Show countryHILARITY HILARITY AT MEBCUB People Pleased to Hear That De Lamar Will Build Mercur June 30The announcement that De Lamar had decided to build I a mill althougn I has been looked for came almost in the nature of a surprise sur-prise So many rumors have been circulated I cir-culated In relation to the matter that people have been a little doubtful on the subject To say that it has caused a better feeling In the camp is putting I I mild although there is no very great excitement about it Toe people here have known that the camp would j j eventually become one of the most rapt i I ous gold producers equal to anything Iin I the world and they realize the fapt that the erection of a mill on the I I Golden Gate only pushes it ahead a little faster I was bound to come and j i I Iin the last year Camp Floyd has been 1 I making rapid strides towards greatness j i i I great-ness The strange part of it is that capital outside the state has done so I I i I I I much more than home capital Nearly i I I J all the leading properties are owned by i parties outside of Utah but there is V I plenty of c yet dh all the bonanzas j j bonan-zas has not yet been discovered Tnere i is probably as good ground undeveloped in the district as any yet developedi j I Once more the depot of the Salt Lake j 1 and Mercur railroad has been robbed The thieves pried the door open on j I Monday night and took four suits of I clothes They did not seem to have any I use for coats and vests as these ar I tides were scattered around on tne hill back of town No money had been left in the cash bOx and nothing of much value was in the building The pinch bal with which an entrance was effected was left by the burglars No clue has been found to the guilty parties par-ties V I The Independence Day celebration promises to be a hummer Besides the parade orations etc a great many prizes will be distributed Potatoe races egg races races by the tire department horse races and foot races will be run hut the feature of the day will be the drilling contests one double and one single the former for a prize of 50 and the latter 25 The contest will be open to any miner in the county Another An-other interesting feature will be a tug of war Dancing and fireworks will complete the programme The Chloride Point will make another I shipment of high grade ore this week Jack Davis is at work on the Chese I peake and the showing he is making is quite gJnfas j I Dr Woodruff has been visiting the i Northern Light and reports everything Iin I excellent shape Men are at work f putting the new tanks together and it r will be but a short time until the mill will be treating 200 tons of ore daily The report that the Gold Dust would make a trial run in the Marion mill is denied by parties who know The company com-pany will soon be ready to build a mill of its own and intends to go ahead with it The ore bodies are showing up well particularly on the lower vein which was accident discovered a short time ago V Silver and Lead The silver and lead quotations yesterday yester-day were as follows Bar silver 60V cents Lead exchange 362y 370 brokers 335 V Copper exchange ll12g1125 brokers 1125 brokers 1025 Ore and Bullion The ore and bullion receipts yesterday yester-day worn as follows McCornick 8 Co bullion 11460 V T R Jones Co bullion 6000 Commercial National Bank ores 6920 H Mining Notes and Personals Miing I J W Neill of the Taylor Brunton has returned from a trip into southern Utah and Colorado points I Mercur has been changing hands during the past few days fnf J 37S5 to 7W I while sales of Ajax have been reported at I 4G cents GeyserMarlon I at 130 cxdlvi I lend Mammoth at 140 and Sunbeam at I I C and 62 cents rae annual meeting of the American Mining Milling company will be held in Ogden on the limit of this month for the purpose of electing a board of seven directors to serve for the ensuing year and to transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting W S Xaylor one of the officers of the New Guinea Mining company whose property perty Is located at the head of Government Govern-ment creek In Tooelc county will go out to the mine today or tomorrow witn provisions pro-visions and supplies Ed Stewart the wellknown mining man has charge of the development of this promising property pro-perty pertA A gentleman just in from Leadvillo states that the situation in this camp is Stl far from being pleasant as the tendIng tend-ing mine owners there regard necessary to go about heavily armed and the big mines are still I being guarded at night I i nfhau The 1 Indicationsare that the recent troubles trou-bles are not yet at an end as the feeling Is rot what it should be in ordr to insure in-sure peace and quiet Superintendent C if Wilbur of the Golden Eagle in Central district in Hum boldt county Nevada came In from the couuy mine yesterdayV 40 ton shipment of Golden Eagle high grade ore Is nonbeIng I non-being loaded on the cars at Wlnnamuecu and will arrive in Salt Lake within a few wi days and it Is expected that other shipments I ship-ments will follow Mr Wilbur states that ibur the mine I is looking i well I W H Vest the superintendent of the Juanita group adjoining the eons tela lon at Park City returned from the I mine Tuesday night and states that the new shaft is now down a depth of 20 feet in tho quartzite on the hanging wall side I of