Show DIPS SPURS AND ANGLES the east buckeye mining company of which W E jermaine is president has secured patents on its group adjoining the buckeye mine in tintic gintic district and it is understood der stood that the company has bas secured sufficient funds for the extensive development of its property A rich strike of copper sulphides sulp hides is is reported in the property of the blackbird mining company near salmon city idaho dr P A H franklin of this city is president of the company which also owns valuable copper property in copper gulch beaver county this state the tesora is evidently destined to take rank at no distant day as one of fintics cs bio big bonanza propositions proposition sg as it is learned that on the foot level in property a parallel vein has been encountered in which a nice body of ore has been disclosed running high in its copper contents it is believed that the new tesora mill will be finished in time to begin I 1 operations about the of june the zelnora mining company of bingham will doubtless resume work in the development of its group of four claims in carr fork gulch in the near future the group known as the argentine adjoins the highland boy and is believed to be on an extension of the H B ledge in this property a shallow incline shaft of 22 feet has uncovered a two foot vein of solid ore which assays essays 6 per cent copper 13 ounces silver 1 gold and 20 per cent excess of iron the hanging wall of the vein is dolomite lime the foot beino being quartzite the outlook for the argentine 6 is good W D higginbotham of elko nevada vice president and manager of the elko coal company was in the city the first of the month on business connected with this enterprise making the mining review a pleasant call durino during r his visit here in speaking of these new coal discoveries mr higginbotham stated that in the workings of the property a five foot vein is exposed an analyses of which shows 46 per cent fixed carbon 47 per cent volatile matter 6 per cent ash and 1 per cent moisture making an excellent I 1 p product product the coal was uncovered in the face of an incline drift run from the bottom of a 60 foot shaft and has been followed feet to the north and feeo south on the strike of the vein after making these developments mr higginbotham opened up a two foot body of coal within two feet of the grassroots grass roots and is now running a slope on the dip of the vein which is 22 decrees from the vertical within feet the slope will connect with the drifts on the vein thus giving feet of backs the company will be ready for the fall and winter trade with an immense amount of lood coal already blocked out for extraction while here mr higginbotham ordered a steam hoist which will be installed at the mouth of the new slope the western mining world of butte says james mcfarland for many years connected with the butte mines but now in the employ of A W mccune and others of salt lake has left for peru to inspect an ancient mine which has been a producer since 1630 the property is located over feet above the sea level mr mccune heard of the property decenty and became so interested in it that he sent mr I 1 mcfarland to peru to examine it in conversation mr mccune said it is said to be one of the very richest copper propositions in the known world it was originally mined for silver and in the nearly two centuries since 1630 that it has been worked it lias has produced the enormous amount of ounces of silver lately come very rich bodies of copper ore have been broken into and it is believed that the mine will pay very largely in this metal of course I 1 do not know as yet that we will go into it mr mcfarland will look the property over and until he makes his report I 1 cannot say just what action will be taken |