Show I 1 AROUND THE STATE X J Z 4 bingham bulletin sidney Bam bamberger bertger manager of the fortuna and bingham mary mines at bingham is now directing operations the fortune is shipping fifty tons of ore per day and is preparing to increase in craise this output A road is being built up the canyon to the mary claim and an elec electric rc hoisting plant will be installed in a short time eureka reporter the lease of lou gatewood on the foot level of the bullion oil beek beck mine yielded about tons of ol ore ole e last month and while the ore body has narrowed down somewhat recently it shows signs of being permanent A night shift was put to work on tuesday the lease eap exp expires ares on the of the present month but mr gatewood will probably get a renewal vernal express dic dick c pope is home again from the mineral belt of the reservation he has samples of native copper from a recent discovery in white rocks canyon which show up very good the discovery was made by a full blood indian who was raised in heber dick says he does not aspire to the office of city marshal as he is satisfied with his present occupation of prospecting cl for an eastern company eureka reporter A new ore body has been encountered on the 1600 foot level of the mammoth mine and according to manager mcintyre the property is showing up splendidly the mines pay roll now contains about names and the usual tonnage of ore is being sent to the smelter A force of men is now at work on the new building which is being erected over the companas comp anys pumping plant at cherry creek park record manager mcgill reports that operations are being prosecuted on the and levels of the new york bonanza and that the mine is in splendid condition ore is being taren taken out right along some of it of very high grade A k shipment of fifty tons is being made this week and the returns from this will doubtless go a long way towards putting the company well on its feet again the stock has shown a little more strength this week bingham bulletin the directors of the boston consolidated compan of bingham have come to a decision in the matter of determining ter mining upon a site for their proposed ton concentrating mill ani and they decided in favor of a point on the shores or of great salt lake thus abandoning their previously selected location at pelican point on the margin of utah lake the boston con mill will be one of the largest plants of its kind in the world in the construction of the plant and the building of the railroad which is to convey the ore from the boston con mines at bingham to the mill approximately will be expended Cast ledale progress Castle dales electric light plant is a go sure J W seely and C L allen alien were last night granted a franchise by the town board to establish the enterprise and they promise to rusl rus i work with as much speed as possible within two months they expect to turn on the lights the plant will be of sixteen candle light capacity to start with and increased as demands require it is likely a main wire will be run to orangeville Orang eville to supply the stores public places and some residences there park record W 1 I snyder and henry welsh both of whom are heavily interested inte restel in the odin hhaynes canyon property visited the diggings thursday and returned to camp very well pleased with conditions there A tunnel is being run a shaft sunk and a crosscut driven and in all three ore has been exposed I 1 was commenced yesterday on the ore in sight and enough for a shipment will probably be taken out from present indications regular shipments will soon be in order and the odin will be a big proposition richfield reaper while superintendent ole oie larsen and M F M murray urray were at the log cabin and gold development properties last week it was decided to put a compressor at the mouth of the lower tunnel on the gold development ground round and push this tunnel to the mineral region under the ridge of the mountain the work in the upper tunnel on oil this ground has responded 1 handsomely an and d a fine showing is now mad 3 which justifies the resumption of work in the other tunnel at lower depth the outlook Z at the properties grows brighter every day by next spring 0 it is expected tj have the property in first class shape for future development richfield reaper the general grant mining company was incorporated in this city last week with a capital stock of 1 shares of the par value of ten cents per share E E hoffmann Hoft mann was elected president E G ricketts vice president A C riser secretary and treasurer and these with J T breckon and myron ney const constitute the directors the companas comp anys ground comprises eight claims west of and adjoining th the e signal peak property not a 1 great deal of work has been done on this ground but its position jn in regard to other properties of a very promising character furnishes plenty of confidence that it is most likely ground for a good proposition development work of a substantial character will be inaugurated augu rated right away richfield reaper the fedge ledge which was entered into on the property some weeks ago as announced in the reaper is developing into a proposition beyond all expectations after following the ledge for a distance of about feet a crosscut was begun near the mouth of the tunnel to determine the width of the ore rock and to see if it indicated permanency down the canyon to the north after driffin drift drifting in twenty six feet feel from the hanging wall the foot wall is ig not no yet in sight all the development work to date shows it to be a monstrous ledge of such a character that it would be a handsome dividend producer on very low grade ore the porphyry of the hanging wall as says nearly 2 in gold the oil prop erty is surely deve developing lopin into a a wonder eureka reporter A splendid strike was made on the foot level of the star cons mine during the early part of the week weak aej as a result the stock has been steadily advancing van cing the news of the strike caused the stock to jump from about ten or eleven cents on tuesday to nearly double the last named figure on the following day supt bupt turner who was in eureka yesterday said that he has had the body of ore on the level for some time but that it did not show up big until this week ile he has been following the ore to the southwest of the shaft and will now run in and tap it on the foot level the ore is a high grade silver product and the body large enough to show that it is the biggest strike that has been made in the star con in many days ogden st state ate journal another ogden mining company has scored today the first consignment of bullion frim fram the aura king mine reached the office of the company the gold is from a twelve ton lot an 3 shows a total value of about 30 per ton one ton of concentrates was produce valued at and a loss is claimed of 5 per ton which the machinery now in use faile to capture and which will probably continos con tinus to enrich the tailings until better machinery mac hnery I 1 is installed the edgemont mill in the same district where by adding the cyanide process operators have been able to cut the loss down to less than one dollar per ton the aura king company owns a mill which is to be refitted remitted re fitted with modern machinery as soon as possible meanwhile a arrangement ran gement ement has been made with the owners of the walker mill recently erecter erected 1 about a mile below the aura kin king mins min 3 in blue jacket canyon and about five miles north of tuscarora Turc Ture arora tile the production pro duclion of bullion and concentrates will continue indefinitely as milling and shipping ore has been opened up on five different claims of the aura king group |