| Show BINGHAM MINING NEWS Items of Interest Culled From the Bulletins Columns The Mayflower and Evergreen mines located above the Dalton Lark and formerly noted among Copper gulcn producers pro-ducers are reported to have just been bonded by Messrs Walsh and Wilson promoters of the matting process talked of to replace the old Lead mill and the tact is considered an assurance that the works are not only to be constructed this constructe soring but on a scale that warrants the I acquirement of tributary property In connection con-nection with that of the Dalton Lark company for whom the mill is to be built The Mayflower and Evergreen are old locations quite developed locatons Quie extensively teeloped and witn good ore bodies practically proved up but having been idle a longtime long-time they are in bad shape and it will require I re-quire some worl and expense to put them r order The Mayflower was once celebrated cele-brated for Its product having outputted 10000 tons of highgrade ore in a period I of two years while the Evergreen after shipping several hundred tons of pay ore I shut down about ten years ago Whatever What-ever may have been the cause of suspension sus-pension of operations on these properties it has been well understood In Bingham that It was not lack of good ore and all they needed to make them profitable was proper development and management I Vrt are the immediate Intentions of Messrs Walsh and Wilson In connection Itb j the handling of these mines Is not I I I certainly known but It Is understood they are to be operated under one management man-agement and will shortly be the scene of considerable activity I While the output of this district during te past six months has been compara trcy small responsive to an infavor I rDle I market our produrlri mines have by no means been Idle as f I be demon sated this summer if conilltions are all I right Immense bodies of shipping ore hive been and are being blocked out In I such properties i > s the Dalton Lurk AVlnnamuck Yosemite Nos 1 and 2 Keystone I Key-stone Montezuma Phoenix Petro etc tid u score of other properties are in I condition to make a larger output than I they have ever done before A good j market this summer will make places for a thousand men in Bingham and its output I out-put will discount that of any previous secso i The Denver Republican says of the mill soon to be put up by the Highland Boy I Gold Mining company the machinery for wch Is being constructed at Denver I I tt It will be upon the plan jrenerally I = c = pted in the treatment of South African Af-rican ores frt amalgamating and tail I ings treated with cyanide I will be one of the first of Its Kind to be erected in I this country Manager Wler has been i pranlng to have the plant ready to runt run-t as early a date as practicable but a great depth of snow has lately fallen in Carr forte and the fact of a liability of more to come makes uncertain the date when work on the foundation of the mill buldlng can begin Andrew Peterson In raising from the tunnel level In his lease on the Benton mno has just broken into a streak of r neral several Inches wide which apparently I olhfg parently carries over 70 per vent lead i silver up In the hundreds Nothing l like I it Is known to have been seen In Blnz inm and It Is said to strongly resembie I I oro famed for Its richness tound In the I Wood river country A sample has been sent to the city for assay but Andrew does not have to wait for returns to feel j 3tt ieht rIJe inured that he Is strictly In It Assessment work is being done on the Thrush south extension of the Tlewau lee Fifteen years ago the Thrush produced I pro-duced ore which sold for 400 a ton and si various times assays have been made of 300 ounces silver and 7 to S ounces gold The developments comprise a 200foot tunnel I tun-nel and iou feet of drifting An attempt was made last year to sink on the vein I I I but water prevented and pumping machinery ma-chinery will be required The claim Is Brxen owned by J B Stephens and A C I Cowan the assayer has this week received re-ceived several magnificent specimens of ore from different parts of the camp One very rich in silver conies som Carr fork and a product of the main canyon runs hrh In gold An assay from a locajlty not stated gave over 600 ounces silver and 15 ounces gold First thing you know BIng will be famous as Utah s highgrade camp Te application for a patent for the Clark lode Antelope group by Messrs McDonald Harrington McNally met with a protest fed last week According to a statement of the case made to us bono b-ono of the applicants there is no ground for a protest which the land ofllce can seriously consider The Starlus Incline is now dpwn ICO feet below the tunnel level Kidneys of ore rich in gold and silver and carrying n I high per cent of lead are encountered At I I iWlnf rnC foo 200 feet drifting will begin at once unless I Water now coming In becomes so troublesome I trouble-some PS to call for pumping machinery Should market conditions be favorable I the Northern Light company will this spring nut needed new machinery In the Mrkham mill and operate i In connec ton with the Northern Light mine an < l I I companys leases A new crusher and rolls are wanted In the millWork J Work has been temporarily suspended at the Badger owing to deep snow Manager Strlckley will start another I shipment from the Montezuma today the second this month About 20 tons of goodlooking ore were hauled down from the Bonanza group Wednesday for shipment Nine carloads of ore were ready for departure de-parture this morning Five to six cars have been the average this week Johnny Jimpson on Saturday finished hauling an SOton shipment from the Storey mine that promises a good return Nearly all ores leaving Bingham depot this week are coming from the Old Jordan Jor-dan Galena and Telegraph mines Reports to the contrary there Is no rater to bother In the Julia Dean and that mine never looked so well as at present pres-ent entFred Thomas has begun work on his contract to extend the main tunnel of the Mopawk 5 feet I had been driven 750 spring feet when work was suspended last A larger accumulation of snow Is at the head of Markham gulch than has occurred before In many years There Is danger tram slides and work is suspended oc some of the claims in consequence |
