Show I IN THE MINING W VORLDI i I THE GOLD QUEEN MINE Interesting Description of This Valuable Gold Property THE STATE LINE DISTRICT THE XEW OAIP MAKING AX EX COUUHHXG SHOWING celoi iicnt of > HncM Clnlm Orn t ers Should Not lipeiul un Hnxt ora Ciijiltiil Tlie Xeiv York Group Milling UcIll uf Ititerixt Clipped Krom HIP InrK Ueooril Clmmliert in llnttc Sp it1 BttiOurnKli Bly of Ltu Iii Mining Outlook V Snfup Mill Tlif Klns IhH nol Ciikluiu 1111 iHtiiir Mine Two invention Snake Jliicr Gold A E Calioon of Murray who at the present time is sojourning at the Golden Queen mine In the Blue mountains mount-ains in southeastern Utah is the author au-thor of the following graphic description descrip-tion of the Golden Queen mine and mill ton which appeared in the Murray Amrican of Saturday last Tli Golden Queen Mining company property is situated in the Blue mountain mount-ain about itn miles west of the town of MonUvio San Juan county Utah atiiut 320 nuns southeast of Muriay The elevation of she mill is about SMQ fit above see level and the mine is i about 1000 feet Higher But here let me say a word of pifUie and encouragement encourage-ment for ihe boys that compose this company an i have worked so hard and spent their money in this enterprise for they surely deserve iu By naming them you wlli SCd that most of them an well known in Murray and some of them burn and raised there so ynu can tieiwmJ on it that they are good stuff and a yard wide They are Messrs Frank Kinbaii Tom Pins A A C hvMin J H Erekson Norman Ereksoi len Haywood Jo5euli Hay wood Some time about IS months ago they commenced prospecting this property and after spending considerable money they belliveil hEY could by building a stain mill and treating the ore here make it pay So here is the mill and a daisy tenstamper capable of treating from S to 30 tons every 21 hours and to show they mean business they built the building large enough to add 20 more stamps if so wisned It is a difficult task to get freight in here I has to be hauled on wagons from the railroad over 100 miles I costs 2 cents per pound So you see it is no small undertaking and judging from the short run just made they will reap a line harvest whim they justly deserve de-serve Their ore is a very free milling ore so they have no bother saving the gold They can mine tram and mill at a cost of less than S3 per ton Now let us follow the OVc as it is mined I is Iut into a car and run out to a chute which runs to the ore bin From there a small chute at the bottom loads the buckets of the tramway which is an endless cable wire to which are sixty buckets attached about 100 feet apart and which runs by the weight of the loaded buckets puling up the empty ones As the buckets get to the mill i is so arranged ar-ranged that the bucket passes over another chute and a trio trips a lever and the bottom of the bucket drops and down comes the ore to the crusher which is a 7 by 10 size and crushes to the size of an egg then from thereto there-to another ore bin with another chute at the bottom which takes it to the mortars that the stamP works and pulverizes it so fine that it has to come through a 40mesh screen Water is turned in the mortar so when i comes through the screen it looks like y low mud which washes over copperplates copper-plates covered with quicksilver and there is where most of the gold is caught It is called amalgam and that i retorted but to make sure to get all the gold the Imp runs on to a machine called I vannar that is a machine about 12 by 16 feet which has a sideshaking and also a rolling machine ma-chine with water running over it and the licht dirt and rock are washed away down the canyon and the gold that the copper plates dont catch is caught by The vanner So there we are arf areTlipy have a fine 50 horse power with engine to match They burn wood for fuel which is delivered at 275 per cord I is a en good class of wood a long leaf pine it is called it has a let oC pitch in it which makes a hot lire And I mustnt forget to mention the I dynamo it 5s a day I is a Gi Ucht machine So we have electric lights I and as soon as possible they will sing wire to the mine and then come down and see us The ore bodies now you have me Imt in sight there must be between 5000 and GOO tons which will average l aver-age judging by what we are running at present from 5 to G per ton At presenj they are working under cover that is i they w ill leave the roof on the hill this winter but when spring comes Mr Ereiison informs me the top and all will go because it is good ore plum to the top Now Martin I I have tried to the jou a full dPscrir tion of this place and of the boys hat have had the courage to spend their I money here I say good luck boys I STATE LIE U1STIMCT The