Show MINING NOTES NOTE S more than usual activity ho has been displayed in ophir ophar district the pat past season the golden engle eagle a promising pro prospect at albion idaho has lieen been bond ed for the tall fall of snow around grand en ell camp ment wyoming i Is so BO heavy that th parties desiring to inspect the mines can get in and out only with difficulty the rio grande western is ia having tour chair cars car built which will rum mi through to portland for the accomma dation ot of expected heavy EIon ditc travel the office of the galena mining cone con pany ot of fish springs was consumed by fire last week the fire originated i it is thought from some rubbish stored in an attic the marysville marksville Marys ville district is being looked upon with increased favor by min log ing men it has been a good camp to foi twenty years and its prospects prospect are ara brightening with the years A new water wheel has been design cd and is satisfactorily working on the tha colorado river bars it raises gallons of water dally daily and it is expected will enable the working of 0 many claims at a profit which heretofore have been valueless miners of northeastern utah are re r ceiling more attention than for years year the contemplated opening of the reservations and the evident belief that thal means of tran transportation tation are to be provided are responsible for the growing interest the page brothers have opened up a line fine ledge in the Home homestake stake near lit tie pinto in iron county the ledge is three feet carries 73 72 per cent lead 6 ba 0 ounces silver and sl 31 in gold to th the ile ton ion at a depth of only twenty fill fir feet uranium has been discovered near deny I 1 black hawk colorado the mineral is worth 1500 per ton and the agenal of a french syndicate have announced that they will buy all that can be produced as it is much desired by thi the french government for hardening ana solidifying gun metal and armor plate the owners of the rescue gold mining company a nevada proposition owned by park city people have ha agreed to give thomas kearns keams a halt interest in the property if he will develop it and place it on a paying basis basil the property is situated about seventy miles north of elko A letter from C D CIar kham one of contingent en route to klondike has been received in salt laki laid city in which he be says it cost him 1000 to have pounds carried from tali tail to the summit lie he advises peo pie to not be in too big a hurry to get carrying done and prices will bo be cheaper A rich strike is reported from leadville at a depth of 1500 feet which experts believe will make a third life for the camp it is such a deposit it is said as enabled the owners of the tha maid of erin to net 1000 a day and ia ig thought to underlie several properties in in the camp other mines are sinking for the deposit the gold discoveries discover iia near lear ginlock Gunloc lr washington county utah ulah recently announced are creating immense I 1 excitement mr holly of f pioche secured three pounds of rork from there which assayed in gold people say they are gaoing out gold by the claims are being staked on all sides people predict that another leadville will start up here william A dark clark the millionaire mine mine owner has sold his big butte proper ties to the colusa calusa parrot mining and nd smelting smelling Sm elting company of spokane tor for 1 oo oooo sir mr dark clark and his son charles W dark clark are big stockholders the sale includes four valuable mines and the butte reduction works alex J johnson and A 11 II of Butte and C A mcbroom of spokane are others other interested in th the new company reports were recently circulated at white rocks utah of the discovery of 0 prospecting parties in remote districts of the uintah reservation these there reports coming to the ears of the department me nt at washington no ao investigation was ordered at once for this purpose an expedition started from white rocks under the direction of mr johnson for the mountain districts district the order orde will necessitate a careful search of the whole reservation it r Is evidently the purpose of the indian department to prevent any encroach anent on the indian lands the united states geological su survey ay will make topographic and geologic surveys of some of gres mining camps within a short ti kiino 0 park city i bingham vale and gold mountain districts at the more prominent ones selected within eight miles of milford Is 1 sari sail to be antimony enough to keep alcho mist brice busy for years with as large alir a plant as ho he desire to operate before mr brice came before the public be visited that section and personally inspected it the walker brothers Broth and john J daly have purchased a controlling cont roling cling in in te in the morgue group at park city the property embrace embra ceO four claims and is a promising 1 proposition the purchase price IA i said bald to have been 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