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Show 6 INTER-MOUNTAI- MINING REVIEW N ent Sharp thinks the added facilities will enable the company to keep pace wall. consumption. The e A fine ledge of gold quartz with the increasing is taken by has been discovered two miles east of greater part of the outputand a large Salt Lake smelters, Ibach, Lemhi county, Ida,, at the head the changes its position to the hanging high-grad- Several prospects in this district have been bonded to Butte parties, and an arastra is to be erected by Hamlin & Gallagher on Sage creek. The Bennett amalgamator at Green River has been shut down for some days, owing to a break in the machinery, but this has been repaired, and operations will be resumed. The management claims that the work of the big machine is quite satisfactory, but no figures are given to the public. It is an off day when the mining camp of Mercur does not experience one or more sensations. On Tuesday the town was visited by a cloudburst, which did considerable damage, and two miners, Charles Jones and Halvor Guldbrandsen, fell down shafts and wrere killed, the former in the Gold Dust, and the latter in the Brickyard. A subscriber desires to know what became of the Congressional bill setting apart a portion of the proceeds of land sales for the support of schools of mines. Congressman Allen inf onus the Mining Review that it died on the House calendar. No bill that went to the calendar during the last session was resurrected except by unanimous of Indian creek. consent. The option on the Centennial-Eurek- a mine expires tomorrow, and the officers of the company declare they have not the slightest information as to what will be its fate. Although the deal involves the payment of three million dollars, no great interest or concern is exhibited at the office of the company, and there is a general air of indifference over the result Testimony for the Geyser side of the Geyser-Mario- n apex suit is now being before District given Judge Ritchie, then Marion having closed with a stereopti-co- exhibition, illustrating the workings. Geyser experts testify that the strike of the vein is east of north, and the dip south of east, which would give the Marion no rights in Geyser ground. The Geyser attorneys also contend that the original Marion location was made under the law of 1866 on a silver vein, and under that law it acquired no rights to the gold vein. If the Marion claimed its rights under the law of 1872, parallel end lines were required amount of money that formerly went to Colorado and to foreign producers is thus kept at home. During the week Salt Lake has been honored by the presence of a representative of the Mining and Financial Trust Company, Ltd., London, in the person of Mr. Charles M. Rolker, who has just completed an examination of Capt. DeLamars Nevada mine. For obvious reasons he declined to express to the Mining Review7 any opinion concerning this property, but positively denied that any negotiations had been closed. It was through the syndicate represented by Mr. Rolker that the flotation of the DeLamar, Ida,, property was accomplished, and also that of the Elkhorn in Montana. Mr. Rolker stated that his people were well satisfied writh these investments, and, while the high grade ore bodies in the Idaho property showed signs of exhaustion, the purchase money had been returned to the owners and the mine still showed a great amount of milling ore. Concerning the present standing of American mines in the London market, he explained that much depended upon the character and standing of the people by whom they were presented. A reputable agent, in wThom investors had confidence, could place a good property without difficulty. Still, the English- co-operat- ion ley. Mr. James McGregor has returned to from a trip Bay Horsey Ida., made for the purpose of visiting a group of twelve patented claims which he owns near that place. A leaser on one of the claims, the Pacific, started work in a new place last winter, and took out ore that carover 100 tons of first-cla50 per cent 70 ounces and silver ries lead. The property also shows large ore that could be bodies of second-clas- s ss handled at a profit with a mill. Mr. J. E. Bamberger has returned from a trip to the Boundary Creek district, British Columbia, and pronounces it a most inviting field for mining operators. Many good properties are being developed, the ledges and to general formation being similar of the bulk creek. of The Trail those conducted by are at present operations Americans. There Is an abundance of water and timber, the laws are liberal, demen decidedly prefer to place their in- and there is every inducement for vestments in the British colonies, and velopment the prejudices engendered by the Eagle Foundry Receivership. Venezuelan incident and other political troubles undoubtedly operated against American mines. SALT LAKE NUGQETS. Hon. G: W. E. Dorsey has returned from Nebraska Hon. R. C. Lund of the Dixie Copper company is up from St. George. Superintendent Kendall of the Centennial-Eureka has gone to the coast. Mr. A. Burch, the civil engineer, visited Shoup, Ida., on mining business last week. Mr. Joseph E. Galigher, manager of the Crystal company, has gone down to the mines in the