New Cainii Jltikine nti Encouraging Encour-aging Sliowinsj A correspondent of the Marysvale Pioneer writes regarding the State Line district as follows As you requested me to write you my opiuton of the Slate Line district I will to MI although my ideas may not correspond wh what other people peo-ple here said hut this camp The ore Is S nesrly al free milling there l > iing but very HiUe base material ma-terial found as yet and the silver ore Is high grade eii > nigh to shp which means a great deal considering the transportation charges and the low price oj silver and the ore carries but Very Jittle lead The Ophir 1s down 165 feet and the lur > o 70 feet with considerable drifting drift-Ing done on hoth and they are taking oar anO shipping enough high grade live ore to pay for development Tit Sulphide though only down 25 feet is sacking ore that goes 500 ounces 3r silver and ilW in gold 1 Cold Belt has two tunnels 150 mid IKS fee rewpwtively and from Hue it live rpt of J30 gold rock rhe Creole hm a good body of milling ore and the Gold Haven is dowi 70 feet alt has 10 feet of gold ore oreThe C own Point is down 20 feet and has 2 feet of gold ore and there nre 41 > others antler way of becoming paying propositions There are about 150 mon scattered I around the district prospecting and I I working claims but it is no place forman a for-man looking for wages as the owners I own-ers of most of the ground are doing I their own development work The only drawback to the camp is the enormous I price they have put on their property and the country is staked for miles I The town is well supplied with stores and hotels A custom mill would help the camp out wonderfully and it is expected tone or more will be I built early in the spring DEVEIXHMEAT OF MIXES Claim Owner Should NotDepend on Eastern Capital There are a class of men who are cass eminently satisfied and apparently not at all affected by the adverse conditions condi-tions of business affairs These says the Western Mining World are the miners and prospectors who have passed through the selge of knocking unsuccessfully at the door of eastern capital and amid hardships were forced to utilize their own resources and develop their properties themselves them-selves which were industriously hawked alout the country and scorned by those who could well have afforded any possible less that might accrue from an attempt to demonstrate their failure 1 success The scorned miner is i now in Inn cases the fortunate possessor of a dividend payer and is enjoying the fruits of his numerous personal sacrifices cloaked in the garb nf regular dividends At times we are i1 dt I tslf of the opinion that if every mine was I forced 1f depend upon itself and the I enterprise of brat capitalists it would be far better in the end both for the I owner and the community at large What little money we secure from the east is at an enormous sacrifice and the prifils are quickly absorbed and nothing said of them But whenever a mining proposition fails and there is any eastern capita identified with it there is i a tat amino about the loss atoo I and the dishonesty of the enterprise and in fact everything that can be I invenic1 to cry down mining A great mal thousand dollars are wasted in the pursuit of eastern capital and in J11ult I U9 cases out of 100 are without results The most fortunate operators have I brought about their success through their own efforts or with the assistance assist-ance of local capital Eastern people I win buy a few hundred shares of wildcat wild-cat stocks something on which shrewd manipulators promise 100 per cent but present to these same people a legitimate I legiti-mate mining proposition with profits that one would expect in ordinary business busi-ness and they will frown it down Its too legitimate I is safe to say that I they know but little about mining TUB KW YOKIC G11OIT Jliiiinp ItcniM of Interest Clipped From the PnrJc Jtecoril Charles McFalls and associates have or are about to let a lease and give a bond on their New York group of claims lying south of the Ontario and west of and adjoining Jack Greens Nail Driver tunnel group of claims The New York group comprises five claims making a block of ground 1000 by 1500 feet plenty of ground for any corporation to handle I has a well defined vein with the proper dip and strike and there is little doubt but that a shaft 200 feet in depth will show up pay ore as the indications are very promising to that end not only where the vein has been cut on the New York but according to the supposed developments develop-ments made in the Nail Driver tunnel and of which the dumr of that property prop-erty gives much evidence in support Anyway the New York is one of the most promising groups in