Show CONSTELLATION GOLD Reported Strike at the Head of Iron Canyon Park Clty May 20The character of the formation in the Constellation gold ledge ccjtinues to be entirely satisfac I tcry Three varieties of goldbearing j quartz have been found jasper rose I and decomposed The Jasper has not I 1 yet been teSted but assays of the rose I quarts have given values in sold as 8yen j I high as S30 while the deccmnosed I quartz hich of course ccnains the I highest values gave 50 The prospect hole is now 32 feet deeD i I Is reDorted that John Whalen has I made a premising strike of sand carbonate car-bonate cre six miles from Park City at the head of Iron canyon near cou hill An assay of ore near the surface i i gave 750 in gold and 550 in salver Tie shaft is down 30 feet in the ledge I which looks well James Kervin superintendent of the Valeo weD over to that property today I to-day I was resorted last night that Ian i I-an imocatari strike of ore had been made in the drift running north from I the tunnel but It could not be verified by the officers here l is thought that I the drift ha not yet attained suf 1 ncient depth to ram the ore body I A crew of eight minEs will leave tomorrow i to-morrow for the Lucky Boy mine at I Custer City Ida William Treweek expects ex-pects to accompany tie party John J Caly returned to S l Lake I this eveninr Mr Daly says that 20 i men will bo laud off a soon as the i work of cutting a statvon on the 1300 j level was comDloted 1nis lavoff is j I the result of increased smelting charges which renders the shipping of ore un I rof able TJtahs HydroCarbon Belt In speaking cf Ifce great hydrocarbon deposits the New York Engineering and Mining Journal says editorially There are few more remarkable interesting in-teresting o valuable corners of the world than that occupied by the emu Utah hydrocarbon belt that stretches from nciJLieasit to southeast for 100 miles across the ITncomDahcrre and Uirtnh Indian reservations terminating terminat-ing o the souch in the West Tavaputs plaitcau Here occur the largest bodies of 2HiionIte elaterjte mineral Cut chouc asphaltic limestone and sandstone sand-stone yet discovered all being of value rn the arts and manufactures I is to the desire fcr the posdessicix of these hydrocarbons hat is due tie heated controversy now taking place in congress con-gress again the opening of these reservations ervations for settlement l Adjoining this wonderful aepualtum arta is the ferthe Duo 6ne valley with its tributaries tribu-taries through whien course mourtavi streams heading in the lofty WasaCch and Uintaih ranges The largest uncut I forest belt in ICie west unbroken except I ex-cept bv mountain peaks and lakes covers the southera abate of the Uin tara in width ficm 20 to 30 miL and in length readying 100 miles Here are long lea yellow i > ino black pine balsam bal-sam red and white fir the tall n sin s-in places extending clear to Umber line Together these two considerable rat of urimeval Land are rich in future these hvdrooarbons farms in unique and last though not least in cold silver copper and lead The Engineering Engineer-ing and Mining Journal is not surprised at and sympathizes with < the Utah peo ple in their desire to have this valuable portion of their state thrown onen to the prospector and farmer a speedily as possible McCunes Now Purchase Spokane Review Information from the Slocan tells of the sale of the Lex ingfron Poly and Sunnyside Fraction claims to E J and A W McCune the bill of sale naming the consideration at > iJ b 20000 The properties will be incorporated i incor-porated at once under the name of the Lexington Mining company capital 1000000 cIta The properties purchased are located im Springer creek about two and a I half miles from Sl can Olty They are all on the same lead Development work on the Lexington disclosed a vein ven I about four feet whie it is said containing taining B streak of very highly mineralized miner-alized ore eight inches wide Assays of this i is claimed show 440 ounces of silver and S23 in sold Development I merThe work will be pushed rabidly > this sum The control o the Bonanza I X L Excelsor I and Slocan Belle claims have also been purchased by the McCunes This group is about two miles northwest north-west of the Lexington The I X L lead is six feet wide from which assays as-says show 640 ounces In silver and 5145 in ged A shaft has been sunk on the I vein 15 feet The Excelsior is on the same lead and the Slocan Belle is an I extension of the Morning Star The I Boranza t a separate vein The vein i about three feet wide with B rich streak 12 inches wide The price given I is said to be 525000 These nronerties sill also be develoP this summer i The Park City Excursion I i The Utah Central road has announced an-nounced an excursion to Park City I the banner mining camp of the state on Sunday May 30 I This excursion should be well patronized j pat-ronized for the cenery along the Utah Central up Parleys canyon and over I the divide to the Park