| Show I MINES INING ANn MILLING The Golden Star Added to the List of Wealth Producers RICH SILVER MIRES Lease and Bond Obtained on Valuable Ground i Little J Cottonwood I J t DEATH OF JOSEPH CROSBY Killed at Bingham by Being Run Over By a Wagon Shipment Front the Chloride Point IS SIcrcnr i Greater Tan Cripple CreeU SncUcrs Tiilcen In Hy a 3Llnin iharlc or Fraud Jame Smith Will Inspcet Utah Mining Camps Bis Shipment of Morcur I Cyanides Will Resume Work on ithc Regulation Group at Alta A Prominent Nebraska Visitor The Yellow JacUet Conntry IVhere Sal Ijakirx Are Interested The I Mines of Bourne Mlnisigr Notes UJid Personals The Golden Star group of claims on goup cars j j Gold mountain In Piute county this state ha long been considared a one of the most promising gold propositions I in the southern portion of the state ir but it was not until tlhe past few weeks that the company operating it felt justified jus-tified in claiming that from an embry h otic state it had been transformed into what might truthfully be termed amine a-mine Patience and labor will have its reward r ward however especially in the mining 5 business and it can now be safely said that the Golden Star will soon find a place among the regular shippers of 3 i the state Captain Timothy Egan the Capaln Ega manager of the Goiden Star who returned a fwd fw-d s ag from a visit to Gold Hill bs brougM back with him a ton of ore J from tha Blue Bird lode embraced to the GoMen Star and mill de St group Cd rain test on this ore showed assay values of 326 ounces silver and S92 ounces in gold to the ton amounting in round figures to 188 to the ton The tunnel in the Blue Bird shows four feet of are that assays 78 to the ton in gold across the face and this ledge has been prospected for a distance dis-tance of thirtyfive feet stowing good staying ground above and below The j vein Is n strong one and the walls are Tvell defined Every Indication point to the permanency per-manency of the deposit and white no stoping will be done for the present Work will be pushed in the driving of a tunnel A carload of firstclass ore is now on the dump and from now on it is expected that regular shipments will be made thus giving to Utah another weatth producer Captain Egan is now working a force of ten men at the Golden Ea let le-t A van road is being built to the mine ore houses are t be erected and ifo other improvements made besides which sy the Blue Bird tunnel is to be continued a rapidly a possible while a contract for a additional sixty feet on the Grasshopper claim has been iet The delinquent assessment levied on the capital stock of the Golden Star was 1 ff delinquent last Friday and the confi i j dence manifested in the property is 1 i lusitrated by the fact that but 17000 shares were soJd a delinquent and the 1 i most of this was bought by the officers j I i of the company Captain Egan and Pat Ryan will go out to the mine in about a week and mae arrangements for regular ship I menus wSiich can be made without the 1 i I expense of a Ions wagon haul as the I I 11 G W railway is now making fcs i Sanpete terminal near the mouth of Clear Creek ConJ Con-J IUCIC SIIATESl MIXES Lease and Bond Obtained on Vnln able Ala Properties A deal was consummated yesterday whereby J R Slater secured a lease and bond on the Balance Shenandoah bet Josephine and Leontine mining min-ing claims at Alto in Little Cottonwood te Cotton-wood mining district adjoining the famous fa-mous old Flagstaff and Emma mines i which have produced 24000000 in the precious metals C E Hudson is associated with Mr Slalber i this enterprise and already f they have sent out a full line of pr t i visions and supplies with the intention of pushing development work on the property on which there is a 257foOE tunnel from which a drift has been run I l e a cross vein in the face of which the is a six or eight inch body of ore that assays 74 per cent lead 264 ounces silver and 70 in gold to the ton and it is believed that this drift in thirty feet more will break into the manor man-or chute o the great Flagstaff ledge Mention has already been made in these columns concerning the success that has crowned the efforts of H J Dieter and J A Taylor in ad Torlor opening up new workings on the Marion Consolidated L Consolid-ated ground These gentlemen found < I pay ore at the depili of a few feet and now after only a few weeks work have S least 525000 in the precious metals on the dump JOSEPH CROSBY KILLED Distressing Accident Yesterday Afternoon Af-ternoon at Bin hnnl A distressing accident took place yesterday yes-terday afternoon at Bingham by which Joseph Crosby whose