the district and its development should present negotiations be closed will be watched with interest The names of the parties interested are not for publication but whoever they are they should be congratulated con-gratulated on securing such a promising promis-ing block of ground CAMP CROSSCUTS Thursday was pay day at the Silver King mine The Ontario and Daly companies are expected to issue checks to their employees early next week The general impression among the Park City holders of Daly stock is to the effect that a dividend will be de iJarcd this month payable before Christmas The treasury is amply strong and a 25cent dividend could be paid without at all crippling the company Messrs Bunce McLaren leasing on the northeast end of the Crescent ground have a sixton shipment of nice I I looking ore at the sampling I mill They I have a very promising streak of ore in sight and expect it to widen out I into handsome proportions with con tiued development The Vallejo began hauling ore again Thursday and the rock being delivered at the Mackintosh sampler looks to be of fine rrrade The lower tunnel being driven t tap the vein is still su porphyry por-phyry and gives every indication of proving the prospect to be a mine The big bridge is completed and is a strong and durable structure As stated in the Record Saturday last would be the case the Silver King mine started un Sun r y morning at 7 oclock with a full fore and everything is moving as smoothly as could be desired de-sired Ore has been corning down as lively as the rough condition of the roads would permit The flow of water while still not very strong is ample for all needs There is a pretty good opening in Park City for some active young man to establish a brokerage for buying and selling mining stock I people knew where to go to purchase or dispose of stock quite a snug little business could be established in a very short time as there are many inquiries both to buy and sell Considerable interest was created this week by the widely circulated rumor to the effect that Henry Newell who spent several davs in the camp this week1 had purchased 10000 shares of Vallejo stock at 250 per share Investigation Inves-tigation resulted in a fat denial of any such transaction and the statement that the gentleman had attempted to buy that number of shares at St per share but failed to get any of the stock at all A larce shipment of high grade ore was made this week from the Woodard lease on the southeast end of the Crescent Cres-cent companys ground known as the old Walker and Webster The lease has been worked by Messrs Willlam Wood ard Charles Loofbourow and Secretary Secre-tary Snyder but they were compelled to close down this week on account of the danger oC snow slides one or two having already occurred in their immediate im-mediate neighborhood and in one of which Mr Woodard was caught and given a lively roll but escaped without serious injury Work will be resumed I as early as possible in the soring J J Thomas and W Aubrev Fortes cue were out from the city Monday looking after some business matters connected with the Creole They visited the mine and were well pleased with the showing being made The shaft is now down 275 feet and still going downward down-ward A nice shipment of firstclass ore is on the dump ready for market whenever the company elects to ship There is also a good tonnage of sec ondclass ore on the dump that can be concentrated at a good profit There are no new developments concerning the stock of the Creole now held in bond No news at all has been received to date In Park City concerning the meeting meet-ing of the new board of directors of the Anchor Mining company which was to have met at Detroit Mich on the 9th Inst The meeting was undoubtMIy held however and officers elected but J Assistant Secretary Scott does not expect pect to hear any definite news until 0 n I Monday or Tuesday of next week In the meantime the impression has gone I forth that the company vflll resume operations on a small scale in the near future and it is to be sincerely hoped that the anticipations will materialize into an actual fact Mr Scott says he would not be surprised I the company decided to resume with a small force though he has no knowledge whatever of any such intention The vein recently encountered in th Alice is more than holding its own In appearance and looks better today than I did two weeks ago when it was first cut The shaft is now nearly 200 feet deeD and has gone through two separate veins both of which are most encouraging for besides showing avery a-very fine matrix they are capped with a livelylooking grayblue lime one of the characteristics of the Woodslde canyon properties The footfall of the lower vein is a hard