Show INDICATIONS OF COAL 6 Believed It Will Vill ill Be Found l Near Nc I Park City 1 A CANYON BOOM I t LITTLE TO BE DEVELOPED I Description of the Melcher Enterprise in Idaho Completion of Railroad Spur to the Ontario Tunnel Cop Copper i per Discovery Near Vancouver Victor Clements Story 1 4 Park Record A large piece of material was wae brought t to tu tl the Record oCKe this week by byU Gor U orge e Jacob on who has been work workIng in Ing in the mine by Charlt B that givet every evi ef tier ue of f the capping to a coal vein ein One ON i Hi n who i in probably as well welt versed on fi as any nan nian in the camp campI gI I hii hi opinion pi Ion that tha it is a stratified bit bituminous shale carrying about 25 2 per percent percent percent cent t matter and overlaying ing a I coal deposit depo it This stuff tut is impregnated with hur carries some copper 1 at stains in and also alo a sprinkling of galena Expert Expert coal COBI miners miner say it is a character of fireclay always away found above or below belO belowa a fal oal lIal vein and nil all 11 are of the opinion that coal OtI oal will be found at no great eat dis distance dl tance tane from flom the l location Kation of this de do deposit do post posit This Thi mine is located about a mile and anda a half naif berow below town and should it de plop into a coal proposition of any gnat U extent it wit rill prove as na asa asa a rich silver or gold Rold mine This specimen men Vas as taken nom from tom the mouth month of the tunnel tuomI now in oo feet the base of or present operations l A crosscut of or fifty feN feet ha hM b b Ti n run from the tunnel a and anda d da a haft has been sunk 1 feet from the In all the work working working erl If f the crosscut ing in f of nf this property prop tty this same charac character ter of deposit has wen been encountered en ou red LONG ON How Bow Victor M Clement Arranged ged For Tor or Their Theft Introduction I ti i Clement i the I he r n imer who wh has haa nr made ma bis his Lu ill feu the greater part of who sailed for Eng England England the part pa p t year and land on Tu Tuesday last accompanied by I Mrs Mr Clement told a story to a New NewYork NewYork York Tribune reporter on C A Wil Williams jams barns of nf Johannesburg the representative tive tin of the tre Standard Oil on company in South Africa who ho went out on the I same boat with Mr Clement which is i worth repeating J When I was manager mAna r of the Jack mine said Mr Clement Clemant I Iw went vent w nt one day da to Williams and asked him why he did not bring brin out some wheelbarrows as all ill ne he Rand mines wanted them Williams Ud id he would if be he could get sufficient j I orders or rs and promised to 10 look into the i matter He went to the various mines I ii and ami as they all alt American 4 wh he received orders order from each and every one une of them This did not seem eem wholly to sat satisfy satisfy satisfy Williams who then w went at nt to the local Weal traders and told them that he had heard that there was a large de demand demand mand for fur American Ameri an wheelbarrows in inthe inthe inthe the mines mine min there and asked them why They import some The traders investigated fo nd that the demand as ap gt a tI h th authorised Williams William to bring them out a supply su pl The wheelbarrows os William WiIliam Villia imported under these the combined orders came to nearly a shipload Upon their arrival he made his first deliveries to the mines and then turned over to tie the retail deal dealers ers era their supply The latter at once onee sent notices to the various mines that they had imported a supply of Amer Amar American American ican lean wheelbarrows w and solicited or 01 orders ders deis deT s In every instance the reply was that t at particular mine n ne had a supply of the article mentioned sufficient to last for son some years yrs The Investigation which followed fonow d of course Mune showed them how they had been baste done They had been n there before however and beyond a few groans and remarks about an ot ot ier t of If those thore d dd d Yankee tricks they the took their medicine m quietly qui tI and with chastened hastened spirits American TOWS though were the cheapest things you yon could buy bay in the Transvaal for tor some years after that THE ENTERPRISE Dig Big Undertaking Und Now Being eing Prose Prosecuted Prosecuted I in Idaho nj wing ning ing the work baing me ne by bythe the Mining company on Con Connor nor creek k Idaho the Times says sa S SIt It is one of ot the greatest undertakings in the state of Idaho and but few Cew pee peo people pip pir even in ta Caa county fully fun realize the th vast amount of work being belR done doRe in inthir thir th ir midst and the success or failure of which means so 80 much mu h to the th county The fhe tunnel will cut some of the rich richest em Pat ledges of gold silver sliver and copper bearing quartz in the county which have lune uve long known to be bt in ia existence but have hl ve lain lahi idle for fez want ot 01 capital to develop In order to make mike this vast undertaking undertaking ing in possible I Orin Melch r and Fritz Schwartz two of the heaviest h rte owners in the district relinquished 1 large por per portions port tins t ns of nf their interests in if lz order ord to make