Show here and there around the state J A E egildson b bildson local diamond drill contractor has a crew at work putting down oil well prospect holes for a canadian syndicate about fifty miles north of labarge wyoming tintic gintic eagle shaft has a dept of about feet and that a third sinking job at the no 2 shaft of the tintic gintic giant will start as soon as the finishing touches can call be put on the new machinery rumors to the effect that the united states steel corporation po ration was negotiating for all of the utah and california properties of the columbia steel corporation have been flying around for more than a week but rumor is all there it to it so far from the way things are shaping up it now seems certain that salt lake will b grant rant the natural gas franchise and that the concerns will pipe their W wyoming y oming b colorado prod alt ct to this and other communities hereabouts final action was as promised yesterday too late to give details of the transaction in this impression of the mining review the U S civil service commission is seeking applicants cants for the position of junior metallurgist at an entrance salary of 2000 a year Examina examinations examination tio ns will vill follow applications that must be filed before september rull particulars are to be had bad from the civil service board of hammers at the postoffice post office or custom house in any city chris nielson of huntington utah accompanied by two 0 o mining experts J allen alien and A riley left last friy day morning Iorii ing for freemont county wyo where e they will cIlli fience ence work immediately on a copper mine owned y mr r nielson about thirteen miles north of the nielson ranch anch i sinking odthe of the silver reef mines shaft in the old silver beef district twenty y four miles from st george has reach e eu ed d a de depth ath of eighty five feet according to A A H means head of the american smelting smelling Sm elting and refining companas Comp anys exploration department the camp has been completed a machine shop erected and compressor and hoist installed the objective of the shaft is the buckeye reef at depth of ab about out feet A party of geologists were in tintic gintic recently making an examination of the bradley croup group of claims located in the north tintic gintic section also visiting other properties of the district in the party were J B forrester C C saxman S F hunt and C G goss it is rumored that there is a possibility of development work being taken up at the bradley which is one of the most promis promising 1 ing of the north tintic gintic properties recent advices advises from tintic gintic are to the effect that a new ore body has been encountered in in a vinze from the 1600 foot level of the mine at eureka while insufficient development work has been completed to tor for cast the magnitude of the reported strike it is looked upon as of major importance particularly in view of the fact that it is said to be a considerable distance from the older ore deposits in the property the mine is a subsidiary of the chief consolidated Sin sinking kinor t in the shaft of the tintic gintic giant was resumed ned at a dept of about feet and george georg e sylvester the contractor is once more making good progress with the work mr sylvester is employing two shifts at the giant and a crew of miners of the same size is busy putting down a shaft on the adjoining ground of the tintic gintic ea eale eagle 6 le the two properties using a force of about twenty six men at the two shafts and in addition to this quite a number are busy on surface improvements sylvester says that the articles of incorporation of the ogden sewer pipe and clay company were filed with the county clerk of weber county on the the company is capitalized at purpose of the corporation is to carry on wholesale and retail business in coal and clay products and fruits and vegetables W R white is president and manager reva lewis white secretary treasurer and director and wallace M white C B and J postel all of ogden are directors the whites are connected with the white fruit farm at willard operations have been started by the american smelt ing and refining company at the monarch mine at lakeside on the southwest shore of great salt lake according to A H means head of the exploration department it is the intention of the company to run a crosscut fifty feet from the main tunnel to check up tip on certain ideas of geology considerable ore of good grade has been shipped from the monarch from time to time work was originally begun by matt gisborn many years ago at present output is limited to that derived by a couple of leasers leaders lea sers interest in the 1928 utah state fair has grown grovr gro vr to such an extent that applications for space in the manufacturers building at the fair grounds far exceed the floor room available it was disclosed at the luncheon meeting of the utah manufacturers association at the chamber of commerce merce recently forty eight local manufacturers have acquired exhibit space in the building taking up two thirds of the available room and from outside the state have come applications from three times the number of firms that can be accommodated the utah power light company which during recent years has been extending its service to the eastern utah territory will soon be supplying the coal camp of sego with electricity for lights and power purposes A transmission line is being extended to sego from collim columbia carbon county and it is reported that the contract calls for the completion of the system by september 30 heretofore the chesterfield coal company has operated its own electric generating system at sego by the arrangement ran gement with the utah power light the coal company it is said can buy the electricity cheaper than it can operate its own plant salt lake and idaho men have organized the gilmore mountain boy mining company to develop the mountain boy mine four miles from gilmore idaho directors and officers are as follows C H dahl salt lake president L G hardy salt lake vice president james B allen alien of gilmore G H D lynch gilmore W H stocks sandy and N J nielsen sandy D H wenger is secretary treasurer the property consists of six claims is associated with well defined fissures traversing gray limestone the ore carries lead and silver and gold the property was discovered in the early through the finding of high grade lead boulders at the bottom and licad head of texas gulch the old concord coach of kimball brothers that was in service in the stagecoach stage coach days before the railroads in this section of country is being retired and strengthened up painted etc to be used by thomas kearns and and party in an 4 old time celebration over in the uintah country on the and dinst besides the kearns party jinks ini nelson del redden clarence payne mike oconnor jin ti ivers tom kearns mike mickehel Mic kesel john nelson frank Toni lovich sam billings paul williams barney fagan bill jones ted connors and some other wild west boys bo from park city intend to participate giving the people of uintah basin country a show that will be long remembered park record there is a nice tonnage of ore coming coining from the eureka standard mine one of the newest of the east tintic gintic properties and the deposits appear to be opening up tip in a pleasing way says a recent issue of the eureka reporter within a very short time a will be started from the lim 1100 level with a view to following the ore now exposed at that point and apparently making to greater depth this week a donkey engine was taken into the mine and as soon as this machine is installed and a larger air line connection made with the tintic gintic standard the work of pinking inking can be started eureka standard is owned and controlled by the tintic gintic standard people the two mines are connected and the eureka standard ore is moved to the surface through the tintic gintic 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