Show ar around 0 un the state milford news W L croft returned the early part of the week after spending a few weeks at some mining property evl which ieh he owns near milford he is trying to make arrangement which will enable him to ship some low grade fluxing flexing ore from this property to the united states smelter there is a twenty foot vein of this this ore upon the ground and if it can be shipped at all it will mean a nice piece of money as the supply appears to be almost unlimited the ground is known as the creole group richfield Ric field reaper dr W H returned from his placer claims on the colorado on monday night he spent several weeks there doing assessment work he owns property a few miles above dandy crossing and also below the crossing about 40 miles he reports the diggings as very quiet at present each owner is patiently awaiting the day when cheap power will be available the gold is there but adequate power to work the gravel is the one thing lacking to make the colorado diggings a veritable klondike richfield times the annual stock meeting of the antelope point mining company was held at Elin sore saturday evening and the following officers and directors were elected J M parry president peter rick vice president wm win johnston secretary and treasurer D P jensen and christy lee directors reports for the past year were read and approved and the matter of future work was discussed the report shows the property to be in a promising condition and arrangements will be completed within a short time for the carrying on of assessment work salina call three coal mines are now opened up and being worked in salina canyon the union coal and lumber company of salina and manti was the first to open a vein and put the product on the market then came the southern utah fuel company and began working their holdings now comes some salina people with the news of a mine which has advantages over the others it is owned by A S gates george stevero george alma gates and others it lies just nine miles away from town and is just oft off the line of the salina cutoff cut off they are working it and have brought down some fine coal milford news two cars of zinc and one car of lead have just been shipped by the cedar talisman the zinc ore will run about 40 per cent and the lead ore 30 per cent lead and in the neighborhood of 30 ounces silver the drift toward the east cast contact is now in about feet and the west bound drift toward the other contact is over feet long the crosscut cross cut north for the stalwart vein ls is where work is now being pushed the object of the company being to tap these old workings from which very valuable ore was taken in the nasr development work which has been delayed by the lack of water will ue oe started again as soon as the pipe line is laid between the mowitza and this property milford news G S wilkins superintendent at the wild bill property was down from the mine yesterday mr wilkins states that although things look very promising they have not as yet encountered any more ore work is being rushed in the drifts on the and levels that 07 on the now being in about feet and on the about feet the drift on the has as its objective point a large body of high grade ore formerly opened in the old workings the drift is being driven with the purpose in view of cutting two viens formerly opened up on the level the first shoot should be cut with about feet more work and the second at a total distance of feet from the shaft the formation is now getting softer and from six to eight feet per day are being made in this drift milford news john Thomp thompson sofi superintendent in of the lady bryan property was wa down from the mine monday mr thompson states that although the company has several cars of ore in the bins hauling has been suspended until the roads are in a beiter condition this company has for several months past been shipping from six to eight cars per month mr thompson is now devoting his time to shaft sinking the shaft which is now down about feet will be sent to the level at which point a crosscut cross cut will be driven to tap the ore body it is expected that the ore body at this point will not only have increased in size but in value as well it has been demonstrated in all the properties in the star district that the real values are found in depth and this company as well as others are looking for better values all the time milford news nichols bardsley and smith have on display at the milford mercantile company store some fine samples of lime and quartzite ore which came f runt roni the eaby jock group in che beaver lake district assay returns show this ore to carry a little over one ounce in gold and twenty five ounces in silver the baby jack group consists of six claims on the northeast slope of lime mountain and is a new proposition in the mining world A shaft has been started which at a depth of fifteen feet cut an eighteen inch vein of this ore this property is adjoined on the north by the success property which is owned by a duluth syndicate on the south bythe skylark skyla oc property of the utah united copper company on the east by the copper mountain which is owned by samuel newhouse and one the west by the chloride shaft owned by walter james of blackrock and associates moab times james nelson of corning cal is in moab this week having returned lately from a ivsic of investigation to the san juan oil fields mr nelson Is an oil expert of california and has had much experience in oil fields of illinois kentucky and pennsylvania before going to california 1 I have never seen an oil field like that of san juan county said mr nelson the oil belt appears to run for hundreds of miles the seepage of the richest or rather the oil that gives the greatest specific gravity is easily traceable along this immense oil belt much work is being done in the fields at present said mr nelson there is one well down feet the oil of which runs gasoline engines and automobiles the quality of the oil is of the best and the only think needed to make san juan county one of the busiest regions of the west is better transportation facilities |