| Show 11 DIPS AND ANGLES sa s1 the new york bonanza of park city is again in good ore the columbus mine at bingham has been equipped with machine drills rich strikes are reported in the lucky boy and samona am ona mines at chloride arizona advices advises from park city are to the eff effect act that good ore has been struck in the south quincy mine another strike of high grade 1 silver lead ore is reported in the wheeler wilson mine in big cottonwood canyon A foot of galena ore in a new strike in the united bingham mine at bingham is the latest report from bingham camp A special from new york says that the american smelting smelling Sm elting refining company will build a 1000 ton aton copper smelter at murray utah the boston consolidated company of bingham has contracted to furnish the bingham con smelter with tons of ore daily the lost packer mine loon creek district idaho waa was in the market a few days ago w with ith a carload of ore which brought the company word comes from provo that the old rhodes mine of mythical fame has been discovered in the uncompahgre indian reservation er and that it has been located by the florence mining company an important strike is reported in the utah utah queen mine in dry canyon stockton ore from which assays essays 30 per cent copper and ounces silver to the ton manager M R hunt is much pleased over the new find the boston consolidated company of bingham the highland boy has authorized its manager to expend in the enlargement lar gement of its smelter in salt lake valley which will increase the capacity of the plant by 40 per cent the great honerine tunnel at stockton which is now over a mile in length has reached the water reservoirs and it is believed that it will not be long now before this magnificently mineralized section will be thoroughly drained at the may day meeting held in salt lake last saturday the stockholders in op opposition to the management were victorious in the election of directors to fill the vacancies in the board those selected for this position being J E darmer and john campbell arthur murphy the veteran miner has secured a bond and option on the daisy mine on the west dip of camp floyd district and will begin at once the active f t of this property which is equipped with a cyanide mill several years ago mr murphy was vils superintendent of this mine and durl during ng his control of affairs met with success to such a degree that he is confident that he can can now work it at a profit the best wishes of a host of friends attend him in this enterprise at the deaver beaver con mine deaver beaver lake district deaver beaver county the double compartment shaft has reached a depth of feet where a station has been cut and a crosscut started for the ledge the crosscut cross cut is following a stringer of very high grade copper and the outlook is most encouraging at the annual meeting of the shareholders of the ajax mining company held in salt lake last week the old board was unanimously reelected elected re as follows thomas weir president H G mcmillan vice pres ident W S mccornick treasurer J M burt secretary john weir jr henry M ryan and P L kimberley the majestic shefter smelter made a short but very successful initial run last week but was obliged to shut down for a short time because of a slight defect in the machinery equipment during the run of seven hours twenty two tons of ore was treated and pounds of 38 per cent copper matte produced the plant will soon be in regular and continuous operation word comes from stockton that the double compartment shaft at the stockton mine has reached a depth of feet the bottom being in loose ground that is quite moist at the a drift has been started to the west and has already encountered a large body of iron ore which is flecked with chunks of almost pure galena this drift should soon tap the fine body showing in the upper levels and the indications are most favorable last week the directors of the highland boy con company reorganized its board by the election of james hickey of park city to fill the vacancy in the directorate caused by the recent death of T B oreilly age th e official household of the company is now ais as follows J W houston president W R smith vice president C K mccornick secretary and treasurer C L dignowity and james hickey before the adjournment of the meeting an assessment of one cent a share or was levied on the stock of the company the officers and directors of the united gold ledge mining company the idaho gold development company and the pearl gold mining company of pearl idaho have organized a new company known as the idaho gold reduction company for the purpose of erecting a custom concentrating mill to be located on the payette river near the mouth of rock creek plans are drawn and approved for a mill of tons daily capacity which is to be completed by next spring colonel geo W dorsey of boise Is president of the new company park city people and salt lakers are greatly elated over the magnificent strike in the daly judge mine mention of which is made elsewhere in these columns splendid specimens of ore from the new strike are on exhibition at the office of president J J daly in the commercial bank building the gray coper ore going 32 per cent copper and ounces in silver to the ton also carries 15 in gold this Is one of the greatest strikes in park city for many a day and should place the daly judge among our regular dividend payers in the near future clarence E eddy of custer idaho editor of the custer recorder and discoverer of the great lost packer mine in loon creek district is in salt lake with his bride mr eddy in september last made a new and most promising discovery in the loon creek section but ten miles nearer custer than is the lost packer the discovery is called the lucky star and the surface indications are said to surpass those of the lost packer which caused so much excitement in mining circles the lucky star ledges are mammoth in their proportions and show excellent values in gold at the surface assays essays showing all the way from 40 to in the precious metal work will be pushed in the development of this group comprising five claims and a mill site during the coming winter and mr eddy states that it is his intention to organ organize izela a company for the more convenient veni ent handling of this prospective bonanza the mining review is informed by col T L local manager of the greene greehe reduction company that his association has obtained a lease on the tailings dump and mill of the ney new mercur mining company at mercur and that active work is now in progress in repairing the water pipe line and in modifying the mill to conform with the chemical process which will be utilized by the greene company in the treatment of the tailings in the old dumps amounting to several hundreds of thousands of tons it is expected that the extraction of the gold contents of these tailings will begin next monday the people of Mer curare well pleased over the fact that renewed activity is noticeable in and around this portion of the camp as the resurrection of this property which has been idle for several years means the distribution of large sums of money among the residents of this camp the greene company is a strong one and its affairs are in the hands of men who understand their business and who have ample capital at their command |
