Show OGDEN MINING MEN ARX ARE special correspondence ogden utah march 32 12 the increased activity in mine development in the territory tributary to ogden promises to attract a great deal of at attention to this most promising section during the present year the old garfield which has been extensively developed in the past which has its aerial tramway and which has excellent water rights but which has been idle for the past few years has resumed operations and the company owning this valuable property is now constructing a ton mill under the supervision per vision of H H crone a mining man of long experience and marked ability who was formerly on the comstock lode at virginia city nevada the ground is broken for the thill at the lower tramway terminal above brigham city and a portion of the machinery is already on the ground and the balance has been ordered and is en route the company has been virtually reorganized and is now known as them the consolidated mining smelting smelling Sm elting company H C baker of ogden is manager the new mill is to be completed and in operation by july the laplata laplaca con mining company compa whose promising mine in the laplata laplaca district has been idle for several years has resumed work this property rich in its mineral deposits being under the management of dr U V withie of new york manager john williams of the evanston and henrietta properties on the promontory in the near vicinity of the ogden lucin cutoff has a tunnel in on each of these properties for a distance of feet which have recently been equipped with r and cars in the evanston the tunnel for its entire distance has been in orel ore while the ore body in the henrietta is bei being ncr g tapped the park valley exploration company recently incorporated by ogden people and owning a group of twelve claims adjoining adjoin inar inz the susie in park valley has ha s disposed of sufficient of its treasury stock to enable it to begin development work this will be pushed under the direction of supt bupt john Cleg cleghorn horny of rosette cashier halverson and his associates have bonded their property a adjoining don maguire s eldorado in sierra madre dist district brict to a new york syndicate sandica te which proposes pushing development work as soon as tile the weather will peri permit nit A mining deal of consider considerable considerably abl e importance was consummated in this city the latter part of last month the property properly involved boink being the willow creek mine of washoe nevada which was sold to a syndicate of philadelphia parties for the handsome sum of this property is located about seventeen miles from reno and eight miles from virginia city on the truckee virginia city railroad this is an old producer of note and was worked forty years ago the presence of af sulphur and zinc in the ore belg being a handicap to its successful working at that time expert examination shows that in the old workings of the property tons of 20 ore are blocked out that can be worked at a profit by modern milling methods the mine was sold through 0 all the medium of hon S S smith of this city who found a purchaser in ia a rich philadelphia syndicate although several Ogden O benites ites are included deluded in those now interested in the property included in the list being mr smith H S foster F allen alien maguire F L and E K miner and J andrew guttery the new owners have begun work in the development and operation of the property and expect to be shipping ore within w thirty days |