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Show 10 INTER-MOUNTAI- Jfeu8 of tfye 5amps. The Review desires reliable correspondence from every mining camp In Utah, Idaho and Nevada, and will give publication to any news items of merit coming from a trustworthy source. Liberal commissions will be paid on subscriptions. UTAH. Tooele County. CAMP FLOYD DISTRICT. Correspondence Mining Review. Mercur, July 1. The Sacramento has made another find." In prospecting around last week G. R. Bothwell discovered a vein of ore that on the surface gives values from $8 to $18. With the immense bodies of ore in this mine, there is no reason why it should not rate with the Mercur, Golden Gate, or in fact any mine in the country. Dave Burley, E. S. Lomax and Judge Colburn were Mercur visitors the first of the week. Sunshine is looking well. Several good properties in that locality show large bodies of ore that carry values which the owners think will justify mills this summer. The Wonder has struck another large flow of water, so much, in fact, that work had to be stopped temporarily. J. L. Lawson and associates claim good values in the Gold Cup, in Lewiston canyon, below Mercur. H. L. Griffin, one of the owners of the Crown Point, reports a good body of ore, with values as high as $6.50. Mr. Benner of the Geyser and Tom Jones of the Marion had a few interesting words Sunday. The Geyser experts and attorneys were out looking over the situation, and it is claimed Jones attempted to follow them and hear their conversation. Mr. Benner notified him to stop, but without effect, as Jones insisted on staying with them. George Snyder was in Mercur Mon- e day and reported a strike of ore in the Old Fisk mine, in high-grad- Ophir canyon, on which he has a lease. George St. Clair is working the Cloride Point, on Lion Hill, and is making regular shipments. The Mercur Gold Production company has a force of ten men at work on its property in the west foothills. Mercur Mercury: At the Northern Light, on Lion Hill, a tunnel has been started which will tap the wonderful ore bodies of the old producer at a great depth, and enable the operators to extract the ore at a much less cost. Some very rich strikes are reported in the property recently, and the outlook is exceedingly bright. Ben Johnson brought to this office this week a stone much resembling jet, which takes on a beautiful polish. He says there are large deposits of it in camp. It looks to be of about the same composition as varisclte, though of a different color. It is reported that the Northern Light company tested their ores this week at the Mercur mill and found the results to be very satisfactory. It is presumed that the mine will soon be equipped with a mill. There is great activity at present on Lion Hill, and we expect it to become one of the heavy centers of production before many months. Frank Black has secured a contract to sink a shaft sixty feet deep on the Elma group of claims near the Bonanza. Frank Morehouse hag secured the contract on the Searchlight. The Buckeye incline has reached a feet and is now depth of seventy-fiv- e lime a horse. The going through Buckeye group is owned by Windsor & Hudson and lies between the Old Fred and the Badger. The Little Pittsburg tunnel is now in 100-fo- ot N MINING REVIEW a distance of about fifty feet. The tract calls for 120 feet of work. con- Juab County. TINTIC DISTRICT. Tlntlc Miner: The Gemini started up last Saturday morning with thirty-tw- o men at eight hours and the old wages. The force is being steadily increased, and will be back to the old number, forty-fiv- e to fifty, in a few days. The repairs and alterations at the Eureka Hill mine and mill are being rapidly pushed and will be ready to resume op- -' erations with the old force immediately after the Fourth. The Godiva will not start again until the Colorado Chief hoist has been erected on the property and is in shape to run. Arrangements are now being perfected for the incorporation of the Undine and Joe Daly claims. These properties are now being vigorously worked through the Undine shaft, under the management of W. H. Wilson, who controls the lease on the property. They are now working two shifts, have a steam hoist in operation, and Manager Wilson reports most satisfactory progress. The Undine and Joe Daly have both made records as producers in the past, and will be heard from again before the summer is over. Shipments from the district for the week are as follows: From the Bullion-Bec- k mine 25 carloads ore, from the Bullion-Bec- k mill 10 carloads concenfrom the Sioux mine 5 carloads trates, ore, from the Carisa 1 carload ore, from the North Star 3 carloads ore, from the Annie Laurie 1 carload ore, from the Dragon Iron mine 2 carloads ore daily, from the Deceiver 1 carload ore. W. F. Patrick has commenced operas tions on the Southern Eureka group and now has two shifts at work in the shaft on the General Harrison. Mr. Patrick states that he expects to sink 300 or 400 feet, and also says that a steam hoist will soon be put up on the property. The diamond drills are announced to be at work in the Ajax, and the thorough prospecting of that great property is the programme. Eureka Democrat: Work will be commenced on the Pocahontas the latter part of the