family resides at 74 I street was injured EO seriously 1 that he died In half an hour after its occurrence Crosby was a hard workingman working-man and with a companion named Archer obtained control of the New Discovery Dis-covery mine taking possession of the I x same one week ago yesterday At 530 K lie was engaged in hauling a wagon load of ore from the workings and ingoing in-going down a steep hill the brake gave way and the load crowded the liorses so that they lost control of the load Crosby by some means became entangled en-tangled with the horses and was kicked under the wheels which passed over I him crushing Mm Into insensibility ASstnc was soon at hand but although al-though everything was done that could be done he died in thirty minutes from the time the accident happened Crosby was a man about 40 years of age and leaves a wife and five chil dren the eldest of the latter being 1 years of ag and the youngest 1 year old So far as can be ascertained he cn had no insurance on his life and was a member c no secret societies which carry insurance He formerly kept a curio store on Main street He was an honest hard working citi zen who bore a good reputation and leaves a host of friends to mourn his loss Mr Johnson of the firm of Johnson John-son Pratt Co is a brotherinlaw The remains were snipped to Joseph William Taylor last evening Mrs Crosby is heartbroken over the by matter and was nearly prostrated the intelligence Notice of the funeral will be given later on laer onirn TIE MIXES BOUnXE An Oregon Camp That Is Pushing to the Front A visit t the town of Bourne formerly former-ly Eureka says the Baker City Democrat Demo-crat the scene of operations of the Eureka Eu-reka and Excelsior Consolidated lIning lIn-ing company John Longmaid lessee and the North Pole Mining company impresses one at this time with the permanency and magnitude of the mining min-ing industry in this hitherto almost abandoned mining comp abandoned from the fact that the company owning the E E mines were unsuccessful in the treatment of the ores and it remained mained for Mr Longniaid t bring his scientific knowledge into requisition and solve a much vexed problem Securing a four years lease on the properties he immediately demonstrated his ability in ore treatment and from the very first he met with unqualified success so much so that since his taking charge about two years ago the E E mines have ben steady monthly producers on a scale that places them in the category of the largest dividend producers in the west At this time the splendidly equipped twentystamp mill is kept humming day and night and the ere supply from the mine is inexhaustible warrantlns a hundredstamp mill In i stead of the present equipment In the I treatment of the ores the McArthur I O te 1 Forest Cyanide process is applied and with perfect success Over one hundred hun-dred men are on the pa roll and the I steadiness of empioymemt and prompt I payment of labor gives confidence to all the surroundings and the companys movemne are as systematic a clockwork clock-work workThe North Pole Mining company in whose directorship are wealthy English capitalists and whose resident manager is Mr Melzer is employing upwards of seventyfive m n at mill and mine and operations are progressing in a most satisfactory manner The mill is steadily dropping stamps on high grade ore and in the treatment of the ores by the cyanide process all the vaLues are saved Mr Melzer is a scientific chemist and is one of the few cyanide experts Both the E E and North Pole companies a preparing for winter and are having thousands of cords of wood stacked up at tJieir mills so that there will be no stoppage of operations during the winter < from lack of fuel The recent purchase e of the Columbia mine by the Columbia Gold Mining company and its immediate operation will cause an increased activity in mining min-ing in the Cracker Creek district The mine is extensively developed and Is in that condition that warrants the immediate im-mediate construction of a mill This the purchasers are arranging for in fact the machinery arrngng en route and in a very short time the Columbia will be the scene of extensive work Of time town of Bourne it can be said that it presents an air of business prosperity pros-perity and building improvements are I quite numerous n threestory hotel being be-ing the chief construction Mr George Han is the promoter of this enterprise and completed will conduct the hostelry when I TIE YELLOW JAClCETi COUNTRY Rich in Gold anti Great Activity Noticeable As quite a number of Salt Lakers a interested in the mines of Lemlhi county Idaho the