quartzite the same as is found in the Woodside Mayllower and other properties In that sction Dr KJos and associates feel that the Alice is ret liable to add laurels to the fame of Woodside canyon and Treasure hill The dump of the property prop-erty attracts the attention of the many miners who pass and repass i and all are pleased with the material coming com-ing from the vein Operations In the deep shaft at the Lucky Bill have been suspended for the present and he company is devoting devot-ing all its energy to sinking thu winze on the new ore body found reoently The showim and value of the ore is very encouraging and the size and regularity of Lhe vein together wth its dip and strike have made Superintendent Superin-tendent Joseph Hatch feel like a newman new-man As soon as he gets the vein proved up to his own satisfaction 11 Hatch will drift tor i from the 1000 foot level The outlook for the Luckv Bill is really better than it has ever been before A small shipment of oie was made from the property this pet which is expected to yield a fair margin mar-gin over cost of production CIIA3IHEKS IV UUTTE Speaks Encouragingly of UlnliB Miii Iiit Outlook R C Chambers the Utah millionaire mine owner who has been stopping at tho Montana hotel Anaconda for the past week says tho Butte Miner left for home In Salt Iake on Thursday Mr Chambers business here was In connection con-nection with seven mining and business is affairs in which he is Interested He I member of the banking tin of Hose Brownlee Co and owns heavily in some of the copper properties of the district In Utah Mr Chambers occupies a position posi-tion at the head of the prominent mln injr operations of that state His great wealth was accumulated mainly from the enormous output of the celebrated Daly and Ontario mines at Park City and he is responsible for the opening up of many new mineral districts of his state Besides controlling some valuable mining min-ing propertIes at Mercur the new gold camp Mr Chambers has extensive realty holdings In Salt Lake City He also owns the controlling interest In The Herald Her-ald plant until recently the plaything of i varied ownership I I No man has a more prophetic faith in Utahs resources both in a mineral and agricultural sense and he has always attempted at-tempted to demonstrate this Idea by giving giv-ing his almost undivided attention to personal per-sonal business affairs ther 11 Chambers Cham-bers believes that Mercur is destined f > outlive the vaunted gold Holds of Cripple I Creek but there are other gold bearing I sections in the state that are just now attracting him and vlich he has reason I to expect will return amply more than rxlect has been expended in development He I reports all of the mineral districts of I Utah as looking so promising that the intergarden state will not fee any had effects from the recent election hut on i the contrary the output of its wealth in I I ore should be greater than ever before i i A Siimiiliiig unit Custom Mill j Tho mining Interests of Baker county J demand the establishment of a sampling ard custom mill In this city says the Democrat of Baker City Or I doubtless doubt-less would pay from the start and our business men should encourase the en i tcrrirlse in all their power A custom I sampler would cspviuly benefit the prospector and uromoe this essential 1 branch of the mining industry NoL j insr stimulates the niJnlnp interests of a j camp so much as aciivc < lev < Ioi meit but there Is little encouragement for the I miner with jimitr1 means to open up his property when be is inftble to realize real-ize from the ore Mlcn out ist us have I lt a sampling awl custom mill eu that la l adequate for all ilomanilK j I Florida Mountain Mi HON Statesman Boise Ida T D Babbitt is over from Dewey He reports that the I great mill of the Florida Mountain 3Iln I ing company is pounding away night ant day giving entire satisfaction to tie j management The mill he says Is un i doubtcilly tht < finest In this portion of the state and is 1 probably not ejualod anywhere 1 any-where in Idaho The hotel erected by the company is a model In every respft I is handsomely furnished and provides travelers with as good accommodations as can be found at any place In this region ll Babbitt is engineer for the Florida Mountain company White he does rot feel at liberty to givi specific informi lion regarding the mines lie states that they are looking w11 at all pCtnis Th > property is opened by live icvels Cnt at these is an old one well iii limit tncuni ain The other four are iielow it and are all In ore The vein has bien followed fol-lowed at some points for Zff > 1 COO feet Jlr Babbitt will leave today for MMI i low Creek to do some enjrfreMring work on the Levan