Show THE STATE price advocate the gilson asphaltum company has hauled in close to five thousand tons of ore to price during the year and would have shipped much more had the means of transportation been available milford times the showing at the blackbird in copper gulch continues to grow the vein recently encountered has been drifted on for a distance of seventy feet and the ore closely resembles that found in the cactus richfield reaper the B W H mining company stockholders are called to meet at joseph on the day of january to consider the proposition of consolidating with the blue eagle company or combining the two properties and forming a new company milford times W J bowring who ha a lease and bond on the copper mountain came down from salt lake monday morning and put an additional force of me men to work it is the intention to develop upon a very energetic scale and prove up the merits of the property stockton sentinel C J garber manager of the dry canyon consolidated mining company is still pegging away on that property if any one is deserving of success it is mr G and his associates and no doubt their long continued efforts will be suitably rewarded in the near future tintic gintic miner an ore house has been erected at the black jack and sloping operations are to begin at once where the lower mammoth left off on the 1300 foot level of the black jack where there is a nice face of high grade silver ore exposed iron shipments have been discontinued marysvale Marys vale free press G F dalton and H L mills are operating the carbonate group of four claims in two mile they report showings as being splendid there being a fourteen foot ledge of ore that practically at the grass roots gave assay returns of 40 per ton they expect to continue work bingham bulletin next tuesday the Winn amuck concentrator practically new will start up on the ohio copper company ores and will soon be treating tons a day superintendent brooks has no doubt that the mill will now do business and do it right the old discarded machinery was never a success milford times george S lane returned this week from washington county where he made a preliminary survey for the big dam of the power plant that will supply electricity alty for the proposed electric road from milford hilford to st george this is located at hg narrows of the rio virgen and will sup ply several thousand horse power mr lane announces that surveys for the new line will probably commence in february and construction work in may or june he brought back with him some samples of oil shale which carry a high percentage of lubricating oil and can be worked at a good profit he and his associates have secured acres of these shale lands and propose to develop the proposition stockton sentinel adam of dry canyon thoele county who is working the blue jay mine in this rich distri district ct was in the city a few days ago on mining business he is taking out a shipment of ore which will assay 23 per cent lead 23 ounces silver 2 gold and from 11 to 12 per cent copper mammoth record the new ore house at the black jack makes a gcoy showing and is prima facie evidence that another producer has been added to the list of mam moths prolific mines sloping operations are to begin on the 1300 level at the point where the lower mammoth ceased operations mammoth record at the property of the morning glory gold mining company up undine hollow a force of men are now employed in drifting on the vein which is five feet wide A streak about a foot wide has been opened up which is considerably mineralized and looks as though it would develop into a good ore body tintic gintic miner charles B F greene and T L who have an option on the mammoth mill dump were out last week looking after their interests the dump was thoroughly sampled recently by L B skinner a mill man from colorado springs and it seems quite probable that one of the other of these gentlemen will undertake the reduction of these tailings this year bingham bulletin the third payment by the ohio copper company on its columbia mine purchase is due the As a result of recent development it will be met with extra and in fact the has already been placed to thie credit of the mine purchase account the columbia is more than meeting all expectations it no longer remains to be proved that it is one of ginghams Bing hams richest storehouses st george advocate the advocate is informed that the surprise group of mining claims situated near the dixie properties has been bonded by the utah eastern copper company and that a force of three men have been placed at work developing the property and further that this force is to be increased just as fast as conditions condi tons will warrant this seems to indicate that the utah eastern company is so well pleased with its dixie property and that it is anxious to increase its holdings it is not improbable that it may be employing several hundred men thereabouts in the course of two or three years if things pan out cut well park record C S rolph one odthe owners of the majestic group has returned from the east wh where ere he succeeded in disposing of considerable stock and getting moneyed men interested in this promising property several michigan men are expected out in the near future to look over the property which means their becoming stockholders for it is as good a looking prospect as there is in the district bingham bulletin manager jacobs of the butler I iberal states that he has placed place a contract for feet of timbers to be used in driving the deep tunnel with which the mine is to be opened several hundred feet below the tunnel level the new outlet will provide drainage and cheap ro reduction for a large area and with its installation a season of great prosperity for the butler liberal should be opened park record W H walker was in town monday last from his mining property which is located in weber canyon six miles from ogden he says he has a property that will make him rich some day besides demonstrating on that plenty of good ore is covered up in weber county awaiting only enterprise and capital to unco mr walker was formerly engaged in farming over on the provo and has married daughters here in n the park whom he was visiting park