following correspondence corres-pondence from Yellow Jacket to the democrat of Boise City may prove interesting to them The correspondent says Got here on the 29th inst Am surprised at the prosperity of the camp A 60stamp mill is running in full blast crushing 120 to 150 tons daily Seventyfive to 100 men are employed by the Jacket company in mill and mine A dynamo in the mill lights mill and mine Wages 3 Some of the mill men get more I Board l The ima is run uy a six I foot Pelton wheel with plenty of water 1 the year round with 150 foot pressure A saw mill in connection under these the-se roof cuts all the lumber and timbers I tim-bers for the mine Two tramways running run-ning from the mine threefourths of a mile up the hill that brings the ore I down and carries the timbers back tote to-te miae A Steam boer and pump is im readiness for heating water and pumping it into the batteries in wintertime winter-time Am told the mine pays 6000 a month clear of expenses The Columbia company has a mill d mine and are putting in a cyanide plant There are about 150 men employed em-ployed in the camp I A fine showing of quartz is found on Wilson creek ten miles away Assays a high a 400 a ton No wagon road Plenty of wood and water for milling purposes at hand also water power I James B Short formerly of Willis C I Rasor James Rochran of Halley J West and P Ryan have made the I and secured water principal locations secure I rights etc From the looks of spec mens brought out one ca make 1 a I day with hand mortar with 10000 of ore In sight This part of Lemhi county will be a record breaker in the near future A placer is being worked with success in the creek below the Jacket I A Matter of Jsulislaetiim Although there is nothing of special I importance to chronicle In the mining j I i industry this week says the InterMountain 1 Inter-Mountain of Butte Montana the fact j 1 that all the big mines and smelters of < the district are running t their full t capacity and promise to do s without a break for a long time is a matter of I satisfaction to every resident of the I district The numerous improvements I i now being made at the copper properties 1 proper-ties Justify the belief that the future of Butte will be even more prosperous I than in the past The mining men of the district were never more active than at present I The gold districts in the vicinity o Butte are receiving a great deal of attention and the Homestake Beef I Straight and Whitehall distracts are being i be-ing searched for bonanzas by Butte I I mining men since the recent deals in i i those districts were consummated At i the Mayflower camp southeast of Whitehall W A Clark has a few men engaged in running a tunnel on the Mayflower No3 to ascertain the depth of the rich ore body which has been found on the surface Points in Mining Law The California supreme court ha decided de-cided two new points in mining law which were heretofore involved in doubt The first question was whether title to mining ground could be founded found-ed wholly on working and holding or as i is termed in California without a formallocation The court held that L < x i I title could be s acquired or in other words if a miner takes possession of a claim and holds it and works i for a period of five year his title is as good a though hehad made a valid location of i The second point was as a to what constituted labor upon a mining min-ing claim In order to comply with the law This according to the supreme court may consist of the ordinary work of developmenc or if the mine b idle it may consist of the services of a watchman in taking care of the property pro-perty In this latter case however there must b something on the land in the nature of improvements such a ditches buildings etc InterMountain InterMoun-tain Butte ont Mining Notes and Personals W C B Allen is in Tintic on mining Titc ming business J J Trimmer foreman of the Mercur mill was in the city yesterday celebrating celebrat-ing Labor day The Statesman of Idaho City Idaho says that the purest gold in that state comes from the mines of Cariboo dis trict Bingham county which goes as high a J1U11 an ounce George Dern who is so ably assisting s assistng In the management of affairs at the Mer cur office returned Sunday night from the Mercur mine where he made the usual shipment of cyanides the consignment consign-ment amounting in value to 16421 Charles LaBelle who for many months has been experimenting on elaterite and who sometime ago found a solvent for this commodity has succeeded in manufacturing manu-facturing a fine article of vulcanized rubber from the same This is an important