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Show WESTERN MINING GAZETTEER. averaging from several inches up to four feet. From two )J? three tons of splendid ore is taken out every day from theftrf sr 1 The last few days the vein has widened outi-fcmagnificent manner. We were shown a sample of the tli That was taken M1 solid feet, which had no waste whatever. On Friday it had widened to four feet, on Wednesday. bond will be up some time this month, but it is needles say it will be taken by Messrs. Shaughnessy and Grant. JlT is one of the finest prospects in Utah and there number of chums that need only to be developed to shoJeTt well. It is such mines that talk. It says: More hoist; works, more reduction works, more bullion, more boom ! n of tlm drift. ASSESSMENT IIREC oKY. . Hechtel i oiiKolidated Hooker (Consolidated Ma.vbejle Consolidated. .. Sum mit to-da- y, otosi ................ (jiiinn ....... ............ Rrrspect Red Cloud Consolidated. Alta Sierra Nevada Kent lick 1 . Helc.Iier In pi ter I I I 4 I i Ophlr kl I ds. Raymond & Ely J eal oei Mont I' i rg Frlxco District. iver-it- y Overt a Mart n While The Tunes of the 2d contains the following: Kc Shout. Frank Fenton and Win. Butcher will comma re work on the Short on the 10th. egi i in down Bun Royer. The Bed Bover is eight feet afiar foot vein of iron and carbonate on each wall. ree Carhoxates. The Col. Compson, at a depth of fifteen ej, i shows a good seam of carbonate on each wall. nic Hidden Treasure. The Hidden Treasure is down eip The ledge is ft d feet, showing about one foot of good ore. fi I Uintali District TAll. From the Park Record at Saturday: Putnam. The Putnam shaft is down about thirty-fiv- e feet. Stihkks. Several promising locations have been made this week, and a number of good strikes in developed mines, which will be made public in time. Barrios. The Barrios Company arc to push their shaft several hundred feet in depth, and that too right soon. They will undoubtedly be the next company to order hoisting works. i Junks Bonanza. Sinking on the Jones Bonanza progresses rapidly. The shaft is now down IHU feet, with indications of the vein being cut before the 400 level is reached, although the formation is standing nearer vertical than formerly. The new machinery works splendidly. v Bast Park. We understand the East Park Mining Company have run their tunnel a distance of fifty feet, where the Welcome Stranger and Sunday ledge has been cut. A drift is being run on the vein each way from the crosscut. The vein is said to be from three to four feet wide, assaying from 20 to per ton milling ore. New castings. The Empire mill eastings are pronounced the finest ever brought into Utah. There is not a flaw or a rough spot on them, and the immense shafts, weighing tons, are turned and smooth as though but a few inches in diameter. Messrs. Griffith & Wedge have a popularity throughout the West, that is rapidly outstripping V as-tni- e well-deserv- ed all rivals. Wiiitk Pink. The miners sinking the White Pine shaft have reached the 400 level. The drift to the vein will be 200 feet in length. There are about o00 tons of ore waiting for the Marsac mill to be completed, and as much more in When the raise from sigiit between the 100 and 200 levels. the 200 reaches the 100 level, ten men will be put to work sloping out the ore. As many can be put on the west drift of the 000 level. A raise is being made from the 100 to the in Boss. Tin? Boss mine continues to produce several tons of ore daily. Another stope has been started on the 100 level, f om which a sample of perfectly free milling ore has been taken. This is a new characteristic of the Boss ore. The work of sinking the shaft another level will be commenced soon. The ore and waste is now hoisted by a whim, run by horse power. As things look now, steam hoisting works will be necessary soon; but we admire this policy pursued of until the kind of works needed. waiting developments prove Glencoe. The Glencoe continues to improve beyond the most sanguine expectations of the owners. This drift is in e about sixty-fivfeel, on ore all that distance, the pay streak -- feet wide. five iatl Miller. The Miller is looking exceedingly well, and sin uj good ore at every point at which work has been done. Dojf in our opinion, is all that is needed to show up an iiniue: mine. Bicii Strike. A strike of rich ore has been made in: Old Ilickor V mine at North Star. The property is owned John M. Burke and F. W. OConnor, who have leased it Mr. Woodworth, of Milford, for a period of six months. Carrie Lucille. From Mr. Miles, who is just in fn Pine Grove, we learn that there has been a big strike made1 crosscutting from the face of the drift in the Carrie Lucil The exact extent of the new development he was unable ft learn, but as Superintendent Tischer is expected particulars will soon be obtainable. Horn Silver. By the first of the week the Y track attjdll Horn Silver mine will be completed, and a supply of was Q furnished for the boilers, when the new hoisting works wille started up. One cage has been in place for some time, ajast the other will be placed in the guides immediately. The fr&igi car was pushed in front of the smelter about four oclatem Wednesday, and the Y, bv which the cars will reach the (The dumpsin the rear will soon be completed. Furnace No. lliierli been changed from a water jacket, on account of the scarApi of water, and constructed out of Salt Lake fire brick. the one being run on Mr. Byrums process, froze up on Tii'jevpl day, and fin; will also probably be used in its reconstructiiflow New tanks have been put in for saving the water from deep tweires, and everything possible is being done to work a sa mg in the use of water. Mr. Gove has had a bath tub put f fee next, to the pump room, for the use of the men, and has thegiyog by earned their everlasting gratitude. This company rcceu'fliie, n gave Haynes & Son, the boilermakers of Salt Wnarrc an order lor three fine power boilers. A EVA DA. to-da- y, No-fcop- i well-know- 00-hor- se Eureka District. rii(! Eureka tunm;l is now in a distance of 1,487 feet, face still being in shale. The shale, belt has been penetrttf a distance ot 100 leet, and it is believed to be from thirty' 1 forty feet wider, or say from 200 to 2o() feet iVlength. W'K Is the west r this shale is reached, it is believed ore will he ef'Bci countered. 1 he Superintendent- is also prospecti.. bvih.1 in several places, everything lining done in a thorough nndsyjeul tematie manner. The blacksmith shop and sheds which we"e dost loved by fin a few weeks since have been replaced., 9'v :l ' 1 -- tlbeen |