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Show LATE MINING NEWS. ABOUT THE INTERE8T8 OF UTAH COUNTY PEOPLE. Jcs93 Knlg'it'8 Tn: chase Tho Biff Hlll-Blff DIx!o Salc-Locatlous-KoLa and Person jJs. Knight's Purchase Jcmo Knight was ns his ofllco tn Knightsvllle Monday, looking over the affairs of the Uncle Sam and Humbug mines. While In the district" he, In company with David Evans, visited the property recently acquired by thorn, south or tho Ajix, namely, thu South Mammoth, West Mammoth, Black Jack nnd Trail claims. Mr. Evnns.whn will havo charge or thu work, lus let a contract to Harry R ed -111(1 .1. II. Taylor Tay-lor ror20(l reel, or finking, thu shaft to be double compartment with a man-way. man-way. Bv the. time this coot met Is finished fin-ished UiAjcni Ionian will have installed a steam Knfat with which to continue ihu work. In tbo meanttuinn force will Im put to work to run" a drift nloti strong vein of quattz which trveres tho cave In thu South Mammoth, which was famous for many yeuta for Us beautiful limu formations. The shaft will bu sunk neat- tho south end lltm of the South . Mammoth claim. There Is a strong ledge clear aecrnss thu group, and Mr. Knight Is confident thi.tihe rich oru bodies nf thu AJux extend through thu ground, which ho and Mr. Evans Intend to thoroughly duvclop. Locations. Tho following locations have bcon tiled with the county recorder: Fraktlon of East Little Silver King In TJutlc mining district by John Bes-telmeycr Bes-telmeycr ut al. Ureka Nih. 8 and 4 In Peepstone mlulug district by William Whltlock etnl. Whlto Spar In Loafer Mountain southeast or Salem by Rasmus Nlolson et al. ..Saw Mill, Slab and Two-hy-rotir in Lehl mining district by W. H. Greenwood Green-wood ot al. Proof of Labor. Affidavits of asossmcnt work have bnen filed with thn county rocordur: Curlew otal. In North Tlntic milling district by C. A. Strickland. Milliner No es. Senator A. O. Smoot went to Salt Like yesterday morning on mining business. D. D. riniilz nnd Judgo W. N. Dus-onberry Dus-onberry went to Tlntto Thursday evening ev-ening to look after some mining litigation. litiga-tion. Joseph Bhbtlccome, one of Ul'nh's well-known mining men nnd prospectors prospect-ors has been In town several days this week. Joe Is now operating hi Diamond, Tlntic. St. V. LcSlcur nnd Chns. DoMnlsy returned Wednesday evening rrom Emery county where they wcro engaged on a survey of the Copper Globe group of mines. A big mining sale Is reported on tho Dixie copper mlnu near St. George this wouk, whereby Samuel L. Adams received $0000 with $10005 muro coming com-ing on a Jiand nnd lease. Mr. Adams has been In Provo several-days this week looking up his old ncqiinlu-fauces, ncqiinlu-fauces, and may concludo to roaldu litre permanently, Sam King, president, and Geo. llav. erciunp, secretary and treasurer cif tho Big Hill Milling Co., that recently acquired ac-quired a big group or claims east of the Uncle gam initio, weru up rrom Prnvo Sunday, arranging or an active campaign. cam-paign. Thu first step taken by the gen tlemen will bo to build n rosd tn tbo mine, to Intersect thn old wngnn road running rrom the Spy initio to Unmans-villi. Unmans-villi. At n point &VJ feet rrom tho mouth or the tunnel, tin tho Bavaria claim n wlnzn has been sunk a dlsinhcn of 40 feet, dlsololng some good-looking ledge matter. It Is a part of present plans to maku nn nutlet to tho surface mid continue the winze down. A car load of material has been purchased at Provo, aud work Is to bo commenced at ouco. |