Show 3HN1 s OF STOCKTON r EJOYG A OOM BIt Two Idle Properties in the Campruch D Yeloplent With but two exceptonS ever mine in Stockton i now being worked The Honorine which in ear gone by was the biggest producer in thIs count is again being worked The Honorne Mining company or Boston has gen Charles Sheu a leas and bond on this property and a force of men are now sinking a shaft 300 feet in the tunnel to get under th water which caused the trouble in the old diggings They nill then drift under the ore bodies A large new steam pump and air compressor will be put in the mine wen thirty or forty mets will be put to ivork E J Rarratz Is superintendentot the worke The Catherine the mine from which Jack Robinson and Mr Carter took out a fortuneOme fifteen years ago is again shipping ore A two and a half foot vein of galna has been supplying sup-plying sufficient ore to make shipments ship-ments quite frequently for over two months This ore is worth 00 per ton and the vein will no doubt increase its size and value as depth is gained This mine was purchased from a Chicago firm three years ago by a local corn pany Messrs E B Crltchlow J P Mitchener and James Collins being stockholders in the mine having teased it from the others They expect to put in a gasoline hoist and make other improvements The Argent is another shipper This property is owned by Jack Connor but he has taken in with him two moneyed men from Chillecothe Mo Mr Persia and Mr Bell They tire working six or seven men and have just made their first shipment of twentyfive or thirty tons of 60 ore They have a threefoot vein on the 600foot level The Lion Consolidated Mining corn pany is working a group of eight claims They now are asking for bids for a 300foot shaft on which they ox pect to put a new gasoline hoist This iil be done in order to get at the ore cheaper than it is now being handled in the old diggings There is plenty of ore in sight to justify this extra work eleven twentytom cars of 35 ore having been shipped by them this summer Besides this large quantities of milling ore have been left in the mine until the new hoist and shaft are ready It trill average In the crude state IS per cent lead 10 ounces silver and 10 per cent iron This company may put in a custom mill next summer as there is plenty of this ore in the camp to run a mill the year round Henry Trenun is running a tunnel at the Ben Harrison Alex Mny8 has seven men at work on the Silver Coin property The Hercules has been making ship meats right along for the last eighteen months Sam McFarland has ten or twelve men working at the Galena King and has been shipping all surnmer The King is an old producer and has recently re-cently been purchased from the Neideringhaus company It used to be known an the Silver King The NoYouDont owned by C B Markland is taking out 60 ore Hans Peterson is superintendent The Bunker Hill is the makIng of a good mine It is turning out ore that will run as high as 60 ounces silver 26 per cent copper and 50 per cent lead Joe Reynolds is superintendent anti Tom Jennings John Sharp T H Jones and others are stockholders The Maybell and Black Diamond are the only idle properties in the camp and they are bonded Four hundred people are now in Stockton and times have not been better bet-ter for ten or twelve years thats the are just now The cami will boom next summer OPKIL HILL PLAMT Had it not been for the delay in getting building material Senator Clarks large mill which is in course of erection for the Ophir Hill mine at Ophir would now be completed as it Is it will be finished by Feb 15 It will have a capacity for turning out 100 tons of concenatea daily which means the handling of 100 tons of the crude ore each day The millaite is the same as that of the old Ophir Hilt mill the new one is however very much larger the diensionabeing liP x125 feet and will cost about 100000 Greater values will be taken from the ore than by the oJd mill the concentrates concen-trates then averagedabout 22 per ton which netted the owners after alt expenses were paid 175 per ton With theie Improved conditions and a moun tam of ore to draw from itwill be readily seen that Ophir is to have a prolonged season of prosperity anti Senator Clarks wealth will be considerably con-siderably increased by his new acquisition acquisi-tion in ToocIe county Henry Poliicott of Salt Lake City still continues to periodically ship from his property in this camp |