is replete with picturesque scenes and the ride is a II perfect round of beautiful panoramic I views to say nothing of the attractions attrac-tions offered at Park City where one tons ofere Cit I can have the pleasure of visiting some I of the greatest producing mines to be I found in the world i The special will leave the Utah Central Cen-tral depot at S a m arrives at the Park at 1030 a m returning leaves the Park at 5 p m and arrives in Salt Lake at 730 p m Fare for the roundtrip round-trip 150 Silver and Lead The silver and lead quotations yesterday yes-terday were a follows Bar silver 60 cents Lead brokers exchrns 322i 327i Coppei brokers 1112 exchange 10751125 crstirg 101 ½ cstifg Ore and Bullion The ore and bullion receipts yesterday yester-day were a follows T R Jones Co bullion 5600 ores 339410 McCornick Co 3900 1ining Notes and Personals Sales of South Swansea were reported yesterday qfternoon on the curb at 155 C E Loose of the Grand Central at Mammoth was In the city yesterday on business R G McKaigh will go out to Little Cottonwood Cot-tonwood today for the purpose of making a examination of gold propositions in that locality M R Hunt who has the general supervision super-vision of the Alaska at Silver City went out to the mine yesterday to see how work was progressing in the erection of the new steam hoist Colonel S B Milner returned Wednesday Wednes-day night with the semimonthly clean up from the eeyser iarion mills amount ins to 9CCO or 10200 Mr Milner states I that both properties arc looking well and that the outlook is encouraging I Manager John Bern of the Mercur went out to Manning yesterday for the purpose of making the semimonthly shipment of cyanides from the mill For the past I few months these shipments have aver aced in the neighborhood of 3O each j The illustrated article in yesterdays i Herald relative to the Blue Mountain j mining district In San Juan district elicited considerable favorable comment I j i in mining circles in this city and it is i believed that this promising gold camp will receive a great deal of attention this I summer I The New York Mining and Engineering Journal has established a branch office at room 316 Atlas block this city with H L J Warren charge i Mr Varren I is an able and forcible writer and under i j his care the material resources of Utah will l be well represented In the columns I of this great publication I F A VadIeigh the general passenger agent of the R G W railroad who was F J in Park City on Wednesday of this week I for the first time expresses liimselt a I being highly impressed with the merits of this great camp and he states that I the people there are considerably excited oer the recent discovery in the Constellation I Constel-lation and In other portions of the district dis-trict I Democrat Baker City Or I B I Bowen of the Democrat paid a visit to the Flagstaff mine yesterday A large I I lorce or miners Is engaged running a crosscut which is expected to ta > the I ledge Inside of 30 feet The water is gradually increasing and with a sufficient volume thIs mihe > will take Its place I among our best producer The mill is pronounced by all to be one of the finest plants in the country In accordance with the suggestion made by The Herald some time ago the R G W railroad has decided to give an excursion ex-cursion to Gold Mountain and Marysvale cold districts It Is now the Intention to run the excursion out on the 13th of June the tickets being good for several days and for return on any regular passenger train during the life of the ticket Arrangements Ar-rangements will be made so that mining men and tourists can be taken all over both districts at a reasonable expense Dave Keith returned yesterday from Baker City Or where he has been to look over the work that Is being done in the sinking of the working shaft on the Virginia Consolidated mine which adjoins ad-joins the noted Virtue which Is a ret producer of the precious metals The shaft according to Mr Keith Is now nearly down to the 600foot level and it is the Intention to drift to the vein within a short time Mr J E Bamberger of the Gold Ridge who went up with Mr Keith is expected home today As stated u day or two ago in these columns a line steam hoist and pump will soon be put in at the Gold Rdze Truckee Republican While down at Reno a few days ago AT E Price and B A Caldwell bonded a mining claim It Is a ode claim and situated about 2 miles directly north of Reno The ledge at the surface of the ground Is about three feet In thickness The rock carries car-ries gold silver and copper and assa sat s-at the surface 3 per ton I Is their intention in-tention to begin development at once and Mr Price will go out tomorrow for the purpose of starting work There is now a shaft on the ledge 100 feet deep I I From this there will be a crosscut run to see what the ledge Is at that depth I it Droves to be a large and assays a veil at that death as at the surface I splendid the centlemen mine will feel that they have a |