Show around the state park record the first of the week a beautiful specimen of rich ore was raised from the of the new york bonanza Do nanza it weighed pounds and looked so good to superintendent aa M J mcgill that he trimmed it down and shipped it to the utah state fair where it proved quite an attraction among the other classy mineral displays from park city milford ilford II news the leasers leaders in the old cave bradshaw mining ing district are doing some decidedly energetic and extensive work upon the iron deposits out there although they have only been operating a very short time they now have five hundred tons on the dump ready for shipment commencing in a very few days they will ship about one car load about every other day american fork citizen the directors of the silver flat mining company met thursday evening and listened to a very good report of the work which had been I 1 done in the past month the work was in a new tunnel to connect at the junction of the two veins the tunnel was extended feet and is looking encouraging assessment ses no 21 of per thousand shares was levied green river dispatch the dr illers came in from well no 2 of the british arn am company yesterday to get casing for that well having encountered water they have also struck oil in considerable quantities but will go down further they have now attained a depth of feet As soon as the mud dries frank cook will go out and drive the stakes for K queen who will commence drilling with a standard rig on the british american group one and a half miles from well no 2 eureka reporter the new hoisting plant which has been ordered for the no 1 workings of the iron blossom mine will be delivered about the first of the new year the order for this equipment was placed some time ago but owing to the fact that most of the machinery has to be manufactured especially for the company the delivery cannot be expected before the first of the year when this new hoist is in operation the iron blossom will have one of the best plants in the entire western country eureka reporter reports from the beck tunnel indicate that the mine is looking better than at any time during the past six or eight months there is more ore in sight and it is of a better grade than the company has had since encountering the ore near the line which divides this property from the uncle sam recent development velO Dment work however seems to bear out the prediction of well known mining men that the beck tunnel people are upon the top of this ore and that the g greater re ater depth is the one thing that is needed to put the mine back in the list of dividend payers park record good news cornes comes down from the silver king con to the effect that five feet of ore averaging 40 per cent lead 60 ounces silver in gold and well up in copper was uncovered the first of this week the ore body has been followed for twenty feet and appears to be making permanently in the lime bedding this strike is reported to be in a drift thirty five feet above the 1550 foot tunnel level in the extreme west workings the king con is surely making a splendid showing these days and the hope is that it will soon be on the regular shipping list with regular dividends in sight eureka reporter after sinking and raising upon the cross fissure which was cut by the north drift upon the level the utah cons people are now following this fissure out toward the east in all about feet of drifting has been done upon this fissure but the formation has remained about the same for the past month the ground contains manganese and iron and some copper but supt bupt william mathews has as yet been unable to get the ore in paying quantities uan titis he still thinks that the fissure which lie he is now following contains commercial ore and intends to continue this work eureka reporter E J returned to salt lake on tuesday after spending a couple of days at the tintic gintic standard property in the eastern end of the tintic gintic district he states that the drift which is now being driven toward the west upon the 1000 level is undoubtedly nearing the contact owing to the scarcity of water at the companas comp anys spring it was necessary to discontinue the work upon the level eve 1 but just as soon as there is an increase in the flow this work will be taken up again mr feels confident that an important strike will be made shortly after the contact is reached upon the 1000 level n |