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Show tVrffTTT ITT TRU T H a Ida., and announces that the rapid disappearance of snow will soon bring At the annual meeting of the Ma- about an open season for prospecting. He will make a short trip to the Pajestic stockholders held In Denver on cific coast before to the new Monday, Hon. A. B. Lewis, who has gold fields in thereturning north. served the company as president since Jl Jl its organization, was succeeded by W. The South Swansea, by continued B. Mucklow, a member of the broker- work at pumping is being steadily reage firm which has been the Majestics lieved of water. It is now cleared to Mr. Lewis eastern representative. a depth of 700 feet and with an exwas retained as a member of the board mutual arrangement with the of directors. This change was in ac- pected Swansea management, it is expected cordance with Mr. Lewis wishes as that the work will continue and soon expressed by him before leaving Salt results in a resumption of ore proThe ducts from both Lake to attend the meeting. properties. MINING COMMENT. I I gathering was harmonious and the necessary financial aid for completing the new smelter, putting it in operation and keeping up the development of the companys various mines was pledged. Mr. Lewis has been signally successful as a mine promoter and discoverer and has accomplished more in that line during the past four years than but few men have done in a life- I I 3 time. Jt . Jl In the case of the O. K. mine the central attraction of the Majestic holdings, it was revived by Mr Lewis efforts from an abandoned property and given a national reputation, a much more difficult feat than to attract capital to an entirely new proposition. Scarcely less wonderful have been his achievements in bringing together men of means and properties of merit with regard to the Imperial, the Royal and the Manhattan holdings in which the process of promotion Is not yet entirely completed. Then there are other propositions throughout southern TJtah in which Mr. Lewis is interested to a greater or less degree to Which his name wili give confidence and which need his particular efforts will His bring ability. about better results both for himself and the country generally, than were his energies concentrated on the details of operating a property whose success is already assured. Mr. Lewis runs no risk in remaining in a department where he has proved himself a master,, and whatever his successes may be in building up other properties his name will always be inseparable from the Majestic, which will remain a monument sufficient for one man to the rare combination of tact, judgement, and perseverance Jl Jl The Portland Park Mining company is a new corporation with holdings in the Park City district It is capitalized for $200,000 and is officered by Joseph H. Steele, M. L. Garrity and A. H. Fluelling. Jl Jl Preliminary arrangements are being made by the Columbia Mining company for a concentrator to be erected on the companys grounds at Bingham During a long period of development a considerable amount of low grade ores has appeared, and now it has been determined that the showing justifies a mill of a capacity of at H least 250 tons dally. In addition to proved showing of silver-leaores, the low grade ore, good bodies of ship- carrying moderate values also in ping ore are found with encouraging copper and gold. Connection, has been frequency. recently made with the ore vein at a Jl Jl of 200 feet. The extent of the Managing Director A. F. Holden of depth new find has not yet been found, but the United States company has re- in the upper workings considerable turned from a protracted business bodies of both high and low grade stay east and will give his attention ores have been exposed. Jl Jl to the companys diversified wants at Otto Stahlmann and Joseph Farren both the smelter and its mines. Fol& Western have reof the lowing a complete Indorsement of his turned Glasgow from the companys mines at management at the recent annual Golconda, Nev., where a new smelter meeting of stockholders, he is further now nearing completion will soon be encouraged by conditions of the mines in operation. both at Bingham and Tintlc that inJl Jl sure a substantial increase in the outIs announced that conditions at It put of ore. the Lower Mammoth present most faJl Jl vorable showings on the 1400-foOfficers of the Utah Metals com- level and warrant the stockholders in pany, which recently completed a zinc anticipating substantial results in the near future. The development of plant at Park City, arrived in Utah this property has been of durafrom Boston a few days ago. They tion, with uncertain results,long and sucare subjecting the plant and its opera- cess, if it comes, will have been well tions to a critical examination and ex- earned. Jl Jl pect soon to be able to announce that The Steamboat company, with holdthey are prepared to contribute by at the head of Snake creek, ings to their work the metallic output of across the hill from Park City, and the state. the under management of W. V. Rice, Jl Jl is working steadily on a long tunnel, Good report comes from the Indianwhich will tap the ore bodies at a apolis mine in Tooele county, which vertical depth of about 1000 feet for some time has been producing im- Jl Jl Simon Bamberger is on an inspection trip of his extensive mining ind - ot terests at We are well supplied and still GIVING ...AWA- YTHOSE BEAVTIFVL GOLDFISH Jl J Frank Knox and G. S. Holmes have returned from a business trip east in the Interest of Nevada mining prop erties which they are promoting, and announce success in the undertaking as a result of their efforts. Jl Jl Clarence E. Eddy, the Idaho poet and prospector, who discovered the first gold ore in paying quantities ir the Loon Creek country, is making a short stay in Salt Lake. Mr. Eddy If publishing the Prospector at Custer, ifi i 1 Jl Jl The Daly West management will on the 15th inst. distribute the usual monthly dividend of 60 cents a share, or an aggregate, of $108,000. Jl Jl the Dugway Mining companys property, in which not a few Salt Lakers are interested, writes that an important strike has been made in the mine. The find was encountered in a drift on the 100 foot level and consists of a three-foo- t streak of good copper ore with Superintendent S.a.J. A J. i..t. J t.I AI " J.S.S.a.A rT W T TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT TTTT a m. m m QQ a O- - rTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT Lundeen, of indications of permanence. Jl Jl J. Lathrop and of Salt Lake, have secured others, what is considered a likely property at Tonopah, Nev. It has been highly productive In recent months and will be used as the basis of the Tonopah-Alpin- e company to be capitalized for C. Gladden and F. H. $1,250,000. that effected its development. Jl Jt The operation of the new concentrator at the Comstock mine at Park City is said to be entirely satisfactory to the companys management Since the finding of ore In sufficient quantities to justify the erection of the plant, but a few months, a remarkable spell in both developing the mine and building the mill has been maintained by Superintendent Hickey and Manager Dusseldorf in their respective departments. It is now generally conceded thht the Comstock has reached the stage of a bona 'fide mine of no mean proportions. De La Mar, Nev. 3 THROUGH TRAINS DAILY- -3 AND EAST--2 2-EX- CURSI0NS Jl Jl On account of the tardiness of the snow in disappearing from his holdings near Marysvale, Dr. P. A. H. Franklin made an unsuccessful attempt to examine them the present week. The effort will be renewed again in a few days. Jl Jl It is reported that the shares of the .VIA THE. Thompson Mining company are being gradually absorbed by those high in manageauthority in the Daly-Wement. These transactions are lookel upon as a strong endorsement of the merit of the Thompson property by eminently competent authority, and to indicate either a favorable alliance between or the ultimate consolidation of the properties. st $N,50 TO CHICAGO 1XD RETCH. $38.75 $38.75 TO ST. PAUL AND TO MINNEAPOLIS and 11ETUH. RETCH. JUNE Jtli and 5tli and JUNE 0tli and 10th. Similar Redactions to Intermediate and various other points. RAILWAY BETWEEN MISSOURI RIVER "THE BEST OF EVERYTHING. ANDCHICACO. For Tickets and Reservations apply to THE ONLY DOUBLE-TRAC- K ... G A. WALKER, General Agent, G & N. W. Railway, 206 Main Street, Salt Lake City, Utah. o- - : Children With Banking Accounts. The town of Nous, Belgium, is desirous of abolishing poverty within its borders. To this end every child Is officially registered as soon as it is born, and a banking account opened in its name by the municipal authorities with a deposit of twenty cents. By the time the child attains his majority a small sum awaits him to assist his starting in business. |