Marysvale country. by that law. Mr. E. J. Carter, secretary of the It is quite probable that the Little East Golden Gate company, has reCottonwood district may repeat her turned from a business trip to Monrecord as a heavy producer of silver-lea- d tana. ores. The district contains many Mr. Allen G. Campbell, president of properties that have produced ' millions the Brick Consolidated company, has from near the surface, and none of returned from the mine, which is lothem have been worked below the wa- cated in the Vanderbilt district, Cal. ter level. So heavy is the flow of water that it is only by of Manager W. A. Taylor of the Peruhancan the be that it vian, in Little Cottonwood canyon, dled. A tunnel not exceeding three spent several days in the city this miles in length would drain nearly week. Much development work will be every mine of importance, and this pro- done on the Peruvian this season, and ject is receiving the serious considera- the present showing is most encouragtion of the owners. This would permit ing. further development, and there is Messrs. George and Scott Crismon of every reason to believe the high-grad- e the Utah and Galena companies are in ore bodies in many Instances continue Lemhi Ida., making preparato the deep. In the old workings of tions tocounty, commence work upon a group some of the Idle properties there are of gold properties recently purchased large bodies of ore that could now be by them. A stamp mill is among the handled at a profit, and these have re- Improvements contemplated. cently been examined, with a view to Mr. Franklin Farrell of Ansonia, resuming operations. Conn., arrived in the city during the It is gratifying to note the prosperity week. Mr. Farrell is one of the princiof the Pleasnt Valley Coal company, in the Sioux and Utah which is building up one of the great- pal stockholders in the Tintic district, and, est industries in the State. The returns properties Mr. with George H. Robinson, owns made to the Assessor, under the new what is known as the Sioux mill. law, show that during the year ending Broker Frank Harkness has returned June 30th the Castle Gate mines were from a trip to Eastern cities, including over of a $40,000. at profit operated Cincinnati and New York. He found The Winter Quarters mine did not make so good a showing, in the way the financial men of the East someof profits, owing to the large amount what upset by the political circus, but their attention expended upon improvements at the succeeded in toholding sell a group of Camp mine. The company has just com- long enough prospects. pleted twenty new coke ovens at Castle Floyd Gate, wThich increases the total to 104, Utah Revealed, an elegantly printwith a capacity of 90 tons per day. All ed work on the resources of this State, of this product is consumed within the is now being distributed by Messrs. State and has been insufficient to sup- Senior & Ladd, the publishers. The ply the home demand, but Superintend matter was prepared by Judge E. F. mine-owne- rs best efforts Colburn, and Is one of the the lithwhile of that able writer, reflect credit ography and typography artists. Lake upon the Salt visAmong the mining operators who ited Salt Lake City during the carnival were Anthony Godbe of Bullionville, Thomas Nev.; J. W. Scott, Silver City; G. H. Dr. Campbell, DeLamar, Nev.; Fennemore, Beaver; William Hatfield, Charles Eureka; W. G. Nebeker, Ophir; W. E. Norris, Lammersdorf, Richfield; DeLaFrank Wilson, Mont.; Helena, mar, Nev.; Col. E. Babcock, Butte, F. Mont.; W. E. Dodge, St George; S.HaiMount, Richfield; Fulton Haight, Last week the Eagle Foundry & Ma- chine company was placed in the hands of a receiver, by the consent of all parties, Mr. W. H. Remington being designated as the receiver. The liabilities are stated to be but $18,000, while the assets reach $50,000, and the receivership was precipitated by the failure of the Bank of Salt Lake. There was no interruption whatever to the operation of the plant, and it is not the Intention to close down for a day, as the company is doing a good business and expects to speedily straighten out its affairs and terminate the receivership. The Eagle plant has as fine an equipment as any in the West and possesses most complete facilities for turning out every class of work. In its pattern department alone there are patterns involving an outlay of over $30,000, which could not be duplicated, except at great annoyance and expense to the patrons of the works. Mr. A. M. Grant, the manager of the company, took charge of its affairs nine years ago, when the foundry was located at the corner of Second South and West Temple streets. Under his able administration the business grew to such proportions as to necessitate the erection of larger works. This involved a heavy outlay and shortly following the completion of the new plant came the disaster to silver and the consequent depression in business. But for this unforeseen event the company would not be embarrassed today. It is to be hoped that it will soon be able to readjust its affairs upon a satisfactory basis and resume control of the property. Mining Abstracts. E. W. Genter, Abstractor of Titles. Complete abstracts of all mining property in Salt Lake and Tooele counties, 150 Main street. |