Show around the state park record work is going steadily ahead at the keystone A station pump has been installed on the level of the main and sinking was resumed today conditions conditions are considered very favorable at this property by those in charge eureka reporter william hatfield was here on wednesday and states that the opo hongo property continues to improve the work is being handled under contract at the present time but commencing may the company will take entire charge mr hatfield is of the opinion that the company will commence breaking ore some time next month the Opo hongo is being developed through the black jack bingham press bulletin the Ohi ohio copper companas comp anys shaft now only lacks ninety five feet of being entirely timbered and air pipes are now being installed which will do away with the need of one compressor and at the same time greatly improve working conditions in the mine the mine force will then be increased athe 4 Z he mill a force of more than men is employed installing the equipment with which rapid headway is being made milford news the red warrior continues to plug along and take out goodly quantities of valuable ore while good ore is being taken out on the old levels the management is continuing the development work and it is the intention to sink the shaft to a considerable depth before drifting and crosscutting is begun on the lower levels manager hightower informs us that he now has a force of about thirty men working and that work is moving along rapidly park record G H of the american flag was in camp again tuesday he made his usual visit to the mine but had nothing new whatever to report he said everything in the workings was going along in a perfectly satisfactory manner he was gratified at the slight advance in the price of silver and predicted a steady sure advance during the summer intimating that as the metal market gets stronger the output of his property would materially increase he is optimistic regarding the future of park city milford news alfred merritt of duluth minn arrived in milford the first of the week and spent a couple of days at the mowitza mine mr merritt is one odthe of the principal stockholders in this company and was here on a sort of inspection tour he expressed entire satisfaction with the progress of the development at this property and is quite confident that the mowitza will prove to be one of the the great bonanzas of the star district A considerable force of men is employed here and it is expected that the ore body will be broken into at almost any time richfield reaper the returns from the recent strike in the advocate mine on gold mountain are such that the owners feel very much encouraged J H nelson returned from salt lake on friday bringing with him the assayers certificate showing the results from the mine samples submitted these results show values in both silver and gold and some copper such returns in any other district in the west would cause a rush to the scene and capital would be forthcoming for the proper development of this section of mineral wealth which is second to none in utah all that gold mountain needs is proper and systematic development to make it one of the greatest wealth producing sections in the country milford news that tha the moscow bonanza mine is rightly named is evidenced by the returns on samples taken to the assayers a few days ago dan ferguson who has a lease on the property now has a force of men working on a new shaft which is now down to a depth of about fifteen feet samples were taken from this shaft in which a two foot vein has been opened at twelve feet and these gave returns of 2020 in gold ounces silver 1 per cent lead and copper there is no question but that the property will prove as good if not better than the moscow mr ferguson says within the next year he will show the people of this country one of the greatest mines in southern utah and if there is anyone who can do this it is certainly dan ferguson for he knows every dip spur and angle of the ore veins in the star district eureka reporter rone wheeler who was war out from salt lake this week states that the swansea cons mine is opening up in good shape during the week supt bupt william mathews opened another ore body in the north drift upon the body in the in the north drift upon the and according in to mr wheeler this promises to be one of the best strikes that has been made since the two Swan seas weer taken over by the knight people the ore is holding out well weh in other parts of the mine and everything considered the property has a bright future eureka reporter what is considered the best strike yet made in the bullock mine according to manager B H bullock who was here on saturday was made in what is known as the bullock Bulloc lc vein at a depth of feet when the vein was crosscut the course of the drift was changed for the purpose of following the ore body and after about ten feet of work had been done there was almost a full face of ore carrying copper and silver |