Show 5 g THE STATE ir is im it it ILI I 1 it bingham bulletin having turned out a thirty five ton lot of concentrates for the ben butler this week dewey mill is now running on second class from the phoenix with orders ahead from the red wing extension and the new england companas comp anys nast tintie miner mrs T D sullivan has taken an option for six months on J A OB interest in the ella claim which lies feet east of knightsville Knights ville and will develop the water flow by sinking a shaft and drifting to the water ater bearing fissures price advocate arthur J lee came in monday from the gilsonite mines on the strip the output he says is now the largest for years and will be increased from month to month as teams are to be had to haul the stuff in he found everything satisfactorily marysvale Marys vale free lance the B W H has about 1000 sacks of ore ready for shipment each sack is worth about 4 and from that it is easy to understand the importance of that new addition to long list of bonanzas A car lot from the deep workings will go out the coming week park record the magnificent new park city sampler started up yesterday and by monday wil be in full commission everything started off and behaved as nicely as possible ps sible architect J B fleming goes to arizona in a short time to superintend the erection of another immense mill park city miner C L dignowity a well known mining man and prospector paid a visit to park city this week and inspected the ontario he said he was well pleased with the showing of the mine and expressed the opinion that it would provo prove a profitable property for the stockholders for many years to come beaver news engineer W M white went down to minersville Miners ville monday to sarv survey ey a new county road around the reservoir site of senator lewis big irrigation project it will be necessary to move about two miles of the road higher up the mountain and it will be carried ten feet above the reservoir level it is expected that this road building will be the first work done on the project park record the new hoist at the minola blew its whistle thursday morning and is now doing business at the property everything is connected up a compressor is to be installed and other modern facilities for working the shaft is now down near the mark and is expected to drop on the contact at any shift manager A H mayne believes he will be the first to develop a new shipper in the camp bingham bulletin having closed a new and very favorable two years contract with the american smelting smelling Sm elting company for handling the ben butler output manager A L jacobs will no doubt early in the coming year inaugurate a campaign of development that tha will put the mine in shape for extensive and continuous production As yet its possibilities have scarcely been tested beaver blade A W dinberg and dave reese had a thrilling experience at the star queen mine last saturday in exploring the old workings they had occasion to cross a that had been covered with a platform reese remarked that it looked unsafe and he had just uttered the words when the platform gave way precipitating him about fifteen feet escaped with a fall of five feet reese sustained several painful bruises but his injuries were not serious park record L A J jeffs effs of the wolverine came down from the property wednesday and proceeded on to the city for a stay of a few days mr jeffs says the mine is looking very encouraging that the tunnel face has now reached the foot mark and is in a body of most promising looking material indicating that the ore body they are atter is not tar far off there will be no cessation of work he says whether the weather remains good or no not t for they are fully prepared for all winter moab times J H dark clark the well known interstate inter state mining milling company manager last friday from a business trip to denver chicago and his home in Cent centerville erville la ia he was accompanied by his nephew from centerville Cent erville la ia to this town his trip meant much for this country but to what extent he is not as yet prepared to say hes one of the say nothing and saw wood sort mr dark clark left yesterday for his gold basin workings where he has a force of men employed and is expected to return about sunday park record superintendent brownlee of the st louis ontario went down to the city wednesday taking with him a grip full of material from a strike just made at the foot mark in the crosscut they are in the vein four feet and it is fully ve feet in width it is as dearly defined as possible and of a character different from anything we have seen in camp it looks more like ruby silver than anything else also giving evidence of carrying values in gold that it is rich in some mineral there is no question and mr brownlee proposes to submit it to assay at once bingham Bul eltin in november the st joe long tunnel was driven feet the rock is breaking better and good time is made compared with the slow progress when for a considerable distance the rock was exceedingly cee tenacious iron is now coming in indicating near proximity to vein which may not be cut in some distance however as the direct tunnel course partly parallels it the shafts of the fire king claim of the st joe group are drained by the tunnel so that work can be resumed in them and as they are all in ore the company has reason to feel highly leased with the present conditions tintic gintic miner rone wheeler came out monday from salt lake to take a trip over to death canyon to decide upon some development work on the blue jay group mr wheeler represents W G van horne home chols who is now living in egypt mr van horne home owns a one half interest in the property which consists of twenty three claims his part is tom morrow the original locator of the group mr wheeler says the blue jay is traversed by a well defined ledge measuring seven feet between walls on the surface the ore is a iron carrying lead and silver and is found between the quartzite and porphyry by driving a tunnel 1500 feet a depth of 1000 feet can be gained park record arrangements tor for the prosecution of work in the old bogan shaft now the silver king consolidated are going right along the present shaft which is feet deep is to be enlarged to to a three compartment one and will be driven about feet from the present shaft bottom giving it a depth of 1200 feet for this work superintendent keetley will install the latest modern machinery with equipment sufficient to handle any quantity of water which may make its appearance and it is but fair to presume that under his management the property will soon emerge from a prospect into a mine park record A big deal was consummated the first of the week wherein two park city men will pocket a handsome fortune the deal consisted of the transfer of fifty three iron claims in iron county to a milwaukee firm for a consideration of F R davis and C A short had holdings in these claims representing about tour four fifths of the whole and they will therefore take down for their interest the nice little sum of the many friends of both these gentlemen will congratulate them on their good fortune and the chances are that fred will not be selling coal for any great length of time price advocate the gilson asphaltum company which is now working sixty men over beyond vernal in prospects alone is spending lots of money in vernal for supplies and several loads went out to white river last week houses have been built two of which are rock for good comfortable quarters for the employed emp loyes iron bedsteads and springs ranges and heaters and all manner of household furniture have been purchased to fit up the houses and make them comfortable during the winter months A company of this kind is of some benefit to the country home men are employed and all provisions and supplies are purchased of home merchants moab times parties who visited the la sal mine at cashin during the past week state that the smelter is in operation and about fifty men employed the shaft being sunk on the first ore chute is down over feet at which point a station was driven fourteen feet back and the face was ag against ainest what appears to be a body of solid copper the ore all the way down the shaft is richer on an average than that taken above the tunnel level A large amount odthe of the ore is native copper and silver glance everything now indicates that this mine will prove to be the richest mine in silver and copper in the united states if not in the world this property being on the southeast slope of the la sal mountains shows much for the whole district beaver news superintendent W A wilson of the sheep rock came down from salt lake sunday for the purpose of sizing up recent developments according to his statements the recent report of a big strike was without foundation A small seam of very rich ore has been encountered in places but there is not enough of it to make a mine and the balance of the vein does not carry sufficient values to be mined at a profit mr wilson is of the opinion that they have not yet attained sufficient depth to demonstrate the merits of the property and he proposes to send the new shaft down to the level A contract for this work feet was let to the thompson brothers at the another crosscut will be run to the vein and mr wilson hopes that at this depth some improvement will be shown tintic gintic miner G T ingersoll who was selected from a long list of expert mill men to reconstruct the may day dry concentrator has progressed in his work to the experimental peri mental stage and from his demeanor it is easy to believe that he has great faith in being able to make it a commercial success although the gentleman declines to make for publication any statement whatever yet the quiet air of satisfaction which he wears is proof conclusive that he is quite confident of success in the undertaking there are yet many improvements to be made before the plant is turned over to the company but blit when that time comes there will be no question of the future the successful operation of this plant means much to the may day mine and to tintic gintic district as well as to the mining world in general and mr Inger success in the undertaking will certainly not detract from his excellent reputation as a man who does things |