Show THE MINES OF TINTIC What the Miner Has to Say Concerning I Con-cerning Them The Defender Mining company commenced I com-menced work this week on its property west of Eureka Andrew Baxter is working the York lying east of the Yankee Girl and is reported re-ported to have a firstclass showing R G Wilson and C 1 T < Mjr HTP driving a tunnel on their Golden Eagle group near Humaiibville Work has been temporarily suspended on the Humbug No 2 but will probably be resumed in a very few days The grading for the new steam hoist at the Homestake is nearly completed and the erection of the plant will commence com-mence in a few days P J Donahue superintendent of the Mammoth mill resigned this week and we understand that his successor has not yet been appointed Mr Fleming formerly of the Horn Silver at Frisco is tem pararily In charge A body of ore was struck in the Alaska last Saturday but we are unable to learn its extent or value The timbering of the mine Is being pushed and will soon be in shape to commence the extraction of the ore oreThe ore vein was struck In the Shoe brtdgeBonanza tunnel Tuesday As soon as the extent of the vein is determined the company will erect the necessary works and prepare to sink a good working work-Ing shaft Considerable activity is reported In the east side of North Tintic district in the I neighborhood of the Gold Blossom Ore of good value is reported struck in the I Lakeview which joins the Gold Blossom A very encouraging change is reported In the shaft of the DagmarEureka A I i considerable quantity of galena is now being found in the ore channel and President Pres-ident Marks who Is directing the work I Is most enthusiastic over the outlook A reliable report reaches us of a new and rich ore strike In the Sunbepm pl though we are unable to positively leRPn details There seems to be no doubt but that the report Is authentic and that the Sunbeam company is about to be rewarded re-warded for long and faithful work The east drift from the bottom of the Homestae haft has reached the ore vein at a distance of 12 feet The ore is tho same character and shows about the same value as that uncovered in the shaft above There seems now no doubt but that the Homestake will soon become a permanent shipper C H Jacobs and others are working a group of claims southeast of Silver City known as the P and N group The shaft is now down 100 feet and they are drifting west to the hanging wall The showing is reported to be firstclass They are getting considerable ore in bunches and confidently predict that they will be end the next shippers from the Silver City endSuperintendent J W Green of the Buckeye advises us that the new boler ili dt eIik ar is uI in place at the mine and that the work I of putting In the pump Is progressing rapidly The strike of ore recently made In the shaft is perfectly authentic and I looks like a big one The shaft Is now down below the 300 level and Is beins pushed down as fast so possible The J probabilities are that no contract < wlll be let I but that the company will sink I the shaft by days pay Shipments from the district for the week are as follows From the Bullion I Beck mine 3 carloads ore from the BullionBeck mill 10 carloads concentrates concen-trates from the Humbug 2 carloads ore from EurekaHtll mill 4 carloads concentrates concen-trates from the Mammoth mill 6 carloads car-loads concentrates from the Ajax 6 carloads car-loads ore from the Caslra 3 carloads ore from the Sioux mill 4 carloads concentrates con-centrates from the South Swansea 2 carloads ore from the Buckeye 1 carload car-load ore from the North Star 4 CT loads ore from the CentennialEureka 15 carloads ore Mining Notes and Personals E C Jackllng the metallurgist at the Golden Gate Is In the city A carload of ore from the Buckeye mine near Sler City TUrtle was marketed in this city yesterday Eureka Democrat Another body of ore was encountered in one of the drifts on Wednesday the 500foot level of the EurekaHlll on A special meeting of the stockholders of the Sunbeam Mining company will beheld be-held at the companys office In the Dooly block today at 3 p m I Is dividend day today with a number of the mining companies of the state and hundreds of people will be made happy when they receive their checks The Sacramento mill at Mercur has 5ust received returns from Its weekly snlpment of cyanides The value of the consignment was In the neighborhood of 53500 A gentleman who is just in from Eureka states that the management of the 2urekaHHI is making arrangements tp 1 I i procure its water supply from the Mazn j moth company Eureka Democrat The Shepherd claim i has been purchased by the BullionBeck Tunnel company This property adjoins the Tunnel companys original claim and lies next the Humbug I is expected that within the next few days consignments of copper and cold I concentrates from the Cactus mill In Copper gulch near Frisco will be received ceived at the samplers A C Miner and Fred Dern whose tendencies are drifting towards acquiring acquir-ing fame in the mining world will leave for Mercur this morning when they will study the leading mines of the camp The heavy snow in the mountains has had a quieting effect in mining circles Reports of rich strikes are usually the most frequent when there Is the most snow on the ground but the beautiful is altogether too deep at the present time for the circulation of rumors of this character I was reported on the streets yesterday that ore had been uncovered in the Opex mine at Mammoth Tintic but the rumor cOuld not be substantiated The latest from the mine was that the formation In the bottom of the shaft was well mineralized min-eralized and that the Indications were favorable favorble Hon A W McCune one of the b nanza kings of the Kootenai country In British Columbia expects to leave for Europe next week Wednesday of Thurs day accompanied by his family Mr McCune will return to Salt Lake in May but his family will remain abroad for a vear or more What will the BullionBeck do next month This Is a question that many of the stockholders of the company would like to have answered There is an air of serenity about the BB office however how-ever which would indicate that possibly the company might not fall short of the record It has made this month I was reported yesterday that English capitalists have purchased the old Gold Hill mine at Quartzberg in the Boise Basin Idaho and that work In the development de-velopment of this property will begin early in the spring The Gold Hill Is credited with the production of over a quarter of a million In the past The Lawyer group In the same locality has been sold to a Spokane syndicate A dispatch from South Pass Wyo says The mining district of which this place is the center is being revived through the succossfnl nnp < on lnn > cyanide process to large bodies of ore In the region heretotoi suppooiU 10 o or too small value to work During th past week eight cyanide plants have been located in the district most of them working on the tailings of abandoned mines The first plant was brought In by two Mercur Utah men who purchased an old dump for JoOO They put In four cyanide tanks and cleaned up S7500 in the short season which followed All of the old dumps In the district are now in demandand the coming season will see thousands of tons of ore abandoned a worthless worked over by the new process I |