. The Aspen Times the other day began an editorial after this wise: "Capitalists "Capital-ists may erect buildings in the city of Denver that are nine stories hiph or nineteen, but the measure of their value will be the development of the mineral resources of tiie stale. When mines are unproductive the big building will stand vacant." World'! Fair Mttm. Oorp" W. Crowe, who is in the rity in the interest of the orid's Fair mine, is somewhat indignant over a dispatch that was sent from llenver to the ellect that the project had been abandoned, i. tn I ho leie-rr aphed to I'M. V. r.rowu, lint promoter of i lie scheme (or a denial o." the p p irt. which denial came emphatic em-phatic iliv Mid promptly. IN MINIM VAULTS. j Bid Weather and Litigation Retards Shipments Ship-ments but Considerable Gain is Shown Over Last Weok. THE TALISMAN MINE- Does Mining Fay? Transactions on the Exchange Bullion and Ore Ro-coipta Ro-coipta Eureka, Nevada. There has been so much snow ilurini; the lin k iu several of tho camps that (ho output from the mines has 1 n friendly retaidcil ami Ihetotal shipments for l h's reason arc still much below the avorag-e. This has been especially true of liing-liftin, whci'H'it has been stiowintr every day. Tho production has been further icluced by tic rcs-ation of work on tie York, which has been closed down for a time by an order of tho court, pendintt the. hearing of nn appbcatioti for nn injunction by the eila. a parallel claim. The developments ou the mines have been marked by sonic extraordinary discoi erics, th first of which was that made by Sam (iilson on his peep creek mini's in tho linkway district. This was followed by 'ihe report of nn important discovery on the ;ml lend of the Jliillion I'.cck, which was tic first ore encountered at that depth in the mine. No sooner Has this news made public than tho liil'orinatiou was given out of an important lind of iron enrbonates and galena in the shftft of Ihe same properly, which is of sirik-iiie; sirik-iiie; Htfiidh .nice, because no ore has heretofore been found iu sinking. Jn the issue of The Tnii s published I yesterday, information was given ol the 'returns of tho first shipment of ore at I'isb sprinns, in Ihe Peep crock di-.lret. The receipts of bullion mid ore iu tho sity show an increase, of .i.Y.i,.V.i .Ij.'i over thoso of last week. The Outaii production for the week ending Match 7 th amounted to IW.Y 17 in ore, and Ui.iMi.K) ounces of silver. Thn Paly production has been ,Vi(M.!i:l. alfof Inch has been derived from sales of ore. The I'uiou National Ink received llll.liol '-H in lino silver bars from the Alice initio. Nearly all tho ore which has been nc-ctimtilating nc-ctimtilating at tho various mines during the glut and depression of tho markets lor the past winter has been either shipped or contracted for. The Kureka Hill company began tho fulfilling of their contract with tho Philadelphia Smelling and Kclining company ou Monday. Tho receipts of ore and bullion by the banks for the week endiujj March JTth wcro as follows: T. It. .ION KS Ii CO. March 21 It 'tln.'d lead $ l.nM.on in S her and lead ore (Hum ;:( Ke ined b ad 1 iftnii I! I waiver in '" out VI s ,i' T leal ore -i.noiOi VI Re II e d lead S.ini.ni .'T bluer II jmuh) Total JaU,.'!,'!-.'.!) WKI.I.S, KAIKIO co. March 21 -Silver lead bullion I 3.M17 ill re in. Tii I Vii Silver-lead bullion fln-3 VI V --I r VV- " " " f7oi VI) Sliver bars VU!l Total ftVl.OW w. s. M'rnm.'iii k a co. March '.'I- It mailer bullion f 8.7T5 -4 Silver lead ore , 0 0 J., II iliiu.ei bullion V...M V.v siUer b a l era M id .0- Vl(') yi Hanaiier bullion -",i ' ST- " .'i.iim a; - Silver-lead on) l'-MW Total Mli.'-'Tf. I'MON NATIoBAI. HANK. March 'II-Alice bullion ?I.3'M III Tee tola! bullion and ore receipts for the week ending March 7, have been i.vj,o;w.31. KlllllnK KKelittliye, Tho exchange did not eKperiencn a whitewash but it came very near it,ouly 100 shares of slock being sold. TOKAY'S gt'OTATKINS. : ' " -ii ' ' ' "r o- STOCKS. tfl r ? i C e. Alice 1 1 i Alliance a M Anchor tl sr, Apex in Harness ulph'r 01 HiK Hole P In) l'J 13 I'J Cent Eureka ft) in Con-'o -'i (irescent .':ii Dily is Ta (ilenci e -'I '- Horn Silver II m Malad i'l Mammoth .1 Ku N Spy I'-' . Ontario -10 M Stanley Pi V. L. A C. Co s V . I tali Ol U'J , Woo isiie v ro SI it C Tt it's i .!..,. . ...... .. . ... , Total shares sold, 1 HI. A Heaver County Mine. Thn Talisman mhi! iu Heaver county, which is being worked by II. Hefner and .Judge lll.tir of this ?i!y, continues to improve and gives everv hope to its owners that it will become a large producer pro-ducer this summer. In a recent letter to Mr. Ilefuer, the supi'i inteudetit says: "The property is not only good, but it is huge, and there is no longer any doubt bul. what they hare a great mine." The shaft, which is now down Moil .feet, li.as been passing through a continuous chute of ore for the last seventy live feet of that distance, which is of a grade and character that is in good demand, running high in both silver and lead. A number of levels have been run. all of which show uoo I i stupes of ore smilar to that found ia I the shaft The plan of (ieveloiuneiit for the presert is to s'tik the shaft, a'l additional tiii:y-liie letvt, when a drift will be started to tin! nor! Ii to catch the ore i-miios on their dip fio.n i ho upper lev. -is. Ti'..iv t ii t: of ore in tho b-.iti.di". of i'i ; shaft tit tliia tin I.! i'.i it i three feet wide which assays from !') to toll ounces in silver and .V) to T'i per cent lead. When the repi-ri was received re-ceived ! ro i n the superintendent concerning con-cerning tic recent developments in thn none, Mr. Hefner wrote to his nisoe ato j owner- in Seattle, asking tin m for in-struelion.s in-struelion.s for working the proporiv in 'the f'stsiro. He ;s satislicd i;..w ihat :liev iiasc a 'joutl mine and some scps ' on jilt to be iak.-u to develop it in a system, sys-tem, .t'.i ii: inner in order in obtain the ; best r, 'suits I j Mdrmri'i IOeI i.liil 1 nd of tll llltls. j Tiie owners of the Mormon Chief , and l'i,.l! of t!u! Hiiis. purpose in :t . si: rt time to restime the work on t !:) ; properces widi h was su-oende l l ist f'l'l, Ic i: ". hill a l;alt ami. illst of I di i eiopiaent iviH place thein on a :i y -i ing bcsis, and make them line proper-I proper-I tits. Houic very good ore was taken |