record the contact at the american flag elal was reached evening and drifting will begin in the future in view of the splendid showing already made in this property gcoy news may be looked for at any time the cutting of the contact is considered significant in as much as it has been the purpose of superintendent rhoden since he began sinking last summer to get to this point as soon as possible po sible in order that development work for the ore might b begin e g i n bingham bulletin A deep tunnel to open up the copper glance group has just been started in ia mcguire gulch by J E edmunds manager and continuous work by two shifts will be done on it this winter the company recently acquired of M fitzgerald an advantageous tunnel site and dumping ground and has built comfortable winter quarters and a blacksmith shop the tunnel will cut the main ledge at about 1800 test and feet vertically under the old workings in keystone gulch which were abandoned owing to water bothering mammoth record west tintic gintic is the new year with indications of a season of greater activity than has characterized that district during 1903 on several properties wark is now being carried on and preparations are being made to resume operations at several other points it has been rumored that several parties who have ample capital behind them have been looking ever the various properties and their investigation may result in some extensive development work being done years ago considerable high grade ore was marketed fram the old scotia mine and with increased shipping facilities and reduced expenses of reduction which have taken place since the old days west should be producing and marketing ore bingham bulletin during december the bingham con company shipped 1000 tons of excellent ore from the fortune mine shipments fram dalton lark brooklyn and fortune continue to average tons daily and from the commercial tons As the dalton lark is now perfectly drained by the mascot tunnel and the brooklyn nearly so driving of the tunnel may not be resumed until spring it continues to discharge a great volume of water with beneficial results to several neighboring properties park record we are reliably informed that work will resume at the glencoe over in blue ledge we trust this will prove correct for it is a shame to see so valuable a property as the glencoe lie idle there are already large bodies of ore opened up and with systematic work it could be a regular producer in a short time resumption of work at this property would mean much for the camp in general and blue le ledge dge in particular for it would encourage claim owners to develop their properties and there are many fine looking ones over in that section moab times hon don maguire mineral for the st alcuis exposition certainly has a fairly good opinion of the mineral resources of the la sal country in particular and southeastern utah in general his ai tides articles in the several scientific and commercial journals are to be highly appreciated by the mining people of this section mr maguire is a recognized authority on mining in this state and his observations are of much value to cur mining future and will create such an imbres sion with eastern investors as to cause scientific investigation richfield reaper barney who is superintending super intending the work of driving the tunnel on the annie laurie extension ground is in the city this week enjoying the holidays he brings a report which sounds bounds good to the holders of stock in this company that a change ia hi the formation has been encountered and that quartz is appearing in the tunnel this indicates proximity to a vein and in the region where it was expected to strike it is looked upon as most promising those familiar with the ground are of the opinion that a vein will lie be struck within the next 60 feet st george advocate mr F croton superintendent of the milner interests in the iron fields was in town tuesday an and d purchased the necessary lumber to put up a building on the new townsite at the desert mound when our reporter asked thie the gentleman what the intentions of colonel milr ner are in relation to the working or of his claims and the building of the new town mr croton said mr milner had sent him down to look after his interests with instructions to have the house built andio and to stop on the ground till ahe the branch road was bull built t in from lund to desert mound bingham bulletin last monday at the ohio copper columbia the station at the level was completed and drifting east and west began sinking was also resumed and the shaft will now be put down to establish another level at feet today breaking ore in the alls well slopes was resumed and filling the new ton ore bin is progressing an extension of the copper belt from its old lower terminus to the winna muck mill bin is being made and on its completion the columbian Colum bias ore will begin to move owing to non arrival of screens the mill will not be ready to start before tuesday or wednesday next marysvale Marys vale free lance manager bradburn of henry bradburn mining company speaking of recent developments at their wright property seemed quite optima optimistic itic in the west tunnel in a depth of feet from the mouth and at a vertical depth of 71 feet a fourteen acot vein of ore that averages 1058 to the ton ihas has been erad the manager feels highly elated over the showing the recent contracts are nearly completed and when finished mr bradford stated the mine would shut down until spring in the meanwhile operations will be started on their property in sevier canyon near belknap switch milford times every foot of work done on the copper copped r gandhi emphasizes the fact that this is destined to become one of the great mines of this section six men are work under the direction of W D williams three on the jewel mound shaft and three at the east end of the property some splendid ere cre has been coming from the jewel incline showing rich carbonates in abundance some sulphides sulp hides coming in this vein is sixty to seventy feet wide and very defined between perfect walls it is one of the strongest veins in beaver county and will without d doubt make a bonanza showing at depth |