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Show INTER-MOUNTAI- as follows: From the Bullion-Bec- k mine, 35 carloads ore; from the Bullion-Bec- k mill, 13 carloads concentrates; 8 carloads from the Centennial-Eurekore; from the Eureka Hill mill, 8 carloads concentrates; from the Mammoth mine, 1 carload ore; from the Mammoth mill, 13 carloads concentrates; from the Sioux mine, 1 carload ore; from the Sioux mill, 7 carloads concentrates; from the Ajax, 10 carloads ore; from the Swansea, 3 carloads ore; from the North Star, 4 carloads ore; from the Dragon Iron mine, 2 carloads daily. Lee Hopper advises us that the probabilities are that the Retribution will be incorporated by the aid of Eastern in the capital and will commence workimmedinear future. The ground lies ately north of the Gemini property, and is the ground upon which an Oga, den company foolishly expended from $15,000 to $20,000 several years ago without any systematic development of the property. The Retribution should be regarded as one of the most valuable of Tintics undeveloped properties, and we believe a mine will be developed there by proper work. The rush into North Tintic still continues, and every foot of ground is reported to be located clear through to Mercur. A large amount of work is also being done on recent locations in the neighborhood and north of Greeley Springs, and the showing is said to be N MINING REVIEW. and it is believed a larger ore body than any yet encountered will be discovered. A vein of white quartz has been followed by the new tunnel. At the surface it was barren, but has now widened to fourteen inches and contains $7 in gold, and iron and copper stains are coming in. Detroit District. Nephi Blade: An authentic report comes from Detroit that S. F. Mount, who has a bond and lease on the Ibex, has made a magnificent strike in that property. The find was made in the lowest workings of that valuable mine, and if it shall hold out, as there is every reason to believe it will, Detroit will catch at least one end of the boom that is so rapidly swinging in toward Utah. Box Elder County. On the Buffalo mine, near Brigham City, a tunnel is being run to cut the vein at a depth of 120 feet. The vein is fifteen feet wide at a depth of fifteen feet, and samples have assayed 45 per cent copper, $8 in gold and $27 silver. 9 in improvements within the past few months, which have placed them in a position to work more economically than heretofore. The Tiger, Poorman, Morning, Gem, Frisco and Standard have all had large sums of money expended upon them within the past six months, and in several cases the improvements will not be accomplished for a couple of months more. Coeur dAlene Sun: E. C. Wood and son and Wash. Snyder are developing the sand carbonate ledge at the head of WTesp gulch, about four miles from Murray. This ledge was discovered in the early days of the camp, and approaches more closely a pure lead mining proposition than any discovery so far made in the Coeur dAlenes. It lies just beyond the gold belt. The ore resembles very closely that found in Ophir canyon, Utah, in the early seventies, and which created a big excitement, but the assays run lower in silver here and higher in lead. In fact, assays, so far as reported, return from $8 to $15 in silver and all the way from 60 to 80 per cent lead. If this percentage of lead is correct, the ore would be a mighty fine shipping proposition with the price of lead at $3.50 or $4 per 100 pounds. the Eagle property a tunnel is being driven to tap the vein at a depth of 200 feet. The surface ore mills 220 Bingham County- ounces silver, 32 per cent lead and The gold properties of Cariboo promfrom $2 to $12 gold. The property is to attract considerable attention ise owned by Richard L. Colburn, George during the coming season. The disDowney and C. P. Castle of Salt Lake. trict shows an abundance of came in H. S. Joseph and party ores, and considerable deWednesday across country from MerWeber County. velopment work has been done by the cur. Mr. Joseph claims positively to of Union in the Little company, composed of Salt vicinity have traced the Mercur ledge through which Mountain, p were wrhich discoveries has a mill in Lakers, reported gold to Tintic. last week, is still the scene of consid- operation. Five well defined veins run erable activity, and several claims are across Cariboo hill, showing a Salt Lake County. decomposed quartz, carrying $4 being developed. to $7. Three of the ledges are WEST MOUNTAIN DISTRICT. twenty-fiv- e to thirty feet wide, one fifteen and Bingham Bulletin: The output of the IDAHO. the other four. About ten miles below camp for the month of January, Cariboo are located the properties of amounted to 4842 tons, divided as folthe American Placer company, which lows: Ada County. has taken out about three millions. From Bingham Station Hauled by encourSalt Lake parties have recently disBoise is Statesman: It very Standish & Jimpson Home-stake covered good ore about ten miles southTons. aging news that comes from the 985 Old Telegraph some time east of Cariboo. mine Neal. at For 1035 Old Jordan and Galena work has been prosecuted in what 350 past Niagara, Spanish and Utah as the Blacksmith tunnel. is known 50 Petro Owyhee County. 