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Show 6 INTER-MOUNTAI- dews of the Camps. The Review desires reliable correspondence from every mining camp in Utah, Idaho and Nevada, ai.d will give publication to any news items of merit coming from a trustworthy source. 'Liberal commissions will be paid on subscriptions. UTAH. Tintic District, Another new strike is reported from thq Bullion Beck, this time in a crosscut from the main north extension of the 800 level. J. G. Forrester, formerly foreman of the Bullion Beck mill, but who has been operating in Idaho for the past seven months, is back in Tin-tiand has been reinstated in his old position. The Alaska mine in Ruby Hollow, another of the old producers of Silver City, has been purchased by M. R. Hunt, who will at once put a shaft down through the pyrites zone to the lower c, N MINING REVIEW. cost of the present workings, and it is all local capital. Moreover, O. E. Loose and his associates knew when they started that it would require about that sum to reach the ore, but they were not deterred, and now their good fortune will bring pleasure to others than the The output of the district for the week ending November 27th totalled 110 carloads contributed by the following mines: Bullion Beck 5 Humbug 5 Ajax Sioux 17 Utah 5 Sunbeam Swansea Gemini Dragon Iron mine 1 $ 4 4 21 110 sulphides. The Little Willie, a patented fraction between Camp Floyd District. a Centennial-Eurekand the Eureka Hill, Correspondence Mining Review. the owned by William Matthews ofAmerican Fork, Mercur, December 2, 1896. is being worked under lease by Hyrum Straw Supt. Scheu of the La Cigale is increasing his and George Crooks. A good showing of ore is force of workmen as rapidly as the ground is reported. opened. He intends to block out enough being The fourth consecutive monthly dividend of ore to supply a mill, and expects to be ready de5 the Swansea for cents a share has been for a mill by the first of March. He has just divifirst 10th. The clared, payable December completed a bunk house, shaft house, black1 one of was dend of the company cents, paid smith shop and other buildings on the property on Christmas day, 1893, amounting to $1,410, Around the Omaha is a busy place just now. and the total dividends to date are $20,560. The work on the Daisy group is being crowded The Bullion in North Tintic, owned by L. E. and the average in their ore vein is higher Riterand Arthur Brown, is being operated by a than either the Omaha or La Cigale. good force of men. The property has been a The Big Flat lies just south of the Daisy and are ores uniform and the very heavy producer men are at work developing their property. in grade and are in much demand at the smelt- Milner & Shafer have commenced the developers. They are free from silica, and average 30 ment of the Pocket which lies between the Daisy 12 cent lead and of each and iron, carry per and the Big Flat and just east they are operatounces silver. ing the Lone Star, West Side and North Star, The ore body in the Buckeye mine in Death under bond and lease. can on, over in West Tintic, has opened out to A number of mining men, among a width of four feet and is a high grade galena, whom are Col.experienced E. A. Wall, Geo Kislingbury, which carries good values in lead and silver. George H. Robinson and others, have been exThe property is owned by Messrs. Fleiner and amining the west dip, and declare it to be a Bishop of Provo, and these gentlemen think country of great possibilities. their discovery will stimulate prospecting in It is said chat Col. Wall did not intend to do West Tintic. the assessment work on all his west dip claims, It is probable that the next shipment of bul- but recent discoveries have caused him to change lion by the Eureka Hill will exceed in value its his mind, and now he is employing quite a famous shipment of last summer. There are number of hands on his various properties. now in the bullion vault of the mill ovor 63,000 The group near the Omaha has been pounds of bullion, nearly 40,000 pounds of the bondedLydiaeastern by parties and development total being copper, and the balance silver. At work will be commenced at once. the present market price the value of the silver in the bullion is computed at $239,200. Tintic iron ores are in much demand for fluxing by the local smelters, on account of their live character, and as a result the shipm3nts of iron ore from the district is increasing. Three weeks ago the orders of the Dragon iron mine were increased from one to two cars per day, and now additional orders have been received which will increase the output to three cars daily. It is reported that at a distance of 1,300 feet from the shaft which is down 700 feet the Grand Central has struck ore, the values in which have not yet been determined. The Grand Central has probably expended more money in its search for an ore body than ever was expended in Utah with no ore in sight to start with; $100,-00- 0 is probably a conservative estimate of the Cedar Hill group. The Northern Light are experiencing some delay in the erection of their mill through delays in the arrival of the machinery, most of which is now overdue. 40 Centennial-Eurek- a Total commodious bunk house and their men are at work developing the property. They have already struck the ore in small quantities, and are sure of reaching the main ore body in a short distance. Their claims are located on the Frank Knox, Gus Holmes and others, have purchased the Mercur Mammoth which lies west of the Gold Dust, and men are at work developing the property. Work on the Gold Coin has been recommenced, and the tunnel on the property will driven further into the formation in search of the ore body, Frank Davis is working two shifts on the Great Eastern, which lies east of the Cannon shaft. Ophir District. An important mining deal, in which Salt Lake parties secured a large area of mineral ground on Lion Hill, was closed on Saturday last. The. ground in question comprises the McKinley group of fourteen claims, adjoining the North, ern Light on the north and west, and extending around the mountain toward the west a distance of 6000 feet, the northern boundary of the group reaching down into Ophir creek. The vendor is James A. Fitzgerald and the purchasers are E. W. Genter, S. W. Morrison, J. J. Stewart and Parker & Depue. While full particulars as to the consideration are not furnished, the deal involved a large sum, and a cash payment of made on Saturday. The group embraces a number of claims that, in their outcrop in Ophir canyon, have produced heavily in the past, the grade of ore being high in silver. On the south and west boundaries of the group the area is reaching close toward the Omaha and other claims that are now attracting so much attention to the west dip. It is the purpose of the purchasers to commence active development work on the group, both in Ophir canyon and on the Camp Floyd side, and they anticipate the opening up of a mine of equal importance to the Northern Light. $5,000 was Bingham. C. W. Ileidel, who for the past twenty-tw- o years has been operating on that immense run of croppings in main Bingham, below the Winnamuck and on the opposite side of the canyon, with varying results, has struck it rich in the Silver Bell. Associated with Mr. Heidel is Dr. A. J. Lantenman of Leadville, and these two, after a careful survey of the Damphool croppings, started a tunnel just above Dry Fork, to cut the ledge after it crosses the canyon. It was expected that a distance of 230 feet would have to be driven before the vein was reached, but last Friday, when the tunnel was in 1W The feet, a body of rich lead ore was cut into. ore body is three feet thick and stands up between well defined walls, and Mr. Heidjl and Dr. Lanterman are of the opinion that tl is ore body is seperate and distinct from the one they were running for. Accordingly they wi'l cofor ntinue the tunnel the additional ninety het !,c or the extension of the Damphool vein. 12 in the Silver Bell discovery carries only it ounces silver, with some gold values, but runs 62 per cent lead and about 15 percer iron, and will consequently be a good selling i c. A partial reorganization of the Bingham Cop me-- ing per company took place at a special the directors recently held in Salt Lake. B. Hardy being elected president and i : y-nr- The Hecla is now working in the ore, and though it is of low value, a short distance will now bring them to pay ore. There is no doubt whatever that they have struck the great ore i a manager; George E. Lee of Bingham L and president and assistant manager r Durr treasurer. and Miller, secretary i! P aC succeeded he east recent visit Hardys body. h of the capitalstock of the ing The Vanderbilt company has furnished a nice with four Chicago capitalist, and the !,101ie A ci-mpa- one-fift- 4 |