Show i f i BINGHAM BULLETIN JOTTINGS I Large Body of Fie Ore Struck in II the Dalton and LarkIn I Lark-In the Dalton Lark a few days I I since on the 640 level a large ore body I was encountered while drifting Developments 1 De-velopments have proved it to be 15 feet wide of which six feet is high i i grade and the balance milling A raise i i is in progress for stoping The mine is now employing 27 met and stamp mill busy with products of development develop-ment work A number of important strikes have been made in the Dalton Lark since active production was suspended last fall and the mines are in shape for an extensive output whenever I when-ever market conditions move the management to change its policy Work is actively progressing on the j i site for the Highland Boy mill which j is now nearly ready for the foundation j 1 founda-tion About 3 men are employed and I a number of masons came in last r ght I The building will go up as fast as i 1 I practicable and without a doubt the i i 1 mill will be running within 90 days j estimate In Contractor Dederich I there is an old and skillful manager at the lever Standish Jimpson have j already delivered 45000 feet of lumber and another lot is waiting in the depot i yard The neighborhood of the Highland I High-land Boy companys operations is by I I far the busiest locality in Bingham In excavating for the boiler site at I the Julia Dean mine this week an immense im-mense ore chute was uncovered by the creek within ten feet of the road and it looked like there might be a pot full of money in sight There is at least four feet of solid truck that looks good but it proves to be low grade the highest high-est assay showing only about seven ounces silver I is on the main vein and no doubt the water of the creek and lime action have during the ages freed the mineral or that with a little I depth the ore will compare with that in other parts of the vein The ne > v company to operate the Winnamutik property having taken formal possession on Wednesday it is understood that operations are soon to begin on an extensive scale including ore production for market which has been entirely suspended for many months Bother from creek water is I now rapidly subsiding and the old mine ought to soon be in shape to employ j I I em-ploy a large force of men Manager Dan Clays ha the boiler for the Julia Dean mine nearly In place and hopes to fire up in a week or ten days I has between 40 and 50horse power When engine and machinery ma-chinery are all in motion operations I will be greatly facilitated and the Julia Dean will be a hummer Colonel Heffron returned to camp last Monday after several months absence and is resuming operations on his lease on the Niagara property in connection with the cyanide mill His work last season was profitable Notwithstanding surface water is seriously interferring with operations I at the Sampson Consolidated some fine ore bodies have been encountered in that property within the past few weeks Magnificent steel galena carrying 50 per cent lead and upwards is coming down from the Old Telegraph in considerable con-siderable quantities I entitles that grand property to be styled the New Telegraph Beaver Brink have 15 tons of good ore out at the Columbia of the Markham Mark-ham group and are putting the Black Dog road in shape for hauling The Old Jordan mill is running smoothly again and will soon be making mak-ing its average output for the past several months A twocarload lot of gold ore from the Excelsior of the old Jordan property prop-erty was hauled by Standish Jimp son this week We hear of important mining and milling projects the particulars of which are withheld for the present Since about the 6th seven carloads of ore have been shipped from the Tie waukee by the company and various leasers Johnny Jimpson was this week delivering de-livering ore at the depot from the Silver ver Shield and Alameda mines The little fish will make quite a showing among shippers this month Jones Miller will soon make a shipment ship-ment from their Tlewaukee lease Two carloads of ore are being delivered deliv-ered from the Northern Chief Another shipment is coming down from the Neptune |