150 The tunnel is now in 700 feet and in a Northern Chief Col. W. H. Dewey has organized a 115 very fine body of ore. The Northern Chief to mill with a capital of $1,500,000, company, 20 is from eighteen inches to two feet Tiewauke CO Montezuma wide and is very rich. A quantity of called the Florida Mountain Gold MiHauled by J. Jimpson, Jr- .ore taken from the entire face of the ning company. It owns ten of the best ICO on Florida mountain at Silver Storey tunnel, which exposes the vein to the claims Hauled by Tom Mayne wras shipped to City, embracing the 79, the Booneville, 550 width of four feet, Northern Light the Florida Hill and the Florida Moun100 Charles Balbach, owner of the mine, at Phoenix tain tunnel, that Col. Dewey has al70 Omaha. Starlus driven some 1200 feet. Some of 40 Word has been received from Mr. ready Peabody the richest citizens of Pittsburg are 15 Balbach that the ore went $76.47 a ton. Frisco 50 This was much better than Mr. Balbach connected with the enterprise, including Telegraph 50 Giant Chief Gayley, wTho is a heavy owner expected. The streak referred to is the J. H.Trade Lead Mill Station recently antaken out. The remain- nounced Dollar. It was By tram, from Keystone (estimated).. 250 only ore being Fraser & Chalmers had der will be allowed to stand. The secured athat Revere Station contract for a twenty-stam- p C92 breast of the tunnel is fully 250 feet Dalton and Lark mine and mill mill for Silver City, and men here who Miscellaneous 100 from the surface, almost under the cenfamiliar with Col. Deweys operaof the hill, and considerably further are ter tions intimate that this mill has been Total tons 4842 in than the upper workings. During January the Dalton and Lark Boise Democrat: Last week the con- ordered by his new company. stamp mill turned out 3335 ounces of tract wras signed for the casting of the silver bullion. Lemhi County. quartz mill for D. M. Steen. Capt. The connection between the Phoenix gold James Baxter, of the Boise Foundry Lemhi Republic: Mr. Demming, lesand Caramandel mines is and Reduction wrorks, got the contract, see of the Monolith mine at Shoup, had And now watch this propertycompleted. Which fact the public will be pleased some concentrates capable of being one of the greatest producers to learn, and which wTill also be a sure assayed here Thurswent $1192 which per ton gold, in Utah. the mill will be perfect day, that guarantee ounces twenty-eigsilver and 30 per The ore bins of the Montezuma are in all of its details. lead. The concentrates were obfull, and another shipment of 125 tons It is to be spink span new and turned cent tained by concentrating nine parts of is in progress. The increasing output out complete about the first of next ore base into one. There are two feet crowded the management out of its month. ore on the hanging wall of this base A battery for ten stamps will be proposition to hold off for a rise in of the vein in the new workings, the lead. placed, but to start with five only will vein being about nine feet wide. A The Arropean, a promising prospec be put in. The remaining five wrill be breast of ore near the Phoenix mine, in which prom added soon as required, which will not sample of an eight-foo- t ran $36 in is It gold. probable that inent Salt Lake parties are interested be long. concentrators will be put in the mill and is to be operated in the spring. It ha the concentrates be shipped to a C02jsiderable development and is in ore Shoshone County. smelter. There is enough lead and silThe owners of the Antelope have ap Wardner Newrs: The prospect for ver in the concentrates to pay for Plied for an extension of the Daltoi and Lark tramway to their dum the operation of the mines the coming transportation. mill and chlorination vaoout forty yards of new track), am season is fairly good. The price of A twenty-stam- p is not encouraging, but cannot af- plant is to be erected on the Gold Dust if they get it it will soon in lead materially fect seriously such mines as the Stand- mine, the machinery having just been crease the output of Leadmine gluch. ard, the Gem and the Frisco. The purchased at Chicago by Manager LITTLE COTTONWOOD. snowfall so far is somewhat lighter Magner. ?tate company has no than the average, but there may be an on the tunnel recent Y abundance yet, otherwise the water Wood River. bottom of the gulc supply is liable to be inadequate next bSdt?0muthe It is reported that an important strike workings. This tunnc season. Many of the leading properties win exploreDlA the ground at great dept have expended large .sums of money has been made in the Idaho Democrat, On first-clas- s. low-grad- e, free-milli- ng ten-stam- free-milli- ng pay-stre- ak in-th- ht 1 e |