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Show 8 INTEll-MOUNTAI- N MINING REMEW. a grinding process and ffeus of will not clog. The other machinery includes Trents ttye 5amps. vanners, a crusher and rolls. The superintendent is B. F. Sargent, a mill man of many years experience. UTAH. On Wednesday Manager Ileffron of the Niagara company took to the city an eighteen-poun- d Salt Lake County. brick, the sixth that out been since the little turned has WEST MOUNTAIN DISTRICT. cyanide mill started in June, and the Correspondence Mining Review. group. product of ore from the Niagara 5. th is was It of about Aug. Utah, fully It Bingham, composed twonty-iiv- e years since old Eli B. Kel- gold and the balance silver and copper. sey suspended operations on the New The mill treats an average of 1000 tons York tunnel in Markham gulch, Bing- of ore per month. ham, and after its abandonment scarceThe Northern Chief is having a 200-twas ever few done work until a lot treated at the Rogers mill. ly any months ago, when Dan and Pete Clays discovered the rich vein of what is now Tooele County. the Julia Dean. During that quarter CAMP FLOYD DISTRICT. of a century, when the work of prospecting the great mountain between Correspondence Mining Review'. Markham and Freeman gulches was at Mercur, Aug. 5. The sale of a large a standstill except that near the sum- interest in the Sacramento, W'hich w'as mit some gophering had been done on closed last week, has given considerthe Black Dog which was designated able satisfaction in Mercur, as no doubt as a blowout no one ever dared to now the capacity of the mill will be advance the opinion that a rich vein increased and the large dividends existed as low down as the Julia Dean. W'hich have been paid from the propThe mountain was referred to as babe made pubrren; or others would look wise and erty and kept secret will as the camp, outsiders wTill say that the region was in the country lic, helping rock. The results have since shown then knowr w'e have one more large that the oracles were decidedly at payer. C. H. Scheu is again in Mercur, lookfault. Not only is the mountain not barren, but the vein that lias been ing after his interests. Work on the La Cigale is progressing opened up in the Julia Dean is, perhaps, the richest ever discovered in and no doubt they will strike the vein Bingham, and the suspicion arises that in the No. 3 shaft in a short distance. The report of a good strike in the perhaps after all there is no barren in Red Cloud has been verified, and the ground Bingham. But the development work on the property will soon be rated with our Julia Dean has demonstrated another best mines. A. H. Mayne has returned from Salt important fact. When the first discovery of ore was made the strike was Lake and Bingham, wiiere he has been regarded as a continuation of the on mining business for the past week. Thrush and Tiewaukee vein, sitW. Kellogg, the contractor on uated lower down the main canyon and theGeorge Golden East Gate, reports that they on the other side. According to stateare with their drill about twen-t- y sinking ments made recently by one familiar feet per day. with all the properties, the vein of the C. L. Dignowitz is working his drill Julia Dean continues to the northeast, on the Moonshine. He will and at a point on the vein northwest finish there in a wreek or ten probably days and from the Tiewaukee main tunnel the move to foot-hill- s. the w'estem two veins are nearly of Major Bohn has brought his drill a mile apart. This would show them to from Leadville and will thoroughly be parallel and distinct veins, regardless of the fact that the ores are of prospect the country around Fairfield. can if necessary sink 3000 feet, and nearly the same grade and the same He will keep at work until he demongeneral character; but there is anoth- strates wThat is below' the surface in er vein lying between those and the Julia Dean and the Tiewaukee, which, that locality. He now has a large as far as is at present known, is paral- flow' of w'ater w'hich will help to irrilel to each, the Dixon. Surely n bargate the lands, w'hich have heretofore ren mountain that contains such a been of no use, but now' will come in as fine farming property. vein as the Julia Dean is worth prospecting for other parallel veins, and the A new ore body of large proportions development of the Montezuma farther and the Markham up Vespasian, has been uncovered on the 600 level of gulch, zinc-silva heavy proposition still far- the Sunshine. The strike is regarded ther up, furnishes a good working the- as one of great importance, as the ore ory as to the existence of these. is said to be of much higher grade than A shipment from the Julia Dean marfound on the upper levels and keted yesterday yielded over 500 ounces any oxidized. of silver to the ton in the first class, thoroughly At a depth of 140 feet the new Red and over ICO ounces in the second class, Cloud shaft has broken into the Sunshinwhile assays have recently been made e-Overland vein, and W'hile it is on ore that carries 69S0 ounces silver. extremely difficult to obtain any reliable information concerning its exfor Bulletin: another Tally Bingham tent or it is apparently satisthe "haymakers. Williams and part- factory value, to the ow'ners. Prior to the ner from down the valley, leasing the explorations in the present locality a Morning Star at the head of Carr fork, shaft has been sunk to a depth of 350 have lately opened up