Show OGDEN NEWS LETTER ogden utah may 13 jesse J driver ff kussey hussey and associates of this city are working the eclipse mine situated at nevada surrounded by old time pro dubers that have yielded up the magnificent sum of thirty millions of dollars these bi big g in miles iles all surround and adjoin eclipse within a half mile of it driver and hussey nave the greatest expectations for this recently acquired property george bush claims to have no small bonanza right at our city gateway it is a lode and placer property on birch creek the placer ground carries values in flour gold and garnets the upper ground possesses a ledge of rich values which mr bush proposes to cut with a tunnel feet long which will give him ground and a good mine ten years ago when don maguire was interested in the bingham camp and P publicly b develop declared that bingham would develop into the biggest copper camp in the state there were those who laughed in their sleeves and otherwise discredited the statement mr maguire now asserts that th the 0 sierra madre mountain on which the eldorado prince of india standard midland boller boiler makers and other properties are being worked will develop into a copper camp as surely as bingham did and the vein systems of the sierra madre mountain give it the best showing of any undeveloped camp in the state today for copper the standard has already work after a short shutdown shut down during the severe winter and will resume work on their foot tunnel where the ore has been reached and shows fine in copper lead and silver the copper is a new discovery W N pierce is one of the principal owners of the standard having dr felshaw associated with him these gentlemen also have the kenneth mine on which work will be resumed next week the kenneth has been prospected by gop hering up to this time now work on a tunnel to cut through a big chimney and six foot vein of tale talc into a true fissure bearing lead silver and gold will go on the ogden con company with promising property near this city in exploring their ground opened up a splendid body of iron running 60 per cent for which they are asked to sign a contract by the A S R co to supply not less than seventy five tons daily to commence with and increase the amount as development will warrant while the company believes it has a large body of iron ore there are others who incline to the opinion that it is a great iron hat covering a big body of mineral hidden beneath it thomas S carnahan son of dr john D carnahan after spending two years in the colorado school of mines is now finishing his first term in the missouri school of mines at rolla mo from which place he writes in highest praise of that institution after another year at rolla he will enter the columbia school of mines and finish fitting himself for an engineer of mines |