Show around the state eureka reporter A J mickler who has a lease upon the level of the victor cons mine sent out another carload of ore this week the car contained about forty five tons and will carry from 10 to 12 per cent copper the ore was consigned tn ta the yampa smelter aside from the work which the leasers leaders are doing things are at a standstill at the victor and it is not known when the company intends to 10 resume work eureka reporter M F made a business trip to the capital on monday he went there for the purpose of consulting with the officials of the mines company regarding the work which is being done upon the bradley group of claims in the north tintic gintic district the company is preparing to install a steam hoisting plant compressor and other equipment necessary for the rapid development of the ground eureka reporter work has again been taken up at the property of the southern swansea company to the south of silver city this ground undoubtedly contains the southern extension of the old swansea vein and while work was being carried on there early in the year a small stringer of good ore was encountered E R higgenson of silver city who is looking after the development of the property at this time is drifting both north and south upon the vein at a depth of feet park record peter cass one of th tha foremost mine operators and prospectors of this section was over from the thor property today and reports conditions very favorable vo rable five men are employed in driving the tunnel which is now in over feet the thor is a group of twenty claims located over in snake creek and is considered among the most valuable ground in that section it is owned by mr cass and W 1 I snyder the big tunnel of the daly judge will cut through this property american fork citizen john H wootton is serving on the federal jury in salt lake and finds that on occasional release is much appreciated owing to his vast business in connection with the power company the last car of german steel pipe has been i deceived and is upon the ground the electric machinery for the new plant is expected in a few days it was purchased from the westinghouse electric supply company of pittsburg the iron fixtures and castings are also on the way from san Frail francisco cisco where they were purchased eureka reporter according to assistant superintendent perry fuller drifting is still in progress upon the 1100 level of the beck tunnel mine some prospecting is also being carried on at a depth of feet in the new workings and some of the ore which is being shipped is also com ing from this level the bulk of the ore which is being sent out from the mine is however coming from the old workings mr fuller says that the ore has been paying the operating expenses of the mine tor for some time and consequently the indebtedness is not increasing park record manager solon spiro spent a couple of days at the king con this week the property is looking splendid and in all probability will be on the shipping list next week the new cage recently installed is working perfectly ore is being extracted from an eighteen inch streak which seems to be improving all the time the mine never looked better and those mostly interested are elated over the ra promising rom ising prospects word from the property this morning is to the effect that the ore has widened out to about thirty inches the king con is a mine sure price advocate chief engineer jacobs and master mechanic david J thomas of the consolidated fuel company forces at hiawatha were down from camp last sunday by the of december it is expected that shipments of coal will be going out to market from there the payroll last month was above ten thousand dollars and will be larger from now on at this timo time the big fan for the ventilation of f the mine is going in and will soon be ready for all practical uses other machinery of the most improved pattern is arriving or is on the way and will be installed as needed everything being electrical there are fifteen or more inches of snow at the camp which of course interferes with matters to some extent the store building erected from stone on the ground is about ready to move into other surface improvements are of the most substantial character cedar city record word comes to the record that the mine at bullion canyon is showing up exceedingly well the company has been sinking the shaft to a depth that has demonstrated that the mine is all right and that it contains ore of a high grade the shaft is now down nearly feet and ore has been encountered all the way for the last fifty feet at the bottom the ore extends entirely across the shaft and from the indications in a drift higher up there must be at least twenty five to thirty feet of ore in width and it is hard to tell just how far it will reach in length it is now certain that the mother lode has been encountered and the values contained assures the owner that within a very short time the mine will pay its way and no doubt with a little development net some very handsome dividends for the company it is understood der stood that the company will sink another fifty feet so that a proper estimate may be placed upon the exact extent of the ore body |