Show BinprhiLni Bulletin Notes A long article in one of the Salt Lake papers essays to put a cheerful face on the prospect resulting from the slump in lead by saying that If there is no further fur-ther decline the output will be about these the-se in the near future a in the past few weeks An explanation has aso been advanced a tO the cause of the recent advance In charges for treatment which is that the smelters are overstocked over-stocked with ore bought at an average of 3 per 100 for lead and they propose to catch even on the shrinkage of value of their stocks by declining to buy and making those who have ore treated pay the difference This is very plausible by the way and might pass for fact i i were not well known that up to a few weeks ago the stocks of ore on hand were not large since which the general output has not been up t average with previous months We do not see that there is anything to be gained by putting a false face on the situation I is idle to say that the output in the Immediate future will be about average with many of the larger producers shutting down or reducing their operations to a minimum while shipments are made mostly by leas < cs and others forced to realize There is no legitimate reason for lead being quoted this week materially below 3 or for treatment charges being higher now than they were two months ago I there is it does not show on the surface There is a lead trust and a smelter combination and there you are The whole country is suffering from these Britishhatched conspiracies against its industries and we of the mountains must suffer with the rest until there is a radical rad-ical change from present conditions A gigantic attempt Is being made to control con-trol the coming presidential election by scaring the masses into the belief that untold disaster will follow i the free silver craze Is successful Nothing more potent than the farreaching influence influ-ence of trusts and combines ca be used for the purpose and it may be that the prospect of hard times for the miner that ha suddenly come upon him is but a cropping of the whole sinister design Whether it Is so or not a ugly condition condi-tion Is here without prospect of an immediate tn mediate improvement and It comes at a time to naturally arouse suspicion Wo are mistaken in our estimate o the people of the mountains if they are influenced in-fluenced in the least from their determination determi-nation to bring matters to a show down this fall rather than to continue for an indefinite period the evils now upon us by succumbing to the tactics of Hanna Co I the gigantic political combine did not pull the string that launched our local troubles at least the indic tions point that way and we predict that lead will touch 3 again before the close of November cose CONCENTRATES The boys working on the Lone Tree have indications that they will tap the vein this week The hoisting machinarl for the Frisco mine has been ordered ndjvill be put InI I early in September Every miner in Bingham is putting in three eighthour shifts a day wishing for the success of the gallant champion of silver The Williams extension of the old Dam phool is being worked under lease by Charles McCann Roy Bemis and Bob Campbell A strike in the lower tunnel or the Northern Chief is giving up 5200 freemill ing gold ore gving or the streak is not reported and we have no particulars repred at least one placer proposition proposi-tion in Bingham that a couple of miners can put their labor in against the ownership owner-ship and get quick returns and a good thing The Old Reliable has the advantage Reiable that when lead and silver are down it can switch operations to its gold belt and placers There are a number of good gold prospects inviting attention J B Hazelgrove and M T Wood are sinking on the vein of the Little Joker at the head of Bear gulch I carries I straight gold ore that pans free gold and is a very desirable property |