Show 0 W H chapman of salt lake city has just issued a little book of fifty two pages entitled the prospectors companion this is a valuable work and has been compiled with great care it contains a fund of reliable information relative to prospecting for the precious and baser minerals and metals the outfit and supplies required a synopsis fo the game laws of utah and nevada articles on geology and formation the proper names and classia classification ica of rocks and ores field assaying the location of various districts a synopsis of the mining laws a glossary of mining terms etc the price of the book is cents and it is worth double the money to the prospector miner and investor address W H chapman south first west 0 the midas mill in the deep creek country sent in its f first cleanup clean up a few days ago after the rebuilding of the plant this was the result of a run of two weeks and amounted in value to about mr chiara is to return to scofield within a few days and it is expected he will take back with him a number of men from the upper camps of carbon county who are willing to work at the property and take their pay in stock those persons who have seen the specimens from the oriental utah are confident that the co company has a good thing and for this reason it is no trouble to get men to work A fully supply of mining tools and powder has been shipped to indianola on the rio grande western and will be hauled from there to the mines by team a distance of about four miles arrangements are being made by a number of parties at scofield to take a trip to see the property some of whom already have stock and some who intend to invest with the present outlook the company will be able to put in the whole summer developing as there is considerable money in the treasury and the stock is being placed freely george L moats manager of the latham mine in spruce mountain district elko county nevada has received word from the mine min e superintendent that the drift on the foot level is showing up some very fine sulphide ore and that the workings have p penetrated e juet rated the vein for a distance of 0 eighteen feet the whole mass being ore of good milling value the main working shaft la is still going boink down and the outlook is most most encouraging |