Show lelm lt lm j THE STATE r castle dale Pro progress aress orson robbins bobbins came up from miners mountain in wayne county on thursday and reports the copper proposition now being worked by mr wolverton and himself as looking fine moab times A party of colorado mining men came in this week and in company with W B R wheat have gone to look at the wilson mesa prospects with a view of starting extensive development work there bingham bulletin the is making a fine showing of galena in virgin ground and has a small streak of horn silver that is phenomenally rich A shipment of first class will be made from this property in a few days bingham bulletin the montezuma having resumed work on the instant is driving ahead main tunnel naw in feet at breast there is two feet of promising looking truck that in the montezuma means something vernal express dick pope foreman at the dyer mine was hiring men during the fore part of the week to work at the smelter which was to start up on the he returned to the mine thursday morning with twella men vernal express albert hardy came over from douglass mountain wednesday he is over for supplies and teams to go to the bromide mine the smelter will be started about the last of september and a twenty day run is expected twenty five men are now working at the mine park record twenty more ore buckets were this week added to the silver king aerial tram making a total of eighty buckets this will materially increase the carrying capacity of the tram without the necessity of accelerating the speed of the cable and that is the desired object tintic gintic miner the swansea mining mini 9 co has let a contract to wm hatfield J C sullivan and james J ames nolan to sink the main shaft feet from the foot level the company furnishes everything and hoist the waste and water and pays 16 per foot until the work is finished other operations underground have been discontinued st george advocate robt chisholm and john ryson each leave the first of next week with a few men to commence development work on their copper prospects the former will work on their ground north of the apex while the latter will develop the lone pine mine near Para they expect to be gone foursome for some time fillmore progress the prospect located a few miles southeast of ill which is being developed by mcbride and kelly and zand which we have before referred to has produced samples of ore which when assayed have proven beyond a doubt so say the own ers that the property is valuable and that the future of millard is wrapped up in the ledge the assays essays have soared so high for this section that we have refrained from publishing the figures for fear that our veracity might be questioned at any rate well wait until mcbride and kelly and all their friends have located and made sure of the whole country and then we may venture to make quotations park record W benjamin putnam secretary of the ste wart fc oxidizing company kansas city mo spent a few days in the park this week he was much impressed with the greatness of orthis this district and in all probability will decide to locate in salt lake where he can be in close touch with the great camp and its business st george advocate john mcneil was exhibiting some rich specimens of lead and galena ore last wednesday which he had discovered only a short distance from his home on the black ridge west of town mr mcneil located the ground and is now enc engaged raged in development work if he succeeds sue seeds in uncovering a good ledge he will have a bonanza park record F E williams the electrician tr on tuesday completed the work of wiring rewiring re the shaft the hoisting works mill and office of the daly west mining company and the entire plant is now complete and in first class shape so far as electrical appliances are concerned yesterday for the pow power r company mr williams started on a similar job at the little bell and will also connect the quincy wires castle dale progress J E beveridge the well known mining expert of salt lake who for several years has been connected with the de la mar mining company arrived in Cast ledale last saturday and in company with chas swazey spent the early days of this week examining copper property in sinbad valley some samples of copper from the property had been previously assayed and showed results of from 40 to 50 per cent copper mr beveridge also took note of the operations at the sinbad oil well being sunk by mr davis the two gentlemen being old acquaintances beyond saying that things looked well to me down there the visitor was quite reticent park record at the quincy consid considerable erab ae improvement work is going on the hoist shaft boarding house and in fact the whole property is being wired for electricity and will be lighted by this force most any day the wiring is being done by mr fred siebert foreman harrington has had a switch put in leading to each ore house the new ore house is completed it is provided with three ore chutes which will greatly fa ciliate loading beside furnishing storage room adequate for the intended increased output the hose house has also been moved to a site that will enable it to protect the whole plant boarding house and all president farrell is giving much personal attention to affairs here also and the whole wor workings kingi are in a compact smooth running condition |