Show around aroun d the state park record nels peterson was down from the iowa copper tuesday last he is quite enthusiastic over conditions condi tiong at that property and thinks the possibility for pay ore in the near future is very encouraging work is be being ing pushed on the spooner drift and the first of the he week a streak of carbonate ore was unco uncovered vereA that looks good and in the opinion of mr peterson an ore body ought not to be far away moab times the big placer deal by which the wilders were to receive 7 for their wilson mesa placer pacer holdings fell through last week the purchasers came up with the price agreed upon it is said but the owners odthe of the placer concluded at the last minute that the property was worth more J H webb and emil boren have practically closed a deal disposing of a half interest in their mesa property eureka reporter elmer duncan who io looker after the development of the bullock mine at silver states that the car of ore which was sent out the early part of the week is about the best that has ever been shipped from the property according to lo the mine assays essays the work of sinking the shaft at the bu bullock lock started last monday and it is now going along as rapidly as it is possible for three shifts to handle the sinking the shaft is now down to a depth of feet eureka reporter one carload of ore was sent out during the week from the black jack mine and another car will go forward within the next few days the ore was mined by james dugan who recently secured a lease upon certain portions of black jack working mr dugan who was former y a foreman at the iron blossom says that he is entirely pleased with the showing in this mine and believes that he will be able to send out considerable ore within the next few months heber city wave R E allen alien and merrill of the knight company of provo were in heber on monday looking over local propositions mr allen alien reports that the snake creek power plant began supplying power to run the daily judge mine at park city on tuesday morning also states that tho the contract has ha been let for the big tunnel to be continued at the mountain lake mine this summer the knight company has now disposed of all the electric power they can supply under present conditions beaver press J D bagley and S J carpenter of cedar city have just taken over the indian peak mining property belonging to mr black and mr blackner of this city they aim to begin development at once with a good force of men these gentlemen state that they are well pleased with ahe the property and that hat t they hope in the near f future to have something to say in the way of paying shipments there is no doubt of this property developing into one of the big propositions of southern utah eureka reporter superintendent chas zabriskie of the iron blossom mise states that the no 1 shaft is now down to a depth of 1450 feet sinking is still going on and a station will be cut out at the 1500 level about seventy five tons of ore daily is the output from the no I 1 shaft while fully tons daily are being sent out from the no 3 shaft haft the drift from the level of the iron Blos blossom sorn no 3 shaft is now in a distance of feet and about seventy five feet more of drifting will be required to put this drift to the point where the ore should be encountered eureka reporter ore chutes for the rapid handling of ore have been put in at the scranton mine in north tintic gintic and about the first of april the company will be sending out a much heavier tonnage the output at this time is about six carloads each week all of which is coming from the workings which are tapped through the main tunnel the new chutes are for handling the large deposits of ore upon the north side of the gulch this ore contains lead and zinc values which for a number of years was considered an undesirable product by the smelters shelters sm elters but a new contract which was signed up a few months ago enables the company to ship the ore at a nice profit about twenty five men are now upon the pay roll at the scranton and this force will be increased when the company starts shipping from the two points upon its ground |