possible the th formation of a company Prank Frank Langford took hold of the prop proposition last summer 1 went to Salt Lake to place pla it and a d within thin a few months had bad the th company organized organised and a few ik later machinery was wa on Its way to the mine mineTO mineTO TO OPERATE LITTLE BELLE B LE Promising Group of Claims in Thanes X N W Y i who ho with several i veral ot II h H Salt lakers g recently formed a corporation on several claims lying be between tween the Hammer and Dully Duffy groups in n canyon Park City states that as soon aa an a spring prin opens the active ant and a n systematic ent nt of tho the 4 ground will commence Sev Several eral III hundred f feet t of tunneling and a It shaft has hag demonstrated that i ti irh t fy ledge which traverses tl ti th i ground has the making makin of a pro hr It St r when properly pro opened ope Ore car carr ning r ii g as much as u 10 in gold with some sense somes s t iv iv iF r and copper lopper has h 8 been exposed hu h i r rt ld ot sufficiently prospected tt t deter determine det r mint mine its t value at depth This is f work n beins leing planned and as soon as pos Os sl lf the management mana ement of the company v iii ill visit i it the ground and get things in shape for an art active campaign cam n Fron present sent indications the section at II a the th head of and Iron can canyons canTan Tan will experience a boom OU this rear year ear PARK CITY MINES JONES MTh Strike in in n Apex A Sulphide Shipment From Prom Marsac MUL MUt L Park ParI Pat Record I A report waa ciS as current yesterday r that t had been 1 struck in tho Ih v but it could not be verified A load of supplies was wan sent up to the Jupiter first of the th week and It Is evi evident tent dent Il nt that there then is not a great deal of snow in the mountains Thirty tons of sulphide were today gripped ed from Marsac This te the thelast thelast I last shipment fn f l n m rn the tailings to be benade I Imade made nade this tt it at least The mill is i in 10 shape tOt for t th hp of On Ontario tario tarlo 1 ore rt re and in a few days d S will wm be busy husy on this material mat rial The on the spur was v s I today Jay and has ben been b n thor ballasted The rails that have ha I bu laid ii re Ie heavy and SUbs j steel stee and Monday next cars loaded with ore win wilt be run nm running running ning over them The directors of the Copper King Mining company on Tuesday levied an alt assessment of cent per share on the capital stock of th the th payable pay ble ly for the purpose of ery eArty log big on development t work A now new n w train is to be put pot on the Union Pacific the first of or the month and aad the present one used for work on the spur road mazi in handling Ontario and ore for tor the present prent It La is LaCu fully Cu expected that before fore long the spur will be ito extended ed and aDd Anchor Silver SUver King and other mine products will be transported over the spur road M ms Flint at the Apex have uncovered in the Which they have b en for tor some sometime sometime time thue a body y of oC stratified red carbonate ore fifteen feet fet wide ThIB Th ore carried 36 per cent slIver silver s and 45 4 per par cent lend lead leadA lendA A 4 car lot tot shipment of this ore carrying these values has been shipped as a sampler Following are the shipments of ore from frees the Mackintosh OE for the j past week Silver King K ng S Daly West Anchor loon eon 45 Apex is Ontario Total number of or pounds 3 A considerable amount pf of lumber timber etc has been delivered at the theold theold old teacher leacher below the Ontario mill and it is rapidly being transformed tran into a large and commodious building for the reception pUo of ore A good fore force for of grad graders ers era and carpenters Is at work leveling off and laying floors and next week eek work will Be tie e begun on the ore chutes The building is feet fet long 1011 and the time three floors with the large retaining walls walla It an ideal ore depository from a point of convenience The ore can Cn be taken direct from front the tha tunnel level by the mine cars care dumped Into the ore chutes on the second floor lead leading leadIng ing I directly to the railroad ears cars on oJ the th floor below The coal J 1 will be taken in inon Inon on oI thEY the upper floor arid and dumped Into t the mine cars ears This S the handling of or oree and coal to a wonderful extent extant the labor being reduced to tOt a minimum The building will be used u l for f r this pur put purpose pose until it is remodeled for a sam am sampler ampier m pier when wheat its and 1100 convenience will again api come ensue in play p I THE BRITANNIA GROUP Vancouver Property Partly Owned by Salt fk Lakers Anaconda Standard J C Adams A 8 16 a well wel known known mining man is 18 home from front a trip 1 lo to Vancouver V where he inspected a group grop of copper claims for lor H U L 1 Frank and others oth rs rl In Interested Inte interested te ed Mr Adams says y the claims l lare are known as the Britannia group greup seven in number and embrace 21 1 acres ar They are ar thirty mites miles mies from Van Vancouver Vancouver Vancouver couver on Howe sound sund and d three thre anti and anda antia an ana a half hal miles mies front from fr the beach bech The Th claims