Show around the state eureka reporter george T castleton the president and general manager of the godiva mountain leasing co has resigned his position as assayer at the uncle sam and may day mines in order to devote all his time to the erection of the new cyanide plant which will be used in handling the mill dump at the may day upon which the leasing company recently secured a lease charlie kryger will succeed mr castleton as assayer for these two mines heber city wave mr austin kelly et al of midway have procured a lease on the old southern tier mine better known ay as the hayt mine in snake creek canyon there has been some very rich ore shipped from this property in the past and it is to be hoped that the leasers leaders will find enough ore to well repay them for their labor the southern tier joins the st louis vassor and merle V groups both of which have very rich ore in a number of places in small quantities eureka reporter the zuma shareholders are feeling good this week owing owin to the fact that there has been a decided decide d change for the better in the drift upon the level this drift is being driven out toward the west and the face of it is something like feet from the shaft this week some manganese ana quartz was encountered and the prospects for getting into the ore are thought to be very good the work at the zuma is being handled under contract by william daniels eureka reporter supt bupt george parker reports the development of the iron king property as going along in nice shape two shifts are at work in the main tunnel and also in the raise which is being pushed through to the surface from this tunnel this raise will cut through an important section of the companas comp anys ground and when it reaches through to the surface will be of considerable value as an air shaft about feet of work remains to be done before the raise is driven through to the surface moab times oil drilling commenced in the grand county oil fields monday when the rig shipped in by the large company which is backed by samuel newhouse started to drill on the newhouse holdings six miles mile s southwest of valley city this rig is a no 5 keystone machine capable of reaching a depth of 1000 feet seven men are employed to operate the machine it is expected that oil will be struck at a depth of to feet if oil is encountered by this trial rig the newhouse company will install ten stand ard machines park city record general manager solon spiro was in the park this week after an absence in the east of over two months he spent all his spare time at the X xing king ing con and to a record man he imparted the information that conditions were most satisfactory at that property the ore is bedding out and there is no doubt in the mind of mr spiro that the big ore bodies have been reached and systematic development is now in progress to prove that such is the case when asked regarding the big law suit mr spiro said that while he was anxious for a decision he was not worrying as to the final outcome park city record H G mcmillan the new manager of the daly west properties was in the park tuesday and visited the mine and mill the only news that the gentleman had to give out was that conditions were eminently satisfactory the mine was producing plenty of good ore and the future outlook was exceedingly promising the mill had been handicapped by a scarcity of water but this is now obviated and the usual big tonnage was being handled it was mr mcmillans Mc first visit to the property in his official capacity but hereafter his visits will be frequent and welcome for he is a most genial gentleman with an extensive knowledge of mining milford news manager A J mcmullen of the utah united copper co came down from salt lake tuesday and left for that companas comp anys property in the deaver beaver lake district today while here mr mcmullen gave out the statement that the company is prepared to let a contract for the sinkin sinking Z of the shaft from the to the level and that he expected the contract would be let by the beginning of next week this means immediate active work on this property and past showings give excellent reasons to believe the mine will begin to prove its real value when the is reached the property lies just east of the baby jack where recent showings of free gold were uncovered 0 |