Show CAPTAIN STALLINGS MAKING GOOD has mines in galena canyon productive of antimony and other metals captain J H stallings one of the veteran mining operators of utah and who has given to the mining world more than one bonanza proposition was in salt lake last week from galena canyon twelve miles from battle mountain afountain nevada and reports that he is opening up two splendid properties in the former place galena canyon is one of the old favorites of early day operators in nevada it was a promising and productive district nearly fifty years ago and some of its old mines made history before the of silver and the encountering or of water at rather shallow depths caused a suspension of mining operations hut but before the close down according to all accounts the white shiloh produced millions in silver the little giant had about to its credit and the buena vista somewhere in the neighborhood of just over the divide from galena is copper canyon within whose environments strange to say there exists one of the greatest copper deposits to ibe be found in northern nevada while in the main fulca ana also in some of its branches branches gold placer diggings exist which might well claim kinship to the wonderful placer fields of alaska in the galena section of the region there are also excellent showings of gold ore and the government through its mining publications eions has advanced the statement that the greatest antimony section in the united states is to be found between battle mountain and austin during the past two years the captain has succeeded in getting ro to gerner getner tw two groups of claims in galena canyon about a mile dispane one from the other one of these groups is productive of ore only and assays essays disclose values in this metal ranging from 45 to 65 per cent while in the colorado group ore has been taken from shallow surface workings that assays essays all the way from 5 to 1460 gold 2260 to ounces silver and to per iper cent lead of this ore there is from two to three feet exposed at a depth of about twenty feet and every indication exists of continuity and permanency the antimony mine has been developed to a depth of fifty feet with a drift on the ore from that level the vein ranges from a few inches to two feet in width and values are increasing with depth the ore at present quotations should bring the company recently incorporated for the operation 0 of t the two properties in the neighborhood of per ton at each of the groups ore ha has been sacked and it is believed that shipments will begin sometime in june since the incorporation of the company and before captain stallings returned to the mine last week a casolene ga solene reversible h had been purchased for the antimony kt 0 prop erty and a horse whim for the silver leal le gold group all of which has been paid paia for 0 o and ore shipments will begin with the corn com pany free from all indebtedness and with money in its treasury besides the hoist and whim the company recently sent out to a the mine mine cars and rails drill step steel and supplies for mining purposes purpose S the antimony silver mines company based its incorporation on the two groups of claims above mentioned the capitalize capit aliza tion is placed at shares of which have been placed in it the company treasury the officers and directors s are A J weber president J H stallings stalling vice president and general manager J A A stallings secretary and treasurer william W salmon and AJI stallings the main office of the company ls is local ed at judge building salt lake city |