Show IMINES MINING AND MILLING > Fine Showing of Copper and Silver Disclosed in the Starlus IHE MINING EXCHANGE A Firmer Feeling Noticeable ill the Pit But Few Transfers Trans-fers Recorded JUST WHAT IS NEEDED i A Fine Publication Entitled Mines Miners and Miner als of Utah Dlcrcur Mercury Jottings The Xorth ern Light One of the Greatest l 3lincf in Utuli Tiiitic Miner Xotcs Items of interest liesrarrtiiigr the 3Iiiic of the Csimn Vnoibcr Shipment Ship-ment of South Swansea Ore Ready fe Transfer of the Title to the Elmer < El-mer Ray Mine Concerning the East Golden Gate Bigr Output of the Mcrcmr The Silver State in Dry Canyon Gooil Ore in the Alamo Ala-mo Sale of the InterMountain Kevievi Ore and Bullion Silver rind Lead Mining Xotes anti Per souals yJ Wednesday morning S B Hardy manager of the Bingrham Copper Min ing1 company received some fine rf samples by mail from Bingham and also a letter the contents of which it was believed would contain information informa-tion regarding the companys Bingham properties and alrso mention of the samples sent but upon opening the envelope fit was found to be empty and ilr Hard was therefore considerably consider-ably puzzled The ore however contained con-tained a large amount of copper im a native state and being satisfied that anew I a-new strike had been made in the mine Mr Hardy left for the scene of action Thursday morning returning the same evening wnen seen aIt ms office yesterday by a Herald representative Mr Hardy stated that as surmised a change for the better bad been made in the formation forma-tion in the lower workings of the mine jwidi ihnt he was satisfied that before niany days the men wouJd encounter a solid body of copper ore v At a point 500 feet from the mouth of v the Siadus tunnel a winze has been sunk to a depth of 100 feet and from the bottom of the winze a drift is being driven This drift is now in a distance of fortyfive feet and its face is spotted with small chunks cf almost pure copper ore in a native state and bundles of higtograde silver which is a mosl encouraging indication of the near presence of a solid body of ore which according to surveys made will probably be uncovered within a distance dis-tance of twentyfive feet more Two shifts are employed in the development b de-velopment of this property which is located in main Bingham canyon The company is also working the Benton and Nast mines in another portion of the district During the past spring and summer several shipments i of ore have been made from the Xast mine which is a producer with an excellent I ex-cellent record With the slump in lead I quotations however consignments were discontinued although prosptetlnjj I is being vigorously pushed and the ore i jf bins are being filled with the product of I them ine ivfitli the hope that such a s change in the adrndniBtratlon the mine owner will b enabled to market Ms ores at a profit rather than a loss or for just enough to pay expense Two weelcs ago a slip or cavein occurred oc-curred in the Benton tunnel which was barricaded with rock and debris for a > distance of a hundred feet or more jA Since this unlocked for catrastophe the men at the mine have been engaged in cleaning out the tunnel and Manager I Hardy states that the ground will all be caught up by today and that when this 3s done prospecting will be resumed I re-sumed TiC mine shows good bodies of ore in places and the ledges improve in size and quality as work progresses I |