Show around the state stale superintendent A C of the leonora mining milling company sta states es that the north drift on the companas comp anys property in beaver county has penetrated the dike about thirty five feet all of which has been heavily mineralized picked samples from the west drift give returns 0 of 55 per cent zinc the east tunnel which is following an east west fissure is now in a distance of feet the management of the uncle sam consolidated soli dated at eureka is pushing work in the direction of the yankee consolidated consolidate ground with the object of picking up the extension of the yankee ore body from which a considerable tonnage has been shipped of late those conversant with ore deposition in the district are of the opinion that this shoot will be opened in the uncle sam and work along this line is being rushed lied the proper property tyis is under the management of james C dick of salt lake the stockton standard mining company recently organized is extending a drift from the bottom of a foot shaft at its property in the stockton district with the object of cutting a north south fissure the drift is out a distance of about feet and has about feet to go to reach its objective samples from a seventy foot shaft on the fissure give returns as high as 41 per cent lead and 22 ounces silver the new work will give a vertical depth of about feet A P davidson is president of the company interest is manifested in the sinking of the shaft of the Gold strike bonanza mining company in washington county as operators in the district regard this company as having the best surface indications in the camp superintendent clyde reports that progress is good considering the hardness of the rock and that about eighteen inches a shift is being made with hand steel later the company plans to install power equipment to expedite development the shaft is now at a depth of about sixty feet mrs R S robertson of salt lake heaviest stockholder in the victoria gold mining company visited the companas comp anys property in the north tintic gintic district early in the month where she made arrangements for the resumption of development work the ground has been opened by a shaft feet in depth which opened a body of manganese ore and by a tunnel feet in length from which a was sunk feet an iron blowout on the claims shows iron contents as high as 69 per cent other salt lakers interested te in the company are dr A A kerr E W wall and M G robertson late reports from the recent strike in the new quincy at park city are that the ore is showing from eight to ten feet wide a large part of which is high grade and all running from 35 to of a shipping grade 40 a ton as broken tile the bedding appears to be flattening out as the drift is sent to the northwest and the higher grade ore is occurring more frequently the showing is said to be on a par with early developments of the big mines of the camp and is expected to develop into an important ore body the work is being done under the of peter P harrington installation of the big hoist at the property of the judge mining smelting smelling Sm elting company at park city was completed and the plant went into commission on the 3rd ard dinst general manager george W lambourne says that it started off like a veteran and is proving a much needed improvement it has a capacity of 2500 feet which will put the companas comp anys workings to a depth where connections can be made with the ontario drain tunnel A large force of men is at work at the site of the companas comp anys new electrolytic tro zinc plant in deer valley and if the material is delivered on schedule it will probably be in operation by the end of summer N C H doolittle general manager of the utah metal mine at bingham and frank J gustin of the salt lake law firm of gustin gillette brayton have taken over the interest of peter miller in the fissures development op ment company which holds the pacific mine in american fork canyon under a ten years lease the consideration is said to have been above this mine has been developed during the past year from a prospect to one of the big properties ot 0 the state under the management of mr miller who drove a 1000 foot tunnel which opened up a north south fissure in the quartzite from which shipments are being made regularly the company will build a mill this summer to handle the low grade ores of the property |