week. This property lies on the Sunbeam vein and promises to enrich the owners when developed in a systematic manner. The croppings show good values in the precious metals and when a reasonable depth is reached will certainly lead to paying ore. The Tetro is working the usual force, and the ground broken proves to be well mineralized. The company contemplate putting in a plant to operate machine drills in the near future. E. N. Jenkins has put a force of men to work on the Kappis property, and will sink a new shaft 500 feet. A force of men will shortly be put on the Primrose to seek for hidden treasures laying in the deep. Salt Lake County. WEST MOUNTAIN DISTRICT. Bingham Bulletin: Affairs at the great Dalton & Lark mine were certainly never in so prosperous a condition as at this time. During the past few weeks surprisingly large bodies of first-claore have been encountered, one of which in a drift from the 640 level was showing twenty feet of solid mineral when our reporter visited the property Tuesday. A great drawback is lack of facilities for handling the wealth of ore, and this is to be remedied by opening a new working shaft in Dalton ground. Operations in an upraise to connect with this shaft, which is already down 300 feet, have been retarded somewhat by bad air, but the difficulty has now been overcome by the use of an electric motor, and connection will be made some time in July. All ore now coming from the Lark shaft will be raised to better advantage through the new outlet, and the mines will then be in shape to output 400 tons per day more easily than the present product is handled. At ss every point the big veins are showing handsomely, and the only hitch is caoutpacity for handling the increasing put. This the management is determined to overcome, and with the improvements in progress it will be no a surprise if the daily yield reaches over. round 400 tons before the season is Since Elmer Hill leased the Keystone mine, three months ago, he has done a large amount of deadwor'k to put it in condition for extensive production. It has been bothered with bad air, but an upraise is now within ten feet of making connections which will obviate the difficulty, and when completed the Keystone will be ready to make a steady output, having stoplng ground blocked out of no present limit Twenty-thre- e men are employed, and Mr. Hill proposes to make things hum from this on. Approximating the shipments for June at 6000 tons, Binghams output for the first half of 1896 will reach 36,000 tons. Summit County. Park Record: The beginning of operations on the new Peck mill has already started much speculation on the beneficial results that will accrue to this camp, and there is talk of the resumption of work on several properties that have been idle for many years on account of the low-gracharacter of ores produced, but which will now have a market value. We expect to see great activity in several old properties before the summer is very far advanced, as there are several that can be made profitable right from the de start. The future for Park City, for mining men, business men and citizens in general, is very promising just at the present time, and there is every reason to believe that the indications will round into a successful fruition. The Crescent company, so we are informed, will continue its present policy of waiting for developments until the new mill approaches completion or the metal market shows a decided increase in the price of both silver and lead. The company must have a drain tunnel, and proposes to make the present ore body on the 400 level stand the expense, hence will not touch it until conditions are more favorable. When the company does make a move it will be an important one, both to the camp and to the company. Superintendent McGregor is now in Idaho. J. L. Weber and John Kearns, who have a lease upon the Silver King second-class dump, put on three shifts of men Thursday morning. This is the g most complete proposition in the West, for besides paying mine wages and working three shifts of men, it is lighted by electricity, the powef being furnished from the Silver King mine. There will be no sale of delinquent stock on the late Constellation assessment as all stockholders paid up in full. The new engine has been placed and is in running order, and works like a charm. It is of the friction pattern, and the only one of its kind in the hand-jiggin- camp. Piute County. Richfield Advocate: If the interested parties are not most awfully misled, one of the richest strikes to date has Just been made up among the golden ledges of the Marysvale district. For a long time the prospectors of that vicinity have been persevering in their search for the mother vein that throws off the fabulously rich float often found in Horse Heaven, clear away from any other formations of its kind. James A. Hill of Fayette has been scouring the hills off and on for about two years, and now at the end of two weeks of steady search believes he has captured the prize. Just over the mountain, southwest of Horse Heaven, he has been picking at some croppings that have developed into a vein, some of wrose rock assays $80,000 to the ton in gold and horn silver. It is a quartzite formation and the ore comes In one and |