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Show INTER-MOUNTAI- Hews of the Camps. MINING REVIEW. N 7 being worked under lease by Hugh Gilson, but Mr. Gilson is storing his ore for a better market. The new strike made by the company breast of solid galena, and exposes a three-fothe management is getting things in shape to work the property and make regular shipments. . The Rkviiw desires reliable correspondence from every i ining camp iii Utah. Idaho and Nevada, a' d will give publication to any news i'ems of merit coming from a trustworthy .. nirce. I.iber.il commissions will be paid on subscriptions. ot MARYSVALE. UTAH. Total TINTIC DISTRICT. The immense gallows frame over the new rouble compartment shaft at the Godiva is erected, and in another week the hoist will be under cover. The last carload of cut stone for the masonry foundation of the new hoist at the Mammoth mine, has been delivered, and the masonry work will be completed within ten days. The Mammoth company has lately been overhauling the pumping plant on Cheery Creek, 22 miles distant, and have refitted the pumps with new cylinders. As a result the water supply is now more plentiful. The Stemwinder group in Silver City has been bonded to J. W. Phillips, the terms of the bond being 5,000, payable in one year, and development work on the property dur- . MOUNT NEBO. . . . 103 The last shipment of ore from the Blue Bird cars. mine netted 162 per ton, the values being chiefly gold, as the highest silver assay yet rereceived showed only 48 ounces. There is a 15 inch streak of this ore, and as much of it as they could take out while running the tunnel, and without stoping, has gone to the contractors for their pay. Now, however, the Golden Star company which owns the Blue Bird, has abandoned the contract work, and will put on a force to extract this high grade ore. The developments of the present season indicate the presence of extensive and valuable mineral deposits in this immense mountain. The Empire Consolidated which is being operated by David Rees of Mammoth, is making a shipment from the discovery of high grade galena lately made, and as the ore body is reported to be nearly 4 feet thick, and improving CAMP FLOYD DISTRICT. in size and silver values as it is being driven Correspondence Mining Review. upon, there is ever reason to believe that the property will be a continous producer. It is Mercur, Nov, 24, 1896. The Golden Gate is only 5 miles from the railroad, and a good doing more work these days than most people wagon road runs up to the mine. suspect. There is a great deal of under ground Higher up the mountain is the Georgia owned work being done, but just what the purpose of by Alonzo E. Hyde and A. Murphy of Eureka. it is, is left for the outsider to guess at. They Five men are employed and a body of ore run- have more men at work than at any previous ning 159 ounces silver and 55 per cent lead has time. ing that period. been uncovered, from which a shipment is now At the Northern Light, the mill building is is located Where the Georgia The recent strike of high grade ore in the being prepared. almost inclosed and it is expected the engine ore is and the mountain the make it very precipitous, and boilers will be in place by the end of NoBuckeye is assuming proportions that one of importance. Already the ore has wid- is being packed down on burros. vember, and the contractors expect to complete ened out from a seam to a pipe four feet thick, the building by Christinas. PARK CITY. and late assays give returns of 130 ounces silver The Mercur mine is employing about 100 men 12 per cent, copper, and 42 per cent. lead. A The boarding house at the Silver King mine and their average shipments are 230 tons per carload shipment of this grade of ore is now7 on is said to be the finest institution of its kind in day. Their record this month will surpass any the world. It is appointed with hot and cold month in their past history. the market. steam heat and electric lights. The Old Fred at Sunshine is running an inJoe Oglesby of the Rock Island, J. L. Yundt water, 2 No. water shaft in the of The volume Daly cline on the ore body, which dips towards the and L. B. Gorham, have started a new shaft and the of the is than a h pumps, vein on the capacity greater Overland. As they have a good body of ore after the Centennial-Eurekside, on the Annandale, a patented sinking has been discontinued. The bottom of that assays 5.00 per ton, it may be said they claim adjoining the Centennial-Eurekground the shaft is 400 feet above the level of the On- already have a milling proposition. on the south, and just north of the Opex. The tario drain tunnel, and unless the flow recedes, II. J. Dieter, of Spokane, Wash., was in camp to the will wait until have Cententhe management 830 of the feet the of claim embraces ledge last week looking over the ground. As a result nial-Eureka, and that the new shaft is in the tunnel reaches a point near enough to the work on the Gold Belt, on the west dip has mineral zone and on the vein is proven by the shaft to drain the waters. been inaugurated. The Vallejo continues to furnish surprises fact that copper pyrites have occurred from the E. A. Benson of Omaha, one of the heavy of ore a breast of is now to fifteen of the and roots down exhibiting present depth grass stockholders in the was in town Sacramento, an average value of 3 8 ounces gold, (03.85), 8 this feet. week, and reports himself as being well 10 per cent copper. This is and ounces silver The shaft of the Homes take in Silver City, is pleased with all his property. He is also the tunand the if remarkable a showing, owner of the Golden Ward and Valley View now down 240 feet, and in the last 40 feet ore certainly is being driven for greater depth finds that nel These properties are on the same vein has been in sight continously. The vein stands as in the present workings, groups. as vein the good vertically, and so far fiveseperate seams of ore, the Vallejo will be one of the biggest mines in as the Omaha and join the La Cigale on the North. Work in their development has been from C to 15 inches thick, and carrying equal Utah. resumed. values, have been encountered, and from their from various dips it is is believed they will converge. It is reported that in a winze being sunk OnThe Geyser has finished the outside work on the tunnel drain the level the of great The ore streak in the bottom of the shaft is on their mill and are now busy putting the dishas been ore streak of a tario vein, now 15 inches thick and is widening and imtanks in place. A new engine and crusher are cent lead thirty-fiv- e carries which per closed, proving in values as greater depth is reached. among the additions to their plant. ton. to ounce silver the and one hundred and fifty So far the Ilomestake has been a low grade From the amount of assessment work being a not while The any by surprise discovery, statement of silver proposition, the Reviews done, it is evident that claim will find two weeks ago to the contrary being an error. means, go to show that the great Ontario vein but little to reward them nextjumpers year. with depth Values are about 35 ounces silver, $2.50 in gold has depth and permancy, and that was found at a The strike in the Omaha has caused a great and 25 per cent copper to the ton, making an the values improve. The ore of No. 2 deal of excitement, and property owners in that ore that is worth about 54. per ton in the local depth of 1,000 feet below the collar rise to the belief part of the district have their working harness on market. A carload shipment will be made this shaft, and its occurrence gives that the man is yet to be born who will see the and are trying to see how much they can stake. week. La Cigale has enough good milling ore blockOntario worked out. The only real test of merit in a mining dis- ed out for the management to consider the trict is that of its output, and judged this way BINGIIAM. necessity of a mill, and spring will probably see the camps of the Tintic district are making the in Jack Hines and Tom Tibbies who are leasing them engaged the erection of one. Water is best kind of a record for themselves. From handy, the ore is easy got at, and they have have York on shipPhoenix Hill, of the a are the district the of part every quarter shipments and have now an average value of 8.00, and about 18 feet in the ore week, of cars five past week the for total the and ped ending reported, of pay ore. November 20th, indicate a heavy increase in the a good body in sight from which to continue 12 past month. They were as follows: shipments. Another portion of the Phoenix is The Omaha has about feet of pay ore which con-tino- us Mam-mout- a 7-fo- 20-inc- li ot |