Show TVTAivnvrnTTT HSCOHD NOTES I Newsy Items Prom the Mines of Tin tic District At the Alaska work is steadily pro i I gressing i i It is expected that the Boss Tweed J I will resume operations within a few I days F Scott and William Chapel expect j to Od tn West Tintic Friday morning to j spend a week in prospecting Eight men are nOw working on the North Star dump hauling to the Sioux mill Grant Snyder has about ibm teams employed in bringing down the oreHunter II Hunter Peyton has resigned his position po-sition as bookkeeper at the Mammoth j mill and his place has been filled by I Adolpn Anderson an expert bookkeeper of Salt Lake j Regular shipments of first class ore are being made from the North SItar I tunnel by the leasers Tine new Shalt i is now down 350 feet and some dnf twig is being done from the bottom A whim has just been landed on the ground and is being put in On July 1 the Ajax mine closed down for an indefinite period For some time I this move has been contemplated and it is therefore no surprise It is unknown un-known even among stockholders when work will be resumed but it is probable I t I prob-able that affairs will be adjusted and the mine opened within a few weeks Professor Emmons the eminent ge 1 ologist of Washington D C is looking over the camp In the interest t5je government He is making his headquarters I head-quarters at the Mammoth hoter and I will remain about two weeks after whfch he will leave for Russia George W TOwer Is also here and will with I several assistants continue the geological geo-logical survey of the district which was i ccmmenced under government direction j I last summer He expects to complete his labors some time in October The results of this work will be of considerable con-siderable value to the practical miners of the district E D Ellis and Fred X Peet of Chicago Chi-cago George W Smal of Denver and Messrs Brown Terry all of wthom are Interested In the Black Dragon are looking over that valuable property this week Arrangements are now being l be-ing made to put In a steam hoist I when the mine will be thoroughly developed There is no reason why an abundance of 4ounce gold ore should not be taken from this property when proper development devel-opment work has been done J W Stevens an expert millwright who has his home in Salt Lake Is in the camp and has taken charge of the Mammoth mill He has been busily engaged en-gaged in making the necessary repairs in the mill and expects to be ready to start up the pans about Friday morning unless he decides to continue repairing some of the machinery wiiidi Is in bad shape The battery will not be started up until next week In the employing ot men preference will be given to those who were laid off when the mill closed down Mr Stevens will act as superintendent at least until Mr Fleming completes his work in the Austin Nev mill which i will 1 probably be six or eight weeks hence Sup > ln tendsnt Stevens has just returned from Austin where he built the mill and is i an experienced man in his line The I people of the v = amp will find him a i genial gentleman |