properties recently purchased pur-chased by Mr Dewey Smelter For Vernal Vernal Express iwo gentlemen Mr I I Hill and Mr March are stopping I Jensen and are said to be looking over the riound for the locationof a smtItcr I by which ors can lie treated at u cost of about 7 a ton A iruarantee of two tons per day Is sufficient to Insun the smelter which can treat as much more as can be produced Mining nl Until I InterMountain The Calumet Hecla does not contemplate the erection I of any new stamps I Is expected tlict I the lied Jacket shaft will be fomiiloM ready to hoist rock some time next year but It has not been determined when they will begin to hoist rock In it j This shaft is in the conglomerate lode I i and has been sunk to a depth of 4vOi lee lJ8SII 1011 IIU mar UCIOW time I lode At present the other shafts of the i Calumet t Hecla supply all the co prE it Is I pr-E wise to raise from the mine in the present rate of demand and supply sup-ply I I Tne foundation is being excavated for a new steam hammer for the Green I Mountain heh ton Ration rls also belli i i laid for a large air compressor i William Kant formerly In the employ i of the Gagnon and later In charge of i operations at the Anaconda mines at I oprtions Camp Creek has taken the position of foreman of the Silver Bow mines I formerly held by John Miles I is reported on excellent authority I that he Anaconda errnpaiiy wIll rake I the best showing In its history during time present year Its output of copper has bccim nmaterlali5 lticrtasetl 1 since UguSL and it II stated that for the first I ten months of this year the production I ot copper exceeds that of the whole ot txeets hitU by fuiy o pound The output I out-put of the Aracnda for the year wilt approximate lSOOOnOCO pounds copper I lime Fliigsiaff Min i Democrat Baker City Ore Another promising gold property Is to be added I to Baker countys rapidly increasing list I i of bullion producers and as there 5 sufficient capital hack of the proposition Ito I-to operate on an extenMve scale we confidently con-fidently expect to see the output of the yellow metal of this section considerably 01 I Increased We also may observe that the property Is in the charge of practical mining men We refer to the Flagstaff I owned by the Exploring Syndicate of j Mines and Mining situated about seven I i miles east of this city The property has I undergone steady development during the I past year and deep sinking Is sill In progress A large amount of good ore has been extracted and tho present showing show-ing is most promising I Superintendent W 0 Reynolds WU leave this afternoon for San Francisco where he rrroo purchase Ul tenstamp I mill and other machinery for the Flagstaff I Flag-staff The management expects to have February the stamps dropping about the middle of Tuo I Invention I John Thompson the genial master mechanic of the Anchor mine says the I I Park City Record has invented and had anc patented twp simple yet very Important j I i = a i machines One Is a device for Jarring Aire cables while the other I designed to cleanse them The former does Us work perfectly and rapidly ami can be used on either round or fat cables with equal facility and effectiveness ami relegates rele-gates the old method of bamitarring to the rear The cleansing machine Is just as thorough as could be desired and when It gets thrush with a gummed and dirty cable the rope has the appearance of having just come tom the raclorv There la no question of the utility o the machines and they should find i ready sale wherever cables are used and yield a handsome royalty to the Invetltor Both are so very simple in theory and operation opera-tion that it is a wonder patents covering the ideas were not secured years ago Snukc Itlvcr Gold G W Paul of Parma is in the city Jlr says the Statesman of Boise Ida Paul Is authority on Snake river gold He states that the ground onhis rancn carries from 115 to 250 a ton in the I precious metal Men rs make fair wage uWlta rockers ten of which were running on his property until cold weather closed in The gravel Is from I eight to 20 feet iu depth Below U is avery and under very bard stratum of cement r is another bed of gravel of unknown depth The only knowledge of the cement and lhl underlying formation that has been formaton gained was secured when tile railroad building its bridges It had company was buiiing is bricges I to blast through the cement In drlvne piles to secuie a foundation Mr J aul states that the difficulty with the various I plants that have been Iut in for pumping pump-ing the gravel is that it has been iriS I vosslble 1g to regulate tins flow of water Toe rumps deliver at one moment I lot I of dirt antI then a rush of water which I SWorps everything away |