claIm are ar are 35 feet above the th sea s level leel The ore o deposit dept Mr Adams says sy is 1 a abig Mg big NS blowout of iron irn carrying ang rite and about 10 cent co re runs at 11 per cen cop copper copper per Ier at the surface cut cu The cut in I sixty feet fe long and thirty fe feet wide wide with twentysix to feet ft fet I of vein matter maHer Some Som distance lower lowe down dow a crosscut tunnel has h been driven and an the ore On at a this point poin aver averages avel averages ages age 4 per pr cent copper Considerable gold is also as present pren in the ore oe At At this time the snow sow is from six to eight feet fee deep deI a a M the mine while wie at a the foot Co of oft the mountain there is plenty of t 1 green greengrass gree greengrass M 31 Leonard of Libby grass g J Len j I Iwa was wa with wih Mr r Adams Adam on o the te trip tp The Britannia group up is owned oWe by Spokane Salt Lake Lalee and Vancouver men m and I they contemplate working S them theta on a large lare scale se j I BLACK BIRD BID DISTRICT New Nw Copper Camp That is i Attracting a Great Gret Deal DeRI of If Attention Attention I ITh The Th new ne copper camp in cons coun county ty known as the BLack Bird Br district says s the te Boise Bos Statesman Stten is attracting wide attention Prominent mining men in Salt Sal Lake ake Denver and iid other oher places I have interested themselves in that dis district distrct district and the tIe results are justifying jU their investments I Some time ago the Statesman teman pub an interview with wh Robert Hbert Bell of or I Salmon City bearing bering on O the develop developments ments of that district Since Sine then two hoisting plants have hav been ben put ih in and ad adda day da and night shifts sif are being bing worked work 1 The hoists are on o the tha Brown Beer Bear Ber i which is being operated by Boston pee peo people 10 I IpIe pIe and the Uncle Sam Sm which has been taken hold of by some se New Yorkers Yorker Assays A ys made of ore from the UncleS Uncle Sent Sam S and nd other properties in the same naiad m group run all al the way wy from fro 15 1 1 per cent copper and 10 a ton gold d to 35 3 per pr cent copper and ounces ounce of gold a aton aton I ton Those Tho e who ho are interested in that din dis district believe beleve that a second sd Butte Bute will i rise up there ther following the of a railroad to the Ule camp PARK PA CITY REJOICES CES Branch Railroad to the th Mines hines Now In I Operation Special l Correspondence i Jenc Park City Jan Ja 28 Last evening the first frt train w was s run over the Union Pa Pacific cHic spur sur to the mouth of f the Ontario tunnel tunnel The occasion was va of general genrl rejoicing and crowds went Up tip tp the hill bill hi to see s the train trin run rn through the deep dep cut l 1 is Ie understood that t t tomor tomorrow tomorrow row rw ore or vH will VJ be sent through the t tunnel and stored sor in the old leacher lencher which hue hoe been fitted up with wih platforms etc and arid will wi be b used us as 8 a depot for supplies supple forthe for forthe forthe the mined mine and for ore ore front from fr the mines mIn mInTe The Te road rod is in good go shape shaie shaP and ad trains loaded l ade with wih ores or from the die te two bonan henna bonanzas zas the Ontario and ad will willbe be daily duh occurrences c cA A Paint Nine Mine Carson Careen Cars Nwe Walter Water Chedic is shipping a a carload of graphite from his hi pint mine south of town to t ti the Ule Chicago Paint company who have been making tests teats with wih it for a a year yeu and are a anxious to know if lie he has h a large I e deposit det of oC it it as an a it I is the best beet bt they have hae ever eve had ha The T mute mirte is a aa yet undeveloped but the indica indications Lions ton are that tl there t ig Ia i a large la ledge lee of ot the te graphite Mr Chedic Chel hen has h men me at at work at the mInes mine and ad is I in hopes hp that tbt it will eventually he e quite qUte an a Industry The only drawback Is the th amt almost pro prohibitive freight fi rate rte it Ie e e 20 for fora fora a carload carlo to Chicago Cc Mining Notes Note Th T The population of of De Dc D Lamar Ln Nev Ner NE is 1580 iM and an the tle monthly moly pay py tolls rolls rs of or the mitts mills anti and I mine mh foot feet t up Q J 1 00 per p r month for each ech inhabitant l bitt J A Nelson is reported rte by the th Lovelock ek Tribune to have hv just jul uncovered a tw twety nty ledge lee of rick r copper ore era O in lila Gray Gry Ea E e group lup of or claims on o Jae Jaee creek e in the th northern part of Humboldt t o county Nov Nev Ne p Sliver Silver City Star Sta A vein v of ore has h been cut ct in the th south drift dr on the t level lev at atthe atthe the th Picnic P 7 feet fe from fr th t the shaft ef that tbt la l Ii identical in appearance rn to the th South Smith Swansea product Values Vau are ace being de do to iy ly y by Ayer Assayer Ay Gerber Gb The T Bingham Copper Coppe Gold c annual meeting or occurs ty hr Jery Cly City N J next at t which time tim tim G ul oral er Manager Man O 0 P Posey will wl submit his report rr and ald make mke recommendations for the t ant future gathering It I promises to be b a most mo import 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