Show around the stale william douglas and others have transferred tile the north ireland claims nos 1 2 3 and 4 to the chief consolidated mining alining company the ground is in the north tintic gintic district it is reported from provo that W J burgess E U schofield and J U buchi have a showing of eight feet of uranium ore on their ground in the south fork of provo canyon it is said that the ore has a value of a ton the transfer of the property of the carisa copper gold mining company to the recently organized empire mines company has been recorded at provo tile the consideration is the property is in the tintic gintic district tile the empire corporation is controlled hy by the knight interests the kennebec mines company operating in the big cottonwood cotton wood district under the management of W J craig of salt lake is planning to resume resume operations after being shut down since last fall the ore zone had just been reached at that time and it is regarded as a certainty that further systematic development will prove that the property is a big mine stockholders of the wasatch mines company operating at alta held their regular annual meeting on the dinst the old of A I H 1 officers were reelected re elected consisting cowie president A C ellis jr vice president and W 0 williams Willian iq secretary treas aurer good progress is reported in the driving of the companas comp anys long drain and transportation por tation tunnel president karl mayer of the buffalo consolidated soli dated mining company states that a shipment of fifty tons of ore will he be made from the companas comp anys property at ophir about july 1st ast and that he expects shipments regularly from then on the company has a showing of lead silver gold ore in the bedding planes carrying values up to a ton the fortuna independence mines company with holdings at fortuna in beaver county and in tile the henry mountains eighty miles south of green river is preparing to commence active development of the latter according to director E A hodges of the company A contract has been let to extend the present foot tunnel a distance of feet the work is designed to tap an ore shoot which samples from 15 to 30 per cent copper and 20 to 40 in gold the tunnel will give a depth of about feet vertically A force of fifteen men will be employed reports of an important find of quicksilver var ore in the black pine mountains in box elder county are brought to salt lake by don maguire well known mining engineer of ogden the quick occurs in a cinnabar ore which carries from 11 to 7 per cent with 9 in gold to tile the ton the country rocks are limestone and quartzite and the values are in an aqueous formation it is said that the ore is very similar to that of the old mercur district it is the first time that cinnabar has been found in the state north of the great salt lake the ore making limestone quartzite contact has been cut by tile the below the level of the three kings at park city and is now being explored by a drift toward the white horse claim which is the southern extremity of the property the present work is following the of tile the north east southwest fissuring system and those who are acquainted with the district freely predict that gratifying results will soon develop it is also reported that the company will do considerable diamond drilling on its holdings the present summer W R elliott is manager for the company |