Show dips spurs and angles two cars of ore from the ninety nine mine atgood at good springs t nevada have been received at the independent smelter near ogden utah four new companies were listed on the local exchange last week they were king william king david nevada british and tintic gintic silver Ni mining ning the copper acres mining company of battle mountain nevada is sending from four to five cars of 12 per cent copper ore to the independent smelter of ogden utah the jennie gold mines company operating at gold springs utah has completed the rebuilding of the cyanide plant which was badly damaged during the recent heavy rains the milling plant is now running most satisfactorily on a good grade of ore the election of the seven troughs mining company held at provo utah last week resulted in the election of the following officers R J evans president L F friedman vice president F I 1 gunnell secretary and treasurer who with W N odell and C H Belli thorpe constitute the board of directors the company offices were moved from provo to seven troughs nevada work is being pushed in the development of the baby mckee mine at the head of big cottonwood canyon salt lake county utah this is an old producer which made quite a record as a shipper twelve or fifteen years ago it is now being operated by a leasing company in which joseph geoghegan of salt lake is interested A lower tunnel is being run to drain the mine and to cut the ore bodies at a considerable sid erable depth this tunnel it is stated will soon reach its destination power is being used in drilling and this power is generated by a waterwheel water wheel which operates the compressor the tha utah granite slate company owning the hathenbruck slate and stone quarries two miles east of provo utah is getting ready to begin operations with an experienced slate man in charge the slate from this quarry is of superior quality and makes a fine roofing material while the granite granit 6 is an excellent building material it is more than likely that the output of these quarries will enter largely in building construction in salt lake at an early day the officers of the company are george N lawrence president F W C hathenbruck vice president and frank mangum secretary and treasurer the consolidated jefferson gold copper mining company of salt lake whose valuable and promising property is located in the foothills between big and little cottonwood ton wood canyons a few miles southeast of salt lake city is feeling much encouraged over recent reports received from superintendent in F who states that he has at least three thre e carloads of fine ore exposed in the mine workings ready to be broken down and shipped to the valley smelters shelters sm elters one car of which will average from 80 to in gold to the ton besides its copper contents on the level a drift is being run to the east to intercept the continuation of the vein showing on the and ana this connection should be made at an early date as already the indications of the presence of an ore body are exceptionally good when the ore is opened on the it will be at a vertical depth of about feet as the workings are being pushed into the mountain where the formation should be more unbroken receipts from previous shipments from the consolidated have been very satisfactory to president A W nie man the salt lake officials and stockholders of the yerington copper company whose property is located in yerington district lyon county nevada are much pleased with reports recently sent in by supt bupt A A Miar sal who states that a magnificent body of ore oredas has been uncovered in the mine workings in the development of the yerington copper a double compartment shaft was sunk to a depth of feet from which depth a crosscut cross cut was run to catch the ledge this crosscut cross cut was driven for a distance of twenty one feet in highly mineralized erali zed ground when the ledge was struck the ore has been penetrated for a distance of twenty four feet without disclosing the hang hanging ingwall wall of the vein according to recent advices advises ad vices and this great mass of mineral will average in the neighborhood of ten per cent copper to the ton while in this big body there is a streak of four feet of gray copper of shipping grade it is the intention to run a drift on this rich streak and prove it up to its juncture with a cross fissure not far distant the off officers leers of the company are salt lake men C N strevell is president J EL caine is vice president and secretary and H P dark clark is treasurer |