| Show l1 t AMERICAN KOK1C MIXES t I Group Being Worliccl Very Sue il I j I ecasfullj Although Qwicilj he mines hi the American Fork yon district are just now attracting I rat deal of attention although p are few of them producing to i I extent In the neighborhood of men are at work in the mountains ie either in properties or prospect p A company was recently organ r l for the purpose of working a I 1zp of gold mines hi the vicinity of I fler hill but as yet no open move been made by the interested es The claim is made that the K I 4ertIes located by the members of J new company show up well in gold are to bt carried 11 the operations bE carred nib that idea in view thong the producing mines of theM < the-M are those included within the jigs of the Morse Milling com fgi r which Messrs Holden and pbell are the chief owners Oeca j Li shipments of ore are made to smelters In the valley but the is just high enough s are noc high it to giva neat profit on the l r being done The assays of the lot gave returns of nine ounces t 16 per ent iron and no lear lea-r hqwlns Of got wa light I is ait that tn company is con d11 i s I IM c i tinuing the present development work i I in the hopes of striking something big in the properties These American I Fork mines are noted for their rich ore bodies when once the strikes are made I Sleeting its Old Itecoril Since the lowering of the wat r in the main workings and its extraction below the 400foot level the Old Jordan Jor-dan and Galena has returned to its 101 < habit of record breaking and Is now nearly back to its former mark These properties are the only ones successfully managed under the leasing system in the territory They are putting out something over one hundred tons of ore daily and mother increase is to be made at once Special Dividend Co m ill jr One of the insiders yesterday stated that the CentennialEureka will pay another special dividend of a straight dollar this morning This would make the total of dividend payments to the credit of the company 1230000 Working tie Properties General Manager Shcttle of the I Union Mining and Milling company is now out t the Caribou mines r I claimed t > y the company named and I I also by the Idaho company The court at Pocatello gave the Union I people possession and the right to de i velop upon their filing a bond This I has been done and it is the intention of the company t at once proceed with the operation of the mill and the development of the mines Heady i or the Incliincry Such good progress has been made J with the construction of the Sunshine I mill that the structure is now practically j prac-tically ready for the machinery Advices Ad-vices received from the latter are to I the effect that there has been a slight delay and the consignment of heavy stuff will not reach here for tome little time lMcHi < c < l With the Mioniiipr Messrs Dorsey and Dern came in from Qlercur last evening and report verything in good condition The Hover is improving with every foot of development work done Mr Dor sey is now figuring with a Park City man for a group of claims in the neighborhood of the Sunshine While out at the mill Mr Dern made mi 1r Der1 a shipment ship-ment of the cyanide product Everything pernin Smoothly Hon Robert C Chambers came in from the Park last evening He reports re-ports that the properties are operating operat-ing smoothly and well On Monday afternoin there was a cloudburst on the east slope of the mountain and a great flood of water rushed down upon the electric light works located at the mouth of the drain tunnel where it did some damage tout the repairs were effected within a couple of hours It was raining in the Park again yesterday yester-day Iliex is Closed Down In accordance with the instructions of the court Receiver Humphreys of the Ibex has ordered the cessation of operations at the plant Advices received re-ceived are to the effect that the blast was taken off on Tuesday More Horn Silver Ores The Horn Silver again came to the front yesterday with shipments This time they were entirely of concentrates concen-trates there being nine carloads At present the company is giving employment em-ployment to 175 men 110 of whom are on ore Silver Moved Up There was a slight upward movement move-ment in silver yesterday the close on the New York market being 66 cents as compared with 66 cents on the day before Lead remained unchanged un-changed Examined the Ihoenix Colonel Bowie has returned from an inspection of the Phoenix mine in Big Cottonwood canyon He is greatly impressed im-pressed with the showing made and the possibilities of the property The party brought down some splendid samples of ore now coming into the face of the drift and it is very evident evi-dent that an extensive ore body is coming In From the 1an American E F Weihle formerly superintendent superinten-dent of the properties of the Pan American Gold Mining and Milling company in Mexico has Returned to this city from the southern republic on his way to his old home in Iowa The gentleman says the companys mi is doing splendid work there haying hay-ing been a material increase in the value of the product put out last month The plant is now at work on I the lower tailings and the gold content is therefore considerably heavier than I before ICnockcd Out the Stage The Salt Lake and Mercur railroad has proven too much for the competitive tive stage line between Fairfield siding and the town of Mercur and the horses and wagons are things of the past General Manager Jacobs of the little road came in from the camp last night and reports that the company is doing a splendid business I is doubtful if I there is another piece of road in the west ness doing the same comparative busi Ore and Bullion Receipts T R Jones Co yesterday received 900 silver and lead ores 3700 bullion 5 Pennsylvania Lead works received Silver and lead ores 2000 McCornick Co received Silver and lead ores 9400 Wells Fargo Co received Pennsylvania Penn-sylvania 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