Show AROUND THE STATE eureka reporter W T greeson of the mining review of salt lake was in tintic gintic this week boosting for his publication and gathering information to be used in a of this district the review is becoming very popular with the mining operators of the state eureka reporter the new strike in the at work in the property of the eureka hill and are doing exceedingly well john temby barret miller and anderson have taken out twelve tons of good ore since starting work and shipments will soon begin eureka reporter william dennis william tite elijah bowen and dave mills have a very promising lease in the eureka hill mine if all reports are correct A nice body of rich ore was encountered a short time ago and it is believed that the ore extends into a block of virgin territory which is covered by the lease moab times thomas Bui butterwood terwood the salt lake mining man who has been tak ing ig observations in this country the past two months returned from salt lake city last friday evening and went out to lisbon valley to look over the daly and other copper properties daly and wakely who had just juit come i efrom there accompanied hirn him moab times the park ci city ty pa parties arties who recently bonded the hidden pick copper property have commenced operations I 1 JL taylor one of the owners went out to the property the first of the week to meet the park city men it is their intention to ship the high grade ore as fast as taken out they have about an eighth mile haul to reach the railroad at thompson american fork citizen the extent of the strike of the whirl wind mine in american fork canyon referred to in last weeks citizen is not yet known as the men came down directly after the ore had been discovered discover edi but it is of the same grade as the Dutch mans zinc ore formerly shipped to colorado park record it is confidently believed that the last of the cave ins in the ontario tunnel is in sight foreman connolley states that at the foot point in the tunnel very bad ground was encountered when the big drain was first driven and there he expects to find the last trouble the water at the mine is up to the 1200 foot level another ten days will probably see the tunnel open again eureka reporter the ne astrike in the carisa is improving with every shift each hours developments add to the importance of the strike and the new ore body seems to be a permanent one twelve tons of ore were taken from the raise on the strike monday night this would indicate that the ore body is a large one if the strike holds out as everything indicates that it will the carisa should soon be one of the largest producers of this district richfield reaper anthony was down from the derjue surprise last thursday after supplies A new scheme is on foot which will undoubtedly place the company in position to do extensive operation in the meantime with the funds which have been collected from the recent assessment the company will proceed with the development of the property in such a manner as the funds will allow work will be resumed at once the outlook for the property is very encouraging richfield reaper james A crosland was down from the sevier property a couple of days last week he reports that the mill has been almost dismantled to make room for a much larger and more improved plant it was found that the old mill was entirely inadequate to meet the output of the mine and it was decided to be a waste of time to try to operate it the mine is in fine shape for supplying a mill with ore and when the new mill is in commission it will have plenty to do for years to come with the ore now in sight the new mill will be of the stamp and cyaniding cyan iding methods cedar city record J R richards richard s returned last saturday from the country about chloride canyon where he accompanied mr wescott senator kearns experts expert on a tour of inspection mr wescott was shown the property of the chloride canyon company ind and also the holdings of daugherty I 1 richards stevens and took samples of the latter the expert was by no means communicative but expressed himself as well pleased with indications at both properties should his report be a favorable one there will shortly be something doing in the western part of the county cedar city record manager bowles of the utah eastern copper company was in town on wednesday accompanied by mr free the bookkeeper book keeper at the smelter mr bowles reports work progressing favorably at the mine the tunnel is now in feet and in about ten days the burleigh drills will be in running order A fine body of high grade ore has been encountered in the old workings above the tunnel level some is being taken out and it is expected that the smelter will make a short run before long the company is going to put some men to work on the toll road to do some repair work bingham bulletin manager cates of the boston this week started work on two new tunnels designed to develop the porphyry ground one of these is located on the metropolitan claim about feet below the big bluff under which it will be driven on the ben hur another tunnel was started start eds just above the utah copper workings which will be sent clear through the porphyry belt these tunnels with the teck tunnel and other workings will thoroughly prospect the porphyry at depth and the work at all points is to be pushed with the utmost vigor the teck tunnel has reached a total length of feet and is going forward at the rate of feet a month park record exceptionally good and encouraging news comes from the daly judge management to the effect that the mill will start up the first of the month and that men will be put to work in the mine manager daly has not been up this week but though the report has not been confirmed by him it is well known that active steps towards the starting of the mill and increasing of the mine force have been taken of late and the news has been expected for bior some time the work of prospecting which has been going on for a year or more past has put the mine in splendid condition for extensive development and when work is commenced a large tonnage will be taken out daily bingham bulletin many reports have been circulated recently concerning the ahe wealth of the alls well vein from which the ohio copper company is drawing its ore supply and these reports apparently are no exaggeration of actual conditions manager catrow recently took to salt lake a mass of this native copper associated with red oxide as large as a mans head and pieces flattened out by the rolls to the size of ones hand are frequently found in the jigs at the mill the level has been developed to the east by a drift of seventy five feet and to the west a distance of fifty feet and s sinking inking will soon be commenced to explore the vein at grea greater ter depth very little has been done the output coming coining mainly from the development work the mill is treating close to tons daily and turning out a product that runs better than 30 per cent copper prospecting in the interest of the property holders under the direction of D C jackling continues this work is mainly for the purpose of exploring the porphyry zone park record from parties who visited the new york bonanza mine last night we learn that the mine is in better condition than ever work is being prosecuted on the and levels and ore in considerable quantity and of excellent quality is being found on each of these levels monday next another shipment of about forty tons of high grade ore will be shipped and there is yet enough of the product in sight to make work for several months in taking it out with these shipments being made regularly stockholders need pay little attention to the fluctuations of the stock on the market as the ore is there and that is what counts the stock if the condition of the mine be considered is worth 3 or 4 today cedar city record we are reliably informed that work is shortly to commence in the old tunnel on the blair group of claims situated on silver mountain in the pinto iron district the property was recently incorporated for and sufficient of the stock has been disposed of in the east to meet the immediate requirements the tunnel referred to which was cornis commenced by mr blair a dozen years ago is now in twenty five feet and it is estimated that eighty to ninety feet more of dead work will cut the first ledge of which there are seven running parallel with each other the crowd now in control seems to mean business and the old property from which considerable shipping ore has already been taken will likely be placed in the ranks of the steady producers park record dave fisher who has the contract for driving a foot tunnel on the columbus property in the bonanza flat neighborhood was in camp this week getting supplies together and making necessary arrangements for the beginning of work operation will not be commenced until after july 4 but when it is commenced it will be vigorously prosecuted six men will be employed on the work two on a shift and mr fisher believes that the work will be completed in about three months the foot point in the tunnel will give a depth of feet on the ore which has been already uncovered which it is thought will develop into a large and permanent body the columbus lies in a very promising and rich district and good news may be looked for f from rom there at any time af after ter work is commenced J bingham bulletin fred G shaffer president of the intermountain mining industrial association which recently purchased the mystic shrine visited that property last monday and was greatly surprised and gratified by the showing that superintendent morser was able to present regular shipments of profitable ore have been made ever since mr morser took charge and a vein of lead copper ore a foot in width has been opened up for a distance of seventy feet on its strike this vein was encountered by a raise from the tin horn crosscut cross cut and is in tin horn ground A car of ore shipped last week netted 18 per ton and it is expected that this weeks shipment will do better than that the force at the mine has been increased to ten men mr shaffer is satisfied that the mystic shrine will come up to every expectation and is congratulating himself upon the acquisition of the property he expects to open offices in salt lake which will be in charge of mr morser |