the ledge and that it Is expected that In SO feet more i will encounter a body of mineral on Its dip The Juanita I > owned by the Utah Mining and Development Develop-ment company of this city V The Miner of Kingman Arizona makes mention of two Salt Lakers as follows E W Kay and Oscar Vandercook came in from California Monday night and have gone to El Dorado canyon to again start up work on the mine at Kay camp The recent steady advance in lead quotations ations should encourace the sHverlead mlnrs of th wst and specially so as i Is believed higher that this metal will so still I Is learned that Bert Holden Is busily engaged In the installation of a concentrator concen-trator at the Live Yankee mine In American Amer-ican Fork canyon and It is more than likely that the plant Is In operation by this time There Is considerable activity j J s i F i I J j In this canyon this summer and it is ex I 1 pected tnt the ore shipments from this locality wll b quite heavy before the season closes as there are quite a num cose < her of prominent mines there that arc being operated Harry Joseph has retured front Rocky district In Beaver couny where he has been for the purpose of making a survey of the Montreal group of five claims for patent Mr Joseph states that this copper cop-per proiwrty Is looking well with lots of J ore blocked out In the mine and a large tonnage on the dump Messrs Otto Stall I man and Joe Farron who are connected with the company were also at the mine I but both of these gentlemen refuse to say anything reirarUIng the future Intentions of the company other than that It is the Intention to secure a patent on the group goll at an early date V I V The annual meeting of the Sunbeam Mining company will be held on the 7th comJan instant when It Is expected that a new I I board of directors will be elected and anew a-new nranaser appointed the Intention be Inr to resume work In the operation of I the mine about the middle of the month The last assessment which has just been 1d I pad cleared off the Indebtedness of the company besides leaving a balance In the treasury I Is reported that the property Is In fine shape for future work as when developments wore discontinued somc j time ago IS inches of high grade ore was j disclosed In the bottom of the shaft Andrew Peterson was in yesterday from the Silver group In Dry canyon BIngham r having i completed l the contract for 125 1 GOel feet of tunnel kthrhl tunnel Is being run in on a stringer or feeder and In the face of the works there Is a twofoot face of ore that carries good gold values and the mineral it is believe can be treated j successfully by the cyanide process There Is also a small body of sulphide ore in the vein that runs well In silver I is the intention in-tention of the owners of this property to Jropert run the tunnel for the main body wnlch I will be encountered within 200 feet more and contracts for the extension will be let iiext week V W H Evans the contractor at the DIp per mine at the mouth of Little Cottonwood Cotton-wood who was In the city yesterday States that the prospecting tunnel being driven In this ground Is now In a distance of 130 feet and that in driving i this far V I several two and three inch stringers of free milling gold ore have been encountered encoun-tered I Is expected that In 40 feet more the man ore body will be cut at a considerable r I con-siderable depth This chute of mineral snows plainly on the surface and if no fault occurs it vlll be cut at the point I calculated upon Mr Evans states that the property Is in a most encouraging I condition and he is sangulrc as t the outcome of the enterprise I A 1 Grant the western representative i of on the exhibition Colorado at Iron nib office Works in company the Progress has j block some excellent photographs illus I tracing tie warnings of the Finlayson i patent wire rope tramway the photos i I being taken at different points along the V plant Installed by the company for the Noble Five Consolidated Mining Mill i i Ing company at Sandon British Columbia i At one lace > on this line a canyon is i I crossed oy a span of too feet and in the j I enf i passage the ore buckets are 450 feet above the surface of the ground Jams anel trip has been taken by members of i i the company at different times 1 and the > epnJ bli f6 i I do hc j ride Is described as being a thrilling one i Nearly I all of the mining machinery men oIrh ctl of the west are preparing to bid on the i MK > ton mill for the Golden Gate company Fred Redmond the assayer at the Northern Light mine Is in I the city I for the purpose lgP meeting his sister who will I arrive in Salt Lake today from Lcadvllle I giV Redmond Ls ieo t the Northern I Ljjht mine is in excellent shape that I work Is progressing finely in the additions I I being made to the mill and that I Is expected I ex-pected the enlarged plant with a daily 1 I capacity of of nearly 200 tons will be in j I operation by the 21th after which time V the property wll make a great record for I itself Mr Redmond also states that de velonment work Is beincr Pushed on the I Little Plt burg under the direction of j Superintendent Frank Hines of the i Northern Light and that two forces are fat work on this property one of which is j running a drift on the silver vein whet j whe-t the other Is engaged In sinking a shaft i on the gold ledge I |