two feet of fine feet, and it is now believed that this carbonates. They have been camping shaft passed through a barren spot in with their families on the claim this the vein. summer, and a celebration is in progfine body of ore is being developed ress in the little community on the onAthe Buckeye, lying between the Old strength of assay returns which show Fred and Badger groups. that the ore carries high in silver and the week connection has been During 35 per cent lead. The Morning Star is betwreen made Incline the property of C. H. Lashbrook, and and shaft and atthethisGold Dust a vertical point, side lines the Frisco mine above. Much of about depth feet, the ore ninety been has heretofore money and labor feet thick. expended by skilled miners in vain en- body is twenty-fou- r deavors to locate the rich vein which it was believed to contain. (The assay reJuab County. ferred to shows 56 ounces silver, $8 gold, TINTIC DISTRICT. 4 per cent copper and 35 per cent lead.) Eureka Democrat: Work has been reThe Last Chance mill has received its tosumed upon the Standard, Imperial and finishing touches, and will start up a run. has a trial It for capacity Fraction lode claims lying west of the day 50 will Mammoth mine and about midway bebelieved is and it of about tons, overcome the difficulty which has been tween that mine and mill. This propexperienced in treating Last Chance erty has had a considerable amount of ore owing to its adhesive character. A work done upon it heretofore, and the Chilean pulverizer in connection is ex- ledge exposed in several places by pected to meet this drawback, as it is shafts, tunnels and drifts, showing one-seven- on quartz carrying gold, silver and lead in fair values. John Cow'an, an old and experienced miner, is the principal owfner of the ground and is prosecuting the wrork upon the Standard, P. J. Don-aho- u and E. H. Payton have a twro-yebond upon the Imperial and are sinking upon that claim. This group is looked upon as valuable property and will now be thoroughly developed. Burton & Whittaker are pushing ahead their development work on the Home Rule ground and now have their inclined shaft down ninety feet from the tunnel level in a three-foledge of wrell in ruby copquartz that prospects per and assays wrell in gold and silver. A new w'him has just been put in place, and at a depth of 100 feet drifts w'ill be run and ground opened up for stoping. Work on the lower Mammoth is progressing satisfactorily. The tunnel is in about 335 feet, and the Indications Justify the belief that the ledge is likely to be cut into at any shift. A force ar ot are grading at the tunnel entrance and a new blacksmith and carpenter shop will soon be put up. Report is current that a low grade of ore has been encountered in the east drift of the West Cable mine that asnew's says in silver and gold. No local averwould gladden the hearts of the age citizen more than that the Cable of men wras in bonanza. Tintic Miner: Shipments from the district for the w'eek are as follow's: From the Bullion-Bec- k mine, 25 carloads ore; Bullion-Bec- k mill, 10 carloads concen- trates; Centennial-Eurek5 a, 8 carloads carloads ore, Mammoth ore; Gemini, 14 carloads concentrates, Mammill. moth mine, 3 carloads ore; Carisa, 0 carloads ore; South Swansea, 1 carload ore; Show'ers, 1 carload ore; Dragon Iron mine, 3S carloads ore, Noons Iron mine, 1 carload ore daily; Sioux mill, 4 carloads concentrates. Leasers on the Boss Tw'eed are reported to have struck a big body of high grade copper ore in that property this w'eek. three-quarte- rs er Summit County. Park Record: William J. Wilson Is working the Autumnal claim, owned by Smith and Ehenger and located on the south side of Pioneer ridge, under lease, and has a showing of ore the quality of w'hich makes ones mouth w'ater to look at and think about, as It runs from 150 to 400 ounces in silver per ton, besides carrying very high in lead, ore. being a most desirable smelting runHow'eve-rthe streak is very small, one to four inches in size, from ning and Mr. Wilson is not at all excited over the showing, and it was only by accident that the w'riter learned of its existence. The find is being developed by means of a tunnel, w'hich is now in about seventy feet, something feet being in ore. like thirty-fiv- e crank-shas ft for the Daly-We- st The to was the taken new' hoisting engine mine yesterday morning and has the record of being one of the heaviest slnr gle pieces of machinery that ever arrived in the camp, its net weight being eleven tons. It required ten teams to transport it 3to the mine, and the wagon used was a special Studebaker, furnished for the occasion by the Utah Coal company. The load was stopped in front of Adamss, who took a view of the outfit, which presented quite a sight and attracted great attention as it passed up Main street. Work at the ;Pfeck mill is being rushed as rapidly as possible both on the the building and on the foundations for ManGeneral boilers. and machinery ager T. R. Jones was out from the city Sunday on a visit of inspection and while here ordered a change in plans to addition to the extent of a twenty-foo- t the ore capacity of the structure. With the present force it will be several weeks yet before the mill will be ready for operation, as there is much work to be done. The plant presents a lively appearance Just at present. Work was resumed on the Crowm Point property Thursday afternoon, and from now on developments will be , |