a portant discovery as the rubber is equal in every respect to that procured from the gum trees of foreign countries Tom Jones superintendent of the Marlon mine at Mercur returned yesterday yester-day from a outing in Colorado During his absence Mr Jones visited the camp of Cripple Creek and while he says the district is a great producer of the yellow metal he Is of the opinion that in the extent of Its mineral deposits It cannot be compared to Camp Floyd district Mr Jones will return to Mercur this morn j ing morj j ingGorge George St Clair of the Chloride Point I mine on Lion Hill came in from Ophir last night accompanied by his brother Nelson The Chloride Point according to Mr St Clair Is holding its own in good shape and today the mine will make a twelveton shipment of ore that will assay as-say about S100 to the ton Around Lion Hill there is considerable activity in min ing circles this summer and Mr St Clair states that the Northern Light is just making a shipment of high grade silver ore Hon Elmer Williams of ONeill Neb is in the city the guest of the Nebraska I contingent in Zion and before his return I home he will make a thorough and care I ful examination of the mines of Camp Floyd district Mr Williams is a large stockholder in the Mercur and Overland mines and Is well pleased with his ventures ven-tures in this line in Utah Mr Williams is a gentleman of considerable prominence promi-nence in Nebraska and holds down the position of receiver of the United States I land office at ONeill I J S Johnson of this city who is quite heavily interested in mining investments I in Peepstone district is making arrangements i arrange-ments to work his Regulation group of claims at Alta in Little Cottonwood district I dis-trict Mr Johnson ha owned this property j prop-erty for a number of years and during i the early days when there was big money in mining he developed the group until j it found a place on the list as a regular shipper The ground is opened both by I a tunnel and a shaft and he can resume j I operations on a fine body of ore assaying from 20 to 30 ounces silver and from 250 to C ia gold to the ton I James Smith of Topeka Kan accompanied accom-panied by his wife and daughter is visiting vis-iting friends in this city Mr Smith Is an oldtime acquaintance of T A Wick I ersham Salt Lakes wellknown mining man and before he returns home Wick I i will show him over some of Utahs lead sow o ing miming camps and demonstrate to his satisfaction that mines are made and not found and that it Is only by storm ing the hills that nature is forced to I give up her wealth of precious metals gve Smith figures quite prominently in I Kansas politics and ha served as private i seretar to Governor Martin and Governor Gov-ernor Humphries of that state In the dark recesses of Superintendent Churchs big safe at the assay office says the Statesman of Idaho City Idaho lies a package that was received quite a while ago through the mail and in connection with which an interesting story is told There was no letter and Chief Clerk Robinson somewhat mysti fled placed the package in the safe to await instructions No further information informa-tion was received however concerning the shipment Not long ago the package was hauled out of the safe and i was discovered a note had been inserted between be-tween the folds o the paper covering The note said that the package was i merel a decoy and that tne gold had I i been shipped in another direction Throw this in the waste basket the I note said In the box were chunks or lead of different sizes The package is kept as a curiosity Sometime ago The Herald made mention men-tion of a prospector who claiming to have a twelveinch body of solid galena ore offered to sell a half interest in the same for 0 The fellow however failed to tumble when the incongruity of his assertion was pointed out to him and still continued to fish for suckers and he was successful and now his victims are firm believers of the old axiom that I ae a sucker is born every minute The mine according to the prospector was located in Big Cottonwood canyon and after a great deal of coaxing he prevailed upon several Salt Lakers to meet him at I the mouth of the canyon last Sunday morning The Salt Lakers kept good I I their part of the contract but the prospector pros-pector failed to show up and they returned re-turned home at night sadder but wiser men and one or two of them were rather hot under the collar The moral of this is that no sane man is willing to give up a fortune for a song and that the man malting any such proposition may safely be put down a a sharper or n fraud |
