Show word comes from ogden that manager van patten of the carbonate hill in morgan county has disposed of shares of his stock in the company but at what price is not stated mr air van patten still retains shares inthe the company and will hold his old position as manager until another board meeting is held after which he will devote his hia time and attention to the development of mining interests in the immediate vicinity of the carbonate hill the purchasers of mr van pattens stock are said to be butte and boston people and it is the intention to develop the mine in a thorough and systematic manner the carbonate hill has made a number of shipments of high grade lead and silver ore during the past iten tenor twelve months and the indications are that it is the making of a heavy producer important strikes are reported in the silver hill and silver bow properties at silver city both of which adjoin the silver park W B ellis who spent last winter in examining into the merits of death canyon in thoele tooele county was w as in the city last week mr ellis made several locations in lost canyon a fork of death and he canyon states that the tb e veins there are well defined and crop boldly the formation is a contact between lime and shale although the ledges near the surface are considerably broken at ten feet on one claim a vein from 15 to 20 inches was disclosed by mr ellis from which samples of ore were taken assaying 68 per cent lead and 35 ounces in in silver to the ton while in a 40 or 50 foot incline on another lode a three foot ledge was exposed which assayed 24 in lead silver and gold to the ton at the forks of the two canyons at what is known as the buttes mr ellis located a gold proposition a fissure in quartzite a 29 foot hole on the ledge showing a strong vein vein of oxidized iron ore assaying 8 in the yellow metal to the ton mr ellis will return to the canyon next winter with the intention of putting in a jigging plant there is plenty of water in this locality the supply coming from numerous springs ns ta the indications are that in time this in erickson country which